Key Points

  1. Updates for Friday 27 February 2015
  2. Peter Robinson says it is assumed corporation tax will be at 12.5% in 2017
  3. Man is charged with murder
  4. Report shows rise in self-harm cases

Live Reporting

By Ciaran McCauley and Conor Macauley
All times stated are UK

Recent live reporting posts

  • Crossmaglen pipe bomb appeal:

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    Police are appealing for information over the incident in which a man was injured by a pipe bomb in Crossmaglen shortly after 05:15 on Wednesday morning.
    Francis McCabe
    The family of Francis McCabe told the Irish News that he had been the "innocent victim" of threats and intimidation. Police say they are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a poster being put up in the area. 
  • Barra Best

    Barra Best

    BBC News NI Weather Presenter

    Windy weekend weather:

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    It'll be very windy on Saturday night into Sunday. Gusts of up to 60mph can be widely expected but winds may reach up to 70mph in places.
    Wind warning
  • Lloyds' Irish commercial property:

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    BBC News NI economics and business editor John Campbell tweets
    LLoyds
  • Jayne McCormack

    Jayne McCormack

    BBC News NI

    The best of Boyce online:

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    Former BBC NI roving reporter James Boyce's was famed for his unique talent for gathering quirky tales from across Northern Ireland.
    Dancing
    Now a lot of his reports have been retrieved from the archive and are available online so that a whole new audience can be entertained by the eccentricities of life in Northern Ireland over 50 years ago.
  • BBC Sport NI

    BBC Sport NI

    Ireland team named:

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    Ireland have made one change to the team that defeated France a fortnight ago for their game against England in Dublin on Sunday. 
    Jordi Murphy attempts to barge past Italy's Kelly Haimona in Rome
    Jordi Murphy replaces the injured Jamie Heaslip so Ulster's Iain Henderson will have to content himself with a place on the Irish bench. 
  • Belfast Telegraph

    Belfast Telegraph

    Troubles inquests could stop:

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    The Belfast Telegraph reports that inquests into deaths during the conflict in Northern Ireland could be halted because no money is available to appoint investigators according to the senior coroner.
    John Leckey
    Senior coroner John Leckey wants to employ specialists to hunt for information about killings during 30 years of violence but has been told nobody is available to undertake the task.
  • Irish team to be named:

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    Joe Schmidt is set to name the Ireland team for Sunday's Six Nations clash against England in five minutes. You can watch the announcement live on the IRFU website
    Joe Schmidt
  • Man charged with murder:

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    A 37-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of County Antrim woman Pauline Carmichael. 
    Alan Foster
    Alan Norman Foster, from Hillside, Antrim, appeared in Coleraine Magistrates Court. He will appear again in court in March.
  • New names for departments:

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    BBC News NI political correspondent Gareth Gordon tweets:
    New names
  • Make It Digital

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    It's day two of the BBC's Make it Digital three-day event at BBC Blackstaff Studios in Belfast. 
    Make it Digital
    You can watch the highlights from day one and drop into to some of the workshops, live shows and drop-in sessions today or tomorrow. Book your place to avoid disappointment.
  • 12 year sentence for murder

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    A Belfast man has been for the "brutal and senseless" murder of a father of four.
    Forensic officer examining George Gray's flat in the aftermath of his murder
    George Gray, who was 52, was beaten to death in his flat on east Belfast's Cregagh Road on 30 August, 2012. Alan Irvine, 31, from Rosebery Gardens, Belfast, pleaded guilty to the murder last month.
  • BBC Sport

    BBC Sport

    Apprentice v The Master:

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    The only two unbeaten teams in the Six Nations this year, Ireland and England face each other in Dublin this Sunday. 
    George Ford and Jonathan Sexton
    Fly-halves are always important in big games but could the experienced Jonny Sexton or the novice George Ford sway the game for their respective sides this Sunday?
  • Peter Coulter

    Peter Coulter

    BBC News NI

    ¿Dónde está Pablo?

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    BBC News NI's own Peter Coulter spotted this poster in south Belfast last night.
    Pablo
    Have you seen Pablo, the red-eyed albino ferret with yellow tones anywhere in south Belfast?
  • BBC Sport NI

    BBC Sport NI

    Clarke to make Orchard return:

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    Jamie Clarke returns to the Armagh team for Sunday's Football League Division 3 game against Limerick in Kilmallock.
    Jamie Clarke's two late points helped Armagh snatch a fortunate victory over Tipperary in Division 3
    Clarke has recovered from the groin injury that forced him to miss the win over Wexford and is drafted into the attack along with Tony Kernan.
  • Energy prices decrease:

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    The Utility Regulator welcomed the 7.8% average decrease by SSE Airtricitygas supply in its regulated gas tariffs in the greater Belfast area.
    Gas flame
    Jenny Pyper of the Utility Regulator said: "This now means that Northern Ireland consumers are benefiting from amongst the lowest electricity and gas standard tariffs in the UK."
  • BBC Radio Foyle

    BBC Radio Foyle

    Derry's new temple:

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    Part of Temple by David Best. We'll be speaking to the artist on BBC Radio Foyle's News at One.
    Temple David Best
  • Rugby ticket warning:

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    The IRFU says fans should not buy tickets for Ireland's match against England this weekend from unofficial sources.
    Ireland vs England
    The union said a number of people had lost money after trying to buy tickets advertised on well-known websites. 
  • Cop that!:

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    PSNI East Belfast tweets
    Drugs find East Belfast
  • BBC Talkback

    BBC Talkback

    Self-harm discussion:

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    A packed studio for our important discussion on self-harm in Northern Ireland. Support and stories on BBC Talkback now.
    Talkback
  • Carrick Times

    Carrick Times

    Teen's petition raised at Stormont:

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    The Carrick Times reports that a petition to make mental health education compulsory within the Northern Ireland curriculum has been raised at Stormont.
    A man on a bench with his head in hands
    Established by Carrickfergus Grammar School pupil Sara Patterson, the document was presented to the assembly on Monday morning by East Antrim MLA Roy Beggs.
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