Man murdered in east of the city
A murder investigation is under way following the discovery of a man's body at a house in east Belfast.

Pupils to sit second set of tests
Thousands of year seven pupils across Northern Ireland will sit down on later for new grammar school entrance tests.

Flooding continues to close roads
Three roads in Fermanagh remain closed after heavy rain caused flooding throughout the county this week.

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Candystripes enter administration
Derry City boss Stephen Kenny is linked with the vacancy at Dundalk as the crisis-hit Brandywell club is put into administration.

DUP meet for annual conference
Members of the DUP are to gather in County Down this weekend for the party's annual conference.

Public dig deep for Pudsey Bear
Hundreds of thousands of pounds are raised in Northern Ireland for Children in Need.

City bar owners declared bankrupt
Arthur and Tony Rooney, owners of a string of bars in Belfast which went in receivership in October, are declared bankrupt.

Police release man without charge
A 42-year-old man arrested in connection with the discovery of a viable bomb in Armagh is released without charge.

Odds slashed on 'Jedward' X Factor success
The odds on John and Edward winning the X Factor drop after a firm said it had found a way to register votes from the Irish Republic.

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Cliftonville v Distillery is off
The Carling Premiership game between Cliftonville and Lisburn Distillery is postponed because of waterlogged Solitude pitch.

Childcare Worries
BBC Newsline looks at vouchers for working parents

Too cool?
No central heating for new Belfast 'eco homes'

Atheist ad
Humanists question child 'labels' in Belfast poster

Dublin anger
Airwaves hum with anti-French sentiment

Weather update
Latest weather forecast from Northern Ireland

Tributes paid to quad crash teen
Tributes are paid to a 14-year-old boy who died in a quad bike accident in Maghera on Thursday night.

Men 'armed with knives' rob bank
Two men, possibly armed with knives, rob a bank in Warrenpoint on Friday, say police.

Motorway exclusion zone is lifted
An exclusion zone set up near the M2 motorway around gas cylinders at risk of exploding after a fire is lifted.

Hammer pair's sentences increased
Brothers who beat a man with hammers in his north Belfast home have each had the time they will serve in jail increased.

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France reject Irish replay hopes
The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their World Cup play-off game.

Priest denies abusing three girls
A Dublin-based priest denies sexually abusing three County Fermanagh girls more than 30 years ago.

Man arrested after cocaine seized
A man is arrested following the seizure of a substantial amount of cocaine in Coleraine.

Education body 'to miss deadline'
Education Minister Caitriona Ruane admits a new single education body is unlikely to be in place by the new year deadline.

£150m civil servants deal 'offer'
The Executive has given approval for the finance minister to make an offer to Nipsa in a long-running pay dispute, sources say.

Man charged over £60K drug find
A 24-year-old man from the Bogside appears in court charged over £60,000 worth of drugs found by police in his home.

Ex RUC man becomes Sinn Fein MLA
Coleraine councillor Billy Leonard is selected by Sinn Fein to become an assembly member in East Londonderry.

Bank badly damaged as ATM stolen
Thieves steal a cash machine from a bank in Ballygawley, County Tyrone in the latest in a series of ATM thefts.

NI politicians in Iraq conference
A conference is being held in Iraq examining how NI peace principles might be applied to the city of Kirkuk.

Warning on 'education meltdown'
Education boards to be scrapped in six weeks hit out at the assembly's failure to pass the law creating their replacement.

Under-18s face sunbed ban in NI
The NI health minister proposes that under-18s be banned from using tanning salons as he launches a consultation.

City civil rights campaigner dies
One of Derry's best-known civil rights campaigners and founding member of the Derry Labour Party, Willie Breslin dies.

Travellers' site move welcomed
An announcement that responsibility for Travellers' Transit Sites will not transfer to local government control has been welcomed.

What the papers say
A look at what's making the headline in Friday's morning newspapers.