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Three men are to appear in court in Newry charged with involvement in terrorist activity.

The World Shakespeare Festival opens in London with 70 productions of the Bard's plays being performed in very new and surprising ways.

Mobile phone firm Vodafone agrees to buy telecoms company Cable & Wireless Worldwide in a deal valuing the firm at just over £1bn.

Attempts to avert a strike by fuel tanker drivers will resume at the conciliation service, Acas, later.

A "miniature honeycomb" - or scaffold - could one day be used to encourage nerves to grow in order to repair damage, according to an international group of researchers.

A reformed House of Lords should be 80% elected and there should be a referendum before any change is made, a parliamentary committee says.

The world's biggest food group, Nestle, announces a deal to buy children's food maker Pfizer Nutrition for $11.85bn.

One person is still in hospital in Fort William after 13 were treated for the effects of taking what have been described as illicit drugs.

More teenagers are choosing to stay on in full-time education, which Careers Wales advisers describe as encouraging in the current economic climate.

A football swept away by the tsunami and found on an Alaskan island is to be returned after its teenage Japanese owner was identified.

Papers analyse French presidential election

The education minister will be asked to ensure there are enough pre-school places throughout Northern Ireland during a debate at Stormont on Monday.

An elderly woman was physically assaulted by a male carer and mistreated by four others in a care home classed ''excellent'' by the national regulator, the Care Quality Commission.

George Zimmerman, the man accused of murder over the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, is released from jail on a $150,000 bond.

Government departments are told to identify a further 5% of their budgets which can be cut, as part of moves to protect against future spending demands.

UK manufacturing pay rises averaged 2.6% in the past three months, barely changed from the 2.5% seen in the previous quarter, says an industry body.

A report says China needs a "consistent policy" on the South China Sea if it is to resolve disputes, amid rising tensions with the Philippines and others.

The Care Quality Commission is being criticised for failing to take sufficient action after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being slapped by a care worker.

President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a hard fight in the run-off vote in the French presidential election, after losing the first round to Francois Hollande.

A man is arrested by police investigating an attack on a British diplomat who was left blind in one eye after he was mugged in west London.