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Two people are seriously ill in Italy after being given chemicals from an Antrim company at the centre of an investigation following the death of a woman.

As the International Olympic Committee visits London, Gordon Farquhar takes a look at whether London is ready to deliver the Games.

Two men are each jailed for eight years for killing a man and then dumping his semi-naked body in a lift in Edinburgh.

A 3,000-year-old piece of gold jewellery found in a bog in Fermanagh is declared an item of treasure.

An artist for Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists says his success has been accidental.

Research suggests make-believe games and number activities can help poor children succeed "against the odds".

Thirty-eight girls could have been implicated in an inquiry into child exploitation in Oxford, a court hears.

24 hours of news photos: 30 March 2012

Bringing pet dogs to work can reduce stress and make the job more satisfying for other employees, a study suggests.

England pace bowler Stuart Broad is ruled of the final Test against Sri Lanka after a scan confirms a strain in his right calf.

A Belgian art dealer convicted of smuggling in China has died while under surveillance and subject to travel restrictions, Belgian officials say.

Some Barclays customers are facing delays trying to log on to the bank's online service as a rebuilt site is phased in.

Finance ministers in Copenhagen agree to increase the size of the eurozone's rescue funds to 800bn euros ($1.1tn; £667bn).

An MI6 officer whose body was found in a bag in central London may have been killed by someone "specialising in the dark arts of the secret services", a court hears.

A 45-year-old man is jailed for life for a catalogue of assaults and rapes on women over a 20-year period.

Newly released private letters by author Ernest Hemingway disclose his heartache over an accident involving his cat.

Human error did not appear to be to blame for the North Sea gas leak, oil company Total says.

Seen the news today? It's all about what happens. But what about what didn't happen, asks Michael Blastland.

A performing arts school co-founded by Sir Paul McCartney purchases a building where John Lennon attended art college.

A woman is seriously burned when petrol ignited in the kitchen of her York home as she was pouring it into a jug.