The scenes of violence in Ballymena which left 15 police injured were described as ‘racist thuggery’ by a senior officer.

The mother-of-three said her children were asking why their house was being attacked during disturbances in the Co Antrim town on Monday night.

Coleraine Magistrates’ Court heard that the teenagers had denied the alleged offence during interviews with police.

The UK-Ukraine school partnerships programme has drawn more than 750 applications from UK schools since opening in January.

George Brennan from Co Mayo was last seen on April 2nd in Ballycastle, Co Antrim.

The most significant blaze took hold in the Hilltown area of Co Down on Saturday.

The Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust (CCGHT) is taking over management responsibility for the Dark Hedges in Co Antrim.

Four police officers sustained minor injuries in the west Belfast incident.

Police are investigating the break-in at Crumlin Fire Station, which was discovered on Tuesday morning.

Charlie Joyce died in hospital hours after colliding with another scrambler bike in Ballymena in June 2022.

A man aged in his 50s is said to be stable in hospital following the incident on Saturday evening.

Police have appealed for information about two separate arson attacks in Co Antrim.

Police have appealed for information about the crash in the Steeple Road area of Antrim on Thursday.

The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday.

The woman, aged in her 70s, died following the incident in Glengormley.

The incident involved a black Porsche Cayenne mounting a roundabout on the Belfast Road in Ballynure.

Police said it is believed that flammable liquid was poured onto the front door of the flat in Mallusk Gardens.

Tony Miskimmon, 74, was assaulted in the Station Road area of Antrim on Saturday

A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of several offences following the incident in the Glenravel Road area of Martinstown on Saturday.

The victim remained in a critical condition in hospital on Sunday evening.

The incident happened in Ballymena on Thursday as the officers responded to a report of theft.

Police are awaiting the results of toxicology tests.

A post mortem has taken place and police await the result of toxicology tests.

The collision occurred in Ballymena late on Tuesday night.

Robert Lee, 49, from the Ballymoney area, had been driving a car that was in collision with a lorry on the Frosses Road.

Detectives have appealed for information about the incident.

The man, aged in his 30s, had been inside the flat during the incident.

The blaze, which started on Sunday night, caused significant damage to the Church of Ireland building and hall in Greenisland.

Coastguard rescue teams and a helicopter rescued the man from Carrick-a-Rede island in a ‘delicate operation’.

Graffiti was also reported at the restaurant in Newtownabbey on Wednesday.

The two incidents are being investigated as potentially linked, police said.

Officers received a report that a man had been stabbed in the Anderson Court area of Doagh at around lunchtime on Thursday.

Two women were injured in the crash between two vehicles in Ballymena on Tuesday.

Two homes were damaged in petrol bomb attacks in the Co Antrim town and another incident is being treated as a racially motivated hate crime.

Police said the man, aged in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene on the Ballyrobert Road in Ballyclare shortly before midnight on Saturday.

Police said the incident was reported at a licensed premises in the High Street area of the town shortly before 12.10am on Sunday.

The victim was left with potentially life-changing injuries after the attack in Bushmills in the early hours of Sunday morning

He was taken to hospital, where his condition on Sunday morning was described as not life-threatening.

Police looking for Leah Sloan/McCrea said they have located a body in the Inver River.

The man is due to appear before Coleraine Magistrates’ Court on Monday

Her brother Philip said it has been a devastating time for his family, describing a sense of emptiness without his younger sister.

Two men attacked and robbed a 26-year-old man in the early hours of Monday in Antrim town.