NI households set for £30 electricity reduction in July to combat energy crisis

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told MPs he welcomes reports that X is taking over sexualised deepfakes produced by its AI tool, Grok. Sir Keir told MPs he had been informed X was “acting to ensure full compliance with UK law” – but his spokesman later clarified he did not have any new…

Sebastian GriffithsBBC News NI PA Media Boxer Carl Frampton (centre) with Foodstock director Ciaran Toman (left) and Foodstock founder Paul Doherty at the opening Some children from low-income families in Belfast are to get free transfer test tuition from a new centre aiming to “level the playing field”. The new Foodstock Education and Empowerment Centre,…

Belby, a district nurse, had hoped to get the money returned in time for Christmas but found the process of trying to secure her refund slow and stressful, especially because she said she was given conflicting information and was quoted two vastly different figures of how much she was owed.

Getty Images Some people are arriving at food banks in baggy clothes due to weight loss, claims one volunteer at a foodbank A woman working at a foodbank has told the BBC she has “got used” to people telling her they have not eaten in days. “We see people who are thin, pale, and tired-looking,”…