UK Labour, DUP reject Theresa May's 'new' Brexit deal
A 'new' Brexit deal proposed by British Prime Minister Theresa May, which would give MPs the opportunity to vote on a second referendum, has been shot down.
Earlier Mrs May said MPs would have the opportunity to vote on whether to a second Brexit referendum if they back her government's withdrawal deal.
She also promised that her revised deal addressed the concerns of 'all parts of the community' in Northern Ireland.
John Finucane becomes Lord Mayor of Belfast
John Finucane, the son of murdered human rights solicitor Pat Finucane, has been elected as the new Lord Mayor of Belfast.
The outgoing mayor, Deirdre Hargey, handed over the chain of office at Belfast City Council's annual general meeting on Tuesday.
Pat Finucane represented IRA hunger strikers and was killed in front of his family by Ulster Defence Association (UDA) gunmen at his home in February 1989.
Jobs at risk in Times Ireland as company to scrap newspaper edition
Almost 20 jobs are at risk in The Times Ireland Edition newspaper.
A 30-day consultation process is to be held with staff.
The company is considering a return to selling the international edition in print - effectively ending the print version of The Times Ireland Edition.
Dublin restaurant not impacted as Jamie Oliver's UK chain collapses
Administrators to Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain in the UK say 22 sites have closed, resulting in 1,000 redundancies, after the business collapsed.
KPMG said attempts to bring fresh investment into the celebrity chef's business - at a time of rising costs and fragile consumer confidence - had failed.
The business was left without enough cash to trade while in administration, meaning that all but three of its 25 eateries have closed.
US grants 90-day temporary reprieve on Huawei ban
US officials have issued a 90-day reprieve on their ban on dealing with Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Rather than an all out ban, there is now a temporary license to allow Huawei continue doing business with some American firms.
The exemption is limited to maintaining existing services, and other exports will still "require a special license granted after a review... under a presumption of denial".
