A young Tyrone girl who has faced bullying and beatings is attracting a swell of support after a video of the latest attack on her went viral<\/a>.<\/p>\n Caitlin McGinty, aged just 12 and from Strabane, was attacked in the centre of the Co Tyrone town on Friday evening.<\/p>\n The first bilingual<\/a> road traffic signs in Northern Ireland have been installed along west Belfast\u2019s<\/a> Falls Road.<\/p>\n The Irish-English signage<\/a> and road markings, covering bus lanes and parking information, have been placed on a stretch of the Falls Road between the Springfield Road and Whiterock Road<\/a>, with implementation continuing over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n A dozen BBC NI presenters and journalists were paid for outside work over 12 months<\/a>, it has emerged, amid scrutiny over \u2018moonlighting\u2019 by staff employed by the broadcaster.<\/p>\n Community correspondent Mark Simpson has emerged as the staff member with the highest number of outside gigs across the entire BBC, with weatherman and film-maker Barra Best at number three.<\/p>\n They are among 12 working for BBC NI who earned extra money in the year to the end of March 2026.<\/p>\n The family of a woman whose death is unexplained say they feel \u2018let down\u2019 by justice minister Naomi Long<\/a> after officials banned a leading charity from attending a meeting.<\/p>\n Julieanne Lynch was speaking after Department of Justice (DoJ) officials said former PSNI detective James Brannigan – who is credited with cracking the Katie Simpson case – could not attend a meeting with the minister scheduled for earlier this month.<\/p>\n Business<\/p>\n Some 855,000 households in Northern Ireland will again be forced to wait and see how prime minister Andy Burnham\u2019s decision to remove VAT from electricity bills<\/a> from October will impact them.<\/p>\n The move by the new PM is expected to cut \u00a345 off a typical home\u2019s annual bill based<\/a>, on Ofgem\u2019s current price cap in Britain.<\/p>\n Northern Ireland\u2019s labour market remained broadly flat in June<\/a>, with modest growth in payrolled employment and earnings alongside largely unchanged headline indicators in the latest Labour Force Survey.<\/p>\n The number of employees receiving pay through HMRC PAYE stood at 820,800, unchanged over the month and 1.4% higher than a year earlier.<\/p>\n Sport<\/p>\n Armagh\u2019s All-Ireland winning forward Stefan Campbell has revealed why the Orchard county didn\u2019t want any special branding on their jersey\u2019s for their All-Ireland final clash with Galway in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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