ARDS: A 44-year-old man accused of burgling Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church near Bangor - with £400 cash and a guitar allegedly stolen - appeared at Ards Magistrates' Court and had his case adjourned to July 15 while remaining on bail.

BELFAST: Stephen McCullagh, 36, was told he must serve a minimum of 31 years in prison after receiving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of Natalie McNally at her home in Lurgan - a crime a senior detective described as meticulously premeditated and a case of domestic homicide.

NUTTS' CORNER: A 26-year-old woman admitted driving without due care and attention after a two-car collision in the Nutts' Corner area on 28 September last year, with a defence barrister telling the court she had been distracted by her baby in the back seat.