Seven-year-old Olcán Wilkes is appealing to the public to sign up to the stem cell register, as he continues his search for a hero that could be his match.

Antrim boy appeals for stem cell 'hero' to save his life

Steve Lazars has claimed he was subjected to racist treatment during his time at the North West Warriors club between January 2017 and May 2018.

'Is Steve really your name?': Cricketer alleges racism during time at NI club

A nine-year-old girl originally from Nigeria has vowed to ‘be the best she can be’ for Belfast as she took the reins as Lord Mayor for the day.

Girl vows to ‘be the best I can be’ as she takes the reins as mayor for the day

Credit: Amelia Films
Londonderry's Racecourse Road

The festive season has arrived early on one street in Londonderry - as the residents of Racecourse Road have come together to light up all 23 houses.

A very Derry Christmas: Festive season comes early to one street

Must watch

Belfast Giants in action against the Dundee Stars at the SSE Arena Belfast.

Penalties proved an issue for the Belfast Giants in their Sunday game against the Dundee Stars, with two powerplay goals for the visitors in their 3-2 win.

Belfast Giants fall to defeat at home to Dundee Stars

The sides meet in Skopje on Thursday and then again on Monday at Seaview in Belfast as Shiels' team continue their Group D campaign.

Shiels: Northern Ireland looking to lay down a marker against North Macedonia

Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw insists her team head into their 2023 Women's World Cup qualifying matches against Slovakia and Georgia "without fear".

'No fear' for Republic of Ireland's women says manager

Fellow forwards Andrew Porter, Caelan Dories, Dan Sheehan, Cian Healy and Tadhg Beirne also claimed tries.

Van der Flier scores two tries as Ireland cruise to victory over Argentina

Ireland beat Japan 15-12 at the RDS Arena in Dublin on Saturday afternoon in Griffin's final game.

Ciara Griffin ends Ireland career with two tries in comeback win over Japan

Credit: Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA Images
Date: Friday November 12, 2021
Northern Ireland players celebrate after Lithuania's Benas Satkus scores an own goal during the FIFA World Cup Qualifying match at Windsor Park, Belfast. 

The win moves Baraclough's men back up to third in Group C, above Bulgaria who face Switzerland in their final fixture on Monday when N. Ireland take on Italy.

Northern Ireland end long wait for win at Windsor Park

Republic of Ireland head coach Stephen Kenny before the UEFA Nations League match at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
Credit: Brian Lawless / PA Images

The Republic extended their unbeaten run to just one defeat in nine games with a 0-0 draw at the Aviva Stadium.

Kenny challenges Republic players to finish strongly after Portugal draw

PA Images 
Ulster Ireland Iain Henderson Rugby

Ulster captain Henderson comes into the second row in place of fellow British and Irish Lion Tadhg Beirne.

Henderson returns to Ireland starting XV for All Blacks clash

UTV Sport

Several hundred people gathered outside the City Hall

Coronavirus NI: Hundreds protest against vaccine certification regulations

The latest forecast for Northern Ireland with data from the Met Office.

UTV Weather: Brisk winds pushing showers in

The 43-year-old was shot dead outside a school

Fresh appeal for information over murder of Jim Donegan in West Belfast

The man and woman have been charged with five counts of child cruelty and appeared at Craigavon Magistrates Court.

Couple ordered to stand trial over multiple allegations of child cruelty

Concern has been expressed about a pilot programme which sees police officers being issued with a drug to counter the effects of overdoses.

Police Federation raises concerns over Naloxone pilot scheme

The figure represents a drop in the weekly toll, down from 44 in the previous week.

Weekly update shows 40 more deaths linked to Covid

The men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter with a postmortem now set to take place.

Three arrested after body of woman found in block of flats

The warning comes from the NSPCC which argues the government's plans to tackle offenders do not go far enough.

Social media being used as 'conveyor belt' for child sex abuse images

Passengers travelling to the UK must take a pre-departure Covid-19 test and get a negative result before arriving in the country, the government has announced. 

Travellers arriving in UK must provide negative Covid test before departure

The prison sentences given to the father and stepmother of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes for his killing are to be reviewed, the attorney general has confirmed.

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Father and stepmother's prison sentences to be reviewed

A student paramedic took a video as he waited at the back of a queue where he says ambulances didn't move for six hours.

Queue of 22 ambulances backed up outside Torbay Hospital A&E 

When caught, the 50-year-old tried to convince the health worker to turn a blind eye.

Man caught wearing fake arm in bid to fool vaccine jab

There are now more than 100 recorded cases of the variant in England. 

Omicron covid variant found in the South West

Flames and smoke in the blaze in Leicester 

Locals say the Leicester fire flames could be seen high up from a distance

Leicester recycling plant fire: residents warned to stay indoors 

Dozens of maskless passengers have been fined as compulsory face coverings were reinstated.

Maskless London commuters fined more than £30k in one day

Laura Douglas from Knowle built a special garden in memory of her daughter Bella Rose, who sadly passed away when she was just five-weeks-old.

Bristol mum's heartbreak as baby daughter's memorial vandalised 

On Saturday, family, friends and others gathered in Church Street, close to where the incident happened, to pay tribute to her.

Hundreds gather in Liverpool for vigil in memory of 12-year-old Ava White

Police are appealing for witnesses after the motorcyclists were spotted riding over the pup at Sea Palling.

Bikers seen 'running over' seal pup on Norfolk beach

In total, 3,068,005 jabs have been delivered since the vaccination programme began just under a year ago.

Vaccination programme passes 90% landmark in Northern Ireland

Disease control measures have been initiated at a commercial duck premises in Aughnacloy.

Suspected bird flu case detected in Co Tyrone

UTV Live brings you the latest news, sport and weather for Northern Ireland.

Catch up with the latest edition of UTV Live

The Met Office has released mean temperature figures for the period covering September, October and November.

Warmest autumn on record for Northern Ireland

Catch up with the latest episodes of UTV programmes.

Catch up with the latest episode of UTV programmes like View From Stormont and more.

UTV News

Top Stories

Coronavirus NI: Hundreds protest against vaccine certification regulations

Fresh appeal for information over murder of Jim Donegan in West Belfast

Police Federation raises concerns over Naloxone pilot scheme

Social media being used as 'conveyor belt' for child sex abuse images

Vaccination programme passes 90% landmark in Northern Ireland

Antrim boy appeals for stem cell 'hero' to save his life

Suspected bird flu case detected in Co Tyrone

Catch up with the latest edition of UTV Live

UTV Weather: Brisk winds pushing showers in

Warmest autumn on record for Northern Ireland

Catch up with UTV programmes like View From Stormont and more

Must watch

Antrim boy appeals for stem cell 'hero' to save his life

'Is Steve really your name?': Cricketer alleges racism during time at NI club

Girl vows to ‘be the best I can be’ as she takes the reins as mayor for the day

A very Derry Christmas: Festive season comes early to one street

UTV Sport

Belfast Giants fall to defeat at home to Dundee Stars

Shiels: Northern Ireland looking to lay down a marker against North Macedonia

'No fear' for Republic of Ireland's women says manager

Van der Flier scores two tries as Ireland cruise to victory over Argentina

Ciara Griffin ends Ireland career with two tries in comeback win over Japan

Northern Ireland end long wait for win at Windsor Park

Kenny challenges Republic players to finish strongly after Portugal draw

Henderson returns to Ireland starting XV for All Blacks clash

Latest updates

Coronavirus NI: Hundreds protest against vaccine certification regulations

UTV Weather: Brisk winds pushing showers in

Fresh appeal for information over murder of Jim Donegan in West Belfast

Couple ordered to stand trial over multiple allegations of child cruelty

Police Federation raises concerns over Naloxone pilot scheme

Weekly update shows 40 more deaths linked to Covid

Three arrested after body of woman found in block of flats

Social media being used as 'conveyor belt' for child sex abuse images

Travellers arriving in UK must provide negative Covid test before departure

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Father and stepmother's prison sentences to be reviewed

Queue of 22 ambulances backed up outside Torbay Hospital A&E

Coronavirus NI: Hundreds protest against vaccine certification regulations

Man caught wearing fake arm in bid to fool vaccine jab

Omicron covid variant found in the South West

Leicester recycling plant fire: residents warned to stay indoors

Maskless London commuters fined more than £30k in one day

Bristol mum's heartbreak as baby daughter's memorial vandalised

Hundreds gather in Liverpool for vigil in memory of 12-year-old Ava White

Bikers seen 'running over' seal pup on Norfolk beach