CDP Fire & Flood

Tributes for Gerry Anderson Show phone-in regular Geordie Tuft after he dies in house fire A well-known radio phone-in contributor and "colourful character" has died after a fire broke out at his Loughbrickland home.

House fire deaths rise in 2015 The number of people killed in accidental house fires in Northern Ireland increased last year, emergency services said.

Flood defences under further pressure in midlands Residents in some of the worst affected areas of the midlands struggled to keep flood water out overnight after another increase in levels on the River Shannon.