Ciaran Daly
BBC News NI

That's BBC News NI Live done for another day. Thanks to Mairtin Ó hUigin for sending us home happy with this snap of Lurig Mountain in Cushendall, County Antrim.

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We'll be back again on Friday at 07:00. Until then, you can keep up to date with all of the latest news, sport, travel and weather on the BBC News NI website.

BBC Sport NI

Ireland have hammered Trinidad and Tobago 12-2 in the quarter-finals of the World League 2 tournament.

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Thursday's big win in San Diego is the latest step for Craig Fulton's team as they try to qualify for the Olympics.

The BBC Trust has rejected the Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) appeal to take part in TV debates ahead of the general election. BBC News assistant political editor Norman Smith tweets, external:

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In an interview with BBC, Nigel Dodds said the decision "defied belief".

Barra Best
BBC News NI Weather Presenter

BBC News NI weather presenter Barra Best tweets, external: Here's how Friday and your weekend weather is shaping up. Windiest tomorrow and Saturday with some rain on Saturday too.

BBC Sport

AP McCoy will be counting down the top 10 horses of his incredible racing career tonight from 20:00 on BBC 5 live Sport.

News Letter

An Enniskilen writer and director is set to world premiere his debut feature film at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month, the News Letter reports, external.

An Irish printing firm has refused a gay man's request to print invitations for his civil partnership ceremony, because of its Christian beliefs.

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Beulah Print and Design, based in Drogheda, County Louth, confirmed it had declined an order from Jonathon Brennan, one of their former customers.

Michael Fitzpatrick
BBC News NI

A company that is cutting 200 jobs in west Belfast has to discuss its decision.

Ageas Retail, which sells insurance, plans to shut its call centre operation in Springvale business park.

BBC Sport

Manchester United' Jonny Evans and Newcastle United's Papiss Cisse have been charged with spitting by the Football Association.

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Cisse had earlier apologised for his part in the incident, which happened during Manchester United's 1-0 win at Newcastle on Wednesday. Defender Evans has denied deliberately spitting at Cisse.

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has criticised the BBC after the organisation rejected the DUP's appeal against Northern Ireland being excluded from the proposed TV general election debates.

Mr Dodds said: "This process has been shambolic from the start. The BBC has not engaged with us in a constructive manner. As an entirely predictable result, their management of this process has descended into chaos."

The mother of a child with special education needs has said the fight to get him properly assessed was like "a boxing contest".

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The High Court has ruled that the Northern Eastern Education and Library Board unlawfully refused a statutory assessment of the child's needs.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after a workplace incident at Hayes coal yard in Belfast's Harbour estate.

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The man sustained serious injuries and was treated at the scene and is now at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

A former leading ENT (ear nose throat) specialist, Dr Francis Gerard D'Arcy pleaded guilty to four charges of cheating the public revenue out of "quite substantial" sums of money.

The 73-year-old, from the Malone Road has been granted bail until next month's sentencing.

Norman Smith
BBC Assistant Political Editor

The BBC has rejected the DUP's appeal to take part in the television election debates.

The move is now likely to trigger a judicial review by the DUP over their exclusion from the debates.

A DUP spokesman described the decision by the BBC Trust as "a farce."

BBC News NI business correspondent Julian O'Neill tweets, external:

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Cecilia Daly
BBC News NI Weather Presenter

There's a milder feel to the weather over the next few days. It'll be quite breezy though especially in the north and west.

Generally, temperatures will sit at double-digits over the next few days but it will be quite cloudy.

BBC Newsline presenter Donna Traynor tweets, external:

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness tweets, external:

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Gareth Gordon
BBC News NI Political Correspondent

A Stormont committee investigating the behaviour of a DUP special adviser says the Social Development Minister has refused to engage in a process of arbitration over the issue.

It asked Mervyn Storey to agree to let a High Court judge decide if he should hand over a full copy of a report into the conduct of Stephen Brimstone but Mr Storey says he can't agree to the proposal.

The RNLI is advising anyone planning on visiting its lifeguarded beaches on the north coast to stay away from dangerous cliff edges that have been affected by recent weather.

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Winter storms have dramatically changed the profile of beaches at Whiterocks, Portrush East and Portstewart creating high sand cliffs which are unstable.