That's it from the Local Live team for tonight. We'll be back at 07:00 tomorrow morning to bring you the latest news in Northern Ireland.

A 34-year-old man - understood to be prominent republican Dee Fennell - who was arrested in connection with the murder of Michael McGibbon in north Belfast has been released unconditionally.

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Mr McGibbon, 33, a father of four, died after he was shot several times in the leg in Butler Place in north Belfast on Friday 15 April.

A car fire in east Belfast at the weekend may have been caused by a petrol bomb.

Police are investigating the fire that happened at 02:45 BST on Sunday in the Short Strand. They have appealed for witnesses.

The grass has riz

I wonder where dem boidies is?

Mark Allen says he must not allow himself to get frustrated when he faces debutant Mitchell Mann in the first round of the World Championship.

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The Antrim man, 30, begins his Crucible quest full of confidence after winning the Players Championship last month, his third success in a ranking event.

Almost 800 children in Northern Ireland face a further wait to find out if they will get a pre-school nursery place this September.

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According to the Education Authority (EA), 22,219 children have had their pre-school place confirmed while 790 have still to be placed. 

The damage done by vandals at Londonderry's city cemetery on Lone Moor Road "beggars belief", Danny McCartney who maintains the graveyard has said.

"A number of teddy bears were torn up, ornaments smashed... we've tidied up now, but it's just very distressing that anybody could come and do that at a cemetery where people are grieving already," he said. "I'm totally shocked and slightly emotional about it. I'm very sad and angry."

One of the teenagers accused of beating a young father to death in west Belfast must remain in custody, a High Court judge ruled today.

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Lee Smyth, 19, of Colinbrook Gardens in Dunmurry, is among three teenagers charged with murdering 20-year-old Christopher Meli on 12 December last year. A witness has made a disputed claim that he whistled for others to join in the attack.

Arlene Arkinson's sister has told her inquest that she would never have gone anywhere without telling her.

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"She wouldn't have done that..no, no way..she always told me where she was," said Anita McGale. 

Arlene, 15, from Castlederg, disappeared after a night out in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Her body has never been found.

Drivers of the Luas tram service in Dublin have called off strike action planned for this Saturday and Sunday to allow for further talks.

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The planned action is part of a dispute between the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (Siptu) and tram operator Transdev over pay.

After the bombing began in April 1941, the authorities feared that a direct hit on Belfast Zoo could allow dangerous animals to escape. So they ordered creatures including six wolves, a puma, a tiger, a black bear, two polar bears and a lynx to be killed.

But one animal was spared – a baby elephant!

Two Chinese people have been arrested in Bangor, County Down by immigration enforcement officers.

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A 52-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man are being held for overstaying their visas. The Home Office said steps would be taken to remove them from the country.

We're ticking down to the deadline for registering to vote in the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election... this is the last day.

The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland says people can fill in a voter registration form and return it to their nearest electoral office, or call the helpline, to check if they're registered.

A Belfast grandfather who was caught with almost three kilos of cocaine in his car has been given a two-year sentence.

Hugh Brady, 50, of Molyneaux Street was caught with a bag of the drug in his car on 27 May 2015.

Sister Kristin Tenreiro, a close friend of Sister Clare Crockett who died in the Ecuador earthquake, said she would be remembered for her smile and her good work. 

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"When she was asked to work in Ecuador, she knew that there were dangers, but, despite that, she saw it as God's will. She gave herself to God and to the poor and the needy," she said. 

"I will remember her with a huge smile on her face, singing, writing songs and I will remember her jokes. She was a very funny sister and wherever she was, the entire group was laughing."