Updates for Wednesday 30 November 2016
Members of the NASUWT teaching union are staging a one-day strike over pay, job security and workload.
Image source, PacemakerA number of schools in Belfast and Newtownabbey are affected.
Education Minister Peter Weir said he had made it clear the education budget was "under severe pressure" and his priority was "protecting school budgets".
UK roads are the most congested in Europe, a study of traffic in more than 100 EU cities suggests.
Data company Inrix monitored traffic on every road in 123 cities. Belfast came in 10th on a list of the worst congested cities in the UK.
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Today, the diggers move in at the Brandywell to give the Derry stadium a revamp. Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is at the ground to welcome the start of the redevelopment.
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BBC Sport NI
Mark Allen fought back from 4-0 down to beat Ryan Day and progress to the last 16 of the UK Championship.
Image source, PAAllen won a nervy final frame to secure a match against John Higgins in the next round.
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Marie-Louise Connolly
BBC News NI Health Correspondent
So what's it like for a paramedic in Northern Ireland? Jacqueline O'Neill is a paramedic in Belfast. She's been doing the job for 12 years. I accompanied her for an average day at work.
After three hours, by midday, she's been to a road traffic accident, a fall and a suspected case of septicaemia. "I like the not-knowing what is going to happen next," she says.
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Our live Q&A broadcast from NI's ambulance control centre is on Facebook right now, external - we had a momentary technical issue a few minutes ago, so apologies if you were watching. But everything appears to be running smooth now.
Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly is interviewing Brian O'Neill from Northern Ireland Ambulance Services - get your questions in by commenting on the BBC News NI Facebook page, external.
The majority of people call 999 in an emergency. But, still, some do make time-wasting calls to the ambulance service.
999 calls: Woman calls ambulance for taxi home from hospital
In this call, provided by the NI Ambulance Service, a woman at Altnagelvin Calls requests an ambulance to take her home.
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Join us on the BBC News NI Facebook page, external for a live Q&A with our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly. Tune in and send us your questions!
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Catherine Smyth
BBC News NI
In the centre of the room where the NI ambulance staff are handling calls is a vast computer screen that shows the length of time patients are having to wait at hospital emergency departments.
At the moment, there are 16 twelve-hour breahces at Antrim Area Hospital, one at Altnagelvin, three at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital and one at the Ulster Hospital. Just a snapshot of the pressure faced by the health service in Northern Ireland.
As we've been reporting, average ambulance waiting times are up - but emergency services still face the problem of people calling 999 in situations that are not an emergency.
999 calls: Woman rings for ambulance after losing bank card
In this call provided by the NI Ambulance Service, a woman phones for an ambulance after losing her bank card.
Average ambulance waiting times are up - and in Northern Ireland, figures show that the South Eastern Trust is where you'll have the longest average waiting time for paramedics.
Belfast has the shortest average wait at 8.32 minutes, but that's up from an average of 5.45 minutes in 2013-14.
Catherine Smyth
BBC News NI
As Northern Ireland wakes up, the men and women at the NI ambulance control centre have just changed shift.
The 12-hour night shift has just ended and the 12-hour day shift is just beginning.