Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks.

We are not just combining two companies; we are building a formidable team' - Navantia chairman Ricardo Domínguez

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

Earlier red warnings covered the entirety of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Now the most serious alert covers parts of Scotland as the storm brings winds posing a danger to life.

Showcasing the best young boxing talent, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Wales and BBC Scotland will broadcast a series of three boxing events live on BBC iPlayer and BBC television, starting with Belfast on Saturday 1 February. Nations Fight Night will bring live boxing back to BBC audiences right across the UK.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

SNOW and ice warnings have been issued to Brits as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the UK. THE Met Office have urged Brits to “be prepared” with a number of snow and ice

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly highlighted that compensation payments were available in Scotland ... Buildings in Belfast, Ms O’Neill said ...

Schools have been shut across the UK after the Met Office said there is a risk to life and issued four days of weather warnings.

Three years have passed since substantial changes were made to the GB Highway Code, which introduced new rules on a ‘hierarchy of road users’, junction priority, close passes, and much more. While the Northern Ireland government is waiting to see the impact of those changes, Cycling UK has warned that greater delays will cost more lives.

The formal acquisition of Harland & Wolff’s four UK shipyards is expected to be ratified on Wednesday when senior figures from the Spanish-owned Navantia visit Belfast to meet workers. Parent company H&W Holdings,

Damage could be seen in Belfast in Northern Ireland on Friday as a major storm continued to lash Ireland and Scotland with hurricane-force winds.