No Ulster fry should be without a fried one - or two - but free range or battery, while not being the question of the age, is a query that comes up more and more often.

The first of a three-session auction of Hirst art work out-strips a top estimate of £62.3m to pull in a total of £70.5m.

China's largest bank reports a 57% jump in first half profits and says its earnings have outstripped any of its rivals.

Demand for hotels in Northern Ireland is outstripping demand in the Republic of Ireland.

More people are moving to Northern Ireland than are being born in it, the latest figures say.

Demand for land to grow food and fuel crops is set to outstrip supply, leading to forest destruction, a report warns.

The cost of living for pensioners has outstripped inflation over the past 10 years, research suggests.

Edinburgh has the strongest economy in the UK, outstriping even London, a report shows.

Oil prices rise amid concerns that demand will outstrip supply, pushing crude back above record levels.

Large UK-owned companies are outstripping European rivals when it comes to creating wealth, a study says.

Toyota pulls ahead of US rival General Motors in the battle to sell more cars, as demand from American drivers falls.

The volume of container trade at Hull docks jumps by 16% in a year - four times the national average.

How did the US manage to outstrip the UK in terms of GDP for more than a century?

This year's "must have" Christmas present for thousands of families is the Nintendo Wii games console. But with demand outstripping supply, pressured parents are turning to unorthodox methods to secure one.

The number of prisoners in England and Wales hits a new high for the fourth week running and outstrips jail capacity.

South Africa's main electricity provider starts power cuts as demand outstrips supply.

A festival's support for performing arts outstrips that for painters and sculptors, says a gallery boss.

Spending on debit cards continues to outstrip that on credit cards, cash and cheques.

There is little change in the number of people catching superbugs while in hospital in NI.

A think tank report says the economy of an independent Scotland would outstrip the UK.