An elderly patient has died in an outbreak of listeria in two hospitals in the North.

Patients at Antrim Area Hospital have had to be moved from one part of the building to another today, after contractors working there hit a gas pipe, causing a leak.

Police in the North are investigating the sudden death of a 23-year-old woman from Cavan who died in Antrim Area Hospital after attending a music festival.

A 36-year-old man died today after becoming trapped in a cave in the North.

A police officer was seriously injured when a bomb exploded under his car in the North today.

A woman carried unconscious from a burning building is lucky to be alive, the fire service said today.

Police in the north have named the14-week-old baby boy who died in hospital yesterday.

Police in the North are continuing to question a man in connection with the murder of a 14-week-old baby boy.

A pedestrian was being treated in hospital today after being struck by a hit-and-run driver, police said.

Police in the North are today questioning a teenager after a mob attack in Strabane, Co Tyrone.

One man has been arrested in relation to what is believed to be a racist attack on a Latvian man in Lisburn.

More victims of the sectarian hatred that drove a gang to beat a Catholic schoolboy to death are going undetected, Northern Ireland‘s Chief Constable warned tonight.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today described the murder of a Catholic schoolboy in Northern Ireland as a "shocking reminder of the evils of sectarianism".

Two men are being questioned by police today in relation to the vicious beating of a 15-year-old boy in the North which left him fighting for his life.

A 16-year-old boy is in a serious condition after sustaining injuries to his upper body in an accident on a farm in Co Antrim yesterday.

An independent report into the breast cancer assessments of nearly 7,000 women by a suspended radiologist in the North will be published today.

THOUSANDS of women are to have to have breast screening tests re-examined amid concerns over the clinical judgment of a senior doctor.

A consultant radiologist dealing with breast cancer screening has been suspended amid concerns over his clinical judgment, it was announced today.

A stomach bug has forced the closure of beds and hit more than 170 patients and staff at three Northern Ireland hospitals, it emerged tonight.

Heads must roll over a money-spinning car-park at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital which is lining financiers’ pockets, it was claimed today.

Twelve children with special needs were injured today when a minibus carrying them to a daycare centre collided with a lorry in Northern Ireland.

A lorry driver was being questioned by police today after a crash in which three passengers in a minibus carrying physically and mentally handicapped adults were killed.