A third baby has died after an outbreak of a deadly infection at the Royal Hospital in Belfast, hospital staff said today.

A LIFESAVING piece of equipment resembling a small printer could revolutionise the speed at which meningitis is diagnosed – a process which is expensive and dangerously lengthy.

A top orthopaedic surgeon could face disciplinary action over claims that blood cells taken from fracture patients in the North were used for research without proper procedures being in place, it was revealed today.