Politicians are being offered the chance to have their hearts checked out as they return to Stormont after the summer holidays today.

A new stroke strategy for the North needs to be more specific in some of its objectives, it was claimed today.

Up to 1,000 people are dying from excessive salt intake in the North every year, a charity said today.

A Belfast-based organisation which aims to break down the sectarian divide has received a cash boost from one of Scotland’s Old Firm footballing giants, it emerged today.