The deaths of four babies in the North during a pseudomonas outbreak are under preliminary investigation by police.

An Armagh couple are under police investigation after the regulator found significant financial abuse of six vulnerable adults in care.

A hospital neonatal unit where three babies died in Belfast should be replaced to improve infection control, a report into the pseudomonas outbreak said.

An independent investigation is to take place into hospital outbreaks of a deadly infection that killed four babies in the North.

A health watchdog in the North today demanded improvements in hospital hygiene after inspections raised concerns over standards in five hospitals.

A drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre on the border has been forced to close its doors because it could not address health and fire safety concerns, it emerged tonight.