The Northern Ireland Assembly has today passed a hard-hitting budget dealing with billions in cuts from London, but ministers were left divided over the controversial financial plan.

Two of the parties in the North's power-sharing Government are poised to vote against a hard-hitting Budget that follows £4bn in cuts from London.

Nurses in the North called for a ban on under-18s using sunbeds today.

READING the British newspapers this week gives one a real sense of déjà vu.