A British cancer patient is set to have his operation live-streamed using virtual-reality technology in a world first.

A new RTÉ documentary will focus on the unsung hero doctors who save lives in their spare time by bringing pre-hospital emergency care to roadside crashes and emergencies.

A man who was shot more than 13 years ago has died from his injuries, police said.

Nine people have been injured after a pleasure boat crashed into London's Tower Bridge.

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Aoife ní Mhaoileoin is preparing to sail 2,400 miles across the Pacific in a boat with no engine and no sail, writes Claire Droney.

The brother of a former 'EastEnders' actress appeared in the dock today accused of murdering his sister and dumping her torso in a canal.

A former 'EastEnders' actress was murdered and dumped in a canal after attending a high-profile hospital opening ceremony, UK detectives revealed today.

A woman who became a 2012 Paralympics hopeful after losing both her legs in the 7/7 attacks was hailed as “truly inspirational” by a coroner today.

A post-mortem examination is to be carried out today on the body of a schoolgirl who died after falling 15 floors from her London tower block home.

The London parents whose sleeping baby twins were attacked by a fox said it was probably a “freak occurrence” but they are still too frightened to leave doors and windows open.

This mobile phone picture shows a fox suspected of mauling twin sisters as they slept.

Twin baby girls mauled by a fox as they slept remained in hospital today as London Mayor Boris Johnson said councils should “focus on their duties for pest control”.

THE mother of baby twins mauled by a fox as they slept spoke of her fears for the girls as they recovered in hospital yesterday.

Twin baby girls were being treated in hospital today after they were mauled by a fox as they slept.

Rock star Pete Doherty could be charged with offences linked to a hit-and-run which left a man in a critical condition, sources close to the investigation said today.

The manager of rock star Pete Doherty was today charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash, police said.

A PENSIONER was “dragged like a doll” through the street in a fatal attack by his dog.

British actress Kathy Burke is in hospital suffering a mystery stomach illness.

TRACES of radiation have been found at a dozen sites in Britain and five jets were being investigated for possible contamination as authorities widened their investigation into the poisoning of a former Russian spy, British Home Secretary John Reid said yesterday.

IRELAND must have a clear roadmap strategy to deal with a major bird flu outbreak in the near future, top medics warned yesterday.

Ireland must have a clear roadmap strategy to deal with a major bird flu outbreak in the near future, medics warned today.

A family arrested by police during a raid to smash a suspected chemical plot today denied any involvement in terrorism activity, their spokesman said.

BRITAIN was holding its breath last night for the results of bird flu tests on a number of dead birds amid fears of an outbreak.

The discovery of a dead swan with H5 bird flu in Scotland indicates that many more wild birds in the area are likely to be infected, a leading British virologist says.

A STRAIN of bird flu has been found in a dead swan in Scotland, health officials said last night.

The death toll from last week’s London suicide bombings stands at 55 today after another victim lost his fight for survival and his girlfriend was formally identified.

The family of one of the London suicide bombers today said he may have been “brainwashed” into carrying out such an evil act.

The death toll from last week’s suicide bombings in London rose to 55 today after another victim lost his fight for survival.

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SOME have missing limbs. Others have to undergo operations on wounds penetrated with indented stone, debris, glass or metal.

Architect William Walshe was tonight recovering from burns and lacerations after being caught up in the terrorist bomb attacks in London.

SURVIVORS last night spoke of their terror following the first Tube tunnel blast between Liverpool Street Station and Aldgate East in which seven people died and many more were seriously injured.

AT least seven people were killed in the first blast in a tube tunnel at 8.51am, but eyewitnesses spoke of seeing many bodies in the wreckage of the train.

ONE of the youngest of yesterday’s victims of a terrorist attack on London’s tube system, 16-year-old George O’Connell tried to sleep last night knowing that he was one of the lucky ones.

MINUTES after the first blast ripped through Liverpool Street station, the emergency plan swung into operation. Hospitals were soon inundated with the hundreds of injured.

The second blast in London, which ripped through a packed Piccadilly Line train deep under London’s streets, was the most lethal.

Scores of casualties flooded hospitals today following the London bomb attacks.

Travellers spoke today of their terror as a string of explosions hit London.

All London hospitals were on a major incident alert today as casualties flooded in from the explosions across the British capital.

Singer Marc Almond is confident of making a full recovery following a motorcycle crash that left him in intensive care last month.

British pop star Marc Almond is in a "stable" condition in a London hospital following a motorcycle crash on Sunday afternoon.

A member of Madonna’s production crew was injured in an accident today during preparations for her Re-invention tour.

A HEALTH committee in Britain reported yesterday that a girl of three died from heart failure because she was so overweight and warned that obese children could become the first generation to die before their parents.