A teenage girl died in hospital tonight, hours after being struck by a bus in central Belfast.

A woman gave birth today just hours after her husband was murdered in a machete attack as he lay in bed beside her.

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.

BRAIN haemorrhage patients from the south of the country will no longer be forced to travel to Dublin or Belfast as a long-awaited, life-saving treatment will be available in Cork from next month.

A 16-year-old boy is in a serious condition after sustaining injuries to his upper body in an accident on a farm in Co Antrim yesterday.

Democratic Unionist Party attempts to constrain power-sharing ministers will only result in key decisions in Norther Ireland becoming more partisan, it was claimed today.

A WILD-WEST style shoot-out in the middle of the main street of a small Border village led to the death of one man and a second being treated for gunshot wounds to his neck and face.