Three people have been injured during a suspected stabbing in Co Down.

The team tasked with carrying out an external review of mental health services in an area of the HSE West where sexual assaults have been alleged at a care home has been given right of entry to any HSE premises and a right to conduct interviews.

The make-up of a review team to examine at least 12 cases of questionable care of newborns at Portiuncula Hospital which left some babies dead and others brain damaged has been announced.

Emergency medical care hours will be cut at Lagan Valley Hospital from today because of a shortage of staff, it has been revealed today.

Six wards in a leading hospital in the North have been closed down after an outbreak of a vomiting and diarrhoea bug hit patients and staff, it was announced today.