A destitute migrant worker had both legs amputated after being found suffering frostbite on the streets of Northern Ireland, it was revealed tonight.

A haemophilia centre in the North has revealed that a "very small number" of haemophiliacs may have been given blood products from a donor who developed variant CJD, the human form of BSE.

A leading Belfast hospital was forced to close four wards to new admissions today following a fresh outbreak of a stomach virus.