The brother of leading loyalist Andre Shoukri appeared in court in Belfast today, charged with murdering UDA victim Alan McCullough.

THOUSANDS of lives will be put at risk unless there is a €35 million investment in the ambulance service, worried drivers revealed yesterday.

THE lives of up to 2,500 emergency patients are put at risk every year in Dublin because an overstretched service has no ambulances available.

DELAYS and extra pressure created by the A&E crisis are putting lives at risk ambulance drivers have warned.