A detective investigating the murder of a two-year-old said they believe the man charged with her death attacked the toddler at a house in Co Tyrone. Ali Jayden Doyle died
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Around 1,800 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland are currently off work due to Covid 19, MLAs have been told. Paul Cavanagh, the interim director of planning and commissioning with Northern
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A 29-year-old woman remains under arrest on suspicion of the murder of a baby boy at a house in north Belfast. The boy’s young sister is in intensive care after
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Extra ICU beds are being made available in Belfast as hospitals struggle to cope with a surge in Covid-19 admissions. Six beds for Belfast health trust patients are being put
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Pro-choice campaigners have said the implementation of full abortion services in Northern Ireland is “long overdue”. But anti-abortion activists described it as a “black day” after Westminster intervened to order
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The DUP has said that a Westminster direction that Stormont must set up full abortion services in Northern Ireland has “undermined” devolution. But Sinn Fein, the Alliance Party and Green
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Northern Ireland’s chief scientific adviser has said he is very concerned at stalled vaccine rates. Almost 82% had received a first dose of the jab compared to 87.8% in England,
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Stormont ministers have agreed a further wave of Covid-19 relaxations for Northern Ireland. The measures, which include the end of social-distancing requirements for outdoor activities and a reduction of the
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Health Minister Robin Swann has launched the new Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, setting the strategic direction for mental health in Northern Ireland for the next decade. Launching the new strategy
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Northern Ireland could be recording more than 1,000 Covid-19 cases a day by the end of the summer, Department of Health modelling has suggested. The 1,000 to 1,200 daily case
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