Fermanagh got a £24m boost this week with the announcement that health services in the border region are set to benefit from a welcome injection of cash from the European Union.

Social workers in Derry have never been in as high demand as the service currently faces. The Journal has learned that Children’s Services have over 260 families or children who have been identified as ‘at risk’ yet no social worker has been allocated.

Racists who forced Romanians to flee their homes threatened to cut a baby’s throat, it emerged today. Over 100 men, women and children were this morning taken to the Ozone complex in Belfast after they spent the night in a church hall following sustained attacks by a racist mob claiming to be from the fascist group Combat 18.

A hundred Romanians have had to spend the night in a church hall after suffering a series of racist attacks in Northern Ireland. The group consisted of 20 different families and included a five-year-old girl.

A NEW hard-hitting campaign to drive home the serious consequences of underage drinking has been unveiled by Antrim police.

Doctors have treated 125 cases of sexually transmitted infections in under 16s in the past six years, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.

A new free service for adults with learning disabilities has been launched by the Western Health and Social Care Trust. The aim is to support people with a learning disability to make decisions which affect their lives and to provide independent information about the options available.

Glenn Houston, Chief Executive of RQIA – Northern Ireland’s independent regulator of health and social care services – today welcomed the findings of a Queen’s University study on MRSA rates in nursing homes in the Northern Trust area, which includes Coleraine.

A Creggan Pre-school is fighting to secure funds that could stop it from closing at the end of the month. Like many groups in Derry, Creggan Preschool and Training Trust have lost their funding from the Department of Social Development. For the past year they’ve been surviving on the goodwill of staff, fundraising by parents, and their reserves.

WHITEHEAD and Greenisland residents with questions on debt, benefits, employment and other issues can now seek help on their doorstep.