Arlene Foster has described serving the people of Northern Ireland as the privilege of her life as she announced her resignation as DUP leader and Stormont First Minister. Mrs Foster
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Progress on a cross-department strategy to stop domestic and sexual violence and abuse in Northern Ireland has been published. Ministers for Health, Justice, Communities, Education and Finance have published an
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New guidance that will facilitate increased visiting in care settings is being finalised, Health Minister Robin Swann has announced. The new guidance is being updated for visiting hospitals, hospices &
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Social work staff who provide emergency out-of-hours cover in Argyll and Bute have voted to take industrial action in consultative ballots run jointly by two unions. Both Unite and UNISON
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Wales manager Ryan Giggs has denied charges of assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour. The former Manchester United winger pleaded not guilty to an allegation he was violent
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A social prescribing approach to healthcare is required for Scotland’s coronavirus recovery, a commission has stated. The Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission, established by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), has issued
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An autistic teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern was not considered a risk to others at the time, despite previously assaulting police and a restaurant worker,
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A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can slash transmission by up to half, according to a new study from Public Health England (PHE). The breakthrough findings offer further hope
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Nearly one quarter of child and adolescent admissions to psychiatric hospitals are involuntary, a new study suggests. Researchers also found young black people were almost three times as likely as
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Patients face long waits for scans and X-rays due to a 33% shortfall in the NHS radiology workforce, a royal college is warning. The NHS needs at least another 1,939
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