A Sinn Fein candidate has voiced fears for the safety of women standing for election as she expressed solidarity with a DUP candidate who was abused online. Carla Lockhart was
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A man has been arrested over allegations of ill-treatment of patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital. Detectives from the PSNI’s Public Protection Branch arrested the man, 33, on Monday in the
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Nurses in Northern Ireland have voted to take strike action over pay and staffing levels. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in the region have backed industrial action
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The passing of new legislation, ensuring that compensation will be paid to the survivors of institutional abuse, has been hailed as a “unique and historic” moment by campaigners. The Bill
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Peers have backed a move aimed at pushing through a law to compensate victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland before Parliament dissolves. The backbench bid by former Northern
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A “tsunami” of allegations about past violence in Northern Ireland would require 600 extra detectives to investigate, former senior police have said. A proposed new independent unit of highly experienced
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No decision has been made on whether a bill compensating victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland will become law before Parliament dissolves, a minister said. Victims of physical,
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Police investigating the deaths of 39 people found dead in a lorry have named two suspects they want to speak to on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking. Essex Police
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Peers are hoping new laws to compensate victims of abuse in Northern Ireland can be rushed through Parliament before a possible election. Northern Ireland minister Lord Duncan of Springbank (pictured)
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Police have begun the task of moving the 39 bodies found in a refrigerated trailer attached to a lorry in Essex as a 25-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion
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