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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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Social Care Council) and the Ulster University will tour NI with Experience ‘IT’ – a social care tech tour promoting technology as an enabler
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Severely injured victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles will receive almost £10,000 a year under Government pension proposals. The payment scale for the pension for those living with the consequences
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The Government must take urgent action to end the “terrible injustice” of denying bereavement benefits to unmarried couples, MPs have said. The Work and Pensions Committee said ministers have acted
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Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland after a landmark law change came into force at midnight. The legal reforms voted in at Westminster have also paved the way for
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The first sitting of the Stormont Assembly in two-and-a-half years has ended in acrimony after a last-minute bid to thwart the decriminalisation of abortion was blocked. Despite the ongoing absence
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