New Belfast children’s hospital work to start within days
Aileen Moynagh BBC News NI health reporter Department of Health An image of how the new hospital is to look viewed from the Falls Road A new Northern Ireland children’s…
Joe Haines, former press secretary to Harold Wilson, dies aged 97
Joe Haines, political journalist and press secretary to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, has died aged 97, A Labour spokesman has confirmed. Haines joined Wilson’s Downing Street operation in…
Grief as Eli Sharabi returns to family
Family photo When Steve Brisley saw his brother-in-law Eli Sharabi for the first time they hugged and cried When newly-released Hamas hostage Eli Sharabi saw his brother-in-law for the first…
Kim Sae-ron’s death exposes South Korea’s celebrity culture
EPA Analysts say they are not optimistic that the ruthless “cancel culture” surrounding the industry will change Actress Kim Sae-ron‘s death in an apparent suicide has renewed criticism of South…
Manila town offers bounty for mosquitoes as dengue rises
Authorities in one of the Philippines’ most densely-populated urban centres are offering a cash reward for mosquitoes in an attempt to stop the spread of dengue. Carlito Cernal, village chief…
How Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump shook up the world in a week
When he penned his eyewitness account of the 1917 Russian Revolution, American journalist John Reed famously titled it Ten Days That Shook The World. But 10 days is too long…
Visitors flock to visit free sauna at Walpole Bay
Cash Murphy BBC News, South East Ian Palmer/BBC The sauna has been permanently located at Walpole Bay in Margate since 2020 A free-to-use sauna in Kent has become a “real…
Average NI house price reaches 17-year high during 2024
The average house price in Northern Ireland rose by 9% during 2024, according to official data. The average price in the final quarter of 2023 was just over £168,000, rising…
Spacewalk training ‘nothing like diving’
Barry O’Connor BBC News NI Getty Images Northern Irish astrophysicist Dr Rosemary Coogan completed basic training with the European Space Agency last year Dr Rosemary Coogan – Northern Ireland’s first…
US must not interfere in case, say alleged victims
Francesca Gillett BBC News Getty Images Andrew Tate pictured inside court in Romanian capital Bucharest for a hearing last December Four women who allege they were sexually abused by the…