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Drugs worth £15.5 million seized by Royal Navy warship in Middle East

A Royal Navy frigate has seized £15.5 million worth of drugs from a dhow in the Arabian Sea in its fifth narcotics raid this year. HMS Montrose targeted the small vessel after the ship’s Wildcat helicopter tracked the movements of the suspect boat. ...

08 Oct 2022 at 23:30

Local News

Two Inishowen water supplies fail to meet EPA standards

Two Inishowen water supplies have been identified as having failed to meet standards for levels of pesticides or trihalomethanes last year, a report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows. The Drinking Water Quality in Public ...

07 Oct 2022 at 13:33

Inishowen

Two Inishowen water supplies fail to meet EPA standards

07 Oct 2022 at 13:33

World

Russian launches to space from US for first time in 20 years

For the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut has rocketed from the US, launching to the International Space Station alongside Nasa and Japanese astronauts despite tensions over the war in Ukraine. Their SpaceX flight was ...

05 Oct 2022 at 19:01

Northern Ireland

Another Covid wave set to hit Northern Ireland, chief scientific adviser warns

Another wave of Covid-19 is set to hit Northern Ireland, chief scientific adviser Professor Ian Young has said. Prof Young said the only question was how large the wave would be and what impact it would have on the region’s ...

05 Oct 2022 at 18:11

UK’s monkeypox situation ‘very positive’ as cases continue to fall, says expert

The monkeypox situation in the UK is looking “very positive” as cases continue to fall, according to one of the country’s top infectious disease experts. Professor Neil Ferguson said vaccination and behavioural changes ...

02 Oct 2022 at 03:49

Monkeypox outbreak has plateaued but vaccine shortages possible – health chief

There are signs that the monkeypox outbreak in the UK has “plateaued”, a health leader has said but she warned of the potential for temporary vaccine shortages in some areas. Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of the ...

17 Aug 2022 at 10:58

Northern Ireland

New leader of Green Party NI determined to recapture lost MLA seats

The new leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland has told of his determination to grow his party and recapture Stormont seats lost in the Assembly election. Belfast councillor Mal O’Hara, 43, replaced Clare ...

15 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

MOT vehicle testing system ‘an uncoordinated shambles’, says DUP

The MOT vehicle testing system in Northern Ireland is an “uncoordinated shambles”, a DUP MLA has claimed. Diane Forsythe said that some motorists were currently being given test dates in 2023 and called for ...

23 Aug 2022 at 17:13

Trial launched to find treatment for monkeypox

British scientists have become the first in the world to launch a clinical trial to asses a treatment of monkeypox in humans. Academics from the University of Oxford who were behind the Covid Recovery ...

23 Aug 2022 at 16:50

Government ‘confident’ people will get ‘bivalent’ jab in booster programme

The Government has said that it is “confident” that people will be able to get a new bivalent Covid-19 jab as part of the autumn booster programme. The UK became the first country in the world to ...

16 Aug 2022 at 11:49

Sewage discharge at more than 40 beaches after rainstorms

There are pollution warnings in place at more than 40 beaches and swimming spots in England and Wales after heavy rain overwhelmed the sewage system following months of little or no rain. The ...

17 Aug 2022 at 19:05

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