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Ambulance service in crisis due to lack of manpower

Derry's ambulance team was 14 crews short last weekend and had to recruit help from Donegal - the problem is ongoing, says Mark H Durkan

Medical test new to Northern Ireland will offer rapid analysis of lung cancer to Derry patients

A test new to Northern Ireland is now available at Enniskillen hospital, and will provide more rapid testing and diagnosis of lung cancer

Horsemeat in Irish burgers may have European source

Silvercrest Foods claims European suppliers may be source of trace horsemeat in its products

Horse DNA found in burgers shipped to UK and Irish supermarkets

Horsemeat found in 10 of 27 burger products on sale in Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland. One Tesco burger had 29% horsemeat

New market garden scheme will benefit schools and older people in Creggan

Apex plans 65-plot allotment scheme at new housing development on Circular Road

Toxic children's facepaint alert for pound shops

Parents warned that pound shops may be supplied with 'Tartan Collection' £1 facepaint sets containing toxic levels of lead

Northern Irish people have their say on health matters in major new survey

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has published the first bulletin from the Health Survey Northern Ireland for 2012

Minister announces that all children are to received Flu Vaccine from 2014

The Flu Vaccination Programme will be extended to all children to all children from 2014

Shock as Health Minister slashes bursaries for student nurses and midwives

The basic annual bursary for nurses and midwives entering training is now to be reduced to £5,165 per annum

Breakthrough prostate cancer drug approved for use in Northern Ireland

Abiraterone – a breakthrough treatment for advanced prostate cancer – has been approved for use in Northern Ireland

Call for breakthrough drug for prostate cancer to be available in north

Abiraterone, which has been approved for use on the NHS in England and Wales, should be approved for Northern Ireland, says Mark Durkan

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Proposal for a reunion get-together for Derry's 'Factory Girls'

A Factory Girls reunion function would be the natural next step in celebrating the heritage of our shirt industry, says Cllr Shauna Cusack

Two charged after recent burglaries in Derry

Two men (42 and 49) are in court tomorrow charged with burglary and other offences following a number of burglaries in Derry

Magee opens book of condolence for Nóra Quoirin

Nóra's parents Meabh and Sébastien met as student and tutor at Magee - book of condolence for Nóra now open until next Friday 23 August

Tower Museum exhibition celebrates Derry's cannon

Exhibition at Tower Museum from Monday 19th Aug - Sun 25 Aug celebrates Europe's largest collection of cannon on Derry's Walls

NWRC hero Emma soon to qualify as paediatric nurse

Teen mum Emma Webb almost gave up her NWRC course until her lecturer came to her house - now she is about to qualify as a paediatric nurse