The NHS spends £60,000 a day on translation and interpretation services, according to a report.

Research by think-tank 2020Health showed NHS trusts spent £23.3 million on written translation and interpreters last year, an increase of 17% since 2007.

The organisation, which obtained the figures through Freedom of Information requests, claimed...

Government ministers from London and Belfast have held talks on devolving corporation tax powers to Stormont.

The discussions in Belfast marked the first meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on Rebalancing the Northern Ireland Economy. Both sides described the talks as constructive but indicated that they face complex negotiations around...

A city lord mayor who provoked a public outcry over his refusal to present an army cadet with a Duke of Edinburgh award has apologised.

Sinn Fein's Niall O Donnghaile said he did not mean to offend the teenage girl and her family during a presentation ceremony at Belfast City...

An investigation has been launched after an ambulance called at a widow's home to pick up her husband for a hospital appointment nearly four years after his death.

Denise Keeley, 65, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, said she was disgusted when the ambulance arrived at her door to collect her husband George...

Temperatures across large parts of Britain are increasing and could peak at 27C this week, forecasters have said.

High pressure currently over Europe is set to drift northwards bringing warm southerly winds and sunshine to as far north as Scotland.

Helen Rossington, senior meteorologist at MeteoGroup, said temperatures would climb...

The Scottish Government has asked UK communications minister Ed Vaizey to back a bid to create a distinct "dotSCOT" internet identity.

Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment has written to Mr Vaizey asking him to back the not-for-profit company Dot Scot Registry (DSR).

Under the company`s plans,...

Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness is to run for the office of President of Ireland, his party has confirmed.

The former IRA leader and current Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland will be formally endorsed by his party leadership over the weekend.

The announcement is already being billed as...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Ricky Gervais has denied suggestions he is cruel to dwarves after it was claimed he loved to watch them fight on the set of his new sitcom.

The Office star and his comedy partner Stephen Merchant have written and directed new show Life's Too Short, starring...

A mayor has been banned from almost every pub in his town after a long-running row with a local landlord.

Teesdale Pub Watch imposed a 12-month ban on councillor Tony Cooke, mayor of Barnard Castle in County Durham, for allegedly being rude to staff at the Beaconsfield pub while buying...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A mayor has been banned from almost every pub in his town after a long-running row with a local landlord.

Teesdale Pub Watch imposed a 12-month ban on councillor Tony Cooke, mayor of Barnard Castle in County Durham, for allegedly being rude to staff at the Beaconsfield...