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Jayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondent Getty Images The letter says it is “more harmful to have a strategy that will not address poverty, than no strategy at all” Almost fifty charities and anti-poverty organisations are calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to withdraw its draft strategy to tackle poverty, saying that families “deserve better”. […]

Jenny ReesHealth Correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Volunteer Jackie Hatton-Bell was given two days of training and provides “the eyes and ears” for staff in the ambulance in the control room There are some things that ambulance call handlers cannot detect over the phone – and that’s where Jackie Hatton-Bell comes in. She is one

Martin has much to live up to in Europe after Rangers reached the Europa League quarter-finals last season under interim head coach Barry Ferguson. However, he will hope to improve on the opening Champions League qualifying defeat by Dynamo Kyiv that meant then boss Philippe Clement’s side dropped into the second-tier competition. Rangers, as is

Getty Images File photo of workers in North Korea North Korea will send thousands of workers to help rebuild Russia’s war-torn Kursk region, Moscow’s security chief has said. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, who held talks with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in its capital Pyongyang on Tuesday, described the deployment as “fraternal assistance”,

A Euromillions jackpot of €250m (£213m) has been won by an Irish ticket holder, the Irish National Lottery has said. This is said to be the largest ever Euromillions jackpot to be won in Ireland. The winning numbers are 13, 22, 23, 44, 49, Lucky Stars 3 and 5. National Lottery CEO Cian Murphy advised