Patients should double-check that medical staff have got the right person before they willingly receive blood, says a new campaign.

A premature baby dies and 12 others are given treatment following an outbreak of a water-borne bacteria at a Bristol hospital.

A County Down businessman saw a niche in the funeral market and invested tens of thousands of pounds to buy Northern Ireland's first motor-tricycle hearse.

A man is charged with defacing a Mark Rothko painting at London's Tate Modern gallery.

Israel's prime minister calls an early general election, following the failure to agree the annual budget with his coalition partners.

A deal has been agreed between the UK and Scottish governments over the rules for the independence referendum, BBC Scotland understands.

The entire council of the city of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy is dismissed to stop it from being taken over by the mafia, officials say.

Singer Charlotte Church says she 'has faith' the prime minister will consider introducing a new independent media regulator following the Leveson inquiry.