Northern Ireland Budget: £88.5m for A5 Derry to Aughnacloy; £34m to tackle NHS waiting lists and £25m for childcare strategy

www.derryjournal.com— Speaking following the meeting, Minister Archibald said on Thursday: “Since devolution was restored, we have been really clear this was always going to be a difficult budget. "The stark reality is the demands on our finances far outstrip the funding available many times over. No department has received the level of funding it has bid for. As an Executive, we have had to make tough choices and prioritise the funding envelope we have. “With increased demands on services and rising costs, I...

The Independent—Robotics could help cut NHS waiting lists for cancer, medics and experts say. More than 43,000 people each year are diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK

dailym.ai—Ireland will send migrants to the UK: Irish government to look at emergency laws to kick out immigrants sneaking in from Northern Ireland. The Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris has asked his Minister for Justice to bring a change in the law that would force asylum seekers to return to the UK.

Daily Mail—Charlotte Church's rags to richesto 'rags': How singer splurged £25m fortune on mansion with rugby ex Gavin Henson, £800k yacht, Ibiza girls' holidays and £1.5m hippie retreat as she downsizes to a semi-detached (but she still owns £3.5m in assets). Since the height of her fame in the mid-2000s, the former child pop star has spent her fortune on a luxury lifestyle.