Northern Ireland A&E waiting times ‘worst on record during December’

A former justice minister has expressed ‘frustration’ on behalf of a family bereaved by a drunk driver after she found that a review covering lenient sentencing began a full year after she had announced it.

A Co Down teenager who continued to dupe schoolboys into sending him indecent pictures even after being caught with hundreds of child sex abuse images, was yesterday freed on a combination order of 100 hours community service and two years’ probation.

A Co Antrim grandmother who killed her grandson in an almost head-on two-car collision during a “moment of inadvertence’’ was handed a 150-hour community service order on Friday.

Following the success of last year’s Road Racers v Short Circuit Riders charity football match, Gary Dunlop and Nikki Coates have organised the event once more at Crusaders FC ground Seaview on Sunday.

Stephen Murray will face familiar opposition in his next bid to build momentum towards a bright future at Glenavon.

Linfield and Ballymena United will both be looking to bounce back from disappointing results when they tackle each other at the Ballymena Showgrounds tomorrow afternoon.