Bonfire Teen Severely Burned

A teenager from Londonderry is being treated in hospital for severe burns after an accident at a bonfire in the city's Bogside on Friday. The 16-year-old is in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast with face and neck injuries. His mother said it had been a horrendous experience.

Hospital Car Parking Improves

NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey is providing £220k for extra car-park spaces at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. He said that 87 additional spaces will be provided on the hospital site. Speaking during a visit to the hospital Michael McGimpsey said: "This investment at the Daisy Hill Site will give patients and visitors access to more dedicated parking spaces at the hospital, easing the stress of finding somewhere to park and allowing them to arrive on time for appointments during the peak periods of the day." After being shown round the hospital's Renal Unit which is currently being expanded the Minister commented: "I greatly appreciate the high standard of work being carried out by a dedicated team in the Renal Unit and look forward to seeing this expansion work completed with the additional capacity and flexibility for dialysis services that it will provide."

Poleglass 'Kneecapping' Probed

A 20-year-old man has been attacked and shot by two men in Poleglass. The incident happening while he was walking on Ardcaoin Drive at about 1am on Monday morning. The man was taken to hospital with an injury to his left leg after what appears to have been a 'paramilitary-style' incident. Police in Lisburn have appealed for anyone with information to contact them on 0845 6008000.

Priest Leaves Ardoyne

The Roman Catholic priest who came to prominence during the dispute at Holy Cross Primary School is to leave his parish in north Belfast. Father Aidan Troy arrived at Holy Cross as rector in July 2001 as the school became the centre of a loyalist protest which made headlines around the world. Fr Troy, who is taking up a new role in Paris, said he was enormously sad to be leaving the Ardoyne.

Driver Remanded

A man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder a police officer by driving a car at him. Dominic Bond from Rathmore Drive, Rathcoole, Newtownabbey, also faced six driving charges including dangerous driving and driving while under the influence. The incident happened at Doagh Road, Ballyclare on Sunday. At Belfast Magistrates Court, Mr Bond's solicitor said the attempted murder charge was too severe. However, he was remanded in custody until 15 September.

Hospital Patient Death Slammed

The family of a Londonderry woman who died after contracting the C. difficile bug at Altnagelvin hospital has hit out at the way she was treated. Dorothy Wray, from Kimberley Hill in the Waterside, died in February - six months after being admitted to hospital following a fall. Her granddaughter, Joanne, said the hospital did not tell other patients what her grandmother had contracted. A hospital spokesman said patients were moved to single isolation rooms as soon as was possible.

(BMcC)