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Every night at the top of the Six O’Clock national news BBC NI’s Newsline has 10 seconds to sell itself. 

At last some good news for the beleaguered Northern Ireland Prison Service. 

Consider these two legal judgements. 

The new Health Minister brought her 10-year plan for health reform to the floor on Tuesday.

Scope looks at media shortcomings and the spectre of a populist threat to health reform that just won’t go away.

The Bengoa report has been been published and the Health Minister has released parallel plans for reform. We’ve been here before.

When Education Minister Peter Weir launched the latest consultation on the future of schools he was setting himself for a severe examination which will test him to the limit. 

Last December the Royal College of Nursing said the independent sector is struggling with staffing levels. Scope looks concerns for care of older people as we head into winter.

This week’s look at Stormont plenary sessions focuses on Education Minister Peter Weir’s statement on future plans for the schools estate.

Early this week Sir Malcolm McKibbin the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service made a rare public speaking appearance in Belfast. Scope reports. 

It is World Mental Health Week and, in the second article in our education series on education, we look at younger children’s mental health and the lack of provision for people of this age

This week’s look at Stormont’s plenary sessions focuses on the ONS’s reclassification of local Housing Associations to public bodies.

It’s ironic that the Vital Signs survey was published the very day Prime Minister Theresa May made her speech at the Conservative Party conference. 

In the first of our big series on education in Northern Ireland, Scope talks to the Integrated Education Fund about their vision for schools.

The latest Debate of the Week is a Brexit-infused look at a recent meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council.

Groundwork NI has recovered from the doldrums and is now finding a way to help other organisations – especially smaller ones – flourish, according to its new CEO.

Week three of our new eye on Stormont’s plenary sessions and we look at the SDLP’s motion on rural bank closures.

When you are working with puppets the strings should never show. That’s why the first rule for spin doctors is shape the stories and never become part of them. 

This week Scope will look at the UUP’s plenary call to action on their recent policy paper, A Vision for Northern Ireland outside the EU.

When Smirnoff got involved with Pride, it was not to complete acclaim. Balancing positive marketing and discussing difficult issues, generating funding and acting in the purest interests of the community - this can be a real tangle.