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The demonstration will come as voters across Northern Ireland head to the polls for the council elections.

The demonstration will come as voters across Northern Ireland head to the polls for the council elections.

Training places in other health specialities are also to be cut at Ulster University, the BBC understands.

The Department of Health blamed the budget, but a nursing union called it an "act of destruction".

There will be 1,025 places this year, down by 300 on last year.

A ‘constructive’ meeting has been held between health unions in Northern Ireland and the UK’s secretary of state for the devolved nation.

Union leaders in Northern Ireland have had “constructive” early pay talks with the UK government, however no improved pay offer has been put forward yet.

The director of the Royal College of Nursing in Northern Ireland has said the region “cannot fall off the edge” ahead of talks with the Secretary of State after further strike action was paused.

Unions will meet the NI secretary later in a bid to progress efforts to secure a pay deal.

The director of the Royal College of Nursing in Northern Ireland has said the region “cannot fall off the edge” ahead of talks with the Secretary of State after further strike action was paused.