NAOMI House Children's Hospice had its hopes smashed last week after the Government decided to refuse compensation for funds put at risk in the Icelandic banking crisis.

The hospice is one of a large number of Third Sector organisations to have lost money in the collapse of the British-based Icelandic bank Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander (KSF) Limited.

For full story, see this week's Alton Herald.