Residents have highlighted with me the overgrown foliage around the Union Place car park and the need for a tidy up of the car park and surrounding area.

I have raised this with the car parking and environment teams at the City Council, calling for a tidy up.

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA has instructed his officials to indefinitely allow all pet dogs, cats and ferrets travelling from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), without checks while negotiations between the UK government (UKG) and European Union (EU) continue.

Environment Minister Edwin Poots has described the work primary school pupils are doing to improve our environment as inspirational.

A £5million fund to prevent the loss of the talent and expertise of individuals and freelancers working in the creative sector has been launched by Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey.

A Dungiven farm business was sentenced at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today for one offence under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.