A scheme to make period products freely available to pupils in primary, secondary, special schools and EOTAS settings has been launched.

Justice Minister Naomi Long has announced that she is to establish a Victims of Crime Commissioner Designate for Northern Ireland.

Residents have recently contacted me about the deteriorating state of the road surface in Arnhall Drive, including potholes – see below :

I raised this with the City Council’s Roads Maintenance Partnership and have received the following helpful feedback :

“We have inspected the road and found a couple of Category 3 potholes (repair within 30 working days). 

Many parts look worse than they are due to it being a concrete road that has been surface dressed.

 However, on checking the carriageway programme it was due to receive an overlay in 2023/24, this is under review so this may move. 

We should have a better idea in the next few months when the review is complete.”

A new report from the Government Office for Science sets out how through increased coordination the UK can create world class computing capacity.

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has announced plans for a new pedestrian PUFFIN crossing on the Lower Ormeau Road in Belfast.