Environment Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed a new partnership that will fund training places for packaging technologists in a drive to find more sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics.

The Minister of Education has announced the appointment of a new replacement member to the Board of the Education Authority (EA), nominated by the Governing Bodies Association to represent the interests of voluntary grammar schools.

Provisional planning statistics for the third quarter of 2020/21 are now available.

Health officials are finalising a cancer recovery plan for Northern Ireland, Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised.

Education Minister Peter Weir has welcomed the phased return of Sure Start and youth services.