Sadly, I need to open this briefing by announcing that three more deaths from COVID-19 were announced today. Our thoughts are with their family and friends.

The Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report has been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

A resurfacing scheme on a section of the A505 Barony Road, Mountfield, near Omagh, between Greencastle Road and Creggan Crossroads, will commence on Monday 1 June 2020.

Health Minister Robin Swann has described the latest waiting time statistics as “very disappointing but not unexpected”.

The Department of Health today published the quarterly Northern Ireland Waiting Times Statistics, relating to the position at 31 March 2020.