Other News In Brief

Work To Start On Resurfacing Scheme In Co Down

Work is to begin on a road resurfacing project in Co Down.

The £200,000 scheme will take place on the C554 Aghascrebagh Road and the C554 Broughderg Road in Greencastle.

The work is to start on Monday, 27 November, and is expected to be completed by Friday, 15 December.

The resurfacing works will extend for approximately 3.5 kilometers of the Aghascrebagh and Broughderg roads.

A closure of both the Aghascrebagh and Broughderg Roads will be in place daily from 8am to 5pm during the works.

Diversions will be put in place.

DUP And Sinn Fein Are 'Desperate' - SDLP

The DUP and Sinn Fein have been described as "desperate" by the SDLP after they failed to reach an agreement to restore a power-sharing Executive in NI.

Leader of the party Colum Eastwood made the comments after the two parties met with Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street.

He said: "The sight of the DUP and Sinn Féin shuffling into Downing Street is yet another signal of their failed negotiation which has left northern politics frozen in failure.

"It says a lot about the failed negotiation of the DUP and Sinn Féin that they are now prepared to hand over our future to a British Government who are busy fighting amongst themselves.

"The DUP and Sinn Féin represent a failed status quo. Over 10 years we have all suffered the reality that they are incapable of governing.

"The DUP and Sinn Fein seem to be the only group of people on the European continent who actually believe that Theresa May’s government is capable of coming up with a political solution.

"It's easy for Sinn Féin to preach republican politics in front of the faithful at the weekend but the cold reality of the working week has again shown that their failed negotiation has delivered British Direct Rule to the people of the North.

"One year on from their joint article, arrogantly boasting on how cosy and successful their decade at the top of government had been, today’s context paints a truer picture. Their journey to Downing Street is symbolic of the fact that their 10 year relationship has ended in them handing power back to British Government."

Man Has Benefit Fraud Conviction Overturned

A man has had his conviction for benefit fraud overturned in Coleraine Magistrates' Court.

Reece Mullholland had the conviction overturned after previously being convicted of claiming Jobseeker's Allowance and Housing Benefit of £860 that he was not entitled to.

(CD)