Other News In Brief

Road Resurfacing Scheme To Begin In Co L'Derry

Work is to begin on a £120,000 road resurfacing scheme in Loup, Co L'Derry.

The work, on the Ruskey Road and Ballymulligan Road, extends a distance of approximately 860 metres through the Loup Crossroads and include the resurfacing of approximately 700 metres of footway.

The work is to start on Monday, 15 August.

A one-day road closure however will be required to facilitate the final surfacing of the carriageway. During this period traffic will be diverted via Coagh.

Reduction In Amount Of Household Waste Going To Landfill

The amount of household waste going to landfill in Northern Ireland has reduced.

Statistics published show that the quarterly household landfill rate for January to March 2016 was 40.3%, a decrease of 6.8 percentage points compared to the same period in 2015.

The tonnage of household materials sent for recycling, reuse and composting reached 77,593 tonnes, generating a household recycling rate of 38.3%.

What Action Is Being Taken To Remove Leave Posters? - Alliance

Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has written to the Minister responsible to ask what steps are being taken to remove Leave posters still up over a month after the EU referendum.

With many Leave posters still up throughout East Antrim, North Belfast, North Down and Strangford among other areas, Mr Dickson said it appeared the Leave campaign had vacated responsibility for the posters and the claims made on them.

"The limit set by law for election posters to be removed is two weeks after polling day. However, we are over a month after polling day and still various areas in Northern Ireland have been left covered in Leave posters.

"I have therefore written to the relevant Minister, Michelle McIlveen, to ask what steps are being taken to remove these posters from lampposts and other locations around Northern Ireland, and have further asked if fines will be issued if necessary."

(CD)