Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir has visited the annual NI Ploughing Championships in Gilford, Co Down.

Life experiences in the first 1,000 days can have long-term implications for a child’s health, growth and development, an updated framework for NI’s universal child health promotion programme emphasises.

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has launched the Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund (NICIF), which will deliver minor capital works to buildings, halls and facilities used by community and voluntary organisations across Northern Ireland.

“Saved living expenses’ will no longer be deducted from the compensation payments made to people who have been subject to a miscarriage of justice.

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced a £326,000 footway and carriageway resurfacing scheme on Antrim Road, Templepatrick.