Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced that a £444,000 footway and carriageway resurfacing scheme on Ballynahinch Road, Lisburn will commence on Monday 3 November 2025.
The Department of Health has today published ‘Healthy Child, Healthy Future – Health Review Statistics for Northern Ireland 2024/25’. This annual publication details the coverage and timeliness of preschool health contacts. It reports on the Healthy Child, Healthy Future framework which sets out a programme of child health contacts that every family in Northern Ireland can expect.
The Department for Infrastructure has highlighted the importance of partnership working in its management of flood risk. In recent years, as we have witnessed climate change and the devastating implications it can bring about locally and globally, the importance of flood risk management and the ability to work in partnership with local people, local councils and local businesses is crucial.
This report, produced by the Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB) of the Department for Infrastructure (DfI),
presents findings from the 2024/25 Continuous Household Survey (CHS).
Responding to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Green Party co-leader Mothin Ali said:
“Sudan’s civilians are paying a horrific price for the proxy war being fought out by government forces and those of the so-called Rapid Support Forces.
“Thousands have been killed, millions displaced, and a human–made famine is threatening the lives of many more.
“The United Nations daily reports widespread ethnically and politically motivated killings, while those with the power to make a difference – including the UK government – stand back.
“This horror is driven by foreign government’s fuelling the fire with the supply of weapons and logistical support as they use the civil war to try to control Sudan’s gold mines and other natural resources.
“UK weapons have been used by the Rapid Support Forces, channelled through the United Arab Emirates, despite a supposed international arms embargo. (1)
“Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (2) has rightly called for a ceasefire but has stopped short of promoting the actions needed to back it up.
“It is possible to make a difference. The UK government must support the humanitarian effort to get food and medicines into civilian areas by implementing UN resolutions (3) and impose the sanctions long threatened on those countries openly and covertly breaking the arms embargo.”
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