Mark Borland said David Lavery has his "support to continue as chief executive" and "to move us forward".

The National Association of Councillors expresses concern that local councils "will not be as effective" unless allowances and conditions improve.

A house in Jamaica Street, Belfast, was attacked with paint and windows broken with a brick.

Ciarán McMenamin's Skintown novel has been adapted into a movie and will premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

A jury in Chicago in the US awarded the sum to Michael Ryan's family after his widow Naoise Connolly Ryan brought a civil suit against Boeing.