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Sammy Wilson accuses Robin Swann of acting like a "poodle" for the chief medical officer.

Fault lines appear to be forming in the department's relationship with the Stormont Agriculture Committee.

Political leaders in Northern Ireland have been accused of "overreacting" to perceived threats against border staff.

BBC News Published image captionKellie Armstrong MLA said the damage will not stop her representing constituents Constituency offices belonging to DUP and Alliance Party representatives in Ards and North Down have been damaged with graffiti. The DUP confirmed offices belonging to Education Minister Peter Weir and Jim Shannon MP were targeted in Newtownards. An office in the town belonging to Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong was also sprayed with graffiti. Alliance MP Stephen Farry confirmed an att...

Anti-Brexit Alliance Party offices targeted for graffiti in NI Naomi Long described the campaign of intimidation as ‘futile’ (Niall Carson/PA) Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up North Down MP Stephen Farry and Strangford Assembly member Kellie Armstrong were targeted. The vandalism included “RIP Good Friday Agreement” in a...

Submitting... “We will not be deflected from that by bomb hoaxes and graffiti.” There were calls for cool heads and language to be tempered in the Northern Ireland Assembly following the threats against staff at Belfast and Larne ports. Alliance representative Stewart Dickson said they were unacceptable. DUP Assembly member William Irwin urged those behind the “sinister activity” to desist immediately. He was contacted by police on Saturday and informed of “social media misinformation...

January 28, 2021 7:06 am Westminster has refused to step in to replace a £15.3 million EU fund ring-fenced for TB eradication efforts in Northern Ireland, according to a departmental response penned by Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Poots. The question, seeking to quantify the shortfall in funding anticipated as a consequence of the exit from the EU, was put to the region’s Agriculture Minister by SDLP agriculture spokesman Patsy McGlone. In response, Minister Poots wrote: “In rel...

BBC News By Conor Macauley Published image captionA decision to introduce the scheme for Lough Neagh fishermen was taken six months after it was first talked about, a Stormont committee heard There has been criticism over the delay in implementing a £300,000 Covid-19 support scheme for Lough Neagh fishermen. A decision to introduce the scheme was taken six months after it was first talked about, a Stormont committee heard. The SDLPs Patsy McGlone said he was contacted by "extremely frustrated"...

New tractor registrations down 27% in NI There were 382 new tractors registered in NI during 2020, equating to a 27% decrease year on year, according to data from the Agricultural Engineers’ Association (AEA). In Scotland, new tractor registrations were down 17.5%, with 1,252 machines registered during 2020. Overall in the UK, AEA figures indicate that new tractor sales fell by 14% last year, as 10,380 new registrations were recorded over the period. The average horsepower (hp) of new agric...

The applications were for the Localised Restrictions Support Scheme (LRSS).