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Over half a million rural premises will be given access to gigabit broadband, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced.

THE Charles Brand Group, part of Lagan Specialist Contracting Group, has secured the contract from the Department of Infrastructure to build the £17 million Belfast tidal flood alleviation scheme.

THE UK Government has confirmed an extra £25 million for the scheme delivering broadband to thousands of rural homes across the north.

PROJECT STRATUM: Residents 'baffled' as broadband problems continue Two local residents have voiced their frustration. Ann Marie Collins says her business has suffered as a result of poor internet. Reporter: ');  '); Two County Derry residents have voiced their frustration after a data error meant they were left out of a list of premises due a broadband upgrade under a £165 million government plan. Both addresses had been placed on the Department for the Economy (DfE)'s original 'white postcode' list and should have been eligible for the government scheme, awarded to internet provider Fibr...

PROJECT STRATUM: Department to consider omissions on a 'case-by-case' basis A spokesperson confirmed DfE are currently analysing the results of a Mid Ulster District Council survey. Reporter: ');  '); The Department for the Economy (DfE) have said they will be assessing premises omitted from the £165 million Project Stratum broadband roll out on a 'case-by-case' basis. Speaking in this week's County Derry Post, Mid Ulster District councillor Sean McPeake had raised concerns a number of addresses initially on the Department's 'white postcode' list had not been included within plans for the ...