[ad_1] PA MediaEdwin Poots encouraged assembly members to ensure that they report any threats or harassment that they receive to the police.Poots, who was one of the members who spoke to BBC News NI's The View programme about his experiences, said the assembly commission had been engaging with both the police and the Electoral Commission."I would want to encourage members to ensure that they report any threats or harassment that
[ad_1] Temperatures will be several degrees above the average daytime highs for early April which are typically around 9-14C (48-57F).However, spring is a transition season and tends to bring big temperature swings meaning spells of warm weather are expected - along with some colder periods.It is very unlikely that we will challenge the UK's highest April temperature on record: 29.4C (84.9F) at Camden Square (London) on 16 April 1949.The settled
[ad_1] An 84-year-old man has died more than a month after being attacked by an XL bully dog. He suffered serious injuries when he was attacked while walking home in Warrington on 24 February, Cheshire Police said. The force said he died in hospital on Sunday and his relatives were being supported by specialist officers.Sean Garner, 30, from Liverpool, has previously been charged with being the owner of a dangerously
[ad_1] BBCLoch Ness expert Adrian Shine said it was remarkable that the camera had survived 55 years in the lochAn underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine.The ocean-going yellow sub - called Boaty McBoatface - was being put through trials when its propeller snagged the mooring for the 1970s camera system.It is believed
[ad_1] Louise ParryBBC News, HertfordshireSuppliedThe parents of a nine-year-old girl say six Hertfordshire police officers turned up at their house and arrested them A police force is carrying out a "rapid and thorough review" after a couple were arrested over complaints they made about their daughter's primary school, which included comments on WhatsApp.Maxie Allen and his partner Rosalind Levine, from Borehamwood, told The Times they were held for 11 hours
[ad_1] Gareth LewisPolitical editor, BBC Wales NewsPA MediaEluned Morgan has refused to support the benefits changes so farThe Welsh government says it will not publish a letter to the first minister from the UK government's work and pensions secretary about the impact of welfare reform in Wales, a day after confirming they had received it.Eluned Morgan had written to Liz Kendall on 11 March requesting a Wales-specific assessment, but it
[ad_1] King Charles will return to public engagements this week, after side effects from his cancer treatment caused him to cancel an event last Friday.The King rested at Highgrove, his estate in Gloucestershire, over the weekend and will get back to official duties in the coming days, including an audience with the prime minister and investitures at Windsor Castle.Some unspecified engagements have been rescheduled as the King and Queen Camilla
[ad_1] Three victims of a house fire at a converted railway station have been named as Mayci Fox, four, her mother Emma Conn, 30, and Louie Thorn, 23.They died after a blaze at a Grade II-listed property in Rushton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, at about 22:30 GMT on Friday.A 54-year-old man from Kettering who was arrested on suspicion of murder at the weekend was released without charge.Det Ch Insp Ruby Burrow,
[ad_1] PA MediaThe Trump Turnberry resort was targeted earlier this monthDonald Trump has labelled people accused of vandalising the Trump Turnberry golf resort as "terrorists".Grafitti was sprayed on the clubhouse in red paint and the course was dug up and daubed with the words "Gaza is not for sale"The US president said those who caused damage at the Ayrshire resort on 8 March should be "treated harshly" by authorities.A 33-year-old
[ad_1] PA MediaGavin Robinson has described the signs as a "pet project" of Sinn FéinDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson has warned his party has put a "marker" down at Stormont to block Sinn Féin spending money on "pet projects".It follows the decision by Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins to approve £150,000 for Irish-language signage at Belfast's new Grand Central Station.A row over the Irish language around the executive table