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Number of lost letters in Encompass failure could be close to 50,000, MLAs told

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt answered questions at the NI Assembly.

Evening Standard

NI ‘least energy secure’ part of UK, MLAs warned amid surging oil prices

The majority of households (61%) in Northern Ireland use oil as their primary method of household heating, compared to just 5% across the UK.

Evening Standard

Tributes paid to Northern Ireland climber who died on Nepalese mountain

Noel Hanna, an experienced Co Down mountaineer, was descending from Annapurna when he died, it is believed.

The Independent UK

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Council tax hike of 4% in Newcastle agreed as city leaders sign off £23m budget cuts

The council's savings this year include more than 50 job losses, increased parking charges, and a reduction in funding to homelessness services in Newcastle

Chronicle Live

Thousands of Newcastle council house tenants to be hit with 7% rent hike as action promised on damp and mould

Council bosses insisted that they are "very conscious" of the impact that the added costs will have on struggling residents already facing a cost of living crisis

Chronicle Live

North East council gets back £15m loaned to troubled Essex authority that has £1.5bn debt

Newcastle City Council was among a number of authorities owed money by counterparts in crisis-hit Thurrock

Chronicle Live

Council denies doing Government's 'dirty work' after hecklers challenge £23m budget cut plans

Campaigners interrupted a Newcastle City Council meeting on Monday night, after the council had announced its latest round of proposed spending cuts

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Staff working with refugees accused of 'wanting to just clock off' after damning Newcastle hotel probe

A council investigation recently uncovered shocking living conditions for asylum seekers in Newcastle hotels, which it is claimed reminded torture victims of being in prison

Chronicle Live

Council's apology over lift repair 'nightmare' after Newcastle tower block tenants stranded

Newcastle City Council chiefs have admitted that problems with lift repairs in social housing blocks 'need to be fixed quickly'

Chronicle Live

North Antrim election result shock as Alliance Party's Patricia O'Lynn wins seat and DUP lose Mervyn Storey

Paisley stronghold sees first woman elected to Assembly

Belfast Live

Hargey blasts ‘farcical’ claims of sectarian approach to stadia funding

The DUP has accused the Communities Minister of treating the redevelopment of Casement Park differently to a programme to upgrade football grounds.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein ministers accused of ‘sectarian decisions’ over stadium funding

DUP MLA Paul Frew questioned why a plan to redevelop football stadia had been halted while the Casement Park redevelopment continued.

The Independent UK

NI Covid vaccine certification scheme "discriminatory", MLAs told as petition handed in

The scheme requires hospitality customers to show proof of vaccination, a negative lateral flow or proof of previous infection

Belfast Live

Petition against Covid certification presented to Stormont Assembly

DUP MLA Paul Frew said 10,000 people have signed the petition organised by Liberty NI.

The Independent UK

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