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Cow and two calves killed in arson attack

A fire which killed a cow and two calves is being treated as arson.

Powerful DUP figure admits party broke the law while in Stormont

The powerful DUP figure who has been at the right hand of every DUP leader for 15 years has admitted that his party broke the law in appointing party members to lucrative special adviser posts.

RHI Inquiry: Sinn Fein side-stepped law on Spads – and mandarins let them, says Johnston

Sinn Féin circumvented a high profile law which meant that those with serious criminal convictions could not act as Stormont special advisers – and top civil servants knew of the situation, Timothy Johnston has said.

RHI Inquiry: 'Superficial' Jonathan Bell 'liked the glamour' of office without the graft

Jonathan Bell was a minister who was viewed by party colleagues as being "superficial" and who did not have the temperament necessary to hold ministerial office, Timothy Johnston told the RHI Inquiry.

RHI Inquiry: Evidence U-turn on 'hierarchy' from DUP Spad Timothy Johnston

Timothy Johnston yesterday did a U-turn on his initial written evidence to the RHI Inquiry that there had been no understood hierarchy of DUP Spads.

Missing person appeal

Police are seeking the public's help in locating missing Carrick man Wayne Downey.

RHI Inquiry: Timothy Johnston says he had no role in cost control delay

Timothy Johnston told the inquiry that he had never asked two other Spads to liaise about the RHI scheme or told one of them that there would be no cost controls on the scheme.