Other News In Brief

Two Houses Burgled In East Belfast

Police are appealing for information following burglaries at two houses in East Belfast.

The incidents occurred at Thornely Park and Green Road in the early hours of Thursday, 13 September.

On Twitter, the PSNI said: "Detectives are investigating creeper style burglaries at two houses in East Belfast in the early hours of Thursday 13th September.

"Red VW Golf stolen from house at Thornely Park at around 4.45am after attempt made to steal car from house at Green Road at 3.30am."

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101.

Templepatrick House Damaged In Arson Attack

A house in Templepatrick has been damaged following an arson attack.

Detectives are appealing for information after a wheelie bin and tyres were set alight at the front door of the property on Templeton Road in the early hours of this morning, 13 September.

A man and woman inside the house at the time managed to escape uninjured through a living room window.

The PSNI have asked anyone with information to contact them on 101.

SDLP Slams Plans To Close Regional Electoral Offices

The SDLP have hit out at plans to close regional electoral offices across Northern Ireland.

The party's MLA for South Down, Sinead Bradley, said she will write to the Chief Electoral Officer and ask for assurances that potential voters "will not be prohibited by these changes in any way".

"The constant centralisation of services across the North is wholly unacceptable," she said.

"Rural communities pay the same amount of taxes as city dwellers and deserve to have the same resources at their disposal.

"If Belfast is the only electoral office available to voters, I worry that EONI will move most of their services online. However, it is important to consider that many households do not have access to computers or struggle to navigate online systems and will therefore not be afforded the same right to register to vote."

(LM/CM)