Two computer discs containing names and addresses of 7,685 Northern Ireland motorists have been lost, a letter from the UK's Department of the Environment confirmed.

The only private sector proposal on the table for a controversial visitors centre at the Giant’s Causeway still has a number of issues which need to be addressed, Stormont Environment Minister Arlene Foster said today.

Tough targets for carbon emissions in the North should be attached to funding for bonfires and other community festivals, it was claimed today.