The Alliance Party leader described the incident as ‘bullying and intimidation’.

A man who died after crashing a motorcycle in east Belfast has been named by police.

The victim has been named by police as 43-year-old Rachel Simpson.

Police said an angle-grinder was used to cut a hole in shutters at the premises in Templemore Street before a fire was started.

Ms Long will challenge DUP interim leader for the seat which she previously held from 2010 to 2015

A woman in her 30s was found dead with head injuries in a house in the Madrid Street area on Wednesday afternoon.