
Man is arrested amid arson probe after multiple wildfires
- The Irish News says firefighters have spent another day tackling fresh wildfires in the Mourne Mountains and Co Antrim following a huge weekend gorse blaze. The fires reported on Sunday followed a huge blaze in the Hilltown area of Co Down the day before that police are investigating as arson.
- The UK government has been urged to address ‘crippling’ underfunding which has left public services in the north in a ‘state of crisis’.