MLAs had their first opportunity to pay tribute to Francis in the Northern Ireland Assembly as they returned on Monday after the Easter break.

The 58-year-old, a truck driver originally from Leicester in England, is charged with the murder of his wife Tina in Youghal in Co Cork in 2017.

Alex Mahon is stepping down as the chief executive of Channel 4 after nearly eight years. She will leave the business in summer this year, having joined the organisation in 2017 as the channel’s first ...