The decision comes following a clash between the pair over withdrawing emergency general surgery services from Causeway Hospital.

Mike Nesbitt resigned as health minister on Tuesday amid a row with the UUP leader Jon Burrows.

The Northern Ireland exams board CCEA says the subjects will not be offered from the end of the decade.

The metal fencing has closed off a section over the footpath on Donegall Street and limited part of it to a single lane of traffic.

It is part of an investment of almost £100m as Harland & Wolff's Spanish owners prepare it for a major defence contract.