New Ards by-law could ruffle some feathers

A £500 fine could soon be issued for feeding pigeons outside Newtownards town hall.

A committee of Ards and North Down Borough Council agreed to instruct a solicitor to draft a new by-law.

It would only apply to the 60% of the square, in the centre of the town, which is owned by the council.

Signage warning against pigeon feeding has since been erected in the square.

BBC News NI's Ita Dungan explains more.