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Jeffrey Donaldson: Ulster Unionists to establish independent process for sharing information
BBC News Donaldson’s time in politics began in 1985 when he was elected for the UUP to represent the South Down constituency in the 1980s iteration of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Before his election, he had worked for South Down MP Enoch Powell who had joined the Ulster Unionists from the Conservatives in the 1970s. […]
Pontycymer residents face prosecution if they don’t pay thousands in water pipe row
BBC News Residents say they could face prosecution if they do not pay thousands of pounds to repair a water pipe outside their homes. The residents of five houses in Pontycymer, Bridgend county, said they were told by Welsh Water that a leak from the shared water pipe supplying their homes needs to be repaired […]
Hope Street: How a TV show has drawn Australians and Americans to Donaghadee
BBC News Kathryn Strain, who is a member of the Chunky Dunkers sea swimming group in Donaghadee, says it’s common to see tourists from cruise ships visiting Belfast making trips to the town. “You can hear them saying, ‘oh, that’s where the police station was, and oh, this is so and so’s house’,” so it […]
Andy Burnham: Five headaches for the incoming prime minister
BBC News The social care system in England – which is delivered mainly by independent providers rather than the NHS – is widely perceived as underfunded and unfair. Public funding is means tested and it is estimated, external that there are two million older people in England now living with some unmet need for social […]
This farmer wanted to quit the cocaine industry – he couldn’t
BBC News Elena Hernández moved to the coca-growing region of Guaviare during the boom of the 1990s, lured by better pay. “There was more money back then – you could see it everywhere,” she says. “I managed to save and buy a small house.” But the coca industry also brought violence and insecurity. Armed groups […]
When does Andy Burnham become prime minister?
BBC News Sir Keir won a landslide general election victory two years ago – but he began losing public support within weeks of arriving in Downing Street after a series of policy mis-steps and U-turns. The final straw for many Labour MPs was when right-wing party Reform UK swept the board at local elections in […]

