The leader of the Ulster Unionists has rejected a British Conservative Party proposal that they disband and become a Northern Ireland wing of the Tories.

It is a scandal that Tony Blair’s Labour Party has refused to put itself before the electorate in Northern Ireland, a Tory in the North claimed today.

Public confidence in Northern Ireland’s electoral process improved after tough new anti-fraud laws were introduced, a report claimed today.

No Orange Order halls will be used when voters in West Tyrone cast their votes in the next Stormont Assembly elections, it was claimed today.