There will be no amnesty for paramilitary fugitives from justice in Northern Ireland in legislation allowing them to return to the North, British MPs were told today.

Politicians from both sides of the divide in Northern Ireland must stand up to people responsible for an increase in racist attacks, an Assembly member urged today.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was due to face some of his biggest critics today as his party's Assembly candidates prepared to discuss election tactics.

Ulster Unionists have said the IRA statement was not enough - they wanted more, including an assurance that the war was over.