A future Conservative Party government in the UK that does not deal with the legacy of the North's Troubles risks fresh violence in the region, a leading commentator warned today.

The loyalist Progressive Unionist Party will today choose David Ervine’s successor as leader.

Sectarian violence on the streets of Belfast must be addressed by the British and Irish governments and parties who support the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said today.

The loyalist Progressive Unionist Party may quit the Northern Ireland Assembly over the crisis threatening to engulf the peace process, it emerged today.

The loyalist Progressive Unionist Party today accused the British Government of discriminating against it after being refused compensation for damage to its Shankill Road offices during the loyalist feud in Belfast last year.