Members desert UDA company

A notorious loyalist paramilitary unit is crumbling amidst new talks to end a violent feud.

Senior members of the Ulster Defence Association's ruthless C Company in West Belfast are reportedly deserting the leadership.

The UDA's ruling inner council ousted its commanders in West Belfast over allegations of siding with the splinter Loyalist Volunteer Force in a savage dispute, which has left three men dead.

Efforts to end the rivalry appear to be working after bosses in the two organisations met in a bid to broker a truce.