Trimble calls for 'centrist' cross-community rule

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble called today for the creation of a cross-community administration in Northern Ireland based on the "centrist" parties from the unionist and nationalist communities.

Mr Trimble urged voters in the upcoming Westminster elections to "reinvigorate" the centre by backing the two main "moderate" parties in the North - his own Ulster Unionist Party and the nationalist SDLP - in the general election.