PSNI chief pressures PUP to disband UVF

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde today quizzed the Progressive Unionist Party leader Dawn Purvis about the UVF's plans to wind down as a paramilitary organisation.

Speaking after hour-long talks with the police chief at Police Service headquarters in Belfast she said: "Obviously he raised the issue of the UVF. There was some chat about the speculation that there has been and we gave him our best assessment as to where we are with that."