Iris Robinson 'under suicide watch'

Officials helping police inquiries into disgraced former Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson have spoken out about the investigation, after it emerged she is under 24-hour suicide watch.

Castlereagh Borough Council is playing down reports of police raids on its premises.

It is part of the investigation into claims that Mrs Robinson failed to declare she received money from two property developers to fund a business for her teenage lover.

The DUP says Mrs Robinson, wife of First Minister Peter Robinson, is in psychiatric care in hospital and under suicide watch since her private life hit the headlines.