DUP and UUP strike unity candidate deal

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) have agreed to field one unity candidate in each of four general election constituencies in one of the most far-reaching eve-of-poll pacts for decades.

East Belfast, North Belfast, and the border constituencies of Newry and Armagh and Fermanagh and South Tyrone will be covered.