Same-sex marriage setback as Arlene Foster vows to block law change

Attempts to introduce same-sex marriage in the North are set to be thwarted for at least another five years after the Democratic Unionists insisted they would continue to block a law change.

First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster said she would deploy the contentious vetoing mechanism - the petition of concern - in response to future legislative bids in the Stormont Assembly.