DUP candidate threatened and told to leave polling station in Northern Ireland

Leader of the DUP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has condemned intimidatory behaviour towards a council candidate (Liam McBurney/PA)

A DUP council election candidate was threatened and physically intimidated while handing out leaflets at a polling station in Co Derry, party leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said.

The party said Dawn Huggins, a candidate for Causeway Coast and Glens council, had the leaflets ripped from her hand and was told she was not welcome in the area on Thursday morning.