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Drumcree church. Picture: Press Eye

Bryant has ‘lost the confidence of vast numbers’ in NI, says DUP peer

It gave me much enjoyment in the early 1990s to have a go writing about crime

Ruth Dudley Edwards: What a privilege it is to love what you do

Sir Keir Starmer has given London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan a peerage.

Starmer gives London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan a peerage

The government has sought to counter accusations that it is taking the UK back into the EU

Lord Dodds: My EU bill would oust sea border and deliver Brexit for UK

The Chagos islands

Lord Weir launches Bill over the future of the Chagos Islands

Former Coleraine Academical Institution pupil Ed Davis CB CBE occupies the position of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

Former Coleraine Inst pupil plays pivotal role during the King's Speech

Labour’s war on the Legacy Act was a product of pandering to Queen’s University law department as well as to nationalist legacy groups and the Irish

Jeff Dudgeon: Labour’s legacy bill which is anti security forces has stalled

Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee has revealed how she received online abuse from an IRA supporter wishing the terrorist group had killed her father during the Troubles

Arlene Foster tells peers she received online abuse about father’s shooting

Helen Liu addresses guests during the Blockchain for Good Alliance Impact Leaders’ Summit at the UK House of Lords, sharing insights on advancing blockchain for societal impact.

Ad Feature Blockchain for Good Alliance hosts summit at the House of Lords

Scotland has been saved from legislation that would have led to the premature death of many lives

Letter: Rejection of assisted dying bill welcomed

An earlier protest by Pro-life groups outside the Houses of Parliament in London, to protest against attempts to amend the Criminal Justice Bill to decriminalise abortion, in 2024.

Peers follow NI example and approve abortion up until birth

Young girls in England and Wales represent the larger number suffering domestic abuse.

Fiona McCarthy Workers Party Representative comments on a report saying 1-5 of g...

Hereditary peers who have not been made life peers will no longer have a right to sit in the Lords once the current parliamentary session ends, expected later this spring.

Hereditary peers to leave red benches before next King’s Speech

Peers in the House of Lords have tabled a huge number of amendments to the assisted dying bill

Letter: Parliament must now drop assisted suicide bill

Lord Rogan

Minister reveals Government plan for defence growth deal for Northern Ireland in...

Baroness Foster is hoping to secure House of Lords support for her big to tighten laws on glorifying terrorism.

Baroness Foster seeks to tighten UK law on glorifying terrorism
A former first minister is seeking to amend UK government legislation in a bid to tighten the rules on the glorification of terrorism – to counter efforts to “normalise” past violence.
David Thompson

Election after election as the political unionist voice grows weaker numerically and in influence, the call for unionist unity, in one form or another, re-emerges

Letter: Back to the drawing board of pacts

Lord (Peter) Mandelson carrying his dog whilst leaving his home in north west London on Saturday. He has resigned from the Labour Party and quit the House of Lords since the latest tranche of Epstein Files was released in the US. Pic: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Ex NI secretary Mandelson seen for first time since invite to US Epstein probe

Lord Rogan

Ulster Unionist peer calls for removal of Northern Ireland party funding anomaly

Newly ratified Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) deputy leader Diana Armstrong after an EGM at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast. Picture date: Saturday January 31, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Armstrong wants UUP women to 'step forward and be part of next chapter'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer performs an elaborate dance of two steps forward, two steps back, as he reverses his policies to placate the left of his party. (Photo: James Manning/PA Wire)

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Starmer has proved to be a catastrophe as PM

From left, Kathryn Thomson, Chief Executive of National Museums NI and Anne Stewart, Senior Curator of Art, are launching ‘A Time of Gifts’, a new display showcasing major works by two of Ireland’s most celebrated artists; Sir John Lavery (1856–1941) and Sir William Orpen (1878–1931).

Major new allocation of Irish art unveiled at the Ulster Museum

A vet injects a new Bluetongue vaccine into 'Doreen' in 2008 in Norfolk, the first animal in the UK to receive the vaccine. The chair of Stormont's Agriculture Committe fears EU rules which could block 40% of animal medicines from Northern Ireland will also impact Bluetongue vaccines – despite assurances by government to the contrary.

Agriculture Chair fears Brexit rules will block Bluetongue vaccines

Around 2,200 deaths every year in Northern Ireland are due to tobacco use. Cancer Focus Northern Ireland would like to see the Tobacco and Vapes Bill apply to Northern Ireland. The new legislation proposes a generational phase-out of tobacco sales, meaning anyone born after 1 January 2009 will never legally be sold cigarettes or other tobacco products

Richard Spratt: Bold new law can help protect our youth from tobacco harm

Veterinary and agri-food organisations are pressing the government for an urgent meeting about a feared 40% cut in supply of veterinary medicines to NI which will impact pet owners and farmers.

Peers warn about major loss of veterinary medicines to NI

IEF Chief Executive Paul Caskey OBE, Nicola and Nigel Forsyth, Elaine O’Byrne, Sir Harvey McGrath and Kevin O’Byrne.

Integrated Education Celebrated at the House of Lords

Baroness Ritchie told the committee the government has decided to do nothing until it sees how serious the situation becomes in 2026.

Government 'decides to do nothing' on vet medicines crisis
A startled House of Lords committee has heard that the UK government has decided to stand back and do nothing as the flow of up to 40% of veterinary medicines into Northern Ireland is halted in January.
Philip Bradfield

The Labour Government must ensure that the employment rights bill is introduced without amendments that would remove statutory rights from workers

Peter McGuire Workers Party Representative has condemned those Peers who are att...

The arrest in London of John Downey in 2013 for the Hyde Park atrocity exposed the ‘on-the-run’ scheme

Ken Funston: Dublin connived with London to ignore victims’ human rights

The Lords report, chaired by Lord Carlile, above, gave a damning assessment of the border

Owen Polley: Revealing framework report unlikely to make any difference

A sign a Larne Port highlighting unionist concerns at cross community approval being suspended in the Belfast Agreement in order to allow Stormont to approve the NI Protocol. The Protocol has been superceded by the Windsor Framework, but unionists remain deeply concerned about the underlying issues.

Unionists back Lords’ finding that Windsor Framework 'impossible' to navigate

Then prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the Windsor Framework during a visit to Northern Ireland in February 2023. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

House of Lords report blasts Windsor Framework

It is illegal to sell disposable vapes in England

Steve Baker: Time for NI’s regulations to return to UK control

Morning View

Editorial: Farce of Grassmen being sent back to Scotland shows scale of border

The front page of The Windsor Framework policy paper published by the UK government, following the announcement that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have struck a deal over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture date: Monday February 27, 2023.

Windsor Framework 'overly bureaucratic' says Gavin Robinson

Health Secretary Wes Streeting leaves Downing Street, London, after a Cabinet meeting.

Assisted dying ‘could break the NHS’ say critics

A third of medical professional believe beds are currently blocked by people in hospital who would be able to go home sooner

NHS bed blocking crisis fuelled by poor quality incontinence care

Lord Rogan

Ulster Unionist peer seeks crackdown on illegal e-scooters

Letters to editor

Letter: Minister has assured me NI will benefit from increased defence spending

Baroness Hoey has questioned the government on the impact of the Windsor Framework on a landmark legal ruling on the definition of a woman.

Ministers to 'look carefully' at Windsor Framework impact on sex ruling

MPs, Peers and Disability join (front left-right) actress Liz Carr, Baroness Campbell and Dame Tanni Grey Thompson outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, to insist the voices of disabled concerned about assisted dying are considered. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is entering the final stages of committee scrutiny, before it is expected to return to the House of Commons for another vote by all MPs, possibly next month. Picture date: Monday March 24, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Disabled ‘face assisted dying coercion threat’

Lord Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, the grandson of Northern Ireland's First Prime Minister, James Craig, holding one of his grandfather's maquettes. The bronze bust now stands proudly in the Octagon Room of Brownlow House, Lurgan. Photo: Ancre Somme Association 2025. This photograph shows Viscount Craigavon holding one of his grandfather's maquettes. The bronze bust stands proudly in the Octagon Room of Brownlow House.

Grandson of NI's first Prime Minister praised for decisiveness

Jack Steele has objected to the ongoing influence of the EU in NI affairs

Unionist student 'optimistic' message about EU involvement in NI getting through

Humanists UK have paid tribute to Viscount Craigavon, Janric Fraser Craig, the grandson of former UUP leader James Craig, who has passed away at 80 years of age.

Humanists UK pay tribute to champion of athiest and humanist values

Viscount Craigavon, Janric Craig, grandson of the First Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Grandson of first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland dies

Morning View

Editorial: A fresh u-turn is needed by the government, this time on employment

Baroness Foster says new UK employment laws would damage economic growth and productivity.

Baroness Foster says new employment rights laws would 'unsettle' the UK economy

Lord Rogan (left) with former Coleraine Football Club Chairman Colin McKendry during a visit to The Showgrounds

Senior peer backs Coleraine Football Club’s ground funding bid

Lord Rogan

Political opinion: Lord Rogan: Republic of Ireland must pay fair share of Europe...

DUP MLA Brian Kingston says "hiding behind anonymity undermines trust in the democratic process".

DUP says councillor anonymity ruling sets a ‘dangerous precedent’

Morning View

Editorial: Peers rightly point to role of ECHR in imbalance in legacy probes

Hilary Benn in the House of Commons on Tuesday during questions about the Clonoe ambush. Once again he in effect cited unionist support for the course that he has taken by citing their joint stand with Sinn Fein against the Legacy Act

Ben Lowry: Benn witnessed anger at SAS ruling yet he wants more such inquests

The NI Scrutiny Committee is the only one in Parliament that is scrutinising EU legislation applying in Northern Ireland, as the House of Commons scrapped their version of it in the new Parliament

Letter: NI Scrutiny Committee has many problems to face

On February 24 the UK government will begin to apply new aspects of the EU Irish Sea border on goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain

Jim Allister: Mutual enforcement protects integrity of UK and EU single markets

Lord Rogan

Ulster Unionist peer wins ministerial pledge over use of e-scooters in NI

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