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Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA Diana Armstrong.

Fivemiletown report highlights Daera 'shambles from start to finish' - UUP

UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA (third from left), has appealed to rival unionists to join his party. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Burrows: Unionism faces defining moment after decades of 'strategic gaffes'

Kilrea Bridge

No 'plan B' for future Kilrea Bridge closures

Independent unionist Carla Lockhart has urged unionists to 'hold their head high' in their professional lives.

Carla Lockhart questions manner of DUP's call for unionist unity

UUP leader Jon Burrows. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA WIre

UUP contests DUP claim that unity talks set to happen

Seapark Beach in Holywood.

Mechanical beach cleaning plan is blocked

Jay Basra highlighted that the Order of Service for the QUB Remembrance Sunday service on 8 November stated that Orange collarettes were not to be worn.

Royal British Legion distances itself from QUB Orange collarette row

Ulster Unionist deputy leader Diana Armstrong called for farm planning laws in Northern Ireland to be relaxed to match those in England. Photo: Presseye/Stephen Hamilton

Red tape shutting NI farmers out of valuable tourism market: UUP

UUP leader Jon Burrows, Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Uncertainty over Emma Little Pengelly's future 'leaves NI in political limbo'

Ulster Unionist Mark Ovens is to be banned from sitting as a councillor for two months for code of conduct breaches over his Stormont role. Photo: Fermanagh and Omagh Council

Other politicians up to same things that got me suspended, says UUP cllr

The Bill would ban hunting wild mammals with dogs and trail hunting

Culling foxes creates ‘chaos’ MLAs told

Martin Reid (left) played 'Uncle Andy' and Tim McGarry played 'Da' in Give My Head Peace, which has now been axed due to cutbacks.

MP tables motion against BBC cutting 'Give My Head Peace'

The former DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a series of child sex offences, including rape

Donaldson case: 50% remission 'baffling' to public says ex-jail boss

Orangemen turn away from a police barricade close to Drumcree Church formed to prevent them entering the Garvaghy Road. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Drumcree: UUP boss says Orange Order 'don't have to walk to win'

The weekly rise to the price of fuel has halted as of today (photo by Bryn Colton/Getty Images)

Three-month hike to fuel prices in Northern Ireland grinds to a halt

Protestors (including Deirdre Hargey, centre, next to principal deputy speaker of the Assembly Caral Ni Chuilin) blocking the road on Sunday morning ahead of the planned Orange Order (Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press)

Hargey 'should be removed from Policing Board over Garvaghy Road protest'
Deirdre Hargey has been branded “unfit” to sit on the Policing Board over her involvement in the Garvaghy Road protest at the weekend.
Adam Kula

Jon Burrows (pictured speaking in the Assembly today) was a police officer for 22 years, and held command positions in the force

Drumcree stand-off: 'I know political pressure on PSNI to turn blind eye'

Letters to editor

Letter: Look after one another amid Drumcree dispute

Loyalist supporters and orange men face the police outside Drumcree Church, where they have formed a barricade to prevent them entering the Garvaghy Road. Members of the Orange Order were due to take part in the first return parade on the road for almost 30 years. Picture date: Sunday September 27, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

UUP boss floats 'one and done' scenario for 'permanent end' to Drumcree row

Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows

Garvaghy Road protesters should face probe: UUP's Jon Burrows

UUP's Chris Mercer.

UUP conference: Young people 'key to a stronger Northern Ireland'

UUP deputy leader Diana Armstrong.

Diana Armstrong calls for end to 'ransom politics' at Stormont

Stormont Health Minister Robbie Butler

Butler says UUP leader has not set ‘red lines’ over running of health department

Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows has pressed Michelle O’Neill to take up his challenge of a public head-to-head debate on Irish unity.

UUP chief challenges Michelle O’Neill to head-to-head debate on Irish unity

UUP MLA John Stewart pressed Ms Kimmins during her appearance at the Stormont Infrastructure committee

Kimmins pressed on ‘total mess amid potholes and grass cutting

Screenshot from an SDLP video announcing Linzi McLaren's candidature for next year's Assembly poll.

Former UUP councillor to run for SDLP in next May's Assembly election

Teachers in Northern Ireland are to start industrial action over excessive workloads. Photo: PA Wire

Hammer out teacher deal before dispute hits children's educations: UUP
The Education Minister needs get back around the negotiating table and hash out a deal with teachers before children’s learning starts to suffer.
Iain Gray

Former UUP councillor Linzi McLaren to run for SDLP in South Antrim

Undated handout photo issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) of on-the-run murderer Gary Anderson, whom police are attempting to capture in liaison with Gardaí. Anderson absconded on Monday after being granted temporary release from Maghaberry Prison to attend his father’s funeral. He has not been seen since. The public have been advised not to approach him. The 29-year-old was sentenced in 2023 to 15 years for the murder of Karol Kelly in Londonderry. Issue date: Friday September 18, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: PSNI/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

'Catastrophic failures' allowed on-the-run killer to escape - Burrows

Esmond Birnie served as an MLA from 1998 to 2007 for the Ulster Unionist Party; today he is a senior economist at Ulster University

What should matter more than MLAs' pay is their performance says economist

Unionists will not tolerate “egos” scuppering the “huge opportunity” that is next year’s Stormont Assembly election, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said.

Unionists will not tolerate egos scuppering 2027 election opportunity – Robinson

UUP appoints independent expert to review Donaldson time in party

Lisburn residents are to get a printed council magazine.

Council goes back to printed news letter

A border poll would release a wrecking ball into NI politics

Letter: Border poll will not be focus with the world about to change utterly

Garda motorcylists drive through Doonbeg village, Co Clare, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump tomorrow to the Irish Open at the nearby Trump International Golf Links & Hotel (Damien Eagers/PA Wire)

Unionists criticise Sinn Fein over opposition to Donald Trump visit to Ireland

Schools must alter uniform policies to give girls the choice of wearing skirts or trousers.

Uniform change for girls 'attack on the independence of Christian schools'

Jaidyn was an army cadet, with the force stating she will be "fondly remembered as an exceptional young leader". Photo: 2nd NI Bn Army Cadet Force

Tribute to tragic teen Jaidyn Rice blocked by council red tape

Councillor Ovens (who has also worked as a UUP Stormont special adviser and press officer) speaking during the committee meeting last night

Council accused of 'a shambles and a whitewash to protect certain members'

Unionist politicians may wish to have ‘unity’ at Westminster elections

Letter: Unionist voters need to have a better choice

Any future determination on Drumcree made by the current commissioners would be vulnerable to legal challenge, incurring yet further public money and court time

Carla Lockhart: Drumcree must be approached as a question of law

Dr Kathryn Owen is a former RAF medic, a healthcare professional with a PhD in cardiovascular medicine, and is currently a Senior Health Official working in public health.

UUP runs ex-DUP councillor as candidate for Belfast South and Mid Down

The High Court quashed a decision by the Parades Commission to impose restrictions on the annual Orange Order parade at Drumcree. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Drumcree: Entire Parades Commission must go - UUP

Former Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy (right) leaves Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Wednesday after being convicted of two counts of deleting an email under the Freedom of Information Act. She was cleared of a third charge of attempting to delete a second email.

Call for former council chief to be stripped of OBE honour following conviction

Jim Allister has said that the commission is now 'irretreivable'

Burrows and Allister say Parades Commission board must be sacked

Robbie Butler has taken up the reins of the Department of Health from Mike Nesbitt

New health minister 'wants to give nurses a raise but Executive has to say yes'

Morning View

Editorial: Crackdown needed on thugs driving recklessly

Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Diana Armstrong

Government shouldn't 'repackage' Framework issues as opportunity - UUP

Jon Burrows handled the fallout of Mike Nesbitt’s resignation well

Owen Polley: Burrows must make sure row doesn’t become part of pattern

Surgeons have written to UUP minister Robbie Butler to raise concerns over “significant challenges” facing surgical services in Northern Ireland

Surgeons raise concerns over services in letter to Health Minister

It is a given that all unionist parties want the maintenance of the British Union, and the removal of the Irish Sea border

Letter: Hurdles to be overcome for a unionist coalition

Mike Nesbitt pictured last year at the Pan American Health Organisation headquarters in Washington, during St Patrick's week.

David Thompson: Health is political, and a Nesbitt–Burrows clash was inevitable

New health minister faces full in-tray, committee told

Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan speaks to the media after meeting with students collecting their GCSE results at Dromore High School in Dromore, Co Down

Nationalists salivating over unionist difficulties, says Paul Givan

Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows speaks to the media in the Great Hall of Parliament Buildings at Stormont, accompanied by deputy leader Diana Armstrong. Mr Burrows has pledged to name his party's new Stormont Health Minister on Thursday following the resignation of Mike Nesbitt from the post.

Robbie Butler in line to be appointed new health minister later today

UUP leader Jon Burrows, with deputy leader Diana Armstrong, at a press conference in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, regarding the resignation of Health Minister Mike Nesbitt. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Burrows presses on with new approach to health reform after Nesbitt resignation

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