An American student who tricked newspapers across the globe into believing he was an Irish peer and the ‘Marquess of Annaville’ has confessed he was wrong to lie after his fraud was exposed. Alexander Jackson Maier, an African-American student from New Rochelle in New York state, claimed he had the title of Lord Alexander, 11th … Read more
Former DUP leader Edwin Poots warns that Sinn Fein would WIN an election if Stormont government collapses amid unionist fury over Brexit trade agreement – as Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis says deal with EU is ‘not sustainable Poots said SF ‘probably would have the largest number of votes and seats’ Warned a snap election … Read more
New fears over vow to protect Ulster veterans: Target for legislation to shield former troops from prosecution is in doubt Veterans groups and MPs claimed ministers are now in the ‘last chance saloon‘ Brandon Lewis told the Commons that the Government maintains its ‘ambition’ He first made the pledge to the Northern Ireland affairs committee … Read more
Catalytic converter thefts soar due to rocketing value of precious metals they contain Some police forces saw thefts rise by more than 400 per cent due to gangs Thefts across England, Wales and Northern Ireland risen by 104 per cent Rare metals that are found in catalytic converters are more valuable than gold By Rebecca … Read more
The EU looks set to cool the bitter Brexit standoff over sausage exports from Britain to Northern Ireland by agreeing a three month extension to the grace period. In a potential breakthrough in the row, Brussels has signalled it is open to the UK’s request to keep transition arrangements on chilled meat sales until the … Read more
Brussels may allow Britain more time in sausage wars: EU vows to consider our request for meat sales to continue in Northern Ireland for another three months EU said it would assess the UK’s call to extend grace period on chilled meat sales A No 10 spokesman said the extension would ‘allow movements to continue’ … Read more
The collapse of powersharing arrangements in Northern Ireland appears to have been averted after a late night deal on Irish language laws paved the way for new Stormont leaders to be appointed. The UK Government announced after midnight that it had committed to passing the stalled laws at Westminster this autumn if they are not … Read more
Lord Frost accuses the EU of refusing to play ball with the UK’s proposals to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol as he warns ‘time is running out’ and repeats threat to tear up border trade rules Brexit chief said UK put forward ‘a lot of ideas’ to fix Northern Ireland Protocol But Lord Frost said … Read more
Irish deputy PM Leo Varadkar risks inflaming bitter Brexit row as he says unifying the island of Ireland is his ‘mission’ Leo Varadkar said Fine Gael party’s ‘mission’ should be to unify island of Ireland He said party should be ‘proud to say that unification is something we aspire to’ Comments sparked an immediate backlash … Read more
Northern Ireland peace is ‘at risk’ with warnings of ‘riots’ in Belfast as Sinn Fein threatens to block new DUP First Minister and collapse powersharing at Stormont Sinn Fein threatening to block new DUP First Minister unless get concessions Republicans want commitment on commencing legislation for Irish language Unless resolved within a week of Arlene … Read more