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He says he will stand down, but not yet. The responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. Shock and disbelief from labour supporters as some of the partys most rock solid strongholds turn blue for the first time ever. An extraordinary night for the Scottish National party as they take almost all of the seats in scotland, raising serious questions a...

In central paris. Campaigners have lost a legal battle against the governments handling of the rise in womens state pension age. Scotland becomes the first nation in the uk to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnsons new brexit plan is already facing some tough opposition both in parliament and the eu. The Prime Minister told mps hes compromising but that didnt wash with opposition parties. And both the irish Prime Minister ...

Two members of the public are praised for helping to stop a suspect who stabbed three people in Manchesters Arndale Shopping Centre yesterday. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, joe twyman and Yasmin Alibhai brown. Stay with us for that. Good evening. There have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and Kurdish Forces in northeastern syria. Since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died on both sides of the frontier, and...

Losing North Belfast was a body blow to the DUP, and the party will adopt a kitchen-sink approach to winning it back at the next Westminster election.

Susan McKay: DUP believes chaos is best plan Constructive voices within Northern Ireland’s Protestant community being shut out Fri, Mar 5, 2021, 00:47 Susan McKay First Minister Arlene Foster seems only nominally in charge. She scarcely rebukes the politicians she is supposed to be leading when they engage in uncouth, disruptive and bigoted behaviour. Photograph: Liam McBur...

Bob Ladd, Edinburgh, UK None of the previous answers to this question stepped outside a broadly European frame of reference, which takes for granted that left and right are part of the natural order of the world. Advertisement There are plenty of languages and cultures that don’t use these concepts, including many that use “geocentric” rather than “egocentric” phrases to talk about spatial relations, for example, “to the east of you” rather than “to your left”. As long as ever...

According to those in the know, Arlene Fosters leadership of the DUP is coming to an end. The no nonsense Fermanagh woman has survived RHI, the collapse of the Assembly, Brexit and Covid - but the Irish Sea border may prove a bridge too far. Graffiti has already appeared in Belfast spelling out the message Foster must go, and according to sources within her own party some agree. Foster could yet retain her position, but the results of a recent LucidTalk poll will have done nothing to help her c...

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