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The DUP has suffered a sharp drop in support since its return to Stormont with both the TUV and Ulster Unionists gaining ground, according to a new poll.

Two-thirds of unionists believe the DUP was right to sign up to the government’s deal and return to Stormont, with just a quarter against the move.

A former NIO director of communications adopted an ultra-hard line on the 1981 hunger strike and believed the Cabinet office’s approach to Bobby Sands was “let the hoor die”, according to a new book.

Forget the fanfare surrounding the DUP’s return to the power-sharing executive. This is a huge moment in our history for a very different reason.

Negotiations are continuing between the four Executive parties over the possible return of Robin Swann as Health Minister.

Emma Little-Pengelly is regularly defined by the men in her life. Her father Noel was a loyalist gun-runner, and her husband Richard is one of Stormont’s most senior civil servants.

An Orange lodge, which includes two former DUP politicians as members, has told Sir Jeffrey Donaldson he must not lead the party back to Stormont until all its seven tests are fully met.

An Orange lodge, which includes two former DUP politicians as members, has told Sir Jeffrey Donaldson he must not lead the party back to Stormont until all its seven tests are fully met.

The bromance is officially over. The relationship between Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Jamie Bryson, which blossomed in those heady days of anti-protocol protests, has come to a swift but unsurprising end.

Former Iraq war veteran Colonel Tim Collins is to stand in the next Westminster election for the Ulster Unionists.