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image captionEdwin Poots was elected DUP leader by 19 votes to 17, beating MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
Edwin Poots has been elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), beating MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson by 19 votes to 17.
MLA Paula Bradley has been elected as the party s deputy leader, beating MP Gregory Campbell.
They are now set to lead the DUP into next years election for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Other political stakeholders from across the UK and Ireland have been reacting to their victory.
Boris Johnson tweeted his congratulations to the newly elected DUP leader.
The prime minister said people across the UK are best served when we work together and that he looked forward to working with Mr Poots .
Boris Johnson warns of real risk of disruption to lockdown easing amid fears over Indian variant
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Boris Johnson has warned that hard choices may have to be made, including a possible disruption  to the final stage in the roadmap, as a result of the Indian variant.Â
The Prime Minister said cases were rising but there are some important unknowns , including the fact that it is not known how transmissible this variant is.Â
If it is only marginally more, the plan can continue as expected, but if it is considerably more we will be facing some hard choices , he said.
BELFAST: Calls are growing for the UK government to issue an apology to the families of 10 civilians killed in west Belfast in 1971.Fresh inquests into the deaths involving the Army concluded that.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will write in person to the families of the Ballymurphy victims to express his apologies for their deaths 50 years ago.