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Mr Farage is among just six out of 650 MPs who have declined to take part in seminars about the 'behaviour code', which was brought in after a string of scandals.

The First Minister joined politicians in laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in Belfast this morning, including DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

Ms O'Neill will lay a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph in Belfast this morning in her role as First Minister, alongside DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

Gary Smyth has been speaking of the moment he feared the worst and that people had died after the vehicle carrying dozens of pupils crashed in Northern Ireland.

Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to 18 historical sex offences.

The result leaves Sinn Fein with seven seats in Westminster, the same as it won back in 2019 - and could now increase pressure for an Irish unity referendum by 2030.

The High Court in Belfast decided yesterday that parts of the Illegal Migration Act cannot apply in the province because of post-Brexit agreements with the EU.

The High Court in Belfast decided yesterday that parts of the Illegal Migration Act cannot apply in the province because of post-Brexit agreements with the EU.

Belfast High Court said parts of the Illegal Migration Act should be 'disapplied' in Northern Ireland because they undermined post-Brexit human rights protections agreed with the EU.

Sir Jeffrey faces 11 charges including one of rape, one of committing an act of gross indecency and nine of indecent assault on dates between 1985 and 2006.The offences relate to two alleged victims.

A team of traffic marshalls has been guiding cars, vans and pedestrians through the narrow roadways in the palace while restoration work has been going on to maintain the historic buildings.

Labour 's Jess Phillips protested that Sir Jeffrey Donaldson could still go into Parliament under current access rules.

The DUP said yesterday that Mr Donaldson had been charged with 'allegations of a historical nature' and that he would be stepping down as leader.

The driver and three passengers, who have not yet been formally identified, were declared dead at the scene, police said.

Police have confirmed a passenger was removed from the flight on Wednesday evening following a 'verbal altercation'. A party source confirmed that Sir Jeffrey was involved.

Around 80 sows and 1,000 piglets were thought to be inside a farrowing house on a farm in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, which caught alight on Friday night.

Ms McDonald, the nationalists' president, said she believes the referendum would happen before 2030, after the election of Michelle O'Neill as First Minister in Northern Ireland.

The PM was all smiles as he met the republican leader as powersharing government returned to Stormont this morning. But he later faced down a demand for a vote on Irish unity.

Michelle O'Neill, the first republican to take the top job at Stormont, has vowed to demand a referendum on uniting Ireland when she meets the PM later.

Sinn Fein has taken the top post in Northern Ireland for the first time following the dramatic deal that restored powersharing.

The 47-year-old has vowed to be a first minister for all and hailed a 'historic day' as devolved government is expected to return in Northern Ireland following a two-year political collapse.

Unionist leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he has written to the Speaker of the Stormont Assembly Alex Maskey, paving the way for it to sit on Saturday.

The former prime minister suggested it could weaken the UK's ability to diverge from EU trading rules in future, saying that the country must 'retain the appetite' to break from the high-regulation EU model.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has hailed the move as a key concession that will effectively scrap the contentious so-called Irish Sea border for goods.

After tense talks DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party was ready to back a deal that will see Sinn Fein 's Michelle O'Neill installed as the first ever republican First Minister.

Party leader Mary Lou McDonald said unionism's dominance of Ulster politics had been 'consigned to the pages of the history books'.

After two years of political standoff, the DUP paved the way for Stormont to be restored by agreeing a deal at a marathon meeting.

In a crunch meeting last night, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson confirmed the party will restore devolution in Northern Ireland if the government passes new legislation.

The Democratic Unionist Party is set for a crunch meeting tonight as its party leader briefs senior members on Westminster plans to get them to return to work.

Electoral commission chairman John Pullinger said that there had been a rise in the use of tech to make convincing pornographic images and videos showing politicians in compromising positions.

Speculation had been growing that an agreement might be reached before the House of Commons goes into its festive break tomorrow, with the sides said to be close.

The body of Odhran Kelly (pictured), 23, was found beside a burning car in Maple Court, in Lurgan, County Armagh, in the early hours of Sunday.

Mr Shannon compared the common rodent to the Palestinian militant group, designated a proscribed terror group in the UK, as MPs considered ways to protect red squirrels.

The Prime Minister is facing calls to fire his Home Secretary after No10 dramatically revealed it did not sign off on Mrs Braverman's controversial words.

Peter Lavery, 61, who won £10.2 million in May 1996, was rushed to hospital yesterday after a bus crash in Belfast city centre. it is believed he is recovering well.

The unionist party has refused to rejoin the cross-community executive at Stormont for the past 18 months, demanding more concessions over the UK's Brexit agreement.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said there had been discussions with Keir Starmer about solutions to ease friction in trade between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland.

The Labour leader used a BBC interview to harden the party's position on Northern Ireland ahead of an election expected within a year.

Sinn Fein adverts calling for an Irish unity referendum in US newspapers including the New York Times and Washington Post have been branded 'unhelpful' by the Taoiseach.

Durham's former record-setting benefactor Mark Hillery, 57, will not donate to any university again until 'they get their free speech house properly in order'.

The move came as part of the DUP's continuing protest against post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.

Nigel Dodds losing his seat meant that Northern Ireland looked set to elect more Irish nationalists to Britain's parliament than pro-British unionists for the first time since the partition of Ireland in 1921.

The DUP has accused Boris Johnson of losing his nerve during Brexit negotiations as senior figures in the party said the PM had been 'too eager by far' to reach a deal with the EU.

Sir John Curtice - who is in charge of the main exit polls at general elections - is forecasting 307 Tory MPs, down from 317 last time, and 256 Labour MPs, down from 262.

Mrs May has now hinted she will consider collapsing Parliament and calling a general election after the 'grave' result and said: 'I fear we are reaching the limits of the process in this House.'

In a highly-charged speech last night, Theresa May told Tory MPs she would quit ‘earlier than intended’ if Parliament backed her withdrawal agreement.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Telegraph, the former Foreign Secretary said he 'was not there yet' on backing May's deal but admitted that there was a risk Britain 'won't leave at all'.

The Prime Minister is desperate an 11th hour U-turn from the DUP to support the deal at a third vote in a bid to finally win Commons approval.

Mrs May made the humbling admission as she faced the Commons today hours before MPs are set to vote to start taking control away of Brexit from her in a series of indicative votes tonight.

Oliver Letwin said he believed that a plan known as ‘Norway Plus’ could succeed, after the Northern Irish party's Brexit spokesman said there was 'no pressure' to back the PM's deal.

After the decisive defeat of Theresa May's Brexit deal last night, she has given MPs a vote at 7pm tonight on whether they want to leave the EU without a deal. Tomorrow MPs will also vote to delay Brexit.

The Prime Minister's hopes of saving her deal after a last minute dash to Strasbourg last night turned to ashes in the Commons today as the new concessions were hammered.

The Tory party is deeply split on Brexit and the Prime Minister's only hope is to bring back on board most of the 118 rebels from January 15 and the 10 DUP MPs.

The leader of the European Research Group said he expected Britain to now crash out without a deal in 17 days as Brexiteers moved to kill off the Prime Minister's plans.

Theresa May secured a critical breakthrough on Brexit last night, winning 'legally binding changes' from EU negotiators. Jacob-Rees Mogg described it as 'clearly a step in the right direction'.

The bruised and battered PM is on track to survive yet another political crisis, with the DUP and Tory Eurosceptics including Boris Johnson pledging to back her in a no-confidence vote today.

The Prime Minister has been desperately trying to shore up her deal as a catastrophic defeat looms on Tuesday but was dismissed again today by the DUP.

Sammy Wilson, the party's Brexit spokesman, said a month's worth of work on securing new concessions from the EU had not achieved anything.

The hard line from Jean-Claude Juncker's commission comes as the PM launches another desperate scramble to persuade fellow leaders to break the deadlock.

The Prime Minister flew out of London today knowing none of the critics on either side are prepared to back down - leaving her in a near impossible bind.

DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds said the divorce deal was 'fatally flawed' while it contained the backstop on the Irish border as David Lidington, Mrs May's deputy, visited Belfast to promote it.

The Northern Ireland party's ten MPs have a confidence and supply deal with the government to give Mrs May a narrow majority in the Commons.

The former London mayoral candidate said he had decided to act as the Prime Minister would 'not change course' on her divisive Brexit deal.

Tory critics of the PM need 48 votes to spark the motion to remove Mrs May, but sources confirmed they were still stuck at 37. Twenty-three MPs have gone public with their letters (pictured).

Steve Baker insisted he remained confident that 48 letters would be sent to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee.

Brexiteer ringleader Jacob Rees-Mogg insisted his putsch was not about personal ambition and named Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, David Davis and Penny Mordaunt as successors.

Arlene Foster also repeated her 'blood red' Brexit line - saying that a deal which creates new barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK would be totally unacceptable.

The party's current arrangement to keep the Conservatives in power would collapse without a new leader to 'heal the wounds' and take a 'different direction' on Brexit, the DUP said.

Chief negotiator Michel Barnier is expected to make clear he is playing hardball by publishing a draft 'declaration' on post-Brexit trade arrangements that falls far short of her blueprint.

Arlene Foster, leader of the powerful DUP party which is propping the Tories up in Number Ten, also praised Boris Johnson's upbeat attitude towards Brexit.

Because of the summer and conference recesses, North Antrim MP Ian Paisley will not be allowed back into the Commons until November - cutting Theresa May's majority for months.

The MP was almost overcome by emotion as he said sorry to his constituents in North Antrim for the 'total failure'.

The Commons watchdog has urged the punishment - the longest for decades - after concluding the MP went on all-expenses paid trips with his family to the country in 2013 but did not register them.

The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier (pictured) met Irish premier Leo Varadkar and Foriegn Minister Simon Coveney before beginning a two-day tour of border towns.

Nigel Dodds, leader of the DUP in Westminster, said Northern Ireland leaving the customs union with the rest of the UK was an 'absolute red line' - as he threatened to derail the Tory government.

The Good Friday Agreement’s 20th anniversary was marked with a conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland that saw Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern in attendance.

Bitter divisions erupted over whether the committee should warn that the two-year implementation period was not long enough to resolve a 'host' of issues.

The DUP leader said their warnings over how Brexit could threaten the peace process were an ‘insult’ to voters in the region.

DUP leader Arlene Foster (pictured) demanded talks on 'sensible solutions' for how to manage the Irish border after Brexit following a meeting with EU negotiator Michel Barnier.