WITH her bright red hair, Louise Haigh cuts a striking figure among the mainly grey-suited men on the floor of the House of Commons.

THERE were calls last night to simplify new Irish Sea border rules as shoppers reported more empty shelves due to post-Brexit disruption.

ONE year ago the Executive was restored following negotiations and the publication of the New Decade, New Approach by the governments.

THE Labour party has accused the British government of a failure to prepare businesses for the requirements of the new Irish Sea border.

DUP MP Gregory Campbell has launched a scathing attack on Sinn Féin over its response to the Covid pandemic.

A united Ireland could emerge within the next 25 years given the "disaster" created by Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, a former British government cabinet minister has predicted.

DUP MP Ian Paisley has defended Donald Trump saying he doesn't believe that the President's speech before a mob stormed the US Capitol “provoked the rioters to break the law”.

DONALD Trump was forced to commit to an orderly transition of power to Joe Biden through a statement from an adviser after being locked out of his social media accounts.

THE secretary of state's repeated assertion that there is no Irish Sea border has been derided, with one unionist politician saying anyone who claims otherwise "has lost touch with reality".

Some Northern Ireland pet owners face onerous documentary checks and unjustified vet treatments following Brexit, Stormont's agriculture minister has said.

The US special envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney has resigned from his post.

Donald Trump has pledged there will be an orderly transition after the US Congress formally validated Joe Biden's presidential election victory on a day that saw a time-honoured ceremony become a nightmare of unprecedented political terror.

SAMMY Wilson last night defended his decision to travel to Westminster after being advised that MPs should not attend in person "unless absolutely necessary".

Strict new restrictions to combat the pandemic have been agreed by the Stormont executive.

DUP leader Arlene Foster has been made aware of a threat against her issued by the South East Antrim UDA.

THE head of the Catholic Church in Ireland's criticism of nationalist and republican politicians' failure to engage with events to mark the Northern Ireland centenary has been described as a "misdirected political intervention" by Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney.

Schools are to remain closed for an extended period as the Stormont executive agreed new measures this evening to tackle the spread of Covid-19.

The Stormont executive is meeting this evening to discuss the possibility of further coronavirus restrictions in Northern Ireland.

Most of Scotland will be placed in lockdown from tomorrow for the whole of January to tackle the rising spread of the new coronavirus strain, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

NATIONALIST politicians have hit out at Arlene Foster over claims by the DUP leader that they wanted a no-deal Brexit.