N. Ireland

I regret persuading ‘vindictive’ Burrows to join party, says Beattie

Doug Beattie was speaking after he quit the Ulster Unionist Party, which he used to lead, on Sunday.

20 hrs agoNorthern Ireland Politics

Beattie was aggressive at meeting, Ulster Unionist group says

Doug Beattie recently quit the Ulster Unionists and then launched a blistering attack on his former party.

9 hrs agoNorthern Ireland Politics

Councillor given one-month suspension over social media post

BBC News NI understands the post included a reference to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

16 hrs agoNorthern Ireland Politics

Doug Beattie quits UUP as clear his membership no longer ‘tenable’

The former party leader and Upper Bann assembly member had been facing the prospect of being deselected by his constituency association ahead of the next assembly election.

2 days agoNorthern Ireland Politics

The messy split between Doug Beattie and the UUP

Doug Beattie paints a brutal picture of how he feels he has been treated by the party he once led.

1 day agoNorthern Ireland Politics

New mayors installed across Northern Ireland

Most councils in Northern Ireland have elected new civic leaders to serve as first citizens for the coming year.

11 hrs agoNorthern Ireland

Ending power-sharing ‘vetoes’ in Sinn Féin proposals to shake up Stormont

Changing how the first and deputy first ministers can take up their roles are among the party’s proposals

17 hrs agoNorthern Ireland Politics

SDLP assembly member to retire from politics

Patsy McGlone is the party’s longest-serving MLA at Stormont.

‘No cull’ of UUP MLAs, says party leader

Jon Burrows said their candidates for next year’s Northern Ireland Assembly election would be chosen “fairly and transparently” and he would not be “intervening” in the decisions of constituency associations.