Day: June 25, 2017

    The DUP's leader at Westminster says those who hold different views on social issues like gay marriage and abortion have no reason to fear the Northern party's influence there. Nigel Dodds MP, who has been negotiating a confidence and supply agreement with Downing Street, told Sky News he and colleagues had been misrepresented as dinosaurs. He said: People can always go back through the archives of any political party and find individuals saying things or policies from 20, 30 years ago. But they need to read our manifesto and look at the recent years in Northern Ireland where the DUP has been the main partner in government with republicans to move this province forward. In his most famous speech, the Rev Ian Paisley, who founded the DUP, thundered that there would never, n...

    A Car has ploughed into a group of Muslim worshippers in Newcastle as they celebrated Eid, leaving at least three adults and three children injured. The crash happened in the car park of Westgate Community College, in Westgate Road. Six people are now confirmed to have been injured, including three children. One of the children is said ot be in a critical condition. There are uncomfrimed reports that one child was stuck beneath the car. An estimated 300 to 400 Muslim worshippers were at the college celebrating the end of Ramadan. Armed police and the police helicopter were called to the scene, with the recent terror attack on a group of Muslim in Finsbury Park still fresh in people's minds. However, police have said they do not believe the crash is terror related, Chronicl...