Northern Ireland

We spoke to Northern Irish detective chief superintendent John McVea, a 15-year veteran of the serious crime branch, the same unit that shooting victim John Caldwell works for.

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell is described as being “critical but stable” in hospital.

The Prime Minister held a video call with business leaders in Northern Ireland tonight. He has repeatedly insisted that he is “seeking practical solutions” to the problems they face as a result of the existing Brexit trade deal.  

At the Baftas last night the German-language film All Quiet on the Western Front was a major winner, picking up seven awards, including Best Film.

We spoke to DUP MP Sammy Wilson who is the unionist party’s chief whip in Westminster.

We spoke to Lord Darroch who was formerly the UK’s permanent representative to the European Union, as well as ambassador to the United States. 

If the signals from Belfast yesterday were that a deal was imminent, the message from Munich was one of caution. 

‘This is not rocket science’ – the words of former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement, on the current post-Brexit trade dispute over Northern Ireland. Pressure is building on the EU and the UK to solve the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the agreement that puts…

Could a deal between the EU and the UK government to amend the Northern Ireland Protocol be imminent? 

We spoke to Dr. Ursula Mason, chair for the Royal College of GPs in Northern Ireland.

Across the UK, hospitals are under immense strain. But in Northern Ireland, the problems are on another scale. Before Covid, more than one in sixteen of the population were on a hospital waiting list, and problems have gotten much worse since then. Our own Factcheck team have been looking into the state of the health…

We were joined by the conservative MP, Steve Brine who is chair of the Health and Social Care select committee.

The offer by the Royal College of Nurses – to suspend strikes if the Government meets with them to negotiate over pay –  looks set to go unheeded.

The rift between the government and the EU has widened again, as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss published plans to unilaterally change the Northern Ireland Protocol.

We spoke to Democratic Unionist Party MP Sammy Wilson.