The European Union has launched new legal proceedings against Britain over its failure to implement parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it agreed with Brussels.

Sinn Fein leader Michelle O’Neill has acclaimed a "new era" for Northern Ireland as her party has become the first nationalist party to win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly in its 101-year history.

The European Union (EU) warns the UK against triggering unilateral emergency provisions in the Brexit deal, after the representatives of the two sides held a meeting in Brussels to negotiate about disputes over trade across the Irish border.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has once again voiced deep opposition to the Northern Ireland Protocol and has effectively called on Boris Jonson to scrap the arrangement.

A High Court judge in Belfast has delivered a big blow to the unionist and loyalist communities by ruling the Northern Ireland Protocol to be both consistent with the law and the constitutional status of the British-controlled territory.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has admitted the Northern Ireland Protocol is causing 'big disruption' to businesses but holds out hope of reaching a compromise with the EU.

Establishment stalwart Jeffrey Donaldson is set to become the new leader of the DUP at the most turbulent point in the party's 50-year history.