Sinn Fein has emerged for the first time as the party in Northern Ireland with the largest representation at Westminster.

Jim Allister unveiled his party’s Restore the Union election manifesto on Friday.

The Reform UK leader said his endorsement of the two DUP candidates is a ‘personal thing not a party thing’.

The Reform UK leader said he would be backing Ian Paisley and Sammy Wilson

Jim Allister confirmed he would run in his own constituency of North Antrim

The victim was left with potentially life-changing injuries after the attack in Bushmills in the early hours of Sunday morning

Jeffrey Donaldson resigned as leader of the DUP.

MLAs will be at Parliament Buildings on Saturday to elect a new first and deputy first minister.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will brief members of his party’s 130-strong executive on UK government proposals on post-Brexit trading arrangements

Sinn Fein’s call came ahead of a crunch meeting of the DUP’s executive on Monday evening.