development in northern ireland news thatjeffrey donaldson, the leader of the democratic unionist party, has been charged with historical sexual offences and has quit as leader. the dup says mr donaldson, who has been in politics for almost a0 years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. the party released a statement earlier. it says. police issued a statement on friday morning, not disclosing the identity of those charged. it read a 61 year old man had been charged with non recent sexual offences , adding that a 57 year old woman was also arrested and charged with aiding and abetting additional offences . the statement confirmed two people will appear in court on april the 24th. our ireland correspondent sara girvin has the latest. more details, more information starting to trickle through after what has been really shock breaking news that sirjeffrey donaldson has stepped down with immediate effect as the leader of the democratic u