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
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 ao 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 earlier this morning. 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 24. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, sara girvin. a quite stunning development. take us through it. a quite stunning development. take us through it us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. sir us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. sirjef
which is under way newcastle can move back into the european places, if they can get a result at chelsea at stamford bridge. it s the home side that s 1 0 up in the first half. nicholas jackson with the goal. chelsea are winless in two league games.. a blow for manchester city goalkeeper ederson is set to miss up to four weeks, after suffering a muscle injury in the premier league draw with liverpool yesterday. ederson was hurt after kicking reds striker darwin nunez conceding the penalty where liverpool scored their equaliser, in the 1 1 draw at anfield. he had treatment at the time, but was later replaced by stefan ortega. city have told the brazilian fa he won t be fit for international duty later this month. it was a good weekend for arsenal, their win over brentford saw them move to the top of the premier league and they stayed there, after liverpool and manchester city s draw at anfield. the gunners attention now turns to the champions league where they have to b
the un secretary general has called for a ceasefire in gaza to mark ramadan, the muslim month of fasting. antonio guterres also called for the release of hostages held by hamas, and the speedy delivery of aid to the palestinian territory. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, hasjoined leaders of caribbean nations injamaica for emergency talks on the crisis in haiti, where gang leaders are demanding the resignation of the prime minister. the world food programme has warned of famine conditions in the haitian capital as armed gangs terrorise much of the city. authorities in new zealand say 12 people have been admitted to hospital following what s been described as a mid air technical problem on a flight between sydney and auckland. witnesses described people being thrown through the cabin, as the plane suddenly lost altitude during severe turbulence. a flag raising ceremony has taken place in brussels to mark swedenjoining nato. sweden formally applied to join along wit
coming up, i m we will have the draw for rugby league s challenge cup. one of the champions have reached the last 16. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the idea seems to have been to dampen down growing speculation about the health of the princess of wales and to show her in a happy family snap on mother s day. instead, today kate has had to admit she edited the picture and has apologised for any confusion. it follows five picture agencies withdrawing the image over concerns it had been manipulated in some way. taken by the prince of wales, it was the first official picture of the princess since she had abdominal surgery injanuary. kensington palace says it will not be reissuing the original photo. our royal correspondent is live in windsor. this has created a storm? yes, it has. this has created a storm? yes, it has- that this has created a storm? yes, it has. that photograph this has created a storm? yes, it has. that photograph that - this has created a