He was arrested yesterday along with a 57 year old woman who has been charged with Aiding And Abetting in connection with the alleged offences. They will appear in court next month. Sirjeffrey, who is Northern Irelands longest serving mp at westminster, says he will strenously says he will strenuously contest the charges. Jennifer oleary reports. SirJeffrey Donaldson, a leader whojust weeks ago returned his party to power sharing at stormont. Today, his political career appears to be over. In a statement, his party announced his resignation, confirming that hes been charged with allegations of an historical nature. Bbc news understands hes been charged with rape and multiple other Sexual Offences as part of a Police Investigation spanning months after two women came forward. In a letter to his party, Sirjeffrey Donaldson said he will be strenuously contesting the charges. The dup s new Interim Leader is mp gavin robinson. Its been a devastating revelation, and has caused tremendous sho
With rape and other historical sexual offences. He was arrested yesterday along with a 57 year old woman who has been charged with Aiding And Abetting in connection with the alleged offences. They will appear in court next month. Sirjeffrey who is Northern Irelands longest serving mp At Westminster says he will strenuously contest the charges. The partys Interim Leader Gavin Robinson said it has been a devastating revelation. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. SurJeffrey Donaldson, one of the biggest figures in Northern Ireland politics of his generation, the linchpin of a vital breakthrough just two months ago which led to the return of devolved government at stormont. SiirJeffrey Donaldson. This agreement is something we have worked hard to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland. The pride of a breakthrough, said Jeffrey Donaldson commanding the stage, his power and influence obvious, but at six oclock yesterday morning he was arrested. By yesterday morning he was arrested.
it is good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, hospital horror. the shocking images after a car smashes through a texas emergency room, killing one, injuring five, and sending dust and debris all over the lobby. high drama on the high seas, ukraine celebrates the sinking of a russian warship, ahead of a two-year anniversary of vladimir putin s invasion. we are live at the border, what new numbers reveal about migrant crossings after a historic vote to impeach the dhs secretary. and breaking news, three police officers shot in washington, d.c. by a suspect who is still barricaded. what we just learned at a press conference moments ago. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that shocking crash in texas, with nbc s kathy park live in austin. do we have any idea how this happened, kathy? chris, good afternoon to you. at this hour, we don t know exactly how the driver managed to crash
the worst border crisis we have ever seen. the cartels having operational control of our southern border. our southern border to the point where they are bringing drugs in that are killing 150 young people in america every single day. that should matter to everybody. house republicans demanding more border security as growing examples show the migrant crisis is making america and americans less safe. crime surges in new york and various other sanctuary cities and now california is seeing an influx of people from one of america s most powerful adversaries. good afternoon, john roberts in washington, d.c.. border officials are sounding the alarm not just over the record of crossings but also the dramatic rise in chinese migrants pouring through a small gap of the border wall near san diego. john: more than 20,000 chinese nationals have been apprehended since october, just three years ago, that number for the full year was just 450 people. let s get right to griff jenkin