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. also of a judicial process. in the last hour northern ireland s also in the last hour northern ireland s first minister says she will do all in her power to make sure the government will deliver. she said it s vital the executive, including the dup, continued to govern. 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 24. i spoke to our ireland correspondent, sara girvin. more details, more information starting to trickle through after what has been a really sharp breaking news that sirjeffre
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
while known as adam graham, is jailed for eight years. the number of rough sleepers in england last year goes up by a quarter, reversing the trend of the previous four years. and england s batters fall agonisingly short of victory against new zealand in one of test cricket s all time great finishes. and coming up on the bbc news channel, seven football league clubs can reach the fa cup quarterfinals over the next two days. bristol city are one of those. the championship club hosting manchester city. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister is in belfast, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about wha