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UUP deputy leader, Robbie Butler. (Pic: Freelance)

Agricultural machinery rules ‘absurd and anti-farmer’ - Robbie Butler

UUP MLA Doug Beattie says the logic of the ECNI's position on the Supreme Court ruling is 'perpetuating the idea that you can legally be a man, based on sex at birth, in Great Britain as per the Supreme Court ruling, but if you travel to Northern Ireland, you can legally be a female'.

'You can be a man in GB - but a woman if you travel to NI' - Doug Beattie

The Belfast Giants have confirmed that forward Ben Lake has re-signed for next season. Photo by William Cherry/Presseye

Belfast Giants confirm return of Ben Lake for a sixth season in Teal

Stena Futura completing sea trials

Stena Futura successfully completes sea trials

An Ulster University academic says new trade figures highlight the "worrying" impact of the Irish Sea border.

Economist highlights 'substantial drop’ in GB-NI trade under Irish Sea border

Secretary of State Hilary Benn visits PRM in Lisburn. Pic credit: Paul Faith

Secretary of State praises Lisburn business during visit to PRM

Deborah Templeton, sales and marketing coordinator and Colin Kiddell, business development, for White's Oats, at Lulu headquarters in Qatar. Photo: submitted

White's Oats celebrates two decades of success with new Qatari deal

A gender neutral toilet.

Equality Commission clarifies rules on single sex toilets in Northern Ireland

TUV MP Jim Allister has hit out at the UK Internal Market scheme.

Allister: Irish Sea Border 'noose' tightens further on business

Paula Bradshaw says courts could clarify local equality legislation - after it is produced.

Alliance Party breaks its silence on Supreme Court 'woman' ruling

Electrical contractor FCS Services reveals five-year plan to double in size as it powers up for growth. Picture: released by Go Succeed

Ballymena-based business reveals five-year plan to double in size

The Horticultural Trade Association says under the Windsor Framework businesses still face significant challenges, "with the burdens of paperwork and navigating the systems to trade – all adding time and costs".

Plant trade issues won't be sorted while NI under EU scheme - trade body

The first meeting of Intertrade UK in Enniskillen.

Intertrade UK welcomed - but questions continue about budget and staffing

DUP MP Sammy Wilson has questioned how long it will be before checks on NI to GB goods are expanded. The government has promised "unfettered access" to the Great Britain market for Northern Ireland businesses.

Wilson: Dual standards are being applied to Irish Sea border arrangements

Alex Freudmann, Marks and Spencer's managing director of food, says the burden of bureaucracy means food crosses the Irish Sea at sloth-like speed. Photo: James Manning/PA Wire

M&S chief slams Irish Sea border ‘cost and complexity’

The then DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris with copies of the ‘Safeguarding the Union’ document in early 2024.

DUP critics claim vindication amid concern about '300 EU laws per year'

In total 285,000 households and businesses were impacted by power cuts following Storm Éowyn. Picture: Jonathan Porter / PressEye

NIE aiming to restore power to 400 customers still without electricity

Lord Dodds of Duncairn says a policy of aligning GB with the EU rules applicable in Northern Ireland "unreliable" and "not the way forward".

Government's alignment approach is 'inconsistent and unreliable' - Dodds

TUV leader Jim Allister. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Alignment policy on Irish Sea border problems creates a 'fake Union' - Allister

DUP leader Gavin Robinson says it's "high time the Government stopped abdicating responsibility and started standing up for Northern Ireland". (Photo by Kelvin Boyes /Press Eye)

Gavin Robinson says government's Stormont Brake call is 'wrong'

Alison Evans runs a craft company in Dungannon which has been clobbered by the EU rules on product standards.

Even digital downloads caught by new Irish Sea border rules

Steve Aiken has slammed Sinn Fein and Alliance's approach to new EU rules in Stormont's Windsor Framework committee.

Unionists slam ‘absurd’ new rules as Irish Sea border hardens further

It’s feared the figures may be much higher than recorded.

Nearly 6,000 cyclist and motorcyclist casualties in Northern Ireland over a deca...

Pictured (L-R) are Ivan Ryan, Regional Managing Director, Lidl Northern Ireland; and Robert Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of Lidl Ireland and Lidl Northern Ireland. CREDIT LANYON GROUP

Causeway Coast and Glens produce on Lidl shelves

Alan Davison MD and his brother Graham Davison, director of Davison's are excited about the new £6m investment in their firm which is situated just outside Portadown, Co Armagh.

Firm's £6 million investment

Promised easing of trade friction on the Irish Sea border has yet to materialise - with key elements postponed.

Economist questions lack of 'dual market access' benefits

Stormont has advertised a job to oversee regulatory divergence between GB and NI caused by the Windsor Framework.

Concerns about Stormont job overseeing Irish Sea border

Conservative peer Lord Frost says a new government Bill enables ministers to ensure UK regulations automatically follow changes in EU law, which “amounts to dynamic alignment”. Photo: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

New laws could ease sea border friction

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons and Department for Work and Pensions Minister Andrew Western meet staff during a visit to the service centre in the Great Northern Tower, Belfast. Photo: submitted

'Massive jobs boost' announced by Stormont's Communities Minister

Henry Brothers Group strikes a decade of Platinum success at Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards. Credit: Supplied

Henry Brothers continue to set high standards picking up top award

Baroness Arlene Foster had advertised her role as a speaker on green energy policy, despite her role in the disastrous RHI scheme. Photo: Stephen Hamilton/Presseye

Baroness Foster: Green energy claim removed from website

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

MPT Director Johnny Rollins, Katie Jennings and Emma Haughian of Hughes Insurance

Katie's on target: Newry archer awarded £500 bursary

Pierrick Schafer of Switzerland dives from the 27 metre platform during the final competition day of the fourth stop of the 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Ballycastle Harbour, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland on July 20, 2024.

BEST images of the Red Bull Cliff Diving world series in Ballycastle

Pierrick Schafer of Switzerland dives from the 27 metre platform during the final competition day of the fourth stop of the 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Ballycastle Harbour, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland on July 20, 2024.

BEST images of the Red Bull Cliff Diving world series in Ballycastle

GB hockey captain David Ames benefitted from grassroots sport in Cookstown

Olympic sheen helps NI sport but barriers to top remain

Eleanor Smart of the USA prepares to launch an armstand dive from the 21 metre platform during the final competition day of the fourth stop of the 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Ballycastle Harbour, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland on July 20, 2024.

IN PICTURES: A round up of Red Bull Cliff Diving

Tony Blair: Modern technology heralds a new era of governance

Tony Blair: Modern technology heralds a new era of governance

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton Harris during their visit to Belfast yesterday on the General Election campaign trail. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Wilson: Tories have 'damaged NI irrevocably'

Denise Curran, Michelle Emerson and Lisa Toan at Sólas Autism and Additional Needs Charity

AIB launches 2024 ‘€1 Million Fund’ to support charities

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris is now in control of Irish Sea border issues including staffing and the movement of plants according to Stormont's DAERA minister. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Border law is the problem, not who enforces it - ex DUP policy chief

Gareth King from Tandragee achieved his best ever marathon time, finishing in an amazing 2hr 25mins 36sec, at the London marathon. Picture: Gareth King

Co Armagh runner sets himself new challenge after fantastic London marathon time