Pooted out! New DUP leader Edwin Poots SACKS ministers loyal to predecessor Arlene Foster

New DUP leader Edwin Poots axed ministers loyal to his predecessor Arlene Foster today as he unveiled Northern Ireland’s new First Minister. DUP leader Edwin Poots announced that Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan was his nomination to take the administration’s top job after he controversially broke with tradition and ruled himself out of the post. … Read more

Arlene Foster RESIGNS as DUP leader

Arlene Foster has announced she is resigning as DUP leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland after an internal party revolt over her handling of Brexit.  Mrs Foster said in a statement published this afternoon that she intends to step down as DUP leader on May 28 and will then quit as First Minister at the … Read more

Embarrassing Bodies star Dr Christian Jessen sued by Arlene Foster over false affair claim tweet

Embarrassing Bodies star Dr Christian Jessen faces ‘last chance saloon’ to prove his credibility in libel battle with Northern Irish First Minister Arlene Foster after she sued him for claiming she was having an affair, court hears Dr Christian Jessen is being sued by Arlene Foster over a tweet he posted in 2019 Made the … Read more

Arlene Foster blames `malign and criminal elements´ for disorder

Arlene Foster has blamed ‘malign and criminal elements’ for whipping up young people involved in recent violence and disorder in Northern Ireland.  The First Minister has called for youths to desist from violence in response to post-Brexit trading arrangements, adding that issues should be resolved at a political level. Photographs from Tuesday captured bins being … Read more

Arlene Phillips regrets not fighting BBC for apology after they axed her from Strictly Come Dancing

‘I didn’t have the strength’: Arlene Phillips says she regrets not fighting the BBC for an apology after they axed her from Strictly Come Dancing and replaced her with Alesha Dixon By Katie Hind For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:32 BST, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 05:09 BST, 28 March 2021 Former Strictly judge … Read more

Arlene Phillips regrets not fighting BBC for apology after they axed her from Strictly Come Dancing

‘I didn’t have the strength’: Arlene Phillips says she regrets not fighting the BBC for an apology after they axed her from Strictly Come Dancing to replace her with Alesha Dixon By Katie Hind For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:32 BST, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 02:34 BST, 28 March 2021 Former Strictly judge … Read more

Arlene Phillips says it’s ‘beyond devastating’ to see theatres struggle during Covid pandemic

Arlene Phillips has admitted that it is ‘beyond devastating’ and ‘mentally really tough’ to see the theatre industry struggle during the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in a new exclusive interview with MailOnline, the choreographer, 77, praised composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has been ‘brilliant’ and a ‘real force’, in trying to get shows back on stage amid the … Read more

Arlene Foster demands Northern Ireland Brexit protocol is DITCHED

DUP chief Arlene Foster today demanded Boris Johnson ditches the Northern Ireland protocol amid fears over rising sectarian tensions and EU threats.  The First Minister warned that the Brexit provisions have ‘not worked and cannot work’, saying undermining the links between Ulster and mainland Britain was upsetting the ‘delicate’ peace settlement. The intervention came after … Read more

DUP’s Arlene Foster dismisses need for Irish unity referendum

‘The people want to stay in the UK’: DUP’s Arlene Foster dismisses need for Irish unification referendum as Brexit disruption leaves supermarket shelves bare in Northern Ireland – and blasts Boris Johnson saying problems were ‘foreseen’ The DUP leader insisted last night the country wanted to remain part of the UK Asked on Question Time  whether … Read more

Ed Sheeran is brutally snubbed by Arlene Phillips during 2008 dance audition for Britannia High

He is one of the most successful recording artists of all time, selling more than 150million records worldwide and amassing a £200million fortune. But Ed Sheeran was served a hard dose of reality back in 2008 when the-then aspiring teenage performer was snubbed by Arlene Phillips at the auditions for teen series Britannia High. Years … Read more