Ulster Unionist spokesperson for Enterprise Trade and Investment, Leslie Cree MLA, has said that a multi-million pound contract for Harland & Wolff is ';just the good news that Northern Ireland needs';.

Ulster Unionist Agricultural spokesman, Tom Elliott MLA has warned dairy farmers that their profit margins will come under increasing pressure from both falling milk prices and increasing costs over the coming months.

Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy has condemned the ';bureaucratic nightmare'; that will see pupils across Northern Ireland, who are hoping to transfer to schools where they can sit their A-levels, left in limbo on the eve of a new academic year.

Ulster Unionist Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey, visited the site of the new acute hospital in Enniskillen today to witness an exciting phase in its development.

The Ulster Unionist party has welcomed an old face back into its Belfast council team, as Fred Rodgers has decided to return to politics to take over from Fred Cobain who was a member of Belfast City Council for 25 years.

A delegation from the Ulster Unionist Party has met with the Commission for Victims and survivors today as part of an ongoing set of meetings on issues pertaining to the past.

Ulster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs has welcomed the news that the number of single-use plastic bags has been significantly reduced this year according to the department of the environment.

Alderman Mary Hamilton has been fully supported by Cllr Derek Hussey, UUP Spokesperson on Victims' Issues, in regard to the ongoing concerns within the Claudy community. Cllr Hussey emphasised that it is ';high time that all involved in our past came forward with the real truth. If we are all to move on the truth must prevail';.

Ulster Unionist Education spokesperson Basil McCrea MLA has challenged the Minister for Education to outline how she intends to overcome the mounting problems facing the education system.

The Ulster Unionist Party has extended its thanks to representatives from SELB in relation to the ongoing problems over school transport in Armagh.