The commission was asked to write to Sir Chris Bryant after a court case highlighted mistakes over its ruling on the annual parade.

Andrew Cairns, Ben Donnelly and Reece Harvey once attended Emerge together as fans - now all three friends are on the festival line-up.

In the late 1990s, the Drumcree parade cranked up tensions to levels felt during the worst of the Troubles, resulting in murders, riots, and roadblocks.

Sir Chris Bryant clarifies comments made by the prime minister on Thursday that a border poll is "off the table".

The annual gas bill of a typical household in the greater Belfast and west gas network areas will increase by almost £172.