David Trimble: Revealing behind- the-scenes reminiscences from Bar ry White, the man who ran UUP’s W estminster office at crucial time

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From the News Letter today:

* Tony Blair tried to “bounce” David Trimble into government with Sinn Fein before any IRA decommissioning at least four times the year after the Belfast Agreement, the late first minister’s communications director has recalled

* The funeral of renowned Ballymena industrialist Sir William Wright, who founded the Wrightbus company, is to take place today in his home town

* Troubles pension scheme recommends 45 applications for payments so far

* Doug Beattie: “The peace that he has given to us, that uneasy peace, that is what he will be remembered for.”
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* David Trimble: Revealing behind-the-scenes reminiscences from Barry White, the man who ran UUP’s Westminster office at crucial time

* David Trimble: book excerpt from his biography written by News Letter political editor Henry McDonald describes the dark, blood-soaked weeks before the Belfast Agreement

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