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14 Oct, 2018 Top stories of the week A round up of the most popular news stories this week. Latest News I'm not going anywhere, Arlene Foster tells DUP critics Arlene Foster has told internal opponents that she will not be walking away from the DUP leadership after a series of criticisms of the party emerged at an unusually forthright meeting of the DUP executive in Omagh last week. Boris Johnson essay: 'The only way to put things right on Brexit and avoid Suez is to ditch the backstop on the Irish border' Britain's fatal error was not to challenge the EU's position that the only way to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland is for Northern Ireland to have the same regulations for trade as Ireland and the EU, writes BORIS JOHNSON in an exclusive essay for the News Letter: Dire circumstances might soon force unionists into some sort of united approach to events To get a sense of how serious events are for Northern Ireland, you only need to look at the top of this page (in the print edition). Scrap the Irish border backstop, Boris Johnson urges prime minister in News Letter article Boris Johnson today renews his call on Downing Street to scrap the Irish backstop. Children stabbed in Portadown Two teenagers have been stabbed during what has been described as 'a night of disturbances' in the Ballyoran area of Portadown. PSNI confirms it still has some terrorist guns to use in legacy investigations The PSNI has confirmed that it still holds some paramilitary weapons and that it will hand them over to a proposed Historical Investigations Unit for criminal investigations. Orange Order defends role in 'raising educational attainment' The Orange Order has defended its role in helping address educational under-achievement among young working class Protestants. Can you help solve mystery of King William's stamp collection? On the Twelfth of July, 1990 a stamp-based collection was released to celebrate the 300th anniversary of some of King William's most famous battles in Ireland... See all the day's news here

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