I was asked about rejoining but it went no further: Sir Jeffrey Donaldson + Doug Beattie: There was no ambiguity over talks.

Good morning
In the news today:

* PSNI appeal as ‘detonated suspect device’ found after attempted ATM theft.

* Warning over spike in fake NHS text message scams.

* DUP Councillor William Walker suspended from party pending outcome of PSNI probe

* Sir Jeffrey Donaldson last night repeated his assertion that reports claiming he was prepared to defect to the Ulster Unionist Party last year were “nonsense”.

* Police in Northern Ireland are probing 29 allegations of criminal activity around mother and baby homes.
Opinion:

* Ruth Dudley Edwards: Little chance for power sharing when Sinn Fein laud IRA.

* Morning View: NIO minister calls for a Stormont pledge but he does not cite the context of threats to devolution.

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