Stormont votes to extend post-Brexit trade arrangements for four more years

The Windsor Framework, and its predecessor the NI Protocol, require checks and customs paperwork on goods moving from Great Britain into Northern Ireland (Mark Marlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Stormont Assembly has voted to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland for another four years.

The vote to continue with the contentious arrangements passed on a straight majority basis after a lengthy and at times ill-tempered and fractious debate at Parliament Buildings, with 48 MLAs voting in favour and 36 voting against.