The Ulster Volunteer Force has removed its flags from a County Down housing estate.

The move is being viewed in line with the UVF’s commitment last month to “assume a non-military, civilianised, role”.

Gary McCready, a community representative in the West Winds estate in Newtownards, said it was a step in the right direction.

“We decided within the estate to try and move forward, get the estate improved, and move away from the name that it had received,” he said.

“They’ve flown there for years and the police have always wanted them down.

“People have complained about them, but they’ve never been taken down.

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