Two Northern Ireland Assembly committees are holding a special meeting on Tuesday to debate the issue of contaminated meat.

BBC: Scotland business

Mahathir's decision to leave the senior leadership largely unchanged appears to be part of a plan to enter into a holding pattern until the UMNO general assembly next year.

CNN: Stirred But Not Shaken

The assembly's health committee is holding an inquiry into diabetes services as ministers consult on a new diabetes action plan.

BBC: Sunday Politics

And following the decision of Martin McGuinness to resign as an MP in order to avoid so-called "double-jobbing", by holding a seat in both the House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly, a by-election is also expected in his Mid Ulster constituency.

BBC: Sir Stuart Bell

Holding the referendum on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and some English local authorities may result in differential turnouts across the country and a skewed result.

ECONOMIST: Voting reform and the coalition

Moreover, holding the poll on the same day as next year's elections to the Stormont Assembly might have a beneficial knock-on effect for Mr Trimble, whose centre-ground supporters have appeared increasingly reluctant to come out to vote.

BBC: Unionist pressure results in border call