Jon Burrows and the UUP in a fix as Mike Nesbitt resigns

The UUP’s Mike Nesbitt has resigned as health minister – with a stinging public resignation letter aimed at his UUP leader Jon BurrowsThe row is over retaining emergency general surgery at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine. The Northern Trust had recommended its closure, despite widespread local opposition.Jon Burrows told a public meeting in Coleraine that he wouldn’t support any closure – despite the health minister being a UUP man. Mike Nesbitt is understood to have a