Paisley back home and recovering

Former Northern Ireland first minister Ian Paisley has showed he is on the road to recovery after his recent health scare.

Lord Bannside, 85, was pictured at home in Belfast laughing, joking and having a cup of tea with his wife, Baroness Eileen Paisley, 10 days after being discharged from hospital.

The long-time leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was rushed to the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald, on the outskirts of Belfast, at the start of February suffering from apparent heart failure. He spent some time in intensive care.

The former moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church fell ill 10 days after preaching his final sermon as a church minister.

He was MP for North Antrim for almost 40 years before being made a peer in 2010.

Mr Paisley said he was going to focus on writing his memoirs.