Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley has vowed never to speak to Sinn Féin under to any circumstances.

A British government security assessment has warned that dissident republicans may be planning a new offensive on mainland Britain in the run-up to the May 5 general election.

The Democratic Unionist Party is believed to have chosen a former head of the North's Police Federation as one of its candidate for the upcoming British election.

The North’s political parties are due to begin campaigning later today for the upcoming British general election.