A second Sinn Féin Assembly member has quit the party in protest at its imminent moves to endorse the PSNI in the North.

A Sinn Féin Assemblyman quit today amid heightening tensions inside the party over policing.

A Sinn Féin Assembly member tonight became the second member of its Stormont team to step down after only serving one term.

With all 108 seats filled in the Northern Ireland Assembly the party shares are: