Vice-president Joe Biden’s associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and dying earlier this year.

The Governor of the Bank of England was urged to quit today after it emerged he privately criticised David Cameron and George Osborne in the run-up to the British general election.

US President Barack Obama’s commitment to helping the North was reinforced today when his new Economic Envoy to the North arrived in Belfast less than 72 hours after being appointed.