A drive to break the political deadlock in the North has been launched by the Irish and British governments.

The Queen asked a fishmonger if he had brought any fish with him during a reception at Buckingham Palace.

Armed PSNI men have seized four mortar bombs just minutes before dissident republicans planned to blitz Derry’s main police station.

Detectives probing the murder of a prison officer in the North are today questioning three men in connection with the killing.