Hume receives papal knighthood

The Pope has knighted Northern Ireland peace process founder John Hume.

The Nobel Laureate and former SDLP leader, 75, whose dialogue with Sinn Féin paved the way for the end of violence and the signing of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, was made a Knight of St Gregory for his peace work.

Mr Hume, from Derry, founded the SDLP, which represented the majority of nationalists in the North for many years until it was overtaken in the polls by Sinn Féin.