Five-day deadline for new-look police service decision

The political parties in Northern Ireland have been given until Tuesday to decide if they will accept or reject the new-look police service as set out in the Government’s latest implementation plan.

If parties from both sides of the religious divide agree and sign up to the new Police Board, it will mark the start of a new era in policing - three years after the Good Friday Agreement triggered the process of reforming the Royal Ulster Constabulary.