Tough words expected at SDLP conference

More criticism of republicans and unionists for creating crisis in the peace process is expected at the annual SDLP conference in Antrim today.

Yesterday, the party chairman, Alex Attwood, and its deputy leader, Brid Rodgers, made speeches attacking what they claimed was poor pro-Agreement leadership in the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and "provocative actions" by both the IRA and Sinn Féin.