Hopes resurface that LVF will disband

There are renewed expectations in the North this morning that the Loyalist Volunteer Force may be about to issue a statement disbanding itself.

The group, which has been accused of drug dealing and other criminal activity, has been under pressure from the Ulster Volunteer Force to cease its activities.

The two groups have been involved in an often violent feud over the past few weeks and months, it's now thought that this was in reality more of a purge of the LVF by the UVF.

It’s thought that an announcement from the LVF may be forthcoming next month, or even earlier, and that they will use the IRA’s statement ending its violence as a cover to formally end its own campaign.