Hain urged to address 'two-tier' policing system fears

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain will be asked today to allay Policing Board concerns in the North about British government plans to fund controversial community restorative justice schemes.

Mr Hain will meet a delegation from the board at Stormont following their chairman Desmond Rea’s warning two weeks ago they will oppose back door moves to allow community-based schemes in the North to act like a quasi-police force.