Hain will call for cross-party co-operation

Peter Hain is to make a fresh appeal for all parties in the North to sign up to a shared future in policing and other aspects of society.

With the North’s 108 Assembly members facing a November 24 deadline for restoring power sharing at Stormont, British government sources said the Northern Ireland Secretary was preparing a speech which would stress the need for unionists and nationalists to move away from political deadlock.