Parades latest stumbling block to transfer of police powers

Fresh tensions emerged today between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) over the transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Stormont.

The issue which once threatened the future of the power-sharing government in the North appeared to be edging towards agreement after Prime Minister Gordon Brown brokered a £1bn (€1.12bn) deal on financing the process.