Robinson rejoins crunch talks with Sinn Féin

Under pressure Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson rejoined political talks with Sinn Féin tonight as efforts intensified to secure a deal on devolving policing powers to the North.

His arrival at Stormont for the crunch talks with republicans marked his first public appearance since announcing on Monday he was temporarily stepping down as First Minister to deal with the fall out from the sex and money scandal that his destroyed his wife Iris’s political career and threatened his.