Talks drag on in the North

Negotiations to save the North’s powersharing government are continuing tonight after a rebellion within Democratic Unionist ranks raised fears of a worsening crisis.

Talks involving the Irish and British governments, Sinn Féin, plus the DUP resumed at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, after hopes for an agreement on policing, justice and parades were apparently derailed yesterday by tensions within the unionist party.