Sinn Féin and DUP leaders to meet Theresa May in bid to restore powersharing

The British Prime Minister is to meet the leaders of the DUP and Sinn Féin at Westminster later in a bid to kickstart progress on restoring powersharing.

It has been 13 months since the devolved institutions at Stormont collapsed in a row over a botched green energy scheme which quickly expanded to include differences over identity and the Irish language.