Parties call for emergency meeting of NI Executive over new Covid strain

First Minister Arlene Foster has been urged to convene and emergency meeting (Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye

Four of the five power-sharing parties in Northern Ireland are calling for an emergency meeting of the Executive to discuss the new strain of Covid-19 found in England.

Government ministers from Sinn Féin, the Alliance Party and the SDLP issued a joint request for an Executive meeting to be held on Sunday.