The BBC is reporting this morning that Northern Ireland’s First Minister Paul Givan intends to announce his resignation later today, as part of the DUP’s protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.
That would see Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill also lose her position.
Meanwhile, the British Government says it’s not intervening over the suspension of some post-Brexit checks at ports in Northern Ireland.
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has ordered officials to halt the process – although it’s not clear if those orders are being followed.
Lorries are still being received at a checking facility in Belfast Port this morning.
