'We hope his wisdom will prevail and encourage politicians in the North to get Stormont up and running'

'The meeting, at Farmleigh House, is part of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference'

Biden made the comments during a meeting with Boris Johnson.

Preparations are under way in Derry for tomorrow's funeral of Nobel Peace laureate and former SDLP leader John Hume, who died yesterday aged 83.