Police in the North have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object which caused a massive security alert in Omagh.

Drugs worth almost £1.5m and cash totalling £44,000 have been seized during a police crackdown on street dealers in the North.

Police have foiled a suspected mortar attack close to a police station in Co Derry.

Four mortar bombs were found when police thwarted a major attack by dissident republicans in Derry.

Police in the North have confirmed that a van at the centre of a major security alert close to the border contained a bomb.

The North's Police Ombudsman has denied giving a clean bill of health to the PSNI raid on Sinn Féin's offices at Stormont four years ago.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain today said he would not be rushed into any quick-fix judgments on the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force’s ceasefire.

A number of people whose homes were raided by police investigating the pre-Christmas Northern Bank raid may try to delay the retirement of the officer heading the investigation.

A POLICE raid on Sinn Féin offices at Stormont which led to the suspension of devolution in Northern Ireland had to take place for the sake of democracy, it was claimed yesterday.

Police arrested two men today when they foiled a gun attack which they believe was linked to a loyalist paramilitary feud in Belfast.