A soldier who fired a rubber bullet that killed a schoolboy in the North more than 40 years ago has told an inquest he has no regrets.

Two teenagers have been arrested after a taxi driver was threatened with a machete in an attempted hijacking in Belfast.

THE hidden story of a Tipperary man who was the first member of the then-RUC to be killed by the IRA is set to be aired on local radio at the weekend.

A man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the stomach, police said today.

An open-top bus full of tourists had a window smashed when it was stoned by youths in west Belfast today.

A tense armed forces homecoming parade passed off without incident in Belfast today where police mounted a huge security operation to keep apart thousands of loyalist supporters and republican protestors.

An unidentified woman motorist has emerged as a key witness in a kidnapping in Belfast, police revealed today.

FORTY years ago, a minor incident occurred in West Belfast. Compared to everything that happened since, it was a nothing, a midge-bite of a thing.

The second phase of a multi-million pound facelift for Belfast was launched today.

BOLTED doors on a west Belfast hostel where two homeless men died in a fire could have led to an even bigger loss of life, it was claimed yesterday.

Bolted doors on a west Belfast hostel where two homeless men died in a fire could have led to an even bigger loss of life, it was claimed today.

Two men have died and three people have been taken to hospital after fire ripped through a Belfast hostel.