Police in the North have arrested a serving loyalist politician in connection with the murder of Catholic postman Daniel McColgan in north Belfast on Saturday.

Postal workers in the North have decided to mount an indefinite strike until the loyalist UDA lifts death threats it made against them at the weekend.

At least 2,000 people have attended the funeral of the Catholic postman shot dead by UDA killers in Belfast.

A unionist public figure is one of two men being questioned over the loyalist murder of postman Danny McColgan.

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has claimed the British Government will not confront loyalist paramilitaries in the North because of links between the UDA and the British army.

Northern Secretary John Reid has said a cowardly minority of loyalist paramilitaries are waging a war against the most vulnerable people in the six counties.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called a 12-hour stoppage throughout the North in protest at the murder of a Catholic postman in north Belfast on Saturday.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission condemned the threats against Catholics working in schools.

A major security operation was mounted outside schools across north Belfast today to protect teachers and pupils.

Police have confirmed that two more Catholic schools in the North were attacked during the weekend.

A loyalist Assembly member for North Belfast today appealed to the Ulster Defence Association to rethink their strategy.

Nationalists from the Holy Cross School Support Group plan to protest outside Downing Street later today, calling on Tony Blair to act on the violence in the North.

Police were today mounting a major security operation at dozens of schools across north Belfast following loyalist threats against teachers and school staff.

The family of Daniel McColgan, the 20-year-old postman who was killed by loyalists on his way to work in Belfast, have issued a statement asking that there be no retaliation for his killing.

Two men have been arrested by police hunting the killers of Catholic postman Daniel McColgan in North Belfast.

Postal workers in Belfast have refused to collect or deliver mail today as a show of respect to the young Catholic postman who was shot dead by the UDA yesterday.

The UDA has admitted it shot dead Danny McColgan, the 20-year-old Catholic postal worker murdered in North Belfast on Saturday.

The Red Hand Defenders have claimed responsibility for today’s murder of a Belfast postal worker.

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has appealed for calm following this morning’s killing.

The Northern secretary, Dr John Reid, has condemned this morning’s killing and urged the people of Northern Ireland to confront the struggle between peace and hatred.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has condemned the threats made by Loyalist paramilitaries against teachers at Catholic schools in North Belfast.

A man has died in hospital after a shooting in North Belfast.

Loyalist paramilitaries are being blamed for the attack on a Catholic man who was shot while sitting in his home in north Belfast last night.

A man is being treated in hospital after he was shot at a window of a house in north Belfast last night.