A terminally-ill man must serve a minimum of 25 years in jail for the murders of two soldiers shot dead by dissident republicans in the North, a judge ruled today.

The discovery of DNA from two men accused of murdering two soldiers inside the getaway car makes them inescapably guilty, a court has heard.

Controversial DNA evidence allegedly linking two men to the murder of two soldiers in the North is to be allowed, a judge ruled today.

DNA found in a getaway car used in the shooting of two British soldiers is almost six trillion times more likely to belong to one of the alleged murderers than someone else, a court heard.

A soldier injured in a dissident republican shooting in the North which killed two colleagues has been discharged from the army on medical grounds.

A man arrested by police investigating the murders of two soldiers in the North has been released unconditionally, police said.

Police investigating the murders of two soldiers in the North arrested a 44-year-old man today.

Old Bailey bomber Marian Price was today released by detectives investigating the murders of two soldiers outside a military barracks in the North.

Old Bailey bomber Marian Price was arrested today by detectives investigating the murders of two soldiers outside a military barracks in the North.

A man and a woman were arrested today by police investigating the Real IRA murders of two soldiers outside an Army barracks in the North earlier this year.

A 51-year-old man arrested yesterday in connection with the Real IRA murders of two British soldiers earlier this year has been released unconditionally.

A man was arrested today in connection with the Real IRA murders of two soldiers in the North.

A man arrested in connection with the Real IRA murders of two soldiers in the North has been released from custody, police said today.

Police in the North have arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with the murders of two British soldiers in Co Antrim earlier this year.

A man arrested by police investigating the Real IRA murders of two soldiers at the gates of an army base in the North earlier this year was released today pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.

A man was arrested today by police investigating the Real IRA murders of two soldiers at the gates of an army base in the North earlier this year.

Police in the North have made another arrest today in connection with the murder of two British soldiers by dissident republicans in Antrim earlier this year.

Police in the North have released a 51-year-old man arrested yesterday in connection with the murders of two British soldiers outside an army base in Co Antrim.

A 44-year-old man accused of murdering two British soldiers outside an Army barracks in the North left his DNA on matchsticks found in a partially burnt out getaway car, a court heard today.

A man was arrested by detectives investigating the murders of two soldiers outside a military base in the North.

Police in the North have released without charge a 44-year-old man who was being questioned in connection with the murder of two British soldiers in Antrim in March.

A judge in the North said today he was provisionally minded to grant a police order compelling the Sunday Tribune' s Northern Editor Suzanne Breen to hand over information about the Massareene Barracks shootings in March.

The PSNI are threatening a journalist in the North with legal action if she doesn’t reveal Real IRA information sources.

Over 1,000 people have signed books of condolence in Dublin for the two British soldiers who were shot dead in the North last month.

A man was arrested today in connection with the dissident republican murder of two British soldiers in the North.

DNA evidence links prominent republican Colin Duffy to the murder of two soldiers by the Real IRA outside an Army base in the North earlier this month, a court was told today.

High-profile republican Colin Duffy will today appear in court charged with the murders of two soldiers shot dead by the Real IRA in the North.

Detectives investigating the murders of two British soldiers in Antrim on March 7 have been granted more time to question tjhree people who were arrested in connection with the deaths.

The commanding officer of a soldier shot dead by the Real IRA outside his barracks in the North spoke today of the young man’s desire to help others before himself.

The funeral of one of the British soldiers shot dead by dissident republicans in Co Antrim earlier this month is due take place later today.

Police are today questioning nine people – including two high-profile republicans – over the murders of two soldiers and a police officer in the North.

One of the three men arrested by police probing the murder of two soldiers in the North is the high profile republican Colin Duffy.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of two soldiers at the Massareene Barracks in the North last weekend.

A prayer vigil is taking place today in memory of the two soldiers murdered by republican dissidents in the North a week ago.

The British Army paid solemn farewell today to the two soldiers shot dead by dissident Republicans in the North in a moving preparation for their return to England for burial.

Gunmen who shot dead two soldiers and a police officer in the North have committed crimes against humanity, a peace rally in Belfast was told today.

The failure to successfully prosecute those behind the Omagh bomb might have contributed to this week’s security force deaths in the North, it was claimed today.

The pope today denounced the shootings of the policeman and two soldiers in the North as “abominable attacks of terrorism” that endanger the political process aimed at achieving peace and justice.

A getaway car used by the Real IRA killers of two soldiers in the North could hold clues leading to a major breakthrough.

The Real IRA gun attack which killed two British soldiers outside a barracks in the North was captured on CCTV, police said today.

People in the North were today urged to attend a series of silent protests regarding the murder of the two soldiers in Antrim

Sinn Féin and the DUP have again condemned Saturday night's murder of two British soldiers in Co Antrim.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has insisted that the political process in the North will not be shaken by murder of two British soldiers on Saturday night.

The North's most senior soldier paid tribute today to the two “magnificent” servicemen shot dead by Real IRA gunmen outside an Army barracks.