Gardai have said a pair of shoes and a mobile phone have been found by rescue teams searching for missing Co Tyrone teenager Brendan Rushe.

Hundreds of police officers and volunteers were today continuing the search for missing Northern Ireland teenager Brendan Rushe, one week after he was last seen leaving a disco.

Missing Northern Ireland teenager Brendan Rushe may have tried to get into a bed and breakfast on the night he disappeared, it emerged tonight.

One hundred British soldiers have joined the search for 15-year-old Brendan Rushe, who disappeared in Donegal town after attending a disco on Sunday night.

The parents of missing Co Tyrone teenager Brendan Rushe have said they fear they may never see him again.

The RUC has released the man arrested yesterday on suspicion of murdering two schoolboys who disappeared in west Belfast 27 years ago.

Excavation work will resume at two houses in West Belfast today as part of the search for two schoolboys who went missing in 1974.

RUC mounting a renewed search for two young boys who disappeared in Belfast 27 years ago have arrested a 69-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

The families of two Belfast schoolchildren who have been missing for 27 years should be given the time and space to deal with a police search of houses, it was claimed today.

The uncle of teenager Danielle Jones was today appearing before magistrates charged with a string of sex and drugs offences not related to the disappearance of his niece.

Police today continued to question the uncle of missing schoolgirl Danielle Jones on suspicion of murder after extending the time he can be held for.

The man arrested in connection with the murder of Danielle Jones is understood to be 43-year-old builder Stuart Campbell.

A 43-year-old man has been arrested over the murder of Danielle Jones.