Two men are due in court in Belfast today charged in connection with an alleged assault in Belfast.

Two young men have been charged with rape in connection with an alleged assault in Belfast.

The trial of an evangelical preacher accused of branding Islam “heathen” and “satanic” has opened with gospel music being played in a Belfast courtroom.

A man in his 30s has been charged with three offences after allegedly shining a laser at a police helicopter in Antrim.

Prosecutors in Northern Ireland have been given a final deadline to decide whether to pursue a case against a veteran republican accused of involvement in the murder of Jean McConville.

In the north, two men have been charged with a number of offences including threats to kill and hijacking.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has asked his lawyer to contact police to establish if detectives want to speak to him about the murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville.

A 42-year-old man is being questioned over the alleged possession of a firearm.

A 13-year-old boy was one of three people arrested in Belfast when trouble flared after a loyalist band defied a ruling not to march past a Catholic church yesterday.

In the North, three Polish women have pleaded guilty at Belfast Magistrates Court, to running brothels and providing property for criminal purposes.

A man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a pensioner.

A teenager in the North has been accused of internet sex offences.

A 23-year-old man is to appear in court today in connection with riots in Ballyclare in Co Antrim.

Seventeen people have been arrested for public order offences in the North earlier this week.

A 13-year-old Belfast boy charged with raping a five-year-old boy on two occasions last year has been released on bail.

In the North, two men are due before Belfast Magistrates Court this morning charged in connection with dissident republican activity.

In the North, a 23-year-old man has been charged with a total of seven sexual offences.

A man has appeared in court in Belfast charged with having component parts of a bomb.

A 28-year-old man has been charged in connection with dissident republican activity in the North.

A 28-year-old man from north Belfast has this evening been charged with offences relating to dissident republican terrorist activity.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a senior loyalist was stabbed at a Tesco supermarket in north Belfast.

A man will appear in court today in connection with the seizure of £900,000 worth of cannabis in Belfast.

SEARCH and arrest operations are planned for Dublin, Cork and Galway in relation to an alleged prostitution ring involving 70 Hungarian women.

Two men are due in court in the North today charged with the murder of a man in west Belfast over the weekend.

A man arrested in connection with dissident Republican activity in the North is due in court later today.

Two men have been charged after a €1m drugs bust in the North.

Four men have been charged after two separate cannabis seizures in the North.

A 70-year-old man was tonight charged with sexually assaulting children in Belfast.

Three people have been charged in connection with the North’s biggest ever seizure of heroin.

A man was charged with attempted murder today after allegedly trying to kill a patient in hospital.

A 21-year-old man is to appear in court in the North this morning charged in connection with a drugs seizure in Belfast yesterday.

A 42-year-old man was last night charged with two rapes in Belfast.

Two more men will appear in court today charged with the murder of a leading loyalist during a bitter feud in Belfast nearly a decade ago.

A 57-year-old woman is due in court in Belfast today charged in connection with controlling prostitutes.

A Dublin man has appeared in court in the north charged in connection with an international probe into organised crime.

A man is due in court in Belfast later charged in connection with a shooting in a pub in the city yesterday.

A teenager was today charged with the killing of a newspaper worker outside a Belfast nightclub on St Valentine’s night.

A man being questioned in connection with the death of schoolboy Thomas Devlin will appear in court today on an assault charge, police said.

A solicitor is being banned from a town's leisure centres for secretly filming a bikini clad teenager girl in a swimming pool changing room, it was disclosed today.

One of the largest car dealerships in the North has been fined £300 (€442) for selling a car that was six months older than advertised.

A gunman got more than he bargained for when he tried to rob a west Belfast bar, it was revealed today.

A 41-year-old man appeared in court in Belfast today charged with the murder of a man whose dismembered body was found dumped in a wheelie bin.

A 43-year-old man was last night charged with the murder of a pensioner in the North nearly 20 years ago.

An Irish language teacher was convicted today of hurling abuse in Irish at police officers during a night out in Belfast.