A mother-of-three charged with rioting after police halted a republican parade in Belfast was at the head of the 60-strong crowd that attacked officers, a court has heard.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has called on the Orange Order "to step forward and make their contribution to the peace process".

Four people are due in court today in relation to disturbances in Belfast on Thursday.

Two people have been arrested in connection with serious disorder in north Belfast earlier this month.

Two remand prisoners are believed to have hanged themselves in custody in the North.

Two brothers were today charged with murdering an Ulster Defence Association member during a bloody feud between rival loyalists in the North.

A 19-year-old is due in court in Belfast tomorrow charged with arson following a house fire at a house in Ballymena, Co Antrim yesterday.

IAN PAISLEY’S Democratic Unionists have suspended a party member found guilty of harassing a gay colleague, it emerged yesterday.

Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists have suspended a party member found guilty of harassing a gay colleague, it emerged today.

TWO men will appear in court today accused of possessing a large cache of guns and explosives linked to the IRA.

A 19-year-old man is due to appear in court today on weapons charges connected to the discovery of a bomb-making factory in the North.