The rape case against two Ireland and Ulster rugby players will be back in court later.

Two men have been charged with murder following the death of a prominent loyalist in the North.

Four people are due in court later charged in connection with separate riots in Belfast.

A third man was tonight charged in connection with the £26.5m (€39.23m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast last Christmas.

An electrician charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb was today remanded in custody by Belfast Magistrates.