The murder of a Roman Catholic man killed by a sectarian mob while the PSNI were nearby will be probed in a public inquiry opening today.

Portuguese detectives will today start questioning the friends of Kate and Gerry McCann who were with them the night their daughter Madeleine disappeared.

All of the UK Tesco stores closed following a security alert are open today as normal, the retailer confirmed.

Canadian Mounted Police and officers from the UK’s Norfolk Constabulary will back Michael McDowell’s plans for a garda reserve force later today.

THE International Equestrian Federation hierarchy will meet next week to discuss the fall-out from the Waterford Crystal affair, as the internal investigation at their Lausanne headquarters continues.

A teenage girl and her grandmother have died in a house fire and another person is recovering in hospital from smoke inhalation, Scottish police said today.

An Irish teenager has died on holiday in Scotland after a quad bike she was riding on a beach flipped over, police said today.

The Northern Ireland Policing Board was meeting today to shortlist candidates for the North's second most senior post in law enforcement.

Detectives were tonight still questioning a member of the elite National Crime Squad over allegations of drug-dealing after releasing eight other suspects on police bail.

Two airline employees have been arrested and released on bail by fraud squad officers over the alleged theft of £1.8m, it has emerged today.