A judge has stopped the trial of two men and a woman in connection with the sectarian murder of a man by a loyalist mob in the North.

A judge has stopped the trial of three men in connection with the sectarian murder of a man by a loyalist mob in Northern Ireland.

Three prison governors in the North face disciplinary action after a violent prisoner was released by mistake, a report said.

A review of how sex offenders are managed was announced today in the North.