A senior police officer who probed criminal allegations against staff at the North's Police Ombudsman’s Office was himself under investigation by Nuala O’Loan’s team, it was disclosed today.

A nationalist SDLP Assembly member was today told he needed a “humour transplant” as the row intensified over a controversial cinema advert against the euro.

A textiles company is closing a plant in Northern Ireland with the loss of 200 jobs, it was announced today.