A cigarette butt found at the scene of a policeman’s murder in the North almost 30 years ago carries the DNA of the man accused of the shooting, a court heard today.

A 53-YEAR-OLD man appeared at Derry Magistrates’ Court yesterday on weapons charges following the police investigation into the car bomb at Strand Road police station in the city.

An 18-year-old man appeared in court today charged with the murder of pizza delivery man Emmett Shiels.

A man has been charged with the murder of a blues musician whose body was found in a river in the North, police said today.

A man was due in court today after a toddler was killed in a road accident in the North.