Thieves used a shovel/bulldozer-type vehicle stolen from a nearby quarry in a failed bid to rip the cash machine from the wall of Carlisles’ filling station in Ballynahinch, Co Down, at about 5.30am on Monday.

A woman has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a man was stabbed in the neck in Co Down.

A 22-year-old man was charged with attempted murder today after a weekend stabbing in Co Down.

A 44-year-old man is to appear in court in the North this morning accused of a rape.