Bodies of insurgents killed in a battle in Iraq were not mutilated by British troops, nor were detainees mistreated, a public inquiry has heard.

At least four police officers have been injured after sectarian tension spilled over into violence in Belfast tonight.

A controversial Orange Order parade on a disputed stretch of road separating loyalists and nationalists in north Belfast has passed off without major incident.

A bomb found by police investigating an attempt to murder three PSNI officers in West Belfast was on a pathway used as a shortcut by residents, the force revealed.

What is believed to be a bomb found by police investigating the attempt to murder three officers in West Belfast has been taken away, police said.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an explosion in Northern Ireland.

A man has appeared in a court in the North charged with directing dissident republican terrorism.

A TALENTED traditional Irish musician was looking forward to collecting a new set of uileann pipes on the day he was gunned down in a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Violence that followed the annual Apprentice Boys parade in Derry was unacceptable and sectarian, the North's deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said.

A senior police officer has reminded parents of their responsibility to make sure their children do not get involved in rioting after more disorder in the North.

Twenty-two police officers have been injured during rioting in the North, it has emerged.

Twenty-two police officers have been injured during rioting in the North overnight.

At least seven police officers have been injured after coming under attack by crowds of rioters in west Belfast last night.

Police are preparing to mount a major security operation for tomorrow’s big Twelfth of July parades in the North amid fears of new trouble on the streets in the aftermath of weekend disturbances in loyalist areas of east Antrim.

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More flooding was predicted tonight as heavy rain is expected to hit an already storm-battered Cornwall in the UK.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron today promised flood-battered Cornwall as much help as it needs getting back on its feet.

The North's Police Ombudsman appealed for witnesses today after officers fired baton rounds during riots in west Belfast.

Work was under way today to repair a four-mile stretch of power lines brought down in blizzards in the North as 10,000 properties endured their third day without electricity.

Those who targeted a police station in the North tried to lure officers into a secondary attack, the area commander said today.

A British mechanic was cleared by a court in the UK today of playing a role in smuggling €227m of cocaine into the Republic of Ireland.

A British jury trying a mechanic accused of taking part in the biggest cocaine case ever seen in Ireland has retired to continue its deliberations today.

The British military was called in last night after up to 1,000 vehicles became stranded when snow blocked a motorway.

Old Bailey bomber Marian Price was arrested today by detectives investigating the murders of two soldiers outside a military barracks in the North.

Serious rioting broke out in east Belfast last night with police firing plastic bullets during clashes between nationalist youths and loyalists.

DETAILS of what is believed to be the biggest house burglary committed in Co Cork in recent years emerged yesterday as gardaí appealed for help in catching the gang who carried it out.

A former Sinn Féin councillor denies shooting a policeman dead, a court heard today.

A former Sinn Fein councillor appeared in court today charged with murdering a Northern Ireland policeman.

Up to 12 people have been arrested following riot scenes in the North.

The UK was today plunged into a freezing snap as an Arctic weather front swept in, blanketing parts of Scotland and northern England in snow.

A tense armed forces homecoming parade passed off without incident in Belfast today where police mounted a huge security operation to keep apart thousands of loyalist supporters and republican protestors.

Car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today confirmed plans to cut 198 jobs from its UK workforce of around 15,000.

WHEN the prosecution’s forensic expert Geraldine O’Neill recounted how she examined the hall-marked cocaine recovered from Dunlough Bay it was possible to make different calculations about the street value of the bales which had been floating in the Atlantic.

The jury in Ireland’s biggest ever drugs trial were sent home until Monday and warned by the trial judge today to avoid reading media reports like the plague.

Police officers were injured during serious rioting in the centre of Derry early today.

The family of a Belfast man accused of sexual misconduct towards a child have criticised the way the PSNI has handled the case.

Former Enron Corporation chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling, facing decades in prison for his company’s collapse, insisted he was innocent yet remorseful today as he appeared before the judge who will sentence him.

Police chiefs in Northern Ireland today defended their handling of mob violence that left 11 officers injured.

NORTHERN Ireland Parades Commission chief Roger Poole and its Protestant members yesterday faced calls for them to stand down after Orangemen were banned from marching down a nationalist area.

Police came under petrol bomb attack during disturbances in Derry overnight.

Police in Belfast today mounted a huge security operation outside the city’s magistrates’ courts as supporters of leading loyalist Andre Shoukri gathered in a show of solidarity with him.

A THIRD man was last night being questioned by detectives investigating the £26.5 million (€39m) Northern Bank heist in Belfast.

MURDERED ex-paramilitary boss Jim Gray was buried in total ignominy yesterday.