Northern Ireland’s chief constable will retire at the end of June, two months earlier than planned, he has announced.

First Minister Peter Robinson tonight accused Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly of reckless behaviour after he was seen clinging to the bonnet of a moving Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Landrover.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott is to discuss the de Silva report with the Police Ombudsman and the Public Prosecution Service to see if more people should be held to account for the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

Police in the North have today apologised after raiding the home of a Sinn Féin Lord Mayor as part of a probe into republican activity.

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today that the British Government was “profoundly sorry” that the victims of the 1972 Claudy bombing and their families had been denied justice.

Police in the North used a Taser on a man armed with knives who was threatening to harm himself, it was revealed today.

The funeral of a Catholic community worker who was beaten to death by a Protestant mob in the North will take place today.

POLICE failed to protect a Catholic man who died after being beaten by a Protestant mob, the victim’s family has claimed.

The sectarian attack that saw a Protestant mob beat a Catholic man to death in the North could have been prevented by police, the victim’s family claimed today.

Officers working for the Police Ombudsman in the North have released a 77-year-old man arrested yesterday for questioning about the murder of RUC Sergeant Joe Campbell in February 1977.

Two PSNI officers accused of lying under oath in the Omagh bomb trial will not face prosecution after being cleared of wrongdoing by the Police Ombudsman.

Less than one-third of PSNI officers in the North believe the Police Ombudsman is doing a good job, according to a survey published today.

The son of an RUC officer killed by the IRA in Belfast 20 years ago has accused senior officers of covering-up the involvement of a republican informer.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has strongly criticised Sinn Féin and the SDLP over their response to the recent Police Ombudsman's report on collusion.

Former police officers in the North are denying claims by the Police Ombudsman that they and their colleagues protected loyalist paramilitaries responsible for a string of murders.

Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan faced an open revolt from staff opposed to her decision to become involved in the Robert McCartney murder inquiry, it was revealed today.

A senior European Union official will today continue his two-day visit to the North in a bid to raise awareness of his role in investigating complaints against institutions in Brussels.

Two former detectives were arrested today by Police Ombudsman investigators probing the RUC's handling of an inquiry into the murder of a man beaten to death by loyalist paramilitaries near Belfast.

A police chase in the North that ended when a teenager drowned while trapped under a patrol car should have been called off, an Ombudsman’s Office inquiry claimed today.

THE arrest of a man and woman over the murders of six Catholic men, shot dead as they watched the World Cup in 1994, may be linked to an ongoing Police Ombudsman investigation into Special Branch collusion with loyalists.

A man and a woman were questioned today about the murders of six men who were shot dead as they watched the 1994 World Cup on television at a pub in Northern Ireland.

THE new Garda Ombudsman Commission will have the staffing and budget to match the Police Ombudsman in the North, according to Justice Minister Michael McDowell.

The new Garda Ombudsman Commission will have the staffing and the budget to match the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland, it was claimed tonight.

Police officers in the North are increasingly recognising that the Police Ombudsman who investigates public complaints against them is fair and independent, according to a report published today.

Gerry Adams today appealed to witnesses to a fatal road accident in west Belfast involving a police Land Rover to help Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman establish what exactly happened.

The Policing Board of Northern Ireland has approved a new type of plastic bullet for use by the PSNI.

Northern Ireland’s Policing Board tonight agreed in principle to the use of a new less lethal plastic bullet by the police.

THE North’s most senior policeman Hugh Orde yesterday hit back at claims that the investigation into the murder of Belfast father of two Robert McCartney is being manipulated to damage Sinn Féin.

A PSNI paperwork blunder led to the collapse of public order case against a senior Orangeman, according to a report by the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan.

Two men were arrested in Portadown, Co Armagh today when a policeman was assaulted while investigating an attack on the car of a Portuguese resident of the town.

A delegation from the nationalist SDLP will today press for the withdrawal of plastic bullets at a meeting with Northern Ireland’s most senior policeman.

Two groups of US observers who monitored Orange Order parades in the North last year have criticised what they said was a loyalist paramilitary presence at the marches.

THE North’s Forensic Science Agency came under fire last night after seven police officers were acquitted over the death of a joyrider.

A survey conducted by the Police Ombudsman’s office in the North has found that just 13% of police officers believe the office acts impartially.

INDEPENDENT visitors made almost 1,000 unannounced checks to police stations in the North on the treatment of people in custody last year.

The SDLP is expected to seek updates on two controversial murder investigations when it meets the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan, later today.

SDLP leader Mark Durkan has said his party will not accept any moves to give British intelligence agencies a greater role in policing in the North following the suspension of the power-sharing Executive.

Plans to join Special Branch with CID in Northern Ireland have failed to meet reform demands for a complete merger, according to a new report published today.