Police are treating the death of a 73-year-old woman in Co Down as suspicious.

Police in the North investigating claims a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at officers today said they have found no evidence of an attack.

Police tonight confirmed that they do not believe that the man was found dead today in a graveyard near north Belfast was murdered.

Police in Ballymena who seized a significant quantity of petrol bombs have warned of deaths unless the violence which has gripped the area since the weekend ends.

Police chiefs in Northern Ireland were under new pressure today to complete a radical overhaul of their anti-terrorism unit.