The Red Hand Defenders, a cover name for the UDA, has claimed responsibility for the murder of a catholic man in North Belfast.

A loyalist gang has claimed responsibility for the murder of a taxi driver in Co. Tyrone last night but there is some concern over its veracity.

The Red Hand Defenders have claimed responsibility for today’s murder of a Belfast postal worker.

Former associates of intelligence agent William Stobie today said they gunned him down in Belfast.

The Red Hand Defenders have claimed responsibility for the murder of William Stobie.

Police in the North have arrested two men and a woman in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old Catholic man in Co Antrim earlier this year.

The RUC have linked the gun used to murder journalist Martin O'Hagan on Friday to a previous LVF killing.

The RUC has arrested a man in connection with the loyalist car bomb that was planted in Ballycastle, Co Antrim while thousands of tourists and locals were attending the annual Auld Lammas Fair.

Loyalist paramilitaries have warned they will step up their terror campaign.

Loyalists last night threw two bombs at a community theatre staging a children's play as part of a community festival in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

The RUC chief constable, Ronnie Flanagan, has said he believes the Ulster Defence Association is responsible for an orchestrated campaign of pipe-bomb attacks on Catholic homes across the North.

The Loyalist paramilitary group styling itself 'The Red Hand Defenders' has claimed responsibility for the attack today on a children's playgroup in north Belfast.