The Belfast Marathon was today diverted due to a security alert on the planned route.

A LOYALIST paramilitary group yesterday issued a chilling threat against the North’s prison officers.

Police investigating the murder of a Belfast loyalist earlier this year have begun a search of a quarry north of the city in an effort to uncover further clues to the killing.

LOYALIST terror group the Ulster Freedom Fighters yesterday issued a warning to the wife of jailed paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair to stay out of Northern Ireland.

Police in Northern Ireland today arrested two men as their investigation continued into the murder of loyalist Alan McCullough.

Loyalist terrorists today denied issuing death threats against the family of murdered Belfast paramilitary Alan McCullough.

DEATH threats have been issued against the family of murdered Belfast loyalist Alan McCullough, it was claimed yesterday.

Death threats have been issued against the family of murdered Belfast loyalist Alan McCullough, it was claimed today.

A man was today remanded in custody charged with murdering rogue paramilitary Alan McCullough.

A top Belfast loyalist was charged tonight with murdering rogue paramilitary Alan McCullough.

The brother of leading loyalist Andre Shoukri appeared in court in Belfast today, charged with murdering UDA victim Alan McCullough.

Police in the North have seized two guns following a search connected to the murder of loyalist Alan McCullough, whose body was found in a shallow grave north of Belfast last week.

Police in the North have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with the murder of loyalist Alan McCullough, whose body was found in a shallow grave outside Belfast last week.

Murdered loyalist Alan McCullough was a military intelligence spy who double-crossed both factions of a feuding terror organisation, his killers claimed tonight.

Detectives investigating the murder of 21-year-old loyalist Alan McCullough today arrested a man in connection with the killing.

SUPPORTERS of jailed loyalist Johnny Adair yesterday challenged the reasons given by the Ulster Defence Association for its killing of Alan McCullough.

The Ulster Defence Association commander suspected of sanctioning the murder of rogue loyalist Alan McCullough has gone into hiding, it emerged tonight.

Police in the North have arrested a man in connection with the murder of loyalist Alan McCullough, whose body was found in a shallow grave north of Belfast yesterday.

Supporters of Johnny Adair today challenged the reasons given by former comrades in the Ulster Defence Association as to why they murdered a 21-year-old loyalist.

Police confirmed today that they have found the body of an associate of leading loyalist Johnny Adair.

POLICE hunting for missing loyalist Alan McCullough found a body on the outskirts of north Belfast yesterday.

Police in the North have yet to identify a body found lying in a field in the hills above north Belfast.

Police investigating the disappearance of Shankill Road loyalist Alan McCullough said today they had found a body on the outskirts of north Belfast.

Police hunting for missing loyalist Alan McCullough launched a search in Co Antrim today amid reports of a shallow grave being spotted.

The brother of a loyalist who is missing - presumed dead - in Belfast says he now believes the UDA deliberately lied to him to persuade him it was safe to return home.

The Loyalist Commission, an umbrella group of unionist politicians, protestant clergy and loyalist community workers and paramilitaries, has called on the UDA to say if it was involved in the disappearance of Alan McCullough last Wednesday.

Attacks on Catholics in one of Northern Ireland’s most sectarian towns have been slashed after a year-long security clampdown, a police chief said today.

A man who was questioned by Police in the North in connection with the disappearance of Belfast Loyalist Alan McCullough has been released.

A 40-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday being questioned by police in Belfast about the disappearance and probable murder of a former right-hand man of jailed loyalist Johnny Adair.

A 40-year-old man from North Belfast has been arrested by police investigating the disappearance of a leading loyalist.

A right hand man of jailed loyalist leader Johnny Adair has been murdered in a re-ignition of the UDA feud, police feared tonight.