A farmer shot dead at his home in Northern Ireland may have been the victim of a feud over sheep-rustling, it emerged today.

Three former Ulster Unionists who defected to the Democratic Unionist Party have called on unionist voters to reject David Trimble in the Assembly election later this month.

The British Conservative Party has called on the SDLP’s John Dallat to withdraw remarks he made about Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.

The head of the international decommissioning body in Belfast, General John de Chastelain, was due to face questions from hardline unionists today about the latest act of IRA disarmament.

THE family of a murdered councillor are to go to court to challenge the handling of the investigation by police.

A FORMER member of the Northern Ireland Assembly is expected to be questioned by detectives investigating the murder of a man whose body was found in a lake nearly 30 years ago.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has criticised the decision of a right-wing Conservative Party MP to leave Westminster and stand as a DUP candidate in next year’s Northern Assembly elections.

A right-wing British Conservative Party back-bencher has announced plans to quit Westminster and stand as a unionist candidate in next year’s Assembly elections in the North.

Northern Ireland Under-21s manager Roy Millar is gearing up for a serious test from Scotland tomorrow as his team prepare for the European Championship qualifiers.

A member of Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party has become the second Northern Ireland person to die of the human form of mad cow disease, it emerged today.

A member of the Democratic Unionist Party has become the second person from Northern Ireland to die of the human form of mad cow disease.