Bombers who lured police in the North into a booby trap by claiming a woman was being attacked have been branded “the lowest of the low”.

A massive 500lb bomb has been discovered in Newry packed in a wheelie bin in a van stolen from Co Kildare.

Dissident republicans who bombed a street in Derry early today were accused by the North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness of attempting to drag the city back to its violent past.

A police station guard in the North had a miraculous escape today after a car bomb partially exploded as he drove to work through a busy residential area.

The successor to the North's police chief Hugh Orde will be decided today as four high-ranking candidates face a rigorous interview process in Belfast.

Property developer Barry Gilligan is set to take over as the new chairman of the North's Policing Board.

A former Sinn Féin mayor of Derry is to join the party’s first three Assembly representatives on the Northern Ireland Policing Board.