A SECTARIAN thug who wanted to kill and cut up his battered Catholic victim was jailed for 16 years yesterday.

A sectarian thug who wanted to kill and cut up his battered Catholic victim was jailed for 16 years today.

BRITISH Government funding to help the Omagh families take civil action against those they believe were responsible for the Omagh bombing has been stopped following an action by Real IRA man Michael McKevitt.

British government funding to help the Omagh families take civil action against those they believe were responsible for the Real IRA bomb which killed 29 people has been put on hold, a court was told today.

A 34-year-old man who met his girlfriend through the internet was jailed for life today for her murder in a frenzied knife attack.

A couple today spoke of their shock at returning from a romantic 32nd wedding anniversary meal to find they had scooped a £2.3m (€3.2m) lotto jackpot.

Lawyers for 2,500 police officers in Northern Ireland today began a landmark High Court action seeking compensation for trauma linked to 30 years of terror.