Politicians and community leaders are setting up a group to liaise with police in the Waterside area of Derry after the attempted murder of a young man this week.

The loyalist Ulster Defence Association has been blamed for the attempted murder of a 22-year-old man in the Waterside area of Derry yesterday morning.

Police investigating the shooting of a man in Northern Ireland have found a gun, ammunition and two pipe bombs.

A man critically injured in a gun attack in Northern Ireland could be the victim of a loyalist feud, police chiefs warned tonight.