The creation of a Police Board of Unionists and Nationalists in Northern Ireland is a momentous step forward for the peace process, Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid said today.

Northern Ireland police tonight hit out at the Secretary of State Dr John Reid for failing to discuss with them an implementation plan aimed at introducing widespread reform.

Loyalists and Republicans are blaming each other for last night's rioting in Belfast in which several shots were fired and a man was injured

The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble says that he is not very hopeful of creating a breakthrough at next week’s series of political talks in England.

The Northern Secretary, Dr John Reid has warned politicians throughout Northern Ireland that they will have to stick to the Good Friday Agreement.