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

Thefts from vehicles in the North have shot up by over 5% in the past year and Criminal Justice Minister Paul Goggins today launched a campaign to try to reverse the trend.

A new multi-agency public protection team has been set up in the North to manage the most dangerous sexual and violent offenders after they have been released from prison, it was announced today.

A second suspected criminal whose details were published on a 'wanted list' by police has been arrested and charged, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said today.

A suspected criminal who’s details were published on a ’wanted list’ by police has been arrested less than 48 hours later, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said today.

More than 100 people have been arrested during a summer offensive against burglary in Belfast, it was revealed today.

Talks between Sinn Féin and the Police Service of Northern Ireland focussed on trying to build a better understanding of each other, Chief Constable Hugh Orde said today.

THE protection of children in Ireland depends to a considerable extent on the skill and efficiency of the Garda Vetting Office. Based in Thurles, its 30 or so members provide an invaluable service to organisations working with children and vulnerable adults.

Hopes were rising today that peaceful Orange Order parades in the North could indicate a change of mindsets, leading to durable peace and tolerance.

Loyalist and nationalist communities in Belfast were tonight breathing a sigh of relief after the annual Twelfth of July parade in the city was the most peaceful for years.

Almost 900 knives were handed in at council sites during Northern Ireland’s three-week amnesty, police figures revealed today.

THE organisers of the Special Olympics in Ireland yesterday appealed to businesses and ordinary people to help them stage the biggest sporting event in Belfast this year.

Police have warned shopkeepers in Northern Ireland of possible incendiary bomb attacks over Christmas.

Police are to increase patrols amid fears of incendiary bomb attacks in Northern Ireland, it emerged tonight.

BELFAST’S top police commander last night hit back at unionists who have quit community partnerships over the street violence raging across the city.

Belfast’s top police commander tonight hit back at unionists who have quit community partnerships over the street violence raging across the city.

There was fresh trouble in Belfast tonight as police pledged to get tough with loyalist demonstrators who have caused major disruption for days.

LOYALIST paramilitaries yesterday called for an end to the violence sweeping through parts of the North.

Police and civilians were injured as loyalist gunmen opened fire during ferocious rioting on the streets of Belfast today.

The PSNI has appealed for calm at a contentious Orange Order parade in Belfast tomorrow.

School children are being recruited by text message to riot on the streets of Belfast, security chiefs said tonight.

Loyalist paramilitary killers locked in a deadly feud are switching their sights to innocent victims because police have disrupted assassination attempts, a top Belfast officer said tonight.

Police tonight accused dissident republicans of trying to kill police officers during rioting in North Belfast last night.

Security chiefs, political and community leaders have appealed for calm after the Protestant Orange Order abandoned plans for today's contentious parade through west Belfast.

Security chiefs, politicians and community leaders will today monitor closely whether a contentious Protestant Orange Order parade passes off peacefully in the hope that it could herald a quiet summer marching season.

BOMBERS who disrupted yesterday’s Belfast Marathon threatened to kill PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde.

Bombers who disrupted today’s Belfast Marathon threatened to kill Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde.

An incendiary device was found in a shopping centre today.

British army bomb experts tonight dealt with a firebomb found in a store in Newry, Co Down.

A FURNITURE store was damaged after firebombers behind a wave of attacks on shops across the North struck again.

Police chiefs in Northern Ireland today warned that people’s lives were being put at risk by a spate of firebombs.

The Lord Mayor of Belfast today urged the public to defy bombers who placed an incendiary device in a city centre shop.

A Belfast police chief who headed the security operation surrounding a bitterly-contested Orange march that ended in violence today hit back in the face of rising Nationalist fury.

Thousands of members of the Orange Order are parading today as the North's marching season reaches its peak.

The bitter feud between rival loyalist terror groups in Belfast is over, it has been claimed.

A decision on the future of a landmark police station in west Belfast was delayed today.

A decision will be taken today on whether to close down one of the most prominent police stations in the heart of republican West Belfast.

Police are to study race hate investigations in West Yorkshire in Britain as part of a new attempt to halt rising attacks on Northern Ireland’s ethnic minorities.

Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Co Antrim, police confirmed today.

Ten times more suspected drink-drivers were arrested in a weekend road policing blitz across Northern Ireland than last year’s daily average, it was disclosed today.

The introduction of 20 mph speed zones around schools and in residential areas of Northern Ireland was announced today in a bid to help cut road deaths and serious injuries.