A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a pensioner over three years ago.

The US Coastguard has suspended its search for the missing crew members of a yacht which hit rocks in San Francisco Bay yesterday.

Two Irishmen are among four sailors still missing in the Pacific Ocean after their yacht was thrown onto rocks during a yacht race in San Francisco on Saturday.

A lawyer who repeatedly warned the British government that solicitor Rosemary Nelson was in danger from loyalists has criticised the delay in holding an inquiry into her murder.

The UN is being petitioned to investigate the killings of six people in Belfast more than 30 years ago – four by British soldiers, it was revealed today.