The vice-chairman of the SDLP has resigned, claiming the party is being run by a clique that is out of touch with the grassroots and the electorate.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams (pictured) should quit in the wake of spying allegations which have rocked his party, a leading SDLP member claimed today.

Fresh trouble broke out in Belfast today after police launched a series of raids in the loyalist north of the city.

Police launched a series of raids in loyalist north Belfast today as they hunted those behind the street violence of recent days.