Snow drifts and abandoned vehicles continue to hamper efforts to restore power to 800 homes and businesses cut off when blizzard conditions hit the North.

A man shot six times in 2003 was killed because he stood up to dissident republicans, an inquest heard today.

Detectives have identified the Real IRA gunmen they believe murdered Belfast father-of-five Danny McGurk.

A murder inquiry was under way today after the killing of a civilian who worked on an army base in Belfast.

Police were today quizzing a youth arrested in connection with the death of man found battered at a sports ground.