Small businesses are under threat and jobs will be lost if postal services in Belfast are crippled by a second strike, it was claimed tonight.

Striking postal workers in Northern Ireland were meeting today to decide on an offer from Royal Mail and whether to call off their two-week wildcat action.

Police searching for a schoolgirl feared to have been abducted in Northern Ireland were checking ports today.

Police fear a missing Antrim girl may have been abducted, it emerged today.