A toddler murdered in the North may have been sexually assaulted before her death, a court heard today.

Detectives investigating the murder of a pensioner are still looking to speak with 10 potential witnesses, a court heard today.

Three men appeared in court today charged with murdering a father of three walking home from his daughter's 18th birthday party.

The 29 murder charges against the man accused of the Omagh bombing should be dropped, a lawyer demanded today.