GERRY ADAMS yesterday appealed to witnesses to a fatal road accident in west Belfast involving a police Land Rover to help Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman establish what exactly happened.

Gerry Adams today appealed to witnesses to a fatal road accident in west Belfast involving a police Land Rover to help Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman establish what exactly happened.

The 29-year-old man knocked down and killed by a police vehicle in Belfast early today has been named as Jim McMenamin.

Health officials in Glasgow have issued an alert after two cases of a rare flesh-eating bug were diagnosed among drug users.