A 92-year-old woman is being treated for shock today following a pipe bomb attack on her home in Co Fermanagh.

A unionist councillor in Dungannon, Co Tyrone, is protesting against the council's decision to buy oil from across the border.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today facing the prospect of a more hardline Assembly team as some of his harshest critics in the party were selected as candidates for the next Stormont election.

Children could be the first to suffer any health risks which may be linked to the vast numbers of telecommunication masts being erected across Northern Ireland, it was claimed today.