A third former detective was questioned tonight as part of a major probe into suspected police collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers in the North.

Former paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair has moved to a quiet Scottish seaside town, it emerged today.

Former Ulster Defence Association (UDA) paramilitary Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair today walked free from court after he admitted assaulting his wife.

A former associate of ousted UDA chief Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was assassinated at a spot where he had been taken by his killer two days earlier, a court heard today.

FORMER paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was heavily investigated over the assassination of loyalist informer William Stobie, detectives said yesterday.

Former paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was heavily investigated over the assassination of loyalist informer William Stobie, detectives said today.

Jim Gray was living on borrowed time ever since the Ulster Defence Association ruthlessly kicked him out to fend for himself.

Former Ulster Defence Association paramilitary Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair today admitted assaulting his wife only hours after he was released from prison.

FORMER Ulster Defence Association Brigadier Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair appeared in court in England yesterday charged with harassment.

ULSTER Defence Association leader Jim Gray has been ousted by the paramilitary organisation, it was revealed yesterday.

Milltown Cemetery killer Michael Stone has been questioned about plots to murder prominent political figures during the 1980s, it emerged today.

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Freed loyalist terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair will quit Britain in a bid to stay alive, it was claimed tonight.

Former Loyalist paramilitary terror boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was released from prison in the North today.

A police chief has been ordered to make a £1,500 (€2,143) payout to a top loyalist paramilitary in Northern Ireland, it emerged tonight.

The Ulster Defence Association was challenged tonight to guarantee their guns have fallen silent forever.

The British government today announced plans for new talks with a body that includes loyalist paramilitaries in a bid to stop Northern Ireland plunging into a summer of violence.

The son of Ulster terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was due to be sentenced today for serious drugs offences.

More than 2,000 people have been questioned about the murder of a loyalist paramilitary chief in Belfast a year ago, police said tonight.

British police said tonight that a number of addresses in Northern Ireland and in the UK were being searched after the arrest of a man at Manchester Airport.

Civilian staff are being recruited to work at Northern Ireland’s top security jail in jobs currently carried out by prison officers, it was revealed today.

Ousted loyalist terror chief Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was warned today against trying to split his former paramilitary unit.

The wife and son of convicted terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair are due in court today in Britain on drug charges.

The wife and son of convicted terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair appeared in court today on drug charges.

Loyalist paramilitary prisoners could revolt inside a Northern Ireland jail at the centre of a separation scheme, their representatives warned today.

The wife and son of Loyalist terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs, it was confirmed today.

The son of loyalist terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was arrested today on suspicion of drugs offences.

Loyalist and republican prisoners could rebel against a tough new separation regime at a top security Northern Ireland jail, it was claimed today.

A 20-year-old man is due in court today charged with attempting to murder three people at the offices of the SDLP and with membership of a terrorist organisation.

Police in Northern Ireland secretly copied files stolen by the IRA from the British government’s main offices in Northern Ireland as part of a major anti-terrorist intelligence gathering operation, it has been claimed.

DISSIDENT republicans were yesterday blamed for the attempted abduction of a prominent loyalist politician in west Belfast.

LOYALIST terror group the Ulster Freedom Fighters yesterday issued a warning to the wife of jailed paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair to stay out of Northern Ireland.

Six men have now been arrested in Lancashire and Belfast today by police investigating the murder of a loyalist paramilitary commander in Northern Ireland.

Three people were arrested today by police investigating the murder of a loyalist paramilitary in Northern Ireland.

Fires broke out tonight at a maximum security prison in Northern Ireland which had been targeted by a recent prisoners’ rooftop protest.

Eight prisoners who staged a rooftop protest at a jail over cell conditions were back behind bars today.

Eight prisoners who staged a rooftop protest at a jail over cell conditions were back behind bars tonight.

Prison authorities were today trying to end a rooftop protest by republican and loyalist inmates at a Northern Ireland jail.

A 40-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday being questioned by police in Belfast about the disappearance and probable murder of a former right-hand man of jailed loyalist Johnny Adair.

Police divers today resumed searching a Belfast reservoir after a top loyalist from the city disappeared.

Police divers were today searching a Belfast reservoir after a top loyalist from the city disappeared.

The loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association, was today due to reject drug dealing and other criminal activity in a statement which was being billed as the most important for the organisation in 30 years.

Northern Ireland’s most senior policeman has agreed to address an SDLP seminar on policing, it was disclosed today.

Loyalist paramilitaries who dumped a stockpile of explosives to be destroyed by the security forces were today urged to scrap even more of their weapons.