A US investment fund that bought Nama’s assets in the North for in excess of £1bn will not appear before a Stormont inquiry investigating the controversial sale.

Police investigating a blast that damaged a house in east Belfast have found an explosive device a short distance away.

Peter Robinson's journey to political redemption reached another landmark as he topped the Assembly poll in the East Belfast constituency where he lost his Westminster seat.

Three German teenagers were injured when a gang of youths stoned their bus in east Belfast, police said today.