No police officers are to be charged in connection with their involvement in a collusion scandal in which loyalist paramilitary informers were allowed to commit up to 15 murders in the North, it was confirmed today.

A third former detective is being questioned in a major probe into suspected police collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers in the North.

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

A man was shot dead by police attempting to stop a suspected stolen car in Northern Ireland today.