Paramilitaries believed to be involved in child exploitation in the North regard themselves as beyond the law, the North's health minister has said.

A report on child sexual exploitation in the North is to be published today.

This year’s Tony Awards honoured The Normal Heart for its passionate look at the Aids crisis and War Horse, a play which shows the horror of the battlefield. But the night’s biggest prize went to a musical which mocked both.

"Faith Healer" by Brian Friel won a Tony Award in New York last night.