In the North, the lawyer for a 66-year-old man accused of killing two women - in the same town - five years apart has told a court his client has "categorically" denied the accusations during questioning.

A man in the North has been charged with the murders of two former women partners.

A stonemason was being questioned last night about the suspicious deaths of three former girlfriends in a rural town in the North.

A stone mason was being questioned tonight about the suspicious deaths of three former girlfriends in a rural town in Northern Ireland.