NEIGHBOURS of Arthur McElhill said they were shocked last night by the news that the police were treating him as the prime suspect behind the fire in which he died along with his wife and five children.

The North's worst house fire tragedy which killed a family of seven became a murder investigation tonight - with the father the prime suspect.

Police investigating the house fire in Omagh, in which a family of seven died, have launched a murder inquiry.

Police and firefighters in the North are resuming the search for two bodies at the scene of the house where a family of seven are believed to have perished.

A blaze which is feared to have killed seven members of a family in the North's worst house fire tragedy may have been started deliberately, it emerged tonight.

Police in the North have not ruled out criminal involvement in a house fire which is feared to have claimed the lives of a family of seven today.

DETECTIVES hunting the Omagh bombers are to put republican support for the North’s police service to the test with a series of newspaper adverts urging full co-operation.

Detectives hunting the Omagh bombers are to put republican's support for the North's police service to the test with a series of newspaper adverts urging full co-operation.

The PSNI is set to formally ask Sinn Féin to help catch those responsible for the Omagh bombing.

Ten people were being questioned in Northern Ireland today after police foiled a suspected international gun smuggling plot by dissident Irish republican terrorists.

Far more people should be charged with the Omagh bomb outrage, victims claimed today.

MI5 did not deprive police of any anti-terrorism intelligence during their investigation into the Omagh bomb atrocity, the North’s chief constable said today.

Omagh bomb suspect Sean Hoey was committed for trial today on a catalogue of charges related to the horrific attack in which 29 people were killed.

A man is to be charged with murdering the 29 people who died in the Omagh bomb atrocity, it emerged tonight.

A LABOURER appeared in court yesterday accused of supplying the car used in the Omagh bomb massacre.

A GARDA informant who may have vital information about the Omagh bombing and is wanted for questioning in the North is believed to be living in Britain under the Irish witness protection programme.

The detective heading the Omagh bomb investigation was challenged today to question a former spy who allegedly warned police a terrorist attack was planned.

The terrorists who murdered 29 people in the Omagh bombing will probably never be captured, relatives said today.

FAMILIES of people killed in the Omagh bomb massacre yesterday remembered their dead and they also remembered the victims of last year's September 11 terror atrocities in the United States.

A second family is launching a legal action against the British government and police over claims that the Omagh bomb atrocity could have been prevented, it was confirmed tonight.

Sinn Fein has hit back at the policeman in charge of the Omagh investigation after he appeared to accuse the party of condoning the 1998 bombing.

The policeman in charge of the Omagh investigation has urged Sinn Fein to come forward with any information it might have about those responsible for the 1998 bombing.

The new head of the Omagh bomb investigation is to face tough questions from victims’ relatives when he meets them for the first time next week.