The North's outgoing police chief has today accused the Stormont administration of not doing enough to tackle segregation and division in the region.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has defended the actions of officers who came across a gang of armed dissident republicans in south Armagh last Friday.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin today welcomed the appointment of Matt Baggott as the new chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

The North's new chief constable has vowed to build on the work of the man he will succeed, Hugh Orde.

Leicestershire police chief Matt Baggott was tonight appointed as the new Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

The successor to the North's police chief Hugh Orde will be decided today as four high-ranking candidates face a rigorous interview process in Belfast.

The DUP is understood to be demanding the retention of a full-time police reserve as a prerequisite for the devolution of criminal justice powers to Stormont.

A leading Romanian diplomat will today continue political meetings in the North after a spate of racist attacks.

Three loyalist paramilitary groups in the North have started to decommission their weapons after painstaking behind-the-scenes efforts to secure disarmament.

The North’s full-time police reserve is to be scrapped, Chief Constable Hugh Orde confirmed today.

A Romanian family whose home was the latest to be attacked by racist vandals in the North said today they are considering fleeing.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has rejected criticism of the force's response to an upsurge in xenophobic crimes against eastern Europeans in Belfast.

Hugh Orde used the publication of his last annual report as PSNI Chief Constable today to pay tribute to five officers who died in the line of duty this year.

A leading journalist in the North told a court today she was not prepared to put herself under sentence of death from the Real IRA by handing information to the police about the terrorists’ murder of two soldiers.

A sharp rise in the number of burglaries and thefts was linked to the recession by police today.

The North's police chief Hugh Orde was announced as the new president of Britain's Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) today.

The North’s top police officer is expected to find out today whether he has landed a new job.

The murder of three security force members in the North has been met with a surge in applications from people wanting to join the police, the region’s top officer revealed today.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has said he hopes the British government will give him an extra £66m (€72.2m) to fight the threat from dissident republicans.

Police in the North are seeking an extra £76m (€82.7m) from the UK government to help combat the increased threat from dissident republicans, the Chief Constable said today.

The North’s police chief paid a moving personal tribute today to the police constable shot dead by dissident republicans and promised his widow that he would never be forgotten.

THE PSNI chief constable of Foyle District has warned of a growing dissident Republican threat in Derry with paramilitary groups mounting a recruiting drive in the area.

Rank-and-file police representatives today called for an urgent security review after a gunman shot dead the first PSNI officer in the North.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited the Massereene military barracks in Co Antrim this morning following the murder of two British soldiers by dissident republicans on Saturday night.

Two British soldiers shot dead outside a military barracks in the North were wearing desert fatigues and just minutes away from leaving for Afghanistan, it was revealed today.

Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward today appealed for help in tracking down the “thugs” who gunned down two British soldiers at an Army barracks in Co Antrim.

The North's police force has called in specialist support from MI5 and the military to help deal with the growing threat from dissident Republican terrorists, chief constable Hugh Orde said today.

The North’s top police officer today said he was not overstating things by saying the potential for a serious attack was higher than at any time since he joined the PSNI seven years ago.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has been short-listed for the most senior job in the British police forces.

Police in the North are spending more than £5m (€5.77m) a year to service public inquiries into controversial killings during the Troubles, the region’s chief constable revealed today.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has confirmed that he has applied to be the next head of the London Metropolitan Police.

Hugh Orde, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, confirmed tonight that he is bidding to become the next Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Members of the North's Policing board will meet Security Minister Paul Goggins today to demand government fills a multi-million pound hole in the policing budget.

The North’s Police Chief Hugh Orde today received a formal apology from the publishers of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday over stories which wrongly alleged he had inappropriately claimed expenses.

The security operation mounted for the military homecoming parade in Belfast cost more than £300,000 (€372,000), police revealed today.

The North is not ready to take over policing powers which could salvage the power-sharing government, the Alliance Party claimed today.

THE British government faces legal action within a week if it does not hand over intelligence files that could have helped catch the Omagh bombers, grieving relatives warned yesterday.

SOME of the weapons seized in a massive cross-border operation this week could have ended up in the hands of dissident republicans, it has emerged.

A massive arsenal of weapons and ammunition destined for criminal gangs in the North and the Republic was large enough to start a war, PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde said today.

Unionist demands for further proof that the IRA is gone for good may not be answered, Northern Ireland’s police chief signalled today.

Evidence contained in an independent report on IRA activity is as good as it gets in terms of proving the organisation’s campaign of violence is over, the North’s top police officer said today.

Sinn Féin is to press the Government for more Catholics to be recruited into the Police Service of Northern Ireland than the targeted 30%, it was revealed today.

The attempted murder of two PSNI officers was today branded the ultimate cowardice by chief constable Hugh Orde.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has said he believes the British Government should talk to al-Qaida in an effort to end the group's campaign of violence.