SEMTEX explosives once owned by the Provisional IRA (PIRA) were used in a weekend rocket attack on police officers in the north, it was revealed.

Semtex explosives once owned by the Provisional IRA (PIRA) was used in a weekend rocket attack on police officers in the North, it was revealed today.

Recorded crime in the North has dropped to its lowest level in nearly a decade, it was disclosed today.

Talks between Sinn Féin and the Police Service of Northern Ireland focussed on trying to build a better understanding of each other, Chief Constable Hugh Orde said today.

Two police officers in the North have been disciplined after losing investigation evidence, the Policing Board heard today.

Just one in every four crimes was cleared in the North last year, it was revealed today.

Crime levels in the North fell last year - despite an increase in sexual and race hate attacks, police revealed today.

Crime rates in the North have dropped over the past year, police will reveal today.

The North's rank-and-file police today lambasted Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Ian Blair over claims he referred to RUC members in the North as members of a paramilitary force.

Dozens of Garda officers have been convicted of crimes over the past two years, almost a quarter of them for drink-driving, it was revealed today.

Sixteen police officers in the North are facing disciplinary hearings after being convicted of drink-driving since the start of this year.

A senior police officer who probed criminal allegations against staff at the North's Police Ombudsman’s Office was himself under investigation by Nuala O’Loan’s team, it was disclosed today.

A PSNI recruit who wore an old IRA medal at a passing out ceremony is under pressure to explain himself.

Northern Ireland Deputy Chief Constable Paul Leighton is to demand an internal report into how the security of thousands of serving and retired police officers in the province was compromised by a computer payslip gaffe.

An anti-drink driving campaign is to be launched today to cut down on road deaths over the festive season.

SOMETHING more sinister than ethnic cleansing is happening at the moment in the North, according to Deputy Chief Constable Paul Leighton.

A vicious campaign of paint and petrol bomb attacks on Catholics living in an under-siege village in Northern Ireland is worse than ethnic cleansing, a top police officer claimed today.

Sinn Féin and the IRA were under renewed pressure tonight following threats to burn down the homes of the family of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney.

Business leaders in the North were today urged to help police mount a new offensive on racketeers plundering millions from Northern Ireland’s economy.

At least six new stations are planned as part of a £200m (€287m) overhaul of Northern Ireland police buildings, it was confirmed today.

SECURITY chiefs have made a blunder by approving the closure of a British army base in Northern Ireland, they were warned yesterday.

Security chiefs have made a blunder by approving the closure of a British army base in Northern Ireland, they were warned today.

The chairman of Northern Ireland’s Policing Board today defended the PSNI from criticism of their handling of controversial Protestant marches this summer.

Queen’s University Belfast today teamed up with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to launch a landmark partnership in academic learning for probationary officers.

Two-thirds of Catholics are too scared to join Northern Ireland’s new police force because of fears of being attacked, a new report revealed today.

The British government was urged tonight to stump up extra funding to pay the running costs of Northern Ireland’s new police training college.

The site for Northern Ireland’s new £80m (€119.1m) police college will be selected today.

Members of Northern Ireland’s policing board were under pressure today to ratify moves to site a new £80m (€118.6m) officer training academy at a food science centre.

Police chiefs have complained about an election advertisement they believe questioned the independence of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde, it emerged today.

Police chiefs in Belfast have warned the IRA is ready to go back to war, it was claimed today.

A major loyalist drug smuggling gang was smashed after the largest seizure yet of cannabis in Northern Ireland, police claimed today.

A controversial ruling that Northern Ireland’s new £100m (€140m) police training college must be sited within 45 miles of Belfast has been scrapped, senior officers announced today.

Paul Leighton was today named as the new deputy chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland Policing Board was meeting today to shortlist candidates for the North's second most senior post in law enforcement.