Two remand prisoners are believed to have hanged themselves in custody in the North.

A prison officer planted a note of personal details about a governor in the North in the cell of a dissident republican suspect, the ombudsman said.

A prison officer planted a note of personal details about a governor in the North in the cell of a dissident republican suspect, the ombudsman said tonight.

A REMORSEFUL prisoner has won a novel poetry competition by writing about his regret at having to spend Christmas away from his family.

TWO prison governors could face a disciplinary inquiry yesterday after a damning report revealed that an inmate on suicide watch hanged himself in a secure unit where staff slept on duty.

Two prison governors in the North face a disciplinary inquiry today after a damning report revealed that an inmate on suicide watch hanged himself in a secure unit where staff slept on duty.

A prison boss in the North could face a disciplinary investigation amid claims his staff were asleep when an inmate on suicide watch hanged himself in his cell, it was disclosed today.

A former Sinn Féin mayor of Derry is to join the party’s first three Assembly representatives on the Northern Ireland Policing Board.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have both criticised the re-election of Prof Desmond Rea as chairman of the North's Policing Board.

Fifty more regular police officers are available for duty every day in Northern Ireland than a year ago following a reduction in sickness absence, it was revealed tonight.