A Belfast teenager who drowned under the wheels of a police vehicle in a Co Antrim river after a car chase was nearly twice over the drink-drive limit and had been sniffing butane gas, an inquest was told today.

A Sudanese woman who came to Northern Ireland to give birth died of massive internal bleeding during an emergency caesarean section, a Belfast inquest heard today.

Telecoms group BT could be broken up under plans being considered by Britain's industry regulator Ofcom, it was reported today.