More than 400 under-18s are treated for alcoholism and drug addiction in the North each year, it was revealed today.

Hugh Orde will stay on as Northern Chief Constable for up to three more years, it emerged last night.

Northern Ireland Security Minister Shaun Woodward tonight stood by his controversial assessment that the IRA was distancing itself from organised crime.

Northern Ireland’s Policing Board tonight agreed in principle to the use of a new less lethal plastic bullet by the police.

Police in the North have outperformed all UK police forces in their efforts to comply with human rights demands, a new report claimed today.