Planners were today urged to go back to the future with a series of eco-villages across Northern Ireland based on the design of a village in south Armagh.

POLICE in the North believe they foiled a major bomb attack yesterday when they seized almost 115kg of homemade explosives.

The British government was today urged to introduce a new corporate manslaughter law to combat the growing level of construction site deaths in the North.

With all 108 seats filled in the Northern Ireland Assembly the party shares are:

Northern Secretary John Reid was today accused of reinforcing sectarian divisions by opting to grant city status to both Lisburn and Newry.