Cold-blooded killer Dale Cregan was told he will die in prison for the murders of two unarmed policewomen and a father and son.

Greater Manchester’s Chief Constable today said it was “absolutely normal” for police to have bailed the man who now faces accusations that he killed two unarmed policewomen.

Northern Ireland’s largest manufacturer has banned England wallcharts during the World Cup.

Belfast plane maker Shorts is reducing the number of workers it is making redundant as a result of the global downturn in the airline industry following the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, it announced today.