The RUC Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan and the North's Police Ombudsman are at odds over who ordered recent arrests in the Robert Hamill murder case.

The RUC Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan has said the majority of pipe bomb attacks in the North involve people who have been members of the Ulster Defence Assocation.

Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid is preparing for briefings on the security situation in the province on his first day in his new post.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Northern Secretary Peter Mandelson are in conflict over reducing the military presence in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness claimed today.

A senior SDLP figure today insisted that there was still time for the British Government to get its policing reforms in the North right.

The RUC Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan may be called as a key witness at a private hearing into the continued imprisonment of the loyalist Johnny Adair.