Council vehicles worth up to €1.4m were destroyed in a fire at a depot in Northern Ireland today.

A furious mother today condemned joyriders who set fire to car which exploded, seriously injuring her five-year-old son.

Firefighters have rescued two people in what are believed to have been overnight arson attacks in Derry, it emerged today.

Three teenagers were killed today in a road accident in the North, police said.

A Welsh toddler got her head stuck trying to climb through a cat flap to follow the family pet into the garden, it emerged today.

A blaze at one of Britain's oldest cathedrals is feared to have caused millions of pounds worth of damage.

A fire engine was rammed and then put out of action by stone-throwing children last night as the crew made their way back from dealing with a blaze in west Belfast.

Arsonists are being blamed for a spectacular blaze which destroyed more than 800 wrecked cars in a scrapyard early today.

Three young children have died in a house fire in Northumberland.