Dissident republicans have forced a terrified female bus driver to transport a bomb to a police station in the North.

Police have foiled a suspected mortar attack close to a police station in Co Derry.

Armed PSNI men have seized four mortar bombs just minutes before dissident republicans planned to blitz Derry’s main police station.

Two homeless men were charged today with causing the death of a young police officer whose patrol car was hit by a stolen 4x4 in Derry.

Two men are being questioned in connection with a car crash, which killed a “bubbly and beautiful” policewoman in her patrol car.