Cadaver dogs which have been used in searches for the ‘Disappeared’ in the North have been deployed as part of the massive Tina Satchwell search operation.

An alcoholic mother snatched her four-year-old twins from social workers in the UK and might have fled to Ireland, a judge said today.

Stabbed British policeman Michael Swindells sacrificed his life to save passers-by from a maniac knifeman, his Chief Constable said today.

Plain clothes police in the UK may be routinely issued with body armour following the stabbing to death of a detective, officers said today.