First Minister Peter Robinson tonight accused Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly of reckless behaviour after he was seen clinging to the bonnet of a moving Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Landrover.

The discovery of a rocket launcher and warhead in the North has saved lives, police said.

More police officers are needed in the North to deal with the relentless pressure the force faces, the PSNI chief constable has said.

Loyalist violence over the flying of the union flag will be firmly dealt with for as long as necessary, the North’s police chief declared after a fourth night of rioting.

SDLP Councillor Claire Hanna, her husband and their baby daughter have escaped injury after shots were fired at their home in East Belfast, hitting the front door and windows.

Politicians and church leaders are holding talks in the North this afternoon in an attempt to stem loyalist street violence over the flying of the Union flag.

Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland have made two arrests.

Police in the North are on high alert tonight after dissident republicans attempted to murder an officer with a car bomb and a second explosive device was discovered close to a police station.

Fifteen police officers have been injured in a second night of serious disorder in Belfast.

Nine police officers were injured during a second night of serious disorder in North Belfast.

Scuffles broke out as a contentious parade passed through North Belfast today.

Hundreds of anti-riot police will be on duty today amid fears of street disorder in north Belfast after a big Orange Order demonstration in the city.

Police federations in Northern Ireland and Great Britain have protested against arrangements to bring in officers from England and Wales as reinforcements.

The government in the North could face pressure from rank and file police officers after it emerged a colleague who lost a leg in a bomb attack has been unable to secure compensation.

Police in the North have launched a campaign to attract 40 experienced officers from Ireland and the UK.

AN extra 1,000 police are needed to combat the North’s growing terror threat, rank and file officers warned yesterday.

An extra 1,000 police are needed to combat the North's growing terror threat, rank and file officers warned today.

More than 20 police officers and their families in the North have been intimidated into leaving their homes by dissident republicans since January, it was revealed today.

Army explosives teams in the North dealt with more than 750 dissident republican bomb alerts in the past two years, a police officers body said today.

Rank-and-file police representatives today called for an urgent security review after a gunman shot dead the first PSNI officer in the North.

The British government was given fresh warning today it could yet face the threat of industrial action by police officers in the North over pay.

Dissident republicans have been blamed after a police officer was blasted with a shotgun outside a school in the North today.

A body representing rank-and-file police officers in the North has cut its ties with the Police Ombudsman's Office.

The North's rank-and-file police today lambasted Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Ian Blair over claims he referred to RUC members in the North as members of a paramilitary force.

A PSNI recruit who wore an old IRA medal at a passing out ceremony is under pressure to explain himself.

Northern Ireland Deputy Chief Constable Paul Leighton is to demand an internal report into how the security of thousands of serving and retired police officers in the province was compromised by a computer payslip gaffe.

The British government was under fire from police officers’ representatives in the North today over a Bill which would enable rogue members of the security forces and paramilitaries to avoid jail sentences for offences committed during the Troubles.

PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has halted a move to force all officers in Northern Ireland to declare membership of outside organisations, it emerged tonight.

A unionist policing representative tonight pledged to resign if his absence from a crucial vote impacted on Northern Ireland chief constable Hugh Orde’s decision to axe more than half his full-time reservists.

NORTHERN Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde outraged some of his senior officers last night after axing more than half his full-time reserve force.

A row over whether the full time police reserve will be disbanded intensified this afternoon after the Police Federation met the Northern Secretary.

The SDLP is living in a dreamworld over its call for an unarmed police force in Northern Ireland, rank and file officers claimed yesterday.