Loyalist leader Mark Haddock smirked as he dispatched a hit team to gun down a paramilitary rival, a self-confessed member of the murder plot told a court in Belfast today.

Loyalist leader Mark Haddock was kept apart from 13 co-accused as one of the biggest paramilitary murder trials in decades began in the North today.

A loyalist leader and 13 of his alleged associates are due in the dock today as one of the biggest paramilitary murder trials in decades begins in the North.

NORTH Belfast loyalist leader Mark Haddock has been arrested in jail for questioning over four murders during the Troubles.

A man was arrested today regarding the murder of Ulster Defence Association man Tommy English.

Another man was arrested today in connection with the murder of a leading loyalist during a bloody paramilitary feud in the North.

An eighth man was charged tonight in connection with the murder of a leading loyalist during a bloody feud in the North.

Two more men will appear in court today charged with the murder of a leading loyalist during a bitter feud in Belfast nearly a decade ago.

Three more men were arrested today by police investigating the murder of a leading loyalist during a bitter feud in Belfast nearly a decade ago.

The PSNI's Historical Enquiries Team has charged a second man in connection with the murder of a leading loyalist paramilitary more than eight years ago.

A 39-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the murder of a leading loyalist paramilitary nearly a decade ago.

A loyalist leader will appear in court today charged with gunning down a rival during a bloody paramilitary feud in the North.

A top loyalist was tonight charged with the murder of another Protestant paramilitary in the North.

A top loyalist was arrested at a jail in the North today by police investigating the murder of another Protestant paramilitary.

Two brothers were today charged with murdering an Ulster Defence Association member during a bloody feud between rival loyalists in the North.

Devastating evidence that loyalist paramilitary informers were allowed to get away with a series of murders in the North will be revealed today.

The Government should press for an international inquiry into RUC collusion in the murder of a young loyalist man in the North seven years, the Labour Party argued yesterday.

Administrators brought in to save Livingston today announced that they had been forced to sack six players.

ADVANCED forensic tests are being used as part of a massive new inquiry into more than 20 loyalist and republican murders.

Advanced forensic tests are being used as part of a massive new inquiry into more than 20 loyalist and republican murders.