Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has maintained her innocence after it was confirmed that she is to face charges over phone hacking in the UK.

SERIAL killer Robert Black’s fourth murder conviction will prompt further investigations into other unsolved child disappearances, police said last night.

The jury in serial killer Robert Black’s latest murder trial are set to begin a second day of deliberations.

The jury in serial killer Robert Black’s latest murder trial has been sent home for the day after failing to reach a verdict after almost three hours of deliberations.

The jury in serial killer Robert Black’s latest murder trial will retire to consider its verdict today.

The trial of a Belfast man accused of murdering a taxi driver in the city almost four years ago dramatically collapsed at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The three judges of the non-jury Special Criminal Court sat for the first time at the Belfast Crown Court today to hear evidence in a Continuity IRA-linked murder trial.

Former IRA man turned British agent Kevin Fulton must be given special protection if he gives evidence at the Omagh bomb trial, a court heard today.

A nightclub doorman stabbed in a frenzied attack fears he will be killed if he returns to the North to testify against a Belfast loyalist accused of trying to murder him, a court heard today.

AN al-Qaida suspect who downloaded bomb-making instructions to blow up an aircraft was jailed yesterday for six years at Belfast Crown Court.

A “determined terrorist” has been removed from the streets, after an Algerian suspected of being linked to al-Qaida was found guilty of terrorist charges, police said tonight.

A “determined terrorist” has been removed from the streets after an Algerian suspected of being linked to al-Qaida was found guilty of terrorist charges, police said tonight.

An Islamic al-Qaida suspect was found guilty of terrorist charges in Belfast today.

SINN FÉIN yesterday lost a legal bid to overturn financial sanctions imposed on it by the British Government because of IRA activity.

A man who murdered a young woman by repeatedly beating her and gluing her lips together was today jailed for a minimum of 17 years.