Two girls were arrested today over alleged death threats made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen.

Death threats have been made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen, her mother claimed today.

A sectarian attack on a minibus full of junior soccer players in which four boys were injured was condemned by a police chief today.

Gun and pipe bomb attacks were launched on a number of homes in Northern Ireland, police said today.

A new type of pipe bomb has been devised by loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, police revealed tonight.