A man in his 30s has been shot in the back during an attack in Co Antrim.

Police in Derry say a man seen getting into difficulty in the River Bann near Kilrea at about 6pm yesterday, is a 21-year-old from the Ballymena area.

An 18-year-old woman has died following an overnight crash in Ballymoney, Co Antrim.

FIVE people were killed in two separate road accidents in the North yesterday.

Police in the North tonight arrested the driver of a car involved in a fatal road crash which claimed the lives of four people.