A soldier who fired a rubber bullet that killed a schoolboy in the North more than 40 years ago has told an inquest he has no regrets.

British military logs from the day an 11-year-old boy was hit by a rubber bullet in Belfast in 1972 have been cut up, a coroner's court has been told.

An open-decked bus tour on Belfast's Falls Road has been suspended following a number of sectarian incidents.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has denied reports republicans are pressuring Jean McConville's family not to have the murdered woman's funeral procession on Belfast's Falls Road.

Alleged army agent Freddie Scappaticci came out of hiding today and again protested his innocence against claims that he spied on the IRA.