The Northern Ireland public was urged today to rally round their firefighters after an attack on a crew in west Belfast left a fireman with neck and head injuries.

WBU welterweight champion Eamonn Magee has decided to end his boxing career after suffering serious leg injuries during an assault in west Belfast last weekend.

British Army bomb experts tonight carried out controlled explosions on a device left on a bus in west Belfast by masked men.

A MOTHER yesterday said her son was lucky to be alive after he was hit by joyriders.