There is no evidence the security forces in the North colluded with loyalist killers in the murder of two Catholic brothers in Armagh 14 years ago, the Police Ombudsman said today .

A man shot dead by police in Northern Ireland had been at the centre of a drugs surveillance operation, it emerged tonight.

A possible drugs link to a man shot dead by police in Northern Ireland is today being investigated.

A police crackdown on Northern Ireland’s counterfeit clothes trade has scored one of its biggest ever successes after goods worth £180,000 (€291,338) on the street were seized, it emerged today.