Police fired a number of plastic baton rounds and arrested two people following serious rioting in Belfast city centre last night.

Fresh rioting has erupted in a loyalist area of Belfast city centre as police came under attack with blast bombs.

Police and fire officers were pelted with stones and bottles as crowd of around 60 people went on the rampage in Belfast city centre early today.

A 17-year-old girl is recovering in hospital today after an arson attack on her family home in Portadown, Co Antrim last night.

Four men today appeared before magistrates accused of murdering a man who was found beaten to death.

A McDonalds restaurant in Belfast has been fined stg£20,000 over the death of a student who was electrocuted by a hand dryer.