The search for missing schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson was called off today because of flooding.

A woman made it into the upper ranks of policing in Northern Ireland for the first time tonight when she was appointed as an Assistant Chief Constable.

A murder inquiry was launched today into the mystery disappearance of a retired librarian in Northern Ireland.

Two of the North’s most senior police officers could be out of the running to become the next chief constable, it emerged today.