Police investigating the murder of a blues musician in Derry today sought the public’s help in trying to trace his bicycle.

A man was questioned today by police investigating the murder of a musician whose body was found in a Northern Ireland river.

A 20-year-old man was stabbed, kicked and beaten in an attack in his home in Derry early today, police said.

Three former IRA men who have agreed to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Tribunal were granted anonymity today.

A former IRA man who claimed Martin McGuinness was involved in supplying detonators for nail bombs on Bloody Sunday today accused republicans of mounting a campaign to discredit him.

An army doctor who twice examined a Bloody Sunday victim allegedly found with nail bombs in his clothing told the Saville Inquiry he did not see any devices on the body.

Nationalists and republicans on both sides of the Irish border were staging protests over the postponement of elections which should have taken place in Northern Ireland today.

Sinn Fein is to stage protests across Northern Ireland and the Republic against the postponement of the Stormont Assembly Elections, the party announced today.

Equipment belonging to a demolition contractor was set on fire in Derry last night, apparently because the owner refused to pay £1,000 (€1,514) every week in protection money.

More than 30 firefighters and six appliances were tonight battling a fire at a listed building in Derry.

A police officer who allegedly discovered a nail bomb in the pocket of one of the Bloody Sunday victims was unaware three other devices were said to have been found on the body at the time, the Saville Inquiry heard today.

An anti-sectarian rally was taking place in Derry today to protest against the murder of construction worker David Caldwell.

A man was seriously injured today after being stabbed in the neck with a bottle in an apparent road rage attack, police said.

Protestant Orangemen have set off on their annual Twelfth of July parades.