Suspects held for a fortnight following the shootings of security forces in the North should be charged or released, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said today.

A teenager was arrested today by detectives investigating the murder of a policeman in the North.

A tense armed forces homecoming parade passed off without incident in Belfast today where police mounted a huge security operation to keep apart thousands of loyalist supporters and republican protestors.

Politicians from both sides of the divide in Northern Ireland must stand up to people responsible for an increase in racist attacks, an Assembly member urged today.