Bombs made in the run-up to the dissident republican explosion in Omagh, which killed 29 people, were all made by the same person, a witness told a court in Northern Ireland today.

A policeman suffered serious head injuries today when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver who failed to stop at a security checkpoint close to the Irish border.

The jury in the trial of a Special Branch officer accused of leaking confidential information today retired to consider its verdict.