A man has been questioned about an attack on a car linked to alleged death threats against an ex-soldier in Co Antrim, it emerged today.

Police are continuing to question a man arrested in connection with a murder in Co Antrim.

TWO girls were arrested yesterday over alleged death threats made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen.

Two girls were arrested today over alleged death threats made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen.

Death threats have been made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen, her mother claimed today.

A Catholic man was among four suspects being questioned tonight about a loyalist sectarian beating in Northern Ireland that has left a schoolboy fighting for his life.

Detectives are hunting two men today after a pipe bomb exploded on the doorstep of a house in Co Antrim.

Young teenagers are increasingly at the centre of sectarian disturbances and attacks in the North, Chief Constable Hugh Orde said today.

A 13-year-old boy will today appear in court charged with an arson attack on a Catholic primary school in Ballymena.

A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the suspicious death of a man in Co Antrim early today.

Police in CoAntrim have launched an investigation into the suspicious death of a man in Ballymena last night.

A couple and their 19-year-old daughter had a narrow escape last night when a petrol bomb was thrown at the front door of their house in the north.