TWO women charged with firearms and explosives offences following the discovery of a major bomb-making factory in the middle of a loyalist estate in Co Antrim are due to appear in court today.

Two women were tonight charged with firearms and explosives offences following the discovery of a major bomb-making factory in the middle of a loyalist housing estate in Co Antrim.

Detectives investigating a murder attempt linked to an ongoing feud between loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland tonight arrested three men.

A 37-year-old man was being treated in hospital today for gunshot wounds after men forced their way into his house in Co Antrim.

A 37-year-old man was being treated in hospital tonight after a shooting incident at a house in Co Antrim in the North.