Forensic experts have examined 45 rifles in an attempt to trace the gun used in the shooting of a boy in a school playground, it was revealed today.

A teenager killed in a hit-and-run accident was a son of the police sergeant who took charge amid the carnage of the Omagh bombing.

A part-time soldier was last night charged with the murder of a Catholic man shot dead in a Northern Ireland bar.

Detectives tonight questioned a part-time soldier about the shooting dead of a Catholic customer at a bar in Northern Ireland.