Loyalists last night threw two bombs at a community theatre staging a children's play as part of a community festival in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

The RUC chief constable, Ronnie Flanagan, has said he believes the Ulster Defence Association is responsible for an orchestrated campaign of pipe-bomb attacks on Catholic homes across the North.

The Red Hand Defenders have claimed responsibility for the murder of a Protestant teenager in Glengormley, Co Antrim last night.

It is believed the two victims of last night's drive-by shooting in Antrim were best friends.

The father of an 18-year-old drive-by shooting victim tried to revive his dying son after the attack.

An 18-year-old was shot dead in a drive by shooting outside a GAA clubhouse in Co Antrim last night.