Detectives hunting petrol bombers who attacked a house in Belfast while a mother and teenage son slept inside were tonight following a definite line of inquiry.

The North's Assets Recovery Agency has begun a court action to freeze the assets of a drug dealer who was murdered in west Belfast four years ago.

A man was arrested today by detectives investigating the murder of man in Belfast city centre three years ago.

Gunmen who shot dead a man in Belfast city centre had difficulty fleeing the scene of the attack, police in the North said today.