Evidence from three witnesses is to be challenged during the rape case against Ireland and Ulster rugby star Paddy Jackson, his lawyer said.

Two Ulster and Ireland rugby stars are due in court later to face rape charges.

A major weapons haul recovered during a security alert may help thwart death, injury and misery, police have said today.

Three festive revellers may hold the key to finding those responsible for a failed car bomb attack on a police officer in Belfast.

A Catholic man stabbed 12 years ago in the North was the victim of a sectarian killing, an inquest heard today.

Detectives are today hunting vandals who went on the rampage at the North's first inter-faith school.

Poison may have been used by a mother to kill her child before committing suicide, it emerged today.

A community on the outskirts of Belfast was in a state of shock after the discovery of the bodies of a woman and her daughter in their home.

Three men died in a major road traffic accident in Co Tyrone early today.