A 51-year-old man arrested yesterday in connection with the Real IRA murders of two British soldiers earlier this year has been released unconditionally.

A human rights watchdog in the North has expressed concern about the length of time a 17-year-old is being held for questioning in connection with the murders of two British soldiers earlier this month.

The funeral of one of the British soldiers shot dead by dissident republicans in Co Antrim earlier this month is due take place later today.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of two soldiers at the Massareene Barracks in the North last weekend.

THE Continuity IRA yesterday, when they admitted murdering PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll, 48, a married man with a family from Banbridge in Co Down, joined the Real IRA in a terrible fantasy world where the democratic wishes of the great majority of the population of this island stand for nothing.