The North's crisis-hit Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson is today expected to announce plans to leave the job when he faces politicians at Stormont.

A report into a UVF bombing that killed 15 people in North Belfast in 1971 will be published later.

Closing the Tullamore bypass is one option being considered by Offaly Council Council after the stretch failed skid safety tests.

`Hundreds of people have gathered in Belfast for a memorial service to mark the 30th anniversary of one of the city's worst terrorist atrocities.