A 20-year-old man is due in court today charged with attempting to murder three people at the offices of the SDLP and with membership of a terrorist organisation.

Two West Belfast men were remanded in custody today on charges connected to the death of a man on Christmas Day.

Bombers have targeted a loyalist paramilitary boss for a second time as a bitter power struggle among rival factions intensifies, it emerged tonight.

Rival loyalists are believed to be behind a murder attempt today on a paramilitary leader on the outskirts of north Belfast.