A 19-year-old man has been shot in the leg in the New Lodge area of north Belfast.

A pipe bomb has exploded at the front door of a house in North Belfast.

Seventy-one police officers have been injured in four nights of rioting in the North linked to the banning of a contentious Orange Order parade.

Those of us who have had the privilege of meeting Paddy Barnes knew long before London 2012 that he was a bright, shimmering, ball of entertainment.

Police have charged a man with the murder of another man in north Belfast.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in north Belfast on suspicion of murder, police said today.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson has described those who left a pipe bomb on a window outside a house in North Belfast as "slow learners".

Six people have been rescued from a burning block of flats in the North.

Police investigating the violence surrounding the Orange Order’s July 12 parades in the North today charged a 49-year-old woman with possession of a firearm.

Detectives investigating rioting that surrounded the Orange Order’s July 12 parades in the North today said they have arrested a woman after officers found a gun.

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

A report into one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles was put on hold today after bereaved relatives hit out at its findings.

Detectives tonight warned innocent people would have been killed if a 400lb bomb had exploded in Belfast last weekend.

Police in the North are examining potential motives for a pipe-bomb blast in the New Lodge area of north Belfast early this morning.

A survey in the staunchly republican New Lodge area of Belfast has revealed a significant improvement in attitudes towards the police.

More than a dozen police officers were injured during violent clashes in the North early today.

Two men were arrested today in a police operation to “foil” a kidnap and robbery in north Belfast.

Police chiefs in Northern Ireland today defended their handling of mob violence that left 11 officers injured.

Police were attacked with a television set during mob violence in north Belfast.

The family of an unarmed Catholic teenager who was shot dead by British soldiers in north Belfast 13 years ago has lost its latest legal bid to have his killers expelled from the British army.

The family of a north Belfast teenager killed by two British soldiers 13 years ago have begun a new campaign to get the pair dismissed from the British army.

Robert McCartney’s death marks a sea change for republicans, writes John Breslin.

FR AIDAN TROY has been called in to broker a truce between two families feuding over the burial plot of a suicide victim.

A priest has been called in to broker a truce between two families feuding over a burial plot, it emerged today.

The UN is being petitioned to investigate the killings of six people in Belfast more than 30 years ago – four by British soldiers, it was revealed today.

The INLA is being linked to a shooting incident in north Belfast on Friday night in which a 14-year-old boy was wounded in the leg.

Paramilitary gunmen who shot a 14-year-old Belfast boy in the leg were today branded child abusers.

THE British Government faced more demands yesterday to hold a “Bloody Sunday-style inquiry” into alleged collusion between members of the security forces in the North and loyalist terror gangs during the Troubles.

COMIC RELIEF chiefs in Britain were involved in urgent discussions yesterday following revelations that donations were given to an organisation run by a former IRA bomber.

The mother of an 18-year-old schoolboy killed by loyalist paramilitaries 11 years ago today called for “a Bloody Sunday-style inquiry” into his and other murders.

The sister of a Belfast teenager murdered by two British soldiers has failed in her attempt to win a seat in the British parliament.

Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan was today facing a knife-edge vote over his decision to boycott events involving a British government minister.

Belfast’s nationalist Lord Mayor was today facing a censure motion against him, following his boycott of events involving a British government minister.

The family of a north Belfast man who has spent more than 16 months in prison awaiting trial has accused the judiciary of bias.

The dismissal of Major Charles Ingram from the Army for cheating on a television gameshow is an insult to the family of a teenager killed by soldiers in north Belfast, it was claimed today.

A DEBRIEFING document from a foiled Real IRA bomb attack on Belfast’s main office of road tax was found at a house in the city, a court heard yesterday.

A man was injured in a gun attack on a house in Derry early today.

Two pensioners are recovering in hospital this afternoon after being robbed overnight in seperate incidents in Belfast.

Police in the North are investigating an attack on two teenagers who were abducted and covered with white paint yesterday afternoon.

A man is recovering this morning after being shot in a paramilitary style punishment attack in north Belfast last night.

A man has been treated in hospital for gunshot wounds to both ankles following a paramilitary-style attack in North Belfast.

A hit and run in Belfast last night is being treated as attempted murder by police.

Sinn Fein is claiming that an army vehicle deliberately struck a young man in the North last night.