A major security operation was under way in the North tonight amid fears that dissident republicans are planning to launch attacks in the run-up to the UK General Election.

A man has been arrested in connection with a car bomb attack on the headquarters of MI5 in the north.

A man arrested in connection with the car bomb attack on the North’s MI5 headquarters has been released without charge, police said today.

A man was arrested today in connection with the car bomb attack on the North’s MI5 headquarters.

The PSNI and Gardaí are to forge closer links to combat the threat from dissident republicans.

There is a security alert in Co Armagh this morning.

THE North was on a fresh terror alert last night as justice powers were finally devolved to the Belfast Assembly with the Alliance Party leader voted in as justice minister.

The PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott has said the threat from dissident republicans who attacked the MI5 headquarters in Co Down is "severe".

Alliance Party leader David Ford was selected as the North’s new Justice Minister today after policing and justice powers were devolved from Westminster to the Stormont Assembly.

People evacuated from their homes told today how they picked their way through twisted shards of metal and glass after a car bomb attack at a British Army base in the North.

The dissident republican Real IRA, which claimed responsibility today for a car bomb attack on MI5’s headquarters in the North, will not derail the peace process, political leaders said.

The Real IRA has reportedly claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack outside MI5 headquarters in Holywood in Co Down.

Dissident republicans opposed to the peace process were being blamed today for a car bomb attack on the MI5 headquarters in the North.

A car bomb exploded near to the headquarters of MI5 in the North today within minutes of policing and justice powers being transferred from London to Belfast.

A suspected dissident Republican car bomb exploded outside a British Army barracks in the North today less than half an hour after law and order powers were officially transferred from London to Belfast.

Two members of the far right British National Party have been living in Ireland, it emerged today.

More than 300 former soldiers have sought specialist treatment to help them deal with the legacy of the North's Troubles in the last year, it was revealed today.

MI5 has taken charge of national security in the North for the first time, it was revealed today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to detail MI5’s future role in the North in a new move to break the deadlock over republican support for policing.

A member of MI5 tried to coax loyalists into launching a bomb attack on Martin McGuinness’s home, he alleged today.

A soldier appeared in court today charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm.

British soldiers have been questioned about the theft of a missing intelligence dossier of terrorist suspects, it emerged tonight.

More than 50 soldiers were arrested in Northern Ireland during 2002 for driving without car insurance, it was revealed today.

British army chiefs were urged to hand over a soldier wanted for serious driving offences three months before he killed his teenage girlfriend in a horrific road crash, it was revealed today.

Members of the Armed Forces who have died in all conflicts since the Second World War were remembered at a special service at a security base outside Belfast today.

Soldier 027 paused frequently as he gave evidence today at the Bloody Sunday inquiry

Paratroopers who opened fire killing 13 civilians on Bloody Sunday may have been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, a journalist who spent time with them beforehand claimed today.