Police in the North have declared a security alert in west Belfast after a suspicious object was found on the Falls Road.

Eight people have been arrested for public order offences in north and west Belfast overnight.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of a former dissident republican has been released by police.

A man has been shot dead in the North today.

Police are investigating a report of a small explosion outside a house in west Belfast.

In the North, a woman has been pulled from her car by two hijackers in West Belfast.

Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted hijacking of a taxi in west Belfast last night.

Police in the North have praised all of those involved in making sure a contentious Orange Order parade and counter protest passed off peacefully in west Belfast this afternoon.

Two masked men attempted to hold up a shop with taser stun guns in the North.

Police in the North are appealing for information after a firearm was found, near to a school, in West Belfast.

A British chef who murdered his ex-wife after she taunted him about paying child support on Facebook was facing a life sentence today.

Police in the North are today investigating an attempted robbery and robbery at two bookmakers.

Police in the North have arrested a 14-year-old boy following an attack on their vehicles last night.

Two elderly Catholic siblings living in a Protestant interface area in Belfast have been enduring a campaign of attacks over the past week from stone-throwing nationalist youths.

Police officers came under attack again last night during further rioting by nationalist youths in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

A woman in her 60s has died after a two-car collision occurred on the N3 near Cavan town yesterday evening.

Police in the North are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault in west Belfast in the early hours of Friday morning.

The PSNI are investigating a petrol bomb attack in west Belfast last night.

An armed gang claimed they were holding the victims’ son hostage during an attempted robbery, it was revealed today.

The North's public was tonight urged to help end dissident republican violence after a so-called coffee-jar bomb was found at a police station.

A controversial Orange Order parade passed off peacefully in Belfast today, but a senior official called for talks to end the deadlock over future marches.

The Orange Order leadership will not meet Sinn Féin until republicans express regret for their part in the Troubles, the organisation said today.

McKENNA O’Donoghue Clarke in Cork have a right pair on the market in Lower Mayfield.

A police officer was injured after a mob attacked emergency crews responding to a fire in Belfast early today.

A gang which launched a gun attack on a house during the night is being hunted by police in the North today.

A five-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital today after she was rescued from a burning house in west Belfast overnight.

Police in the North came under attack with petrol bombs and other missiles during several hours of trouble last night in west Belfast.

Loyalists and nationalists in Belfast were today breathing a sigh of relief after a contentious Protestant Orange Order march passed peacefully in the west of the city.

Nationalists in west Belfast have slammed a decision by the Parades Commission to allow 50 Orangemen to march through their area this weekend.

Police in the North are looking for a man who robbed a butchers and a pharmacy at knifepoint in west Belfast.

A man has been arrested after a fire at a house in Belfast, which has left a woman in a serious condition in hospital.

Fire crews were attacked after being lured to west Belfast by a hoax call early today.

A drive-by shooting in west Belfast may be linked to a bitter family feud that has already left one dead, it was claimed today.

A 21-year-old man was charged tonight with the murder of a man stabbed to death in west Belfast.

Police tonight named a man who was stabbed to death on a West Belfast street.

Police in the North have arrested a man following a fatal assault near the Springfield Road in west Belfast last night.

Three police officers were injured during a hit and run incident in Co Antrim, it emerged today.

Two more people were charged tonight in connection with the loyalist violence which erupted around a contentious Orange Order parade in North Belfast last month.

The Ulster Defence Association has issued a statement demanding that the British government ends its "suppression" of Protestants in the North.

The SDLP has condemned apparent plans by the Orange Order to apply for a re-run of last Saturday's contentious parade in west Belfast.

Unrepentant Orange Order leaders tonight continued to shrug off blame for the days and nights of violence which engulfed Belfast after a contentious parade at the weekend.

The Orange Order has refused to apologise for the loyalist riots in the North over the past few days, despite being blamed by the PSNI for sparking the violence.

Loyalist gangs engaged in a fourth night of violence throughout Belfast and surrounding areas last night, but the trouble was considerably less intense than the riots over the previous three nights.

Police in the North have arrested a total of 63 people in connection with the past three nights of rioting in Belfast and surrounding areas.