Detectives investigating the murder of Catholic police officer Ronan Kerr in Omagh have arrested a third man.

A major reinvestigation of cold case dissident republican attacks has been launched as it emerged that the terror groups are continuing to target policemen in the wake of Pc Ronan Kerr's murder.

Police in the North believe they have identified the bomb team which killed a workman at a territorial army base in Northern Ireland a year ago, it was disclosed today.

A 14-year-old boy has lost his hand after picking up a device which exploded.