One of the North's busiest roads was closed today because of collapsed overhead power lines.

The North's ministers finalising a cost-saving budget could take a cut in pay and reduce the use of consultants and quangos, First Minister Peter Robinson has said.

The Ulster Unionists said tonight that they would not be supporting the landmark deal to devolve policing powers to the North at a crucial Assembly vote next week.

A man was arrested today by detectives investigating the murder of a businessman at his home in the North last year.

Police in the North are investigating a raid on an ATM in Co Antrim.

A man is due before Ballymena Magistrates Court later today charged in connection with the murder of businessman Geoff Kerr.

A 33-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a financial adviser shot dead on his doorstep in the North, the PSNI said today.

A financial adviser gunned down on his doorstep was today remembered as a loving family man who was devoted to his heartbroken wife and sons.

Four people have been arrested by police in the North in connection with the murder of father-of-four Geoff Kerr.

Police were tonight trying to establish what was behind the murder of a financial adviser.

Police hunting the killers of a 60-year-old financial adviser were today examining a partially burnt-out car abandoned a few miles from his home.

Police are investigating the shooting dead of a man in the North.

A water safety warning affecting 220,000 households across the North is likely to last throughout today, officials confirmed.

Police fired a Taser at a man during an arrest in Co Antrim this morning.

Three men have been killed and one woman injured in separate road crashes, police said today.

England's Kiran Matharu carded a three-under-par 69 today to lead the Northern Ireland Ladies Open at Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club after the second round.

The woman charged with overseeing the Garda urged Sinn Féin today to accept the new policing arrangements in the North.

The Police Service in Northern Ireland is in danger of becoming over-regulated, the force’s Chief Constable warned today.

Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist party held a day-long private strategy meeting today in a bid to quell signs of discontent in the ranks.

Government departments in the North have been accused of being incompetent or incapable of enacting the legislation designed to protect the natural environment.

A 21-year-old man is dead following a car crash in the North.

Rogue loyalist Mark Haddock was shot after agreeing to a last-minute change of rendezvous with his would-be killers, it was claimed tonight.

The son of a butcher and brother of a professional footballer was tonight elected as the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

The family of a Co Donegal teenager shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries in the North 32 years ago have slammed the attitude of the Gardaí and the Government towards their plight.

A man was arrested in Northern Ireland today as part of an investigation into organised crime money-laundering.

Sunday is the big day for Oscar glory … and the Irish will be there in force.

A €35m four star hotel is to check in at Dublin Airport creating 150 jobs, it emerged today.

Police urged motorists to take care today after thunderstorms swept across Northern Ireland.

A 36-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after she was dragged 30 feet along a road while a thief sped away in her car last night.

SAMMY McILROY has vowed there will be no slacking off by his Northern Ireland side in the remaining Euro 2004 qualifiers.

Disciplinary action against three rebel Ulster Unionist MPs could wreck the party, it was warned today.

A major new drive to cut traffic congestion in Belfast city centre was launched today with the unveiling of a new information website for motorists.

Ireland is shrinking year by year, a leading scientist warned today.

A man has been killed and seven others injured after a crash on the M2 motorway in Co Antrim.

Nationalist residents groups cast doubt today over their involvement in a conference on the Northern Ireland parades issue after two of their leading spokesmen received death threats from a renegade loyalist group.

Three people have died in a two-car collision in Templepatrick, Co Antrim.

Ashbourne Club professional John Dwyer won the £14,500 Hilton PGA Ulster

British Midland is switching its Northern Ireland operation to the revamped Belfast City Airport, it emerged today.

The brakes should be applied on the Government’s police reforms in the light of criticism of them by a senior RUC officer, an anti-Good Friday Agreement unionist claimed today.

Anti-Good Friday Agreement Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson’s six-point plan for party unity and decommissioning was tonight endorsed by a prominent pro-Agreement member of the UUP.