A number of homes have been evacuated in east Belfast because of a security alert in the area.

Three men have been arrested following a drugs seizure in Belfast.

A Romanian family whose home was the latest to be attacked by racist vandals in the North said today they are considering fleeing.

Two houses were damaged when a car crashed in to the front of one of them, police said today.

Thugs smeared excrement and daubed racist graffiti inside a Catholic church in Belfast, it emerged today.

A man will appear in court today charged with motoring offences following a fatal car accident in east Belfast.

It was a cruel winter’s day as Northern Ireland’s voters went to the polls to elect their next Assembly.

A number of petrol bombs and other missiles were thrown at police during disturbances in east Belfast last night.

Two homes in Belfast were attacked with nail bombs last night.