An elderly man has had a lucky escape after his bungalow was targeted in a petrol bomb attack in north Belfast.

A woman accused of murdering a teenage boy in North Belfast by knocking him off his bicycle with her car was today remanded on bail.

Police restrained an angry father today when a woman appeared in court in Belfast charged with the murder of his 16-year-old son.

Pupils at a north Belfast Catholic primary school were expected to return to school today despite the violence which plagued the start of the new term.