A man appeared in court today charged with murdering a former prisoner more than 20 years ago.

A teenager is recovering in hospital today after being stabbed in Belfast.

Plans to close down 21 post office branches across Northern Ireland will “rip the heart out of urban and rural communities,” it was claimed today.

Three police stations in one of Northern Ireland’s most violent districts are to stop opening around the clock, it was confirmed today.

A 30-YEAR-OLD woman was savagely beaten with iron bars by a gang as her terrified daughter watched, police said yesterday.