Police officers in the North have been urged to tighten personal security measures after an under-car bomb was found in west Belfast today.

British Army bomb experts tonight carried out controlled explosions on a device left on a bus in west Belfast by masked men.

The Continuity IRA has claimed responsibility for a pipe-bomb attack on a police station in north Belfast last night.

Women in west Belfast have been urged to be vigilant after a woman was viciously raped at the weekend.