Police in Belfast have escaped serious injury after an explosive device was thrown at their vehicle.

Police in Belfast say the children who picked up an unexploded bomb last night are very shaken and upset by the experience.

An unexploded pipe bomb was found in the grounds of a police station in west Belfast, it was revealed today.

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

The RUC has launched a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in west Belfast early today.