A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was recovering yesterday after being shot in the head with an airgun.

Police in the North are investigating four overnight paramilitary-style punishment attacks in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.

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.

A number of people have been injured after a car mounted a pavement in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, last night and ploughed into a group of pedestrians.

A 37-year-old man is recovering in hospital in the North after suffering a fractured skull in a paramilitary-style punishment attack last night.