Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan has told the Rosemary Nelson inquiry in Belfast that he had no knowledge of threats made against her by police officers until a UN official drew it to his attention.

Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan was unaware that Special Branch officers kept files on solicitor Rosemary Nelson, the public inquiry into her murder heard today.

A disc containing personal information have been lost by the public inquiry team probing the loyalist murder of a Catholic solicitor in the North.

The head of British Intelligence in the North is among a string of security chiefs to have been quizzed by the inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson, it emerged today.

A public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson will begin its hearings in Belfast today.

Security sources in the North have revealed that two police officers were questioned about the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson in 1999, but were never charged due to a lack of evidence.

A mother and two daughters are being questioned by police investigating the loyalist paramilitary murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

Three women were arrested in Cornwall today by detectives investigating the loyalist paramilitary murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson.