UVF members 'were possibly behind bomb attempt'

It is possible that members of the Ulster Volunteer Force may have been behind an attempt to bomb a seaside town earlier this week, a leading loyalist politician claimed today.

Progressive Unionist Assemblyman David Ervine, whose party is linked to the UVF, said while the organisation itself was at pains to stress that it was not behind the failed attack in Ballycastle, Co Antrim, individual members may have been involved.