Republicans warned of possible loyalist threat

Police in the North have warned dozens of republicans that their lives may be under threat from loyalist paramilitaries.

The warning is linked to the recovery of a document believed to have been stolen from the high-security police and military base at Castlereagh in east Belfast last year.

The PSNI has told republicans in the nearby Short Strand area that their personal details have been discovered in the possession of loyalists and their lives may be under threat.

Sinn Féin's Alec Maskey said more than 50 people had been warned and he planned to raise the matter with the British government as a matter of urgency.