Lockdown imposed during bomb alert at Maghaberry jail

Hundreds of prisoners are locked in their cells at Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim today following a bomb alert.

Hundreds of prisoners are locked in their cells at Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim today following a bomb alert.

The lockdown was imposed this morning when a Belfast newsroom received a telephone call saying a bomb had been planted at the jail.

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