Checkpoints in the North deterring republican attacks, police claim

Almost 2,000 vehicles have been stopped at checkpoints designed to thwart dissident republicans in Belfast, police said.

Almost 2,000 vehicles have been stopped at checkpoints designed to thwart dissident republicans in Belfast, the PSNI have said.

Anti-peace process extremists have launched a wave of attacks, attempting to bomb a city centre car park close to one of the North’s main police stations and its central courts complex.