Northern Ireland

Samurai arrests dramatic picture

TWO men allegedly involved in a horrific samurai sword attack on a man in Turf Lodge at the weekend will appear in court today (Monday)

Raiders hit Post Office despite our front page prediction

JUST as the Andersonstown News was exclusively revealing that owners of the Glen Road Post Office were being stalked by local criminals, staff at the ...

'I did too much in my day'

HE'S almost 84, has spent his life in the public eye and is now the oldest Member of the House of Commons. ...

Couple jailed for £4.5m tax fraud

THE husband and wife who operated Ulster's largest ever tax scam were yesterday jailed for "cheating the revenue" for 17 years out of over £4.5 ...

Postpone city name-change decision – UUP

A DECISION on whether to press ahead with attempts to change the official name of Londonderry has been put back after a council meeting yesterday ...

UVF man'a convert to Catholicism'

A UVF "supergrass" who helped identify up to a dozen loyalists has converted to Catholicism, it has been revealed. ...

Fermanagh unity talks despite Baxter withdrawal

PRIVATE talks between the Ulster Unionists and the DUP in Fermanagh are understood to be continuing, despite the UUP-Conservative alliance moving to finalise 17 of ...

RUC's biggest loss of life remembered

THE widow of a police officer killed in the IRA's single most devastating blow against the RUC has spoken of her enduring pain. ...

Mum who starved girl to death cleared of murder

A MOTHER who starved her seven-year-old daughter to death was cleared of murder yesterday after prosecutors accepted her defence of diminished responsibility. ...

DETI has no lessons to learn on PMS – Foster

The Department of Enterprise has no lessons to learn from the Presbyterian Mutual Society crisis – and Treasury Select Committee chairman John McFall must share ...