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The measures that banks can take to protect cash machines from thefts involving heavy machinery are limited, so the public should remain vigilant to assist the police, a DUP MLA has said.

A young Lisburn boy who died following bowel surgery was a “fighter” who fought “a very brave fight until the very end,” a coroner has said.

An elderly woman died after a blanket she was using fell onto an electric blow heater starting a fire, an inquest has heard.

Ireland’s latest rugby sensation Jacob Stockdale almost walked away from the game as a dejected teenager, his former school coach has revealed.

The “dignified and poignant” service to remember the La Mon atrocity victims made the endeavours to trace all 12 of the bereaved families worth the effort, Lisburn and Castlereagh mayor Tim Morrow has said.

The RUC investigation into the La Mon House atrocity – carried out by the IRA 40 years ago tomorrow (17 February) – was revisited by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) with an 81-page report presented to the families six years ago.

Although brutal terrorist atrocities were commonplace in Northern Ireland by the late 1970s, the utter depravity of the IRA’s fire bomb attack at the La Mon House hotel 40 years ago tomorrow sent shockwaves around the world. MARK RAINEY reports

Police have launched murder investigation after a 64-year-old man was found dead at his home in Crumlin, Co Antrim on Sunday evening.

Lisburn will on Wednesday welcome home 200 troops from its resident army battalion after their six month deployment providing training for the Iraqi army and security forces.

A Co Down farmer attacked by a bull on Saturday is expected to make a full recovery from his injuries.

Police have said they are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 41-year-old man last seen in the Dunmurry area on Friday, December 22.

A Co Antrim woman employed by HMRC to track down tax credit cheats has been handed a suspended jail sentence for stealing more than £34,000 in tax credits.