Crime

Police are investigating an arson attack in south Belfast early this morning - and are appealing for witnesses and information.

Police have launched an investigation after a number of cars suffered serious damage in one night.

A 36-year old man who slashed his partner with a kitchen knife in an “eruption” of violence has been handed a six-year sentence.

A couple accused of murdering their daughter are to be released from prison for her funeral service, a judge ruled.

The head of a Chinese government expert team has said human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus.

A Co Armagh man has been remanded into custody accused of murder.

Police in Newtownabbey, investigating an incident in the Tynan Drive area of Monkstown on Sunday, January 19 in which four police officers were assaulted, have charged two women with a number of offences.

A restricted driver who passed their test just weeks ago has been detected driving at 111mph by officers from the PSNI’s Roads Policing Unit.

A bike, which appears to have been abandoned in a Co Armagh town, may have been stolen.

Two police officers are receiving treatment in hospital after being attacked at a house in Newtownabbey on Monday morning.

A 40 year old man is due in court this morning charged with the murder of Nathan Gibson.

A man was rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a dog in a popular NI park, say the PSNI.

The fiancee of a man who was found fatally wounded on a towpath in Co Armagh last week has described him as the “weetest, gentlest, selfless and kind person.”