Police exchanged gunfire with dissident republicans and a 400lb bomb was left at the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in an escalation of dissident republican activity over the weekend. While no one was injured in either incident, both have driven home the unwelcome fact that, despite heightened attempts to reduce republican activity in recent months, the dissidents remain a source of violence.

Tackling anti-social behaviour in playground 'could halve crime'

Monday, 23 November 2009

Action can stop delinquent children turning into adult criminals, report says

Assembly to condemn bid to derail peace process new

Monday, 23 November 2009

The Northern Ireland Assembly is today expected to condemn the latest attempts to derail the peace process after a car bomb attack and gun battle involving suspected dissident republicans.

Two arrested after 15-year-old boy is killed

Monday, 23 November 2009

Two people are under arrest on suspicion of murder after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death, police said yesterday.

Stab wounds shown to young knife criminals

Monday, 23 November 2009

Hundreds of teenagers who have been caught carrying knifes are to be shown graphic images of stab wounds in an effort to discourage them from reoffending, it emerged yesterday.

Birmingham Six: 35 years on from injustice new

Monday, 23 November 2009

As blows rained down on Johnny Walker's stomach during a brutal beating at the hands of the police, he realised that in saying almost nothing, he had still said too much. "They were beating me up and my shirt came open and I told them I had stomach ulcers, so all the punches went down there... I should have shut my big mouth," he says, his voice quavering.

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