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The community memorial after it was vandalised on Saturday morning in Ballymena. Independent Ballymena councillor Rodney Quigley has said he is “absolutely disgusted” after a memorial dedicated to Queen Street men who lost their lives at the Battle of the Somme was vandalised and flags stolen overnight. The flagpole at the community memorial in the Harryville area of Ballymena was torn down and two Somme memorial flags stolen in an incident understood to have happened overnig

Police Dogs (PD) Kodi and Larry helped with today’s searches in Antrim Detectives investigating suspected criminal activity linked to the Belfast INLA have arrested a 29-year-old man after drugs were allegedly found hidden in a young child’s bedroom during a search in Antrim. The Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) said officers also recovered cash during the operation earlier today, Friday 7 August. The man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class

Immigration officers have carried out more than 100 visits targeting suspected illegal working across Northern Ireland in the first half of 2026, resulting in 123 arrests as enforcement activity reaches record levels. New Home Office figures show released today, Friday, August 6, Northern Ireland Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) teams carried out 103 visits across Northern Ireland during the first six months of the year — a 43% increase — while arrests rose by 16%

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 A 75-year-old man has been extradited from Australia to Northern Ireland to stand trial on a series of historic sexual offence charges dating back more than four decades. The man arrived in Northern Ireland today, Wednesday 5 August, after completing extradition proceedings following his arrest in the Australian state of Victoria in 2023. He is wanted to stand trial on 14 charges of indecent assault on a female and three charges of committing an act

Police making the arrest in Belfast city centre on Tuesday. Published: Wednesday, 5 August 2026 The PSNI has urged the public not to share unverified claims online after issuing a statement to correct misinformation surrounding the arrest of a 24-year-old man in Belfast city centre. The clarification follows the circulation of social media posts after a police incident in the Cornmarket area on Tuesday, 4 August, which prompted speculation about the circumstances of the arres

Tuesday, 4 August 2026 More than 2,100 motorists were caught speeding across Northern Ireland in just five days, with some drivers detected travelling at twice and even three times the legal speed limit, prompting the PSNI to renew its warning that dangerous driving is continuing to cost lives. Operation Lifesaver, which ran from 27 July to 31 July, resulted in 2,132 speeding detections, while police also recorded 308 additional traffic offences, including careless driving, u

E-scooters and e-bikes seized by police over the weekend around Lurgan and Craigavon Monday, August 3, 2026 The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has reminded officers of their existing powers to seize uninsured e-scooters as concerns continue to grow about the increasing use of the vehicles on roads and footpaths across Northern Ireland. The clarification comes after an internal police document, intended for officer use only, highlighted the legal powers available wh

A vehicle seized by police for no insurance in the Henry Street area of Ballymena Motorists across Ballymena have been reminded to drive safely after police launch a series of road safety enforcement activities across the district as part of Operation Lifesaver. Officers from the PSNI’s D Section were on patrol throughout the weekend, carrying out vehicle checkpoints, roadside breath tests, speed checks and inspections of vehicle condition as part of the ongoing initiative to

Police have seized 23 scramblers, e-bikes and e-scooters during a two-day operation targeting illegal and anti-social riding in the Lurgan and Craigavon areas, with officers also uncovering suspected drug offences, drink-driving and a stolen e-bike. The enforcement operation, carried out on Friday, July 31, and Saturday, August 1, followed ongoing complaints from local residents about the dangerous and anti-social use of two-wheel vehicles. In total, police seized 23 vehicles

A man has been arrested after two members of staff at a Carrickfergus off-licence were threatened during what police have described as a terrifying armed robbery on Friday evening. The incident happened shortly before 8.10pm on Friday, 31 July, when a man allegedly entered the store, grabbed a female employee from behind and held what was later established to be a screwdriver to her throat while demanding money. According to detectives, the woman was forced into the rear of t

Lyra McKee, 29, was killed after being shot by terrorists on 18 April 2019 Detectives investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee have renewed their appeal for information more than seven years after she was shot dead during disorder in Derry/Londonderry, as an independent charity offers a reward of up to £20,000 for information leading to those responsible being brought to justice. The renewed appeal is backed by the independent charity Crimestoppers, which is offering

Police Ombudsman figures released following internal review show that 26 serving PSNI officers and three former officers are now under investigation over allegations of abuse of position for sexual purposes (APSP). The updated figures were disclosed after the Police Ombudsman changed an earlier decision to withhold a breakdown of serving and former officers in response to a Freedom of Information request. The information was released just one day before the Police Ombudsman a

Barry Cummins and Katja Mia present the new RTÉ podcast series, ‘Unsolved’. (Photo: Marc O'Sullivan) A new RTÉ true crime podcast examining some of Ireland’s most enduring unsolved criminal cases has launched today, aiming to keep long-running investigations in the public eye while giving victims and their families a renewed voice. Unsolved, released every Wednesday, explores unsolved murders and other unresolved crimes from across Ireland, with experienced crime journalist B

Ulster Unionist Party Leader and North Antrim MLA Jon Burrows The sentence imposed on a former dementia care worker convicted of abusing vulnerable patients cannot be referred to the Court of Appeal for review under current Northern Ireland law, the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has confirmed. The update has prompted Ulster Unionist Party Leader and North Antrim MLA Jon Burrows to call for changes to sentencing laws and the powers available to the Director of Public Prosec

A suspected stolen car was brought to a stop by specially trained police officers after a high-speed pursuit along the A1 on Tuesday afternoon, following what officers described as a dangerous attempt to drive the wrong way towards Newry. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the incident began at around 1.49pm, when officers received a report that a grey Volkswagen Passat CC had been stolen in the Tates Avenue area of Belfast. Officers from the PSNI’s Auto Crime

A 55-year-old woman has been charged with allegedly breaching the lifetime anonymity protecting alleged victims in the ongoing court case involving former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson. Detectives from Newry Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the woman in the Ballynahinch area on Tuesday, 28 July, as part of their investigation into an alleged breach of reporting restrictions linked to the high-profile case. She has been charged with breaching a lifetime ban on r

Inset: Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows MLA The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has called for the sentence handed to a former healthcare assistant who secretly filmed and mocked vulnerable dementia patients to be reviewed, arguing it may be unduly lenient. Jon Burrows MLA said he has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions asking that the sentence imposed on Ciara Corvan be considered under Northern Ireland’s Unduly Lenient Sentence Mechanism, which allows

Police officers conducting an enforcement operation as part of “all-out” Day of Action across South Area district in Northern Ireland. Police have launched an intensive road safety crackdown across the PSNI’s South Area today (Tuesday 28 July) after almost half of Northern Ireland’s road deaths this year occurred within the region. A total of 42 people have died on roads across Northern Ireland so far in 2026, with 19 of those fatalities recorded in South Area, prompting offi

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after police seized a large quantity of cash, a small amount of suspected Class B drugs and drug-related paraphernalia during a search of a property in Warrenpoint. The search was carried out by officers in the Mourne Drive area on Monday, 27 July, as part of an investigation into suspected drug-related activity. Cash and suspected drugs seized According to the PSNI, officers from the District Support Team recovered a significant amount of

A former healthcare assistant who secretly photographed and filmed vulnerable dementia patients before sharing the images with degrading commentary on social media has been sentenced in what police have described as the first prosecution of its kind in Northern Ireland. Twenty-eight-year-old Ciara Corvan, from Armagh, appeared before Craigavon Crown Court today, where she was sentenced to a two-year probation order and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service after