A WEST Belfast man has said he is lucky to be alive after a car crashed through the front of his home, narrowly missing him and the gas supply box.

The 24-year-old defendant claims bloodstains at the scene were due to cutting himself while carrying paint tins for the victim.

A MAN accused of arson attacks on three police officers' cars as part of a campaign of intimidation by drugs dealers must remain in custody, a High Court judge has ruled.

What appeared to be a refrigerated transport lorry became jammed in The Cut in Banbridge.

"Flags or any other emblems supporting paramilitaries have no place in our communities. We want to have them all removed."

Billy McConville is a son of Jean McConville who was one of the IRA Disappeared victims.  

The improvised explosive was planted in Eglinton on June 18 2015.

Ciaran Maxwell compiled a library of terrorism documents, bought chemicals and components and went on to manufacture explosives and devices, which he stashed in purpose-built hides in England and Northern Ireland.

The charge is in connection with an incident at a house when the occupants were threatened by a man with a suspected firearm.

The missing 77-year-old was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and navy coloured shorts in the Belle Isle area of Fermanagh.  

"Billy lived out his last days in a media spotlight campaigning for justice for the victims of institutional sexual and physical abuse, a cause he felt passionately about."

THE DUP has remained silent on loyalists' plans for a march through a mixed community to glorify UDA members linked to numerous Troubles murders.

MANY of those who joined search for Dean McIlwaine will tomorrow attend the 22-year-old's funeral at his family's Co Antrim church.

A PRESBYTERIAN minister who formed a high profile friendship with Martin McGuinness has said it is "time to use our language carefully" Rev David Latimer was speaking after former Presbyterian Moderator, Dr Ken Newell came under fire for comments he made about the Orange Order and how there is a "reservoir" of sectarianism among its members.

Sinn Féin has rejected former SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon's claim that republicans have failed to understand the essence of the Good Friday Agreement.

MORE than a third of political parties are facing fines after submitting their 2017 assembly election spending returns "late or not at all".

A GUITAR workshop for young people set up in memory of a Co Tyrone teenager is returning for its third year.

A number of homes in Derry’s Bogside were evacuated when a possible gas leak was detected following an arson attack.

IRISH News columnist Fionnuala O Connor has been branded "bitter" by a member of the Orange Order during a heated radio debate about sectarianism within the organisation.

GOLFER Darren Clarke has issued a public apology to a well-known Irish golf commentator after wrongly criticising him on social media.