Man is arrested after arms discovery

A man was arrested following the discovery of weapons at a house in Holywood, Co Down, on Saturday

A man was arrested following the discovery of weapons at a house in Holywood, Co Down, on Saturday. A handgun, an assault rifle and other items which police would not specify were recovered and sent for forensic examination.

Meanwhile, a woman and three children escaped injury in a gun attack in Craigavon, Co Armagh, early on Saturday. Police said a shotgun was reportedly fired at the front door of a house in the Parkmore area.

In north Belfast, a 19-year-old man suffered head injuries after being beaten with an iron bar in what appears to have been a paramilitary-style punishment attack on Saturday on the Ballysillan Road.

And a lecturer appeared at a special court in Co Antrim yesterday and charged with maliciously wounding and unlawfully imprisoning his fiancée. Mr Nicholas Anthony Watters from Hannastown, west Belfast, was remanded until Tuesday.