Northern Ireland and has become the latest area to receive Virgin Media's gigabit service, making hyper-fast broadband available to homes.

Children in Northern Ireland are being increasingly targeted online by sex offenders – with an average of five cases per week recorded by the PSNI last year.

Detectives in Antrim have issued an appeal to anyone who may have fallen victim to blackmail which involved an escort website to come forward after they made an arrest in the case.