Police fire a shot during trouble in County Armagh on Thursday night.
A police spokesperson said that an officer discharged one shot during disturbances at a house in Obin Street in Portadown.
It happened at about 2030 GMT. There are not believed to have been any injuries.
Two men, aged 51 and 36, have been arrested. The disturbances are not thought to have been sectarian.
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Five former England internationals are to bolster the 2018 World Cup bid team in Zurich next week as the battle to secure votes continues.
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Three cases of meat linked to a cloned cow being sold in the UK have emerged
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Meat and milk from cloned cattle and their offspring is safe to consume, independent scientists have said.
The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes said it believed the food was unlikely to present any risk.
The Food Standards Agency will discuss the conclusions in December before providing further advice to ministers.
The committee considered the issue following reports over the summer that meat from the offspring of cloned animals was being sold to consumers.
The scientists said there was no substantial difference between meat and milk from cloned animals and that from conventional livestock, in line with a number of other scientific assessments.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said three cases of meat linked to a cloned cow being sold in the UK had emerged.
There were two cases involving Highlands farm bulls grown from embryos of a cow cloned in the US.
The third case involved meat from a male calf that was sent to a London butcher’s shop.
The FSA said the calf was the offspring of one of eight animals born in the UK from embryos produced by the US cloned cow.
FSA chief scientist Andrew Wadge said: “The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes has confirmed that meat and milk from cloned cattle and their offspring shows no substantial difference to conventionally produced meat and milk, and therefore is unlikely to present a food safety risk.”
In the US, South America and Asia farmers can breed from cloned cows, sheep and pigs in order to increase milk and meat production.
However, in Europe farmers who want to introduce the products of cloned animals into the food chain require specific authorisation.
BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh says this is in effect a ban.
Some European farmers believe they are being put at a disadvantage by being denied the option of using the technology, our correspondent adds.
Critics say there are strong ethical and animal welfare reasons to ban its use in European agriculture.
Milk and meat from cloned animals are considered “novel foods” and suppliers have to get a special authorisation before selling them.
Breaches of the Novel Food Regulations can attract a fine of up to £5,000.
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Mike Hussey hits an unbeaten 81 to keep Australia in a good position after two days of the first Ashes Test against England in Brisbane.
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The Daily Telegraph reports that David Cameron is coming under pressure to deliver on his promise to reform the Human Rights Act.
It comes after the foreign-born killer of London headmaster Philip Lawrence was arrested on suspicion of robbery.
A judge ruled Learco Chindamo could not be deported after his sentence because it would infringe his human rights.
“Will her nightmare never end?” says the Daily Mail of Mr Lawrence’s widow Frances.
The Guardian and Independent would like George Osborne and Vince Cable to deliver on bankers’ bonuses.
They want to know why a year ago they were demanding and promising action.
But now, in government, they are “back-pedalling”, saying there needs to be Europe-wide agreement.
“Struggling ministers often opt to kick troublesome policy issues into Brussels’ patch,” says the Guardian, “where the grass can grow very long indeed.”
The Daily Mirror is not impressed by remarks by the Conservative peer-to-be Howard Flight.
He has apologised after suggesting that government welfare cuts would encourage the less well-off to “breed”.
Several of the papers recall that it was only last week that Lord Young embarrassed David Cameron by saying most people had never had it so good.
According to the Sun, both men are “a couple of clowns” who do not represent the modern Tory party.
The Duke of Edinburgh has been “at it again” according to the Daily Express.
The paper accuses him of making a “gaffe” during a walkabout in the United Arab Emirates by asking expat Britons lining the streets “why have you fled to Abu Dhabi”.
In an editorial, though, the paper says that, with his 90th birthday on the horizon, Prince Philip has earned the right to say almost anything.
They are not gaffes, it says, they are “Philipisms”.
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Fresh snowfall has affected parts of Scotland and the north-east of England with more forecast.
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Neither Iona Jones nor the S4C Authority have explained her exit
The former chief executive of S4C has filed notice to take the Welsh-language television channel to an employment tribunal over her sudden departure.
Iona Jones left the channel in July, shortly after a meeting of the S4C authority, which oversees the channel.
Neither she nor the authority have explained why she left immediately, despite calls for clarity on the issue.
BBC Wales understands that Ms Jones is alleging unfair dismissal, and other reasons, for her departure.
The Employment Tribunal Service has confirmed that Ms Jones has sent documents to their offices in Cardiff outlining her version of the circumstances surrounding her exit.
The matter is at an early stage, and a date for a possible hearing has not been set, but it is unlikely to be until the new year.
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Under tribunal rules, S4C will be contacted to respond to the allegations, and then documents from both sides will be reviewed by a judge.
At the time of her departure, Ms Jones made no public comment, and S4C put out a statement saying: “The authority’s members would like to thank Iona Jones for her service to S4C. There will be no further comment.”
Ms Jones was the first woman to become the chief executive of S4C and the fourth chief executive in the history of the channel that was set up in 1982.
She began her career in broadcasting as a journalist with BBC Wales, before becoming editor of the Welsh language news programme Newyddion.
The S4C Authority this week faced fresh turmoil after it announced its chairman had resigned, only for John Walter Jones to say he was staying until next spring.
‘Resignation’
The authority said Mr Jones told fellow members on Tuesday night that he had tendered his resignation to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The Department for Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS), which is responsible for appointing the chairman, had said it had not received a resignation letter.
Mr Jones has told BBC Wales that he had an understanding with Mr Hunt that he would remain as chairman until next March.
The authority has now appointed a vice-chairman, Rheon Tomos, who has appealed to Mr Jones to honour what he called his decision to resign.
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The report said small firms are not confident about consumer spending over Christmas 
