In the North, detectives are appealing for witnesses to the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in West Belfast on Saturday.

According to police, sometime during the early hours of Saturday morning the teenage girl was in the grounds of the City Cemetery when she was approached by a man who then allegedly assaulted her.

He's described as being aged in his 40s, of medium build, clean shaven with short black hair.

Detectives are particularly keen to speak with a woman who assisted the girl after the assault.

The woman is described as being aged in her 30s or 40s, with blonde hair tied up in a ponytail and wearing some type of uniform.

She was driving a red coloured car and stopped with the girl on the Falls Road and gave her a lift to the Downpatrick area.