Protestant church leaders will today make a symbolic visit into the nationalist Bogside to meet with the families of the Bloody Sunday victims.

The North's Chief Constable Matt Baggott and Alasdair Fraser, head of the Public Prosecution Service in Britain, are to have talks to consider whether any of the Paratroopers who opened fire on Bloody Sunday will face criminal charges.

The Director of Public Prosecutions in the North is to retire in September, a spokeswoman said today.

Prosecutors achieved a 97.7% conviction rate in the North's magistrates' courts last year, it was revealed today.

The senior prosecutor in the North is to produce new interim guidance following a landmark legal ruling on assisted suicide.

Jail terms handed down to the killers of a Catholic schoolboy in the North were not too lenient, the Attorney General’s office ruled today.

Jail terms handed down for the sectarian murder of a man in the North may be appealed against for being too lenient, it was disclosed today.

One in every four cigarettes smoked in the country is now believed to be either smuggled or counterfeit, the State’s chief prosecutor revealed today.

THE man cleared of one of Britain’s largest bank robberies may launch legal action after branding his failed prosecution a farce.

A senior police officer who probed criminal allegations against staff at the North's Police Ombudsman’s Office was himself under investigation by Nuala O’Loan’s team, it was disclosed today.

The British government was today challenged to explain a three and a half year delay in seeking the extradition of a key suspect in a Northern Ireland spy scandal.

A new report into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane published today was expected to confirm shocking levels of police Special Branch collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.

International pressure for a full judicial inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane is to intensify after a new report tomorrow will confirm shocking levels of police Special Branch collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.