The findings of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry are to be delayed until next March, the British government said tonight.

Police in the North are spending more than £5m (€5.77m) a year to service public inquiries into controversial killings during the Troubles, the region’s chief constable revealed today.

Almost £100m (€119m) has been spent on lawyers at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in the North, it was revealed today.

Stormont's power sharing executive will not pick up the tab for inquiries into some of the North's most controversial murders, First Minister Ian Paisley warned the British government today.

Sufferers from the Northern Ireland conflict should receive pension-style payouts, a former victims’ commissioner said today.

Victims' relatives are being vilified for demanding the truth about controversial killings linked to the security services in the North, it was claimed today.

THE barrister who helped free the Guildford Four from jail has been asked to defend Saddam Hussein against charges of mass murder.

Senior British judges faced new demands today to boycott an inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

Amnesty International today called on all judges in the UK to decline appointments to sit on any inquiry set up under the recently-enacted Inquiries Act – including a planned inquiry into allegations of security force collusion in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The British government was today accused of delivering a slap in the face to the victims of Northern Ireland’s Troubles by refusing to allow them special access to European Union funds.

The leader of the Official IRA on Bloody Sunday has pulled out of giving evidence to the Saville Inquiry because of illness.

BRITISH Government-ordered inquiries into controversial killings in the North must be cost-effective, Secretary of State Paul Murphy said yesterday.

PUBLIC inquiries into three controversial murders in the North may not begin their work until the autumn, it emerged last night.

CORY: INQUIRIES MAY NOT BEGIN UNTIL AUTUMN

The report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry may be delayed over the question of access to previously confidential lawyers’ files, it was learned tonight.

NEARLY £70 million has been paid to lawyers at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

Families of the Bloody Sunday victims tonight urged Lord Saville to clear the names of the 13 people shot dead by British paratroopers in Derry.

Former Stormont MP and peace activist Ivan Cooper will be the 900th witness to appear before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry when he gives evidence on Monday.

A REAL IRA prisoner serving 18 years for possession of arms was released from jail to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry yesterday.

Two journalists are expected to defend their right to protect their sources when recalled to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today.

Two journalists are expected to defend robustly their right to protect their sources when they return to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry on Monday.

A former IRA man giving evidence at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today dramatically waived his right to anonymity.

Former members of the IRA are set to apply to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry anonymously after the tribunal resumes today.

RECENTLY we saw the appearance of Martin McGuinness before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry.

A former IRA man told the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today he saw a soldier finish off an unarmed man as he lay on the ground.

Martin McGuinness has been accompanied by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams as he arrived at the Guildhall in Derry for day two of his evidence at the Bloody Sunday inquiry.

Martin McGuinness was facing fierce questioning from lawyers representing soldiers during his second day of evidence before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness arrived at the Guildhall in Derry today to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday inquiry.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness will face rigorous questioning about his role on Bloody Sunday when he testifies before the Saville Inquiry today.

Sunday Times Northern Ireland Editor Liam Clarke will be the first person to give evidence as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry returns to Derry’s Guildhall today.

A former paratrooper who was threatened with contempt of court proceedings for refusing to appear before the Bloody Sunday inquiry is to give evidence from behind a screen today.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was expected today to deny claims that he was preparing an attack in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

The long running Bloody Sunday Inquiry resumes in London tomorrow with the end finally in sight.

A federal judge has approved a plan by telecoms group WorldCom to pay a record US$750m to settle fraud charges in its historic accounting scandal.

The UK's most senior soldier may be recalled to give further evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, it emerged today.

The British Ministry of Defence is still withholding evidence from the Bloody Sunday Inquiry even though it is more than three years into its hearings, it was claimed tonight.

JACK STRAW, the British Foreign Secretary, complained this week that the British invest too much faith in selecting judicial figures to chair inquiries.

Military police invented an account of a gunman firing at soldiers on Bloody Sunday in an official statement, it was claimed today.

A soldier was told permission was sought from the British Prime Minister to enter the IRA-controlled no-go areas of Derry on Bloody Sunday, he claimed today.

Claims that the Army knew all along that Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness did not open fire on Bloody Sunday were questioned today at the Saville Inquiry in London.

Intelligence provided by an IRA informer known as Infliction was regarded as of “mixed reliability”, a senior MI5 officer claimed today.

An informer who alleged he was told the IRA fired the first shots on Bloody Sunday was a brave man and a very valuable agent, it was claimed today.

A paratrooper should have been jailed for his actions on Bloody Sunday, a sergeant major claimed today.

General Mike Jackson, the British army's Chief of the General Staff, interrupted his duties in the Iraq war today to give evidence at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.