The senior army officer who was the army’s helicopter observer on Bloody Sunday today said he only had a limited view of events - and that he had lobbied to handle the march differently.

Former British Prime Minister Ted Heath today bluntly denied that the Bloody Sunday killings were planned and covered up by the British government.

Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath today rejected suggestions that the British government planned the events of Bloody Sunday when paratroopers shot dead 13 men as "absurd".

The British government was today accused of a “negligent” and “deliberate failure” to co-operate with the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

The man who commanded the British army on Bloody Sunday today said he had unknowingly given “inaccurate” information to the original inquiry into the shootings.

The purpose of a military investigation into the Bloody Sunday shootings was not to ascertain if shots were justifiably fired, a hearing heard today.

Ian Paisley has been summoned to appear at the Bloody Sunday inquiry.