THOUGH the 11th anniversary of the last great outrage of the North’s Troubles approaches it seems we cannot dismiss the idea of another return to the terror and horrible bigotry that ruined so many lives in this country over the last 40 years.

The organisers of a loyalist band parade have voluntarily re-routed the event away from the area where a Catholic man was murdered in Coleraine, Co Derry, on Sunday.

A 20-year-old man is today being questioned by police in connection with an assault that left a 30-year-old man in a serious condition in hospital.

The North's police ombudsman today launched an inquiry after a man was shot by an officer responding to an emergency call-out.