A former soldier has described watching a terrorist gunman stand over his stricken comrade and riddle his body with bullets.

A soldier injured in a dissident republican shooting in the North which killed two colleagues has been discharged from the army on medical grounds.

Families of Omagh bomb victims hit out at the British government today for censoring an official probe that examined whether vital intelligence was withheld from detectives hunting the Omagh bombers.

The army base where two soldiers were gunned down by dissident republicans in the North was on high alert weeks beforehand, it was claimed tonight.

Detectives investigating the murder of two soldiers at an army base in the North were today searching for a witness they believe may hold vital clues.

The funeral of one of the British soldiers shot dead by dissident republicans in Co Antrim earlier this month is due take place later today.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are due to meet British MPs today as part of their battle for a public inquiry into the Real IRA attack.

A prayer service is being held in Co Antrim for the two soldiers killed in a Real IRA attack last Saturday.

The sense of despair of some Omagh bomb families deepened today amid claims they were being left more and more isolated.

POLICE officers yesterday relived the horror of the Omagh bombing as they gave evidence in the civil action being taken by victims of the atrocity against the five men they believe responsible for the Real IRA attack.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting a bomb attack which killed 29 people will start today.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting the most lethal bomb of the North's conflict begins tomorrow in Belfast.

A planned memorial to victims of the Omagh bomb atrocity was hit by a new row today.

THE Omagh bomb trial was dramatically halted yesterday when the senior defence lawyer revealed he was unfit to proceed after leaving his sickbed.

The 29 murder charges against the man accused of the Omagh bombing should be dropped, a lawyer demanded today.

The authorities in the North are preparing to charge a 35-year-old south Armagh man with 29 counts of murder in connection with the 1998 Omagh bombing, according to news agency reports.

A cross-border public inquiry is the only hope of getting to the truth behind the Omagh bombing, victims’ families said tonight after the only man jailed in connection with the attack had his conviction quashed.

Part of the Omagh bomb inquiry is to be investigated by Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan, it was revealed tonight.

A harrowing film dealing with the 1998 Omagh bomb has secured distribution deals in a number of countries after picking up several awards, it emerged today.

A dramatisation of the 1998 Omagh bombings which left 29 people dead was among five films nominated for a prestigious Irish award tonight.

Feature film Omagh, based on the single worst atrocity of the North's Troubles, has been selected for official competition at the prestigious San Sebastian Film Festival, it emerged tonight.

A landmark civil case launched by the relatives of those killed in the Omagh bombing was boosted tonight after one of the men they claim was responsible for the atrocity was convicted of membership of the Real IRA.

The families of 29 people killed in the Omagh bomb would not be satisfied if a truth and reconciliation commission was set up to establish what happened, it was claimed today.

Claims that gardaí failed to act on warnings before the Omagh bombing must be investigated by the Northern Ireland police ombudsman, relatives of victims said today.

A man and woman held by police investigating the Omagh bomb atrocity were also being questioned tonight about a series of other attacks by dissident republicans opposed to the peace process in Northern Ireland.

RELATIVES of victims of the Omagh bombing demanded a public inquiry to discover the truth yesterday — the fifth anniversary of the atrocity.

Dissident republicans today threatened new violence after police foiled a huge car bomb attack in Derry.

A review of the Omagh bombing investigation has concluded that the PSNI is considering all information relevant to the investigation.

OMAGH bomb victims' relatives are meeting their lawyers this week to ensure the legal action against the men suspected of the atrocity was on course.

NORTHERN Ireland’s controversial Special Branch police unit is set for a major overhaul after it was severely criticised in a new report yesterday.

Northern Ireland’s controversial Special Branch police unit is set for a major overhaul after a new report today called for closer co-operation with top CID officers.

FAMILIES of people killed in the Omagh bomb massacre yesterday remembered their dead and they also remembered the victims of last year's September 11 terror atrocities in the United States.

Police in the North have released a man arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of a construction worker in a bomb attack at a British Territorial Army base last week.

Relatives of those killed in the Omagh bombing may be able to pursue in the courts those suspected of planning and carrying out the atrocity, it was reported today.

Omagh bomb victims are today meeting the Northern Ireland Policing Board in the latest round in the row over the investigation into the atrocity.

It is possible that members of the Ulster Volunteer Force may have been behind an attempt to bomb a seaside town earlier this week, a leading loyalist politician claimed today.