SINN FÉIN chief Martin McGuinness was accused yesterday of lying to the Saville Inquiry when he claimed he sought permission from a family to give the whereabouts of an IRA safe house on Bloody Sunday.

The Bloody Sunday Tribunal is to take no action against journalists who refused to name their sources or paramilitaries who refused to identify colleagues, chairman Lord Saville said today.

A convicted IRA man today admitted telling lies about Bloody Sunday to journalist Peter Taylor, who interviewed him for a television series and book on the Provos.

The chairman of the Bloody Sunday Tribunal today angrily ordered a witness to leave after he refused to co-operate with lawyers.

Three former IRA men who have agreed to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Tribunal were granted anonymity today.

A FORMER IRA man convicted of bombing Derry’s town hall told the Bloody Sunday Tribunal sitting in the same hall yesterday that no Provisionals fired on that day.

Sinn Féin MP Martin McGuinness was today warned he faced accusations of having something to hide if he continued to refuse to answer questions.

A former British soldier facing contempt of court proceedings for failing to turn up at the Bloody Sunday Tribunal has said he will only give evidence if he is screened from the public.

Forensic results which linked some of those killed on Bloody Sunday to the use of firearms were “worthless”, the Bloody Sunday Tribunal heard today.

Two retired police officers were today granted permission to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Tribunal from behind screens to protect their identity.

The Bloody Sunday Tribunal in Derry has refused an application by two British soldiers for the right to be screened from public view when they testify at the inquiry.

The Bloody Sunday Tribunal in Derry has granted two British soldiers the right to be screened from public view when giving evidence to the inquiry later this year.

The Bloody Sunday Tribunal in Derry has adjourned for the day after lawyers representing the families of the victims took legal action against one of the inquiry’s rulings.

Bloody Sunday Tribunal is to move to Britain to hear evidence from British soldiers.

Relatives of the victims of Bloody Sunday today pledged to resist plans to set up a video link for soldiers to give evidence.

A taxi driver has told the Bloody Sunday Tribunal in Derry that British soldiers stole his takings, wedding ring and watch during the arrest operation that led to the deaths of 13 unarmed civilians in January 1972.

A former Army Paratrooper who has claimed in a TV programme he opened fire in Derry’s Bogside on Bloody Sunday was named today by the judges re-investigating the shootings.

The former MP and civil rights leader, Bernadette McAliskey, has told the Bloody Sunday Tribunal in Derry about her terror as she watched British Army soldiers open fire.

The Bloody Sunday tribunal in Derry has been hearing evidence from a man who said the British army tried to kill him.