"I have eight pins in my legs and a spine injury and am very sore this morning. But I am adamant that I am not leaving."

Bishop of Derry Edward Daly has died a hero after he raised a blood-soaked handkerchief and guided a dying teenager through British army gunfire on Bloody Sunday, a grateful relative said.

The Saville Inquiry report into the Bloody Sunday killings in Derry is expected in December.

The North is to have four victims commissioners after the Rev Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness dramatically ditched a plan to appoint just one.

A museum cataloguing the Troubles era in Derry is to open with the help of grant aid from the Government, it was confirmed today.