Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde today denied claiming the Bloody Sunday tribunal was a waste of money.

The British army’s wall of snipers on Bloody Sunday did not spot a single gunman during the main shootings, the Saville Inquiry was told today.

A former British Army press officer in the North has been telling the Bloody Sunday Tribunal in London of his attempts to deliberately misinform journalists.

Two journalists have refused an order by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry to reveal the names of four soldiers interviewed anonymously.

The Bloody Sunday tribunal today ruled that intelligence material directly relating to the activities of civilian witnesses on the day of the shootings should be admitted to the inquiry.

The chairman of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, Lord Saville, said he does not believe any genuine claims for anonymity in the inquiry have been prejudiced.

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