There were calls for the resignation of the North's police ombudsman Al Hutchinson after a leaked report raised fresh questions over his office's independence.

A major report on the North's policing watchdog has raised questions over its independence and the British government's role in appointing its figurehead.

The British government, Sinn Féin and the DUP are all failing the victims of the North's decades of violence, it was claimed today.

New legislation on defusing tension over controversial marches in Northern Ireland can be salvaged despite an Orange Order decision to reject the plan, senior politicians said today.

A human rights watchdog in the North has expressed concern about the length of time a 17-year-old is being held for questioning in connection with the murders of two British soldiers earlier this month.

POLICE failed to properly deal with death threats made against Catholic solicitor Rosemary Nelson before she was murdered, a report revealed yesterday.

The North's Police Ombudsman is due to publish a report today into the RUC's handling of threats made against solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

Catholics in the North still face inequality in employment and housing, according to a report due to be published today by a leading human rights watchdog.

The poorest members of society in the North, both Catholic and Protestant, are worse off than they were a decade ago despite British government rhetoric to the contrary, it was claimed today.

A panel of international jurists was in Belfast today as part of a global inquiry into counter-terrorism laws.

A human rights group in the North has condemned the Policing Board's decision to endorse the purchase of a new form of plastic bullet.

A letter has been sent to Tony Blair urging him to ensure the British government sticks to its commitments on inquiries into three controversial murders in Northern Ireland, it emerged tonight.

The British government was under pressure today from human rights activists to order separate public independent inquiries into four controversial killings in the North.

BRITAIN last night faced new demands to call an international judicial inquiry after a European Court of Human Rights ruling which claimed the Royal Ulster Constabulary investigation of the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was ineffective.

A new report into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane published today was expected to confirm shocking levels of police Special Branch collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.

International pressure for a full judicial inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane is to intensify after a new report tomorrow will confirm shocking levels of police Special Branch collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.

Detectives probing the murder of Northern Ireland lawyer Rosemary Nelson wanted to charge a prominent Mid Ulster loyalist with involvement in the killing, it emerged today.

Northern Ireland’s most senior policeman has agreed to address an SDLP seminar on policing, it was disclosed today.