Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy deliberately misled the British parliament when delaying a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, Belfast High Court heard today.

A loyalist awaiting trial for the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been moved to a jail in England, it was confirmed today.

ULSTER Unionist leader David Trimble was challenged yesterday to produce evidence to support his claim that murdered solicitors Rosemary Nelson and Pat Finucane had terrorist links.

The British government was today accused of trying to delay an inquiry into security force collusion in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane by loyalists.

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

Northern Ireland's top policeman has criticised the judges there for being “lenient” on terrorists and criminals.

Americans are losing patience with Sinn Féin and unionist politicians over the deadlock on devolution, nationalist SDLP leader Mark Durkan said tonight.

A report into four controversial murders in Northern Ireland is to be released by the end of the month, the British government confirmed today.

The British government was being taken to the Northern Ireland High Court today in a bid to force it to publish a report into the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane 15 years ago.

Police in Northern Ireland are reaching a point where they cannot cope with demands to re-open unsolved murders from the North's troubled history, the force’s chief constable said today.

The British government must be compelled to deliver on its promise to implement the findings of a report into four controversial killings in the North, the brother of one of the victims claimed today.

Metropolitan Police CommissionerJohn Stevens is to hold his first face-to-face meeting with the family of murder Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane next week, it emerged tonight.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams tonight welcomed news that Democratic Unionist leader, the Reverend Ian Paisley, is planning to meet the Taoiseach.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane were attempting today to force the British government through the courts to release a report into his controversial killing.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane tonight moved to force the British government through the courts to release a report into his controversial killing.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was expected to hear fresh calls today for an Assembly election in Northern Ireland, despite a dip in mood in the peace process.

The mother of an 18-year-old schoolboy killed by loyalist paramilitaries 11 years ago today called for “a Bloody Sunday-style inquiry” into his and other murders.

The British government faced demands today to call off all military intelligence operations which undermine the Northern Ireland peace process.

The Irish and British Governments have announced that a Canadian judge has been appointed to investigate whether independent inquiries should be established into six controversial killings in the North.

The British Government was today poised to put into operation a series of measures to bolster the Northern Ireland peace process in the event of an IRA act of decommissioning.

An independent public inquiry should be set up to investigate claims that the British intelligence conspired with loyalist death squads to target republicans, Sinn Fein said today.

Loyalist and republican paramilitaries must move towards disarmament if the Good Friday Agreement is to reach its full potential, a nationalist minister on the Stormont Executive claimed today.

Murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane’s family today urged nationalist politicians and the Irish Government against ‘‘shirking their responsibility’’ in securing a public inquiry into the killing.