Twenty-one police witnesses to alleged security force shoot-to-kill incidents in the North are dead, a coroner's court heard today.

Members of all political parties will be asked to back IRA victims’ compensation case against Libya during the first session of the Northern Ireland Assembly today.

Police could not have saved the life of murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson given the determination of her killers, the North's former police chief Ronnie Flanagan said today.