A call was made today for cross-party talks within the next year in the North on how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.

A SIMPLE thumbs-up from one of the relatives of a Bloody Sunday victim locked inside the imposing Guildhall in Derry heralded what would be an unprecedented, frank and historic apology from the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.

ULSTER Unionist Ken Maginnis accused the Saville Inquiry and the British government of being “one-eyed” in its emphasis on just 13 of the 180 violent deaths in the North in the preceding year.

The North's would-be Justice Minister pledged today to meet families of those bereaved at Bloody Sunday to explain why he called the inquiry into the killings “pointless”.

The Saville report could face further delay if David Cameron becomes the next British prime minister, it was claimed tonight.

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

Almost £100m (€119m) has been spent on lawyers at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in the North, it was revealed today.

The chairman of the Saville Inquiry has revealed that his report into the events of Bloody Sunday in 1972 will not be completed for at least another year.

The political progress that has been made in the North could be undone by raking over its bloody past, a former senator has warned.

Contradictions in military evidence could lead the Bloody Sunday Tribunal to conclude there was no clear reason to enter one of the main killing grounds, it was claimed today.

THE identities of the soldiers who killed 13 civilians and wounded 14 others on Bloody Sunday are still not clear, the inquiry into the events more than 30 years ago was told yesterday.

After more than 400 days of evidence and more than 900 witnesses, it is still unclear which soldiers shot 27 civilians on Bloody Sunday, the Saville Inquiry was told today.

The British soldiers accused of murder on Bloody Sunday are believed to be planning a legal challenge to the Saville Inquiry’s decision not to use criminal standards of proof.

A SENIOR officer in charge of paratroopers on Bloody Sunday must have been aware innocent civilians were being shot, it was claimed yesterday.

The most senior police officer in Derry told a businessman that the British army decided to shoot civilians to lure the IRA into a gun battle on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

A senior British officer in charge of paratroopers on Bloody Sunday must have been aware that innocent civilians were being shot, it was claimed today.

A prominent businessman has told the Saville Inquiry that he told the RUC the IRA would not be active in Derry on Bloody Sunday more than 32 years ago.

A lawyer representing the family of one of the Bloody Sunday victims has described the British soldiers involved in the incident as a “death squad”.

The Bloody Sunday Inquiry has dropped a British High Court action against a journalist who refused to reveal his sources, it was confirmed today.

CORY: INQUIRIES MAY NOT BEGIN UNTIL AUTUMN

Families of the Bloody Sunday victims tonight urged Lord Saville to clear the names of the 13 people shot dead by British paratroopers in Derry.

A witness has told the Saville Inquiry how he saw a female friend injured by a rubber bullet fired by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday more than 32 years ago.

At the end of this week, the main room in Derry’s grand Guildhall, scene of the Bloody Sunday Tribunal, will fall silent.

A man described today how he heard a shot from an Official IRA gunman before he heard British army fire in the Bogside on Bloody Sunday.

A man described today how he heard a shot from an Official IRA gunman before he heard Army fire in the Bogside on Bloody Sunday.

A convicted IRA man today admitted telling lies about Bloody Sunday to journalist Peter Taylor, who interviewed him for a television series and book on the Provos.

Former SDLP MP Ivan Cooper has told the Saville Inquiry how he saw a man being shot dead as he tried to go to the aid of a dying man on Bloody Sunday more than 32 years ago.

A witness has told the Saville Inquiry that she saw a gunman fire a shot at British soldiers after they had killed and injured innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday in Derry almost 32 years ago.

A former member of the Official IRA has admitted that he lied about his role in the organisation in his original statement to the Saville Inquiry.

A former member of the Provisional IRA has told the Saville Inquiry how he confronted an Official IRA gunman who opened fire on British soldiers after they had shot Catholic civilians on Bloody Sunday almost 32 years ago.

A 51-year-old man has told the Saville Inquiry in Derry how a bullet ripped through his coat as he ran in panic from the British army on Bloody Sunday 32 years ago.

A Sinn Féin councillor, who was leader of the Fianna, the junior wing of the IRA in Derry, tonight denied its members were involved in attacks on the British army on Bloody Sunday.

A 48-year-old man has told the Saville Inquiry in Derry that he saw British soldiers riddle a car with bullets just as a young couple were about to get into it on Bloody Sunday almost 32 years ago.

A civilian witness today described how he saw a young man shot dead as the pair of them tried to escape from a hail of bullets on Bloody Sunday.

A former member of the Provisional IRA has told the Saville Inquiry in Derry that he and Martin McGuinness were not planning to shoot at British soldiers on Bloody Sunday almost 32 years ago.

A former Provisional IRA member due to give evidence to the Saville Inquiry has won the right for his identity to be protected.

A former leader of an organisation, widely regarded as the IRA’s youth wing, today compared it with the boy scout movement.

A self-confessed IRA explosives officer threatened to kill his pregnant sister after Bloody Sunday because she was married to a soldier, the Saville Inquiry heard today.

A former IRA man convicted of bombing Derry’s town hall returned to the same building today to give evidence about his activities on Bloody Sunday.

A former member of the Official IRA has told the Saville Inquiry that the republican movement was effectively incapable of launching an attack on British soldiers in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper who worked on a television programme highly critical of the British army on Bloody Sunday believed soldiers were behind a series of threatening phone calls made to him after it was broadcast, he revealed today.

The Saville Inquiry has warned Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness that he could face contempt of court charges for refusing to name people who were members of the Provisional IRA on Bloody Sunday.

Martin McGuinness was under intense pressure tonight to reveal IRA safe houses used on Bloody Sunday after being heavily criticised for refusing to disclose their locations.

Martin McGuinness ordered IRA men not to attack British troops during the civil rights march that led to Bloody Sunday, he claimed today.