State papers released under the 30-year rule have revealed that John Hume gave a scathing analysis of the then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1980.

The Government paid SDLP chiefs top-class expenses and mileage during the 1970s, it was revealed today.

Broadand services provider Digiweb has been accepted as a member of the international wireless industry body, the WiMax Forum, which was established to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products and platforms.

Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume was ‘‘alienated’’ from the Derry Civil Rights Association which organised the march that became known as Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

RUC Special Branch-linked agent provocateurs tried to incite members of a civil rights group to poison the water supply at an Army barracks in Derry, the Bloody Sunday inquiry was told today.