A person who gave information leading to police shooting dead an unarmed IRA man in Northern Ireland almost 20 years ago was later murdered, an inquest preliminary heard today.

Harry Redknapp said he was “sick and tired” of bung slurs and claimed he was victimised because of his Cockney accent, a court heard yesterday.

The British government is to face a legal challenge over its failure to launch a public inquiry into security force collusion in the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, it has emerged today.

Relatives of six men murdered by loyalists in the North in 1994 have insisted there was security force collusion in the killings.

Suspended former world champion John Higgins will play a role in World Snooker's new measures to ensure the integrity of the sport.

IN my letter of July 6, I asked if the Reform Movement would add its voice to calls for the British government to comply with a request from the Oireachtas for information believed to be in the possession of the British state which would be of assistance in identifying those responsible for carrying out acts of terrorism in this state by loyalist paramilitaries, some of whom were believed to be in collusion with elements of British security forces.

WASHINGTON sniper John Allen Muhammad, who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree around the US capital, was due to be put to death this morning after the nation’s top court denied a stay of execution.

An international campaign was launched today to press the British government for a fully independent inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

The British government put on hold 18 months ago preparations for a public inquiry into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, it emerged today.

THE inquest into the death of Princess Diana returned a verdict of unlawful killing last night, blaming the driving of chauffeur Henri Paul and paparazzi photographers pursuing her car.

The decision to withhold a police report on security force collusion in paramilitary murders could be challenged in court, it was revealed today.

In the second of a three-part series, Laura Elston examines why theories surrounding Diana’s death made culprits of everyone from the Duke of Edinburgh to Israeli agents.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is due to travel to London today for talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

MOHAMED AL-FAYED insisted yesterday that Princess Diana and his son, Dodi, were murdered on the orders of a member of the British royal family.

DODI FAYED may have been planning to propose to the Princess of Wales on the weekend they died, John Stevens’s report concluded.

Margaret Thatcher was warned the British Army suspected the Ulster Defence Regiment was heavily infiltrated by Protestant extremists in the North four years before she became UK Prime Minister, it was claimed today.

Northern Secretary Peter Hain was today accused of insulting the Dáil after he and his officials criticised a debate on the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have both criticised the delay in bringing charges against 20 RUC officers accused of complicity in murders carried out by loyalist paramilitaries.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane today held a first-ever meeting with Democratic Unionist Party leader the Rev Ian Paisley.

The family of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is holding talks with the Rev Ian Paisley today over proposals for an inquiry into one of the most controversial murders of the Troubles.

The SDLP has slammed Ian Paisley Jr's call for an end to the ongoing police investigation into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

Murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane's family today pledged to take their fight to Dublin after accusing Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain of resisting demands for major changes to the inquiry into his killing.

Former Tory Minister Douglas Hogg was heckled in a courtroom today by protesters demanding a full inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane are to press for a meeting with the Reverend Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists as part of their campaign for an inquiry acceptable to them, they revealed tonight.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane are to meet Ulster Unionist leader Reg Empey MP next week for the first time to discuss their case, they revealed today.

AL-QAIDA fanatics plotted to gun down Tony and Cherie Blair during the Golden Jubilee celebrations, former Metropolitan Police chief John Stevens claimed yesterday.

THE parents of the Brazilian man shot dead on a London Underground train yesterday wept as they recalled how he was trying to save enough money by working abroad to return to his homeland to become a cattle rancher.

THE bombers behind the London attacks were “almost certainly” British — with many more born and bred in the country willing to attack, Former Metropolitan Police chief John Stevens warned yesterday.

Around a quarter of police agents operating in Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries have been deactivated, a nationalist member of the province’s Policing Board claimed today.

THERE are more than 200 al-Qaida-trained terrorists walking the streets of Britain in a threat which “thrives”, the country’s former police chief warned yesterday.

The British government today signalled it will offer no more significant concessions to critics of its proposals to impose restrictions including house arrest on suspected terrorists.

Britain’s former top policeman today vigorously defended the UK government’s controversial anti-terror plans – and attacked opponents for failing to understand “the brutal reality of the world we live in”.

ROYAL bride-to-be Camilla Parker Bowles last night said she was “just coming down to earth” after the Prince of Wales went down on one knee to propose.

New legislation for an inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane could be used to suppress the truth in all future public inquiries, it was claimed today.

MPs will be urged in Westminster today to oppose legislation affecting an inquiry into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

THE family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane yesterday threatened to boycott an inquiry into his death after meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today threatened to boycott an inquiry into his death after meeting Tony Blair.

Tony Blair will face criticism today from the family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane over the handling of an inquiry into his killing.

BRITISH ministers were urged yesterday to get to the truth about the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

THE Government was last night urged to ensure the British Government keeps its promise to hold a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

A BRITISH Government-sanctioned inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane was criticised last night by the solicitor's family after it emerged it would mostly be held in private.

Loyalist Ken Barrett has been sentenced to 22 years for the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

PRESSURE is mounting on the British Government to announce a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane following his killer’s guilty plea.

KEN BARRETT murdered enough victims in an ice-cold sectarian killing spree to rival Britain’s most notorious serial killers, it was claimed yesterday.