Bishop of Derry Edward Daly has died a hero after he raised a blood-soaked handkerchief and guided a dying teenager through British army gunfire on Bloody Sunday, a grateful relative said.

A former British soldier is being questioned by detectives investigating the deaths of three civil rights demonstrators in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

Relatives of Bloody Sunday victims could take the chief constable to court over proposals to scale back the police investigation, their solicitor has said.

A murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings in Derry is to begin in the new year.

Northern police are to open a murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings 40 years ago.

Police are to open a murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings 40 years ago in Derry.

The British government has told the families of 11 people killed by British troops in the case known as the Ballymurphy Massacre that there will be no independent investigation of the deaths.

Marches were held in Derry yesterday to mark the 40th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Relatives of the victims of Bloody Sunday are divided over plans for a march to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the event in Derry.

Relatives of one of the Bloody Sunday victims firmly rejected any offer of British government compensation today.

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing to pay compensation to relatives of those killed or injured by soldiers on Bloody Sunday.

Relatives of people killed and injured on Bloody Sunday called today for those responsible to be prosecuted.

THE much-anticipated and hyped state visit to the Republic of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth II, due to take place before the end of President McAleese’s term of office in 2011, drew a curious comment from the Minister for Foreign Affairs Micháel Martin recently.

THERE are some people in Ireland who will never be happy with the idea that we should extend an invitation to Queen Elizabeth — or any other British monarch — to visit our country.

British Prime Minister David Cameron apologised today for the “unjustified and unjustifiable” events of Bloody Sunday following the publication of Lord Saville’s inquiry into the killing of 14 civilians.

The victims of Bloody Sunday were innocent and their names have been cleared, a relative said today.

Families of the Bloody Sunday dead hope today their epic campaign to clear the names of their loved ones will finally end with the release of the long-awaited Saville Report.

THE inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings has been a “disaster in terms of time and expense”, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said yesterday.

The long-awaited Saville Inquiry report into the Bloody Sunday killings will be published on June 15, the British government said today.

National security concerns over the Bloody Sunday report are bogus and disingenuous, it was claimed tonight.

A report into the events of Bloody Sunday when 14 people were killed by British troops need not have been delayed until after the General Election, bereaved relatives claimed today.

The Bloody Sunday report into the death of 14 people at the hands of the British Army will not be published until after the British General Election, it was confirmed today.

FAMILIES bereaved in the British Army killings on Bloody Sunday yesterday repeated calls for the publication of the inquiry into the affair, as new plans for the report’s eventual release were announced.

Families bereaved in the British Army killings on Bloody Sunday today repeated calls for the publication of the inquiry into the affair, as new plans for its eventual release were announced.

DEPUTY First Minister Martin McGuinness told Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday a delay in publishing the Bloody Sunday report in the North was unacceptable.

The North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness told British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today that a delay in publishing the Bloody Sunday report was unacceptable.

Families of Bloody Sunday victims tonight welcomed the announcement that the long-awaited report into the killings would not be handed to the Government before undergoing legal checks.

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”.

Relatives of the Bloody Sunday victims are to seek a meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward in a bid to have the report’s new publication date brought forward to avoid the run-up to an announcement for next year‘s General Election.

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

The decision to delay publication of the Bloody Sunday report in the North is deeply disappointing, a committee of MPs said today.

Police in the North are spending more than £5m (€5.77m) a year to service public inquiries into controversial killings during the Troubles, the region’s chief constable revealed today.

The head of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry has told a Westminster Committee he cannot meet it to explain the delay in his 10-year investigation, it emerged today.

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

The cost of the Bloody Sunday inquiry in the North has reached €214 million, it was revealed today.

The report into the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry is not likely to be published for at least another year, it emerged tonight.

IT HAS gone on 10 years, cost €250 million to date and raked up decades of painful history but a book now claims Sinn Féin never wanted a new Bloody Sunday inquiry in the first place.

There would have been no need for a Bloody Sunday Inquiry if the British government had admitted its guilt over the role of paratroopers in the deaths of 14 civilians in Derry, Martin McGuinness said today.

Police in the North are facing difficulties recruiting informants because they can no longer guarantee their identities will not be revealed to inquiries, Chief Constable Hugh Orde warned today.

THE Bloody Sunday inquiry was set up in January 1998. It began formal hearing in March 2000 and continued for more than four years. It finally finished up in Derry in November 2004, with the report due out, according to press reports at the time, the following summer.

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

Nearly €13m has been spent on the latest police inquiry into Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane’s murder, it was revealed tonight.

BLOODY Sunday, January 30, 1972, is one of the most notorious dates in the catalogue of the Northern Ireland troubles.

Senior British judges faced new demands today to boycott an inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.