General Mike Jackson, the British army's Chief of the General Staff, interrupted his duties in the Iraq war today to give evidence at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

General Sir Mike Jackson, Britain's Chief of the General Staff, is to interrupt his duties in commanding British forces in the Iraq war to give evidence at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, it was confirmed today.

Soldier 027, who is giving evidence to the Saville Inquiry in London, recalled that on Bloody Sunday his platoon moved in south down Rossville Street in armoured vans after getting the go-ahead from Major Ted Loden, Commander of the Support unit.