THE House of Lords will next week hear allegations of how the British security forces had a shoot-to-kill policy in the North.

DUNBLANE-STYLE gun controls should be introduced in Northern Ireland as part of efforts to deal with legally and illegally held weapons, Sinn Féin argued yesterday.

The father of an unarmed IRA man shot dead by the RUC 10 years ago has accused the British Government of attempting to cover up murders carried out by the security forces in the North.

The family of a Belfast man shot dead by the RUC ten years ago have begun legal action against Lord Chief Justice Robert Carswell, the highest-ranking judge in the North.

Police and soldiers involved in fatal shootings in Northern Ireland are to lose their exemption from giving evidence at inquests, it emerged today.

European judges will rule today on whether the Government was guilty of violating the human rights of IRA members shot dead in Northern Ireland by British troops and the RUC.

European judges will rule tomorrow on whether the Government is guilty of violating the human rights of IRA members shot dead in Northern Ireland by British troops and the RUC.