The killing of a boy shot by a British army rubber bullet in Belfast in 1972 was not justified, a coroner has ruled.

A soldier who fired a rubber bullet that killed a schoolboy in the North more than 40 years ago has told an inquest he has no regrets.

PICTURES purportedly showing British soldiers abusing an Iraqi detainee were “categorically” not taken in Iraq, the British Government said yesterday.

A former soldier who claimed he shot a nail-bomber on Bloody Sunday told the Saville Inquiry today it was possible he missed his intended target and shot the wrong man.

Relatives of Bloody Sunday victims tonight hit out at a ruling which will shield two soldiers from public view before they testify at an inquiry into the atrocity.