British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today unveiled a plan of nearly £1bn (€1.1bn) to devolve policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly, promising further aid if paramilitary violence erupts.

Britain's intelligence services may have masterminded an IRA human bomb strategy which killed soldiers and civilians in Northern Ireland in 1990, a lobby group claimed today.

Britain’s intelligence services may have masterminded an IRA human bomb strategy which killed soldiers and civilians in Northern Ireland in 1990, a lobby group claimed today.