A report into one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles was put on hold today after bereaved relatives hit out at its findings.

The British government should hand over files on one of the biggest massacres of the North's conflict to resolve security force collusion allegations, it was claimed today.

A security force cover-up of a loyalist pub bombing that killed 15 people in 1971 is to be raised at Westminster in the UK tomorrow.

A conference takes place in Dublin later today bringing together many different families who all believe their relatives or friends were murdered by British state forces in collusion with loyalists.

Tension rose in a sectarian flashpoint area of Belfast amid reports of gunfire in the north of the city.

Relatives of the 15 people killed in the bombing of McGurk’s bar in north Belfast 30 years ago have demanded an investigation into allegations that the British army colluded with loyalists to carry out the attack.