A “significant” piece of information has been sent to the coroner who is considering reopening the Birmingham pub bombings inquests.

The sister of a woman killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings has called for the arrest of Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness ahead of tonight’s state banquet.

Relatives of British IRA victims faced off in London over their view of the peace process outside an Irish Republican event addressed by Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.

One of the Birmingham Six has signed a petition demanding that the investigation into the pub bombings be reopened, and evidence subjected to new forensic tests.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams yesterday expressed his regrets about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings and the huge loss of life and injuries they inflicted.

The British government was challenged today to apologise to the six men wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings.