A SENIOR officer in charge of paratroopers on Bloody Sunday must have been aware innocent civilians were being shot, it was claimed yesterday.

A senior British officer in charge of paratroopers on Bloody Sunday must have been aware that innocent civilians were being shot, it was claimed today.

Soldiers probably shot 24 of the 27 civilians on Bloody Sunday, their legal representative admitted today.

A witness has told the Saville Inquiry how he saw a female friend injured by a rubber bullet fired by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday more than 32 years ago.

A former Provo today described how he saw a soldier fire twice, possibly hitting a young man in the stomach on Bloody Sunday.

CHANGED work practices, including the cutting out of overtime for bin men and non-replacement of staff who go sick, could lead to problems for a compromise deal which has been agreed by councillors to keep Tralee Town Council in business.

A witness has told the Saville Inquiry that she saw a gunman fire a shot at British soldiers after they had killed and injured innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday in Derry almost 32 years ago.

A FORMER IRA man yesterday denied claims that he fired a revolver in the Bogside area of Derry during the early stages of Bloody Sunday

Three former IRA men who have agreed to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Tribunal were granted anonymity today.

A Sinn Féin councillor, who was leader of the Fianna, the junior wing of the IRA in Derry, tonight denied its members were involved in attacks on the British army on Bloody Sunday.

A civilian witness today described how he saw a young man shot dead as the pair of them tried to escape from a hail of bullets on Bloody Sunday.

A former IRA man told the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today he saw a soldier finish off an unarmed man as he lay on the ground.

A former paratrooper who claimed he was prepared to shoot Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness before Bloody Sunday, today admitted recurrent nightmares may have become more real to him than actual events.

A former paratrooper who was threatened with contempt of court proceedings for refusing to appear before the Bloody Sunday inquiry is to give evidence from behind a screen today.

A former British paratrooper tonight faced allegations of murdering up to four people on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper admitted today that he killed a fourth person on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper who admitted killing three people on Bloody Sunday told the Saville Inquiry today he was only doing his job.

A former paratrooper today denied being involved in a conspiracy to cover up the murder of innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper whose rifle fired the shot which killed a teenager on Bloody Sunday, is expected to give evidence at the Saville Inquiry today.

A former British army paratrooper did not see any threat that would have justified the shooting dead of civilians on Bloody Sunday, the Saville Inquiry heard today.

Police were attacked by petrol bombs as a crowd of youths went on the rampage in Derry, it emerged today.

A loss of discipline among members of the Parachute Regiment contributed to the killings on Bloody Sunday, a former sergeant major in the paratroopers today told the Saville Inquiry.

A former British army commander has told the Saville Inquiry that one of his soldiers was justified in shooting a civilian on Bloody Sunday because the man was allegedly carrying a gun.

AN IRA gunman sheltering in a doorway shot a civilian dead at a barricade on Bloody Sunday, a former paratrooper said yesterday.

An IRA gunman sheltering in a doorway shot a civilian dead at a barricade on Bloody Sunday, a former paratrooper said today.

A former army captain was today accused of participating in a conspiracy of lies and deceit to justify the events of Bloody Sunday.

A former British soldier involved in the Bloody Sunday operation in Derry 31 years ago is facing the possibility of a prison sentence after failing to show up at the Saville Inquiry today.

One of the soldiers who fired on Bloody Sunday has threatened not to give evidence to the Saville Inquiry, it was revealed today.

Two people have been arrested after an articulated lorry was hijacked in Derry ahead of a large loyalist parade in the city today.

A federal judge has approved a plan by telecoms group WorldCom to pay a record US$750m to settle fraud charges in its historic accounting scandal.

British army chiefs lost control in Derry on Bloody Sunday, a former paratrooper claimed today.

At least two civilian gunmen were seen openly walking towards a rubble barricade in Derry on Bloody Sunday, a paratrooper claimed today.

A soldier was told permission was sought from the British Prime Minister to enter the IRA-controlled no-go areas of Derry on Bloody Sunday, he claimed today.

Soldiers came under almost continuous fire after they entered the nationalist Bogside area of Derry on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

A paratrooper should have been jailed for his actions on Bloody Sunday, a sergeant major claimed today.

The British army operation on Bloody Sunday was an assault on the participants in a civil rights march, it was claimed today.

The officer in command of paratroopers in Derry on Bloody Sunday today insisted his men acted professionally when 13 civil rights marchers were shot dead by soldiers.

A gang of nationalist youths attacked an army camp with petrol bombs in Derry tonight.

THE personal assistant to the British Army’s most senior frontline officer on Bloody Sunday yesterday denied destroying his notes of the event because he had witnessed a massacre.

An investigator with the Royal Military Police today denied having “watered down” statements from paratroopers who opened fired on Bloody Sunday.

Soldiers who burst into the Bogside on Bloody Sunday were “raring to go” and arrest rioters, a British Major General said today.

The man who commanded the British army on Bloody Sunday today said he had unknowingly given “inaccurate” information to the original inquiry into the shootings.

The public inquiry into the horrors of Bloody Sunday, which helped blight chances of peace in the North for nearly 30 years, is today reaching a crucial stage.

The British army’s wall of snipers on Bloody Sunday did not spot a single gunman during the main shootings, the Saville Inquiry was told today.