Flanagan rejects Omagh families' request

Ronnie Flanagan, the chief constable of the North’s police force, has rejected renewed calls for the appointment of an independent investigator to lead to the inquiry into the Omagh bombing.

Relatives of the 29 people killed in the 1998 Real IRA attack have written to Mr Flanagan asking him to replace the current head of the inquiry, but he today ruled out such a move.