Reid wants 'ceasefire watch' for public

The British government is examining ways to keep the public fully informed about which paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland are breaching their ceasefires, Secretary of State John Reid confirmed today.

With 12 days to go before a crucial meeting of David Trimble’s Ulster Unionist council on the state of the peace process, Dr Reid said there was a need to address the demands from all sections of the community to keep them fully briefed on the behaviour of loyalist and republican terror groups.