North's victims of abuse 'should get up to £100,000 compensation'

"The inquiry also identified failings where institutions sought to protect their reputations."

Victims of historic child abuse in the North should receive state-backed compensation payments of up to £100,000, an inquiry has recommended.

Those abused in state, church and charity run homes should also be offered an official apology from government and the organisations that ran the residential facilities where it happened, the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry found.