13 h. ago Blue Lights is more than great TV. It might be the best chance Britons have of reckoning with the Troubles | Jonathan Freedland

The reaction to the Bloody Sunday trial makes it clear: those of us outside Northern Ireland just don’t understand the painful legacy of this brutal conflictForgive me if I’ve mentioned him before, but at moments like this I remember a news editor I worked for as a young reporter at the BBC. When it came to the interests of our audience, he said, there was a key fact to bear in mind: “The two most boring words in the English language are ‘Northern Ireland’.”It was an attitude with a long history. In 1924, Viscount Cranbourne, the fifth Marquess of Salisbury, mused that the average English voter has “little interest in, and less understanding of, Irish affairs”. This week brought some evidence that, 101 years later, much of his observation still holds true. But a challenge to it has come from an unlikely quarter, via what might be one of the most compelling TV dramas of recent years. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago The Bloody Sunday trial of Soldier F was a failed attempt to look at history through modern eyes. Prosecutors couldn't even prove he shot the victims on the charge sheet...

Yet the events of that day, played out in a Belfast courtroom more than half a century later, were among the most momentous in the 30 years of violence that once gripped Northern Ireland.

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40 h. ago Trial came after long campaign for justice for Bloody Sunday victims

The bereaved families described the start of the trial in September after a decades-long campaign as a momentous day.

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50 h. ago Verdict expected in Soldier F trial over Bloody Sunday murders

The former paratrooper has been charged with the murders of James Wray and William McKinney in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

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8 d. ago Judge dismisses bid to end trial of Soldier F over two Bloody Sunday deaths

Soldier F has been accused of the murder of James Wray and William McKinney after a civil rights parade in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

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1 week ago Judge considers application to halt Soldier F trial over Bloody Sunday murders

Defence barrister Mark Mulholland KC has said there is no case to answer because crucial evidence is ‘unreliable’.

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1 week ago Evidence against Soldier F ‘simply doesn’t stack up’, Bloody Sunday trial told

The former paratrooper has been accused of the murder of two men during the events in 1972.

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2 w. ago Bloody Sunday trial hears account of witness who saw a soldier firing his gun

Denis McLaughlin, who was 16 at the time, said he witnessed a man being injured and falling.

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2 w. ago Soldier F trial hears claims paratrooper opened fire on Bloody Sunday

Statements from two fellow former paratroopers claim they were aware that Soldier F had opened fire in Glenfada Park where two men were killed.

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2 w. ago Man feared being shot when soldier aimed at him on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is accused of two murders and five attempted murders.

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3 w. ago Bloody Sunday trial told of moment schoolboy was shot in face

Soldier F denies two murders and five attempted murders.

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3 w. ago Victim pretended to be dead after being shot on Bloody Sunday, trial told

Soldier F is on trial accused of two murders in Londonderry in 1972.

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3 w. ago Victim pretended to be dead after being shot on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is on trial accused of two murders in Londonderry in 1972.

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