16 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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18 h. ago Northern Ireland veteran says 'a line has to be drawn' on Troubles prosecutions as paratrooper is cleared of two Bloody Sunday murders

Delivering his verdict, Judge Patrick Lynch KC said the evidence against Soldier F fell 'well short' and 'failed to meet the high standard of proof needed' to convict.

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31 h. ago HARRY MCCALLION: It's time for Westminster to stop dancing to the IRA's tune

Soldier F was a disciplined corporal who had a glittering career ahead of him, and he was a far cry from the cold-blooded assassin propagandists would have us believe.

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32 h. ago Now, end the witch hunt! Campaigners' demands after elderly ex

Former soldiers and ministers slammed the case against a veteran in his seventies known only as Soldier F, but warned more still face court. Pictured: British troops on Bloody Sunday

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38 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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41 h. ago Veterans welcome acquittal of Soldier F over Bloody Sunday killings

The former paratrooper was charged with the murder of two men during the shootings in Londonderry in 1972.

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42 h. ago ‘We took them to the wire’ – Bloody Sunday families vow to continue campaign

They were reacting outside Belfast Crown Court after former paratrooper Soldier F was acquitted of two counts of murder.

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44 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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44 h. ago Former paratrooper in 70s CLEARED of double murder on Bloody Sunday more than 50 years ago

Thirteen civil rights protesters were shot dead by soldiers in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday in what was one of the darkest days of what became known as the Troubles.

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44 h. ago British army veteran known as Soldier F not guilty of Bloody Sunday murders

Soldier F was on trial in relation to events in Derry in 1972 when Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protestersA British army veteran has been found not guilty of murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.Soldier F was on trial for two murders and five attempted murders during a defining event of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Judge to rule in 1972 Bloody Sunday murder case against former British soldier

The only British soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre is set to learn his fate in a Northern Ireland courtroom

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54 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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7 d. ago ‘Sickening threat’ against Bloody Sunday victim’s family condemned

Mickey McKinney said they received the threat during the trial of former paratrooper Soldier F recently.

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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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1 week ago Detroit Lions coach issues apology after player sparks bloody brawl with Kansas City Chiefs after Sunday night loss

The win moved the Chiefs to 3-3 on the season, while the Lions fell to 4-2

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1 week ago Evidence from Bloody Sunday soldiers and civilians is contradictory, court told

A defence barrister for Soldier F has argued evidence in the case is ‘fundamentally contradictory’.

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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 so scared on Bloody Sunday his ‘knees were trembling’, court hears

The trial of Soldier F for the murder of two men heard one of his colleagues describe being terrified on the day of the shootings in 1972.

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