The terrorist attack that killed Lord Mountbatten and two children was a “war crime” for which Martin McGuinness was ultimately responsible, former IRA members have claimed.

The investigation of soldiers over alleged wrongdoing during the Northern Ireland conflict is “unfair”, a former commanding officer said.

A Co Down man is seeking the help of News Letter readers in adding some elusive historical items to his growing collection.

Peter Taylor has been reporting on Northern Ireland since he first arrived here on Bloody Sunday in 1972.

In a fortnight children will return to school, summer will meld into autumn and MPs will return from the summer recess for what will be weeks of constitutional drama ahead of the UK’s scheduled departure from the EU on October 31.

The DUP, Alliance and SDLP have been urged to clarify their views on the victims commissioner, Judith Thompson, whose position is up for renewal this month.

Perpetrators of terrorist atrocities, who have injured, maimed and murdered innocent people could hardly dream of a better status under the law, as to be put on an equal footing with their victims.

A man has been charged with rape following an incident in the Castleblaney Street area of Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh, on Thursday.