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LABOUR is facing a fresh rebellion over plans to scrap legal protections for Northern Ireland veterans — with its own ...
Soldiers are known for marching, either in ceremonial array or drilling for battle, but they wouldn’t normally be seen dead ...
Lifting the legal immunity for Troubles veterans will lead to a “witch hunt” of servicemen involved in future conflicts, Sir ...
MPs suggested the move would open a ‘witch-hunt’ against veterans who had served to protect citizens in Northern Ireland ...
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target ...
Veterans minister said to have threatened to resign over plan to revoke immunity for British soldiers and others ...
Hundreds of veterans have marched outside Parliament to protest against the possible repeal of the Legacy Act.
Prosecutors say 15 former British soldiers won’t face charges for perjury at an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days of the decades-long Northern Ireland conflict.
British troops deployed into Northern Ireland for the first time 50 years ago after days of rioting in a Catholic heartland that later spread to Belfast and beyond. Editions: Ghana Kenya Home.
In August 1969 the British Army was first deployed in Northern Ireland. Their job was to keep the peace on the streets of Londonderry where sectarian violence had broken out. To begin with the ...