Proximity talks involving representatives of the Garvaghy Road residents and the Orange Order in Portadown broke down on Tuesday 21 July without success. Free article

On Wednesday 16 July, the twelfth day of the siege of the Garvaghy estate in Portadown, the RUC and British troops moved into the loyalist encampment at Drumcree to carry out a search operation. Free article

As the preliminary hearings for the Bloody Sunday Inquiry opened this week to set terms and conditions, the spectre of Widgery haunted it. Free article

The Northern Ireland Bill being rushed through the Westminister parliament this week has been condemned by human rights and community groups across the Six Counties. Free article

The defence solicitor for Norman James Coopey, the man charged with the brutal murder of Annsborough teenager James Morgan, was last week sharing the same prison as his client. Free article

The Independent Commision for Police Complaints (ICPC) has sanctioned the appointment of a senior London Metropolitan Police officer to investigate claims made by Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson of persistent RUC intimidation and harassment. Free article