ELECTIONS ALONE will not solve the current impasse in the Peace Process, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness told reporters this week, but they can create a context for injecting a new dynamic into negotiations. McGuinness also said that "even with an election date, there is no guarantee of future initiatives from republicans.'' Free article

THE NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE (NIO) is understood to be drawing up a proposal for an independent body to be created to decide on the future of Scots Guards James Fisher and Mark Wright. Free article

AS THE BLOODY SUNDAY INQUIRY RESUMED at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster this week, it emerged that the British Army's most senior officer, General Sir Mike Jackson, has had to make a new statement to the Bloody Sunday inquiry. It is expected that the inquiry will hear the contents of the new statement during the course of this week. Free article

A POLEGLASS MOTHER is accusing the PSNI of putting her life in danger after she discovered that her details were found on a loyalist floppy disc seized during searches nine months ago - yet she wasn't informed until last week. Free article

TWO FORMER RUC members have been questioned by the Port inquiry team over allegations that they threatened the life of the Lurgan defence lawyer Rosemary Nelson and may have colluded in her death. Free article