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Decisions made in the peace process have “destroyed” the ability to deliver for victims, one of Northern Ireland’s most experienced policemen of the Troubles says today.

A loyalist paramiltary organisation’s application to be legalised has been deemed “invalid” by the UK government.

There needs to be a radical cultural change within the Northern Ireland Civil Service, with civil servants spending public money in the same way they would spend their own cash, the most senior scrutineer of public expenditure in Northern Ireland has said.

The auditor brought in to investigate the RHI scheme as it began to fully dawn on civil servants that it was a major crisis has said that the scale of what he found was unprecedented in his experience.

You might have noticed our serialisation on page six of a 1738 edition of the Belfast News Letter And General Advertiser.

In the latest essay in our series, ALAN McQUILLAN says that investigators in the coming legacy structures will have to contend with political pressure not to pursue those whose arrest might ‘destabilise the peace process’ (see beneath the story for link to rest of series):

The Antrim based destination outlet shopping centre which offers a day out for all the family, is currently undergoing an exciting new redevelopment plan.

From the second surviving Belfast News Letter of October 6 1738 (October 17 in the modern calendar).