improved over the last 30 years, but no one was ever convicted for what happened here and now the government wants to end all prosecutions from the troubles. today's reportjoins a number of others with similar findings involving ties between state security forces and paramilitaries. the scale of collusion in northern ireland's conflict is slowly becoming clear. emma hardy, bbc news, belfast. the time is 15 minutes past six. our top story this evening... the health secretary has unveiled plans to tackle the huge backlog of patients on hospital waiting lists in england as a result of the pandemic. coming up, 0scar nominations for the british actors 0livia colman and judi dench. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel, west ham condemn kurt zouma's behaviour after a shocking video emerges of their player kicking and hitting his pet cat. he has apologised for what's he's