Atjockey club race meets across britain. instead of restricting racegoers from watching the action in certain enclosures based on what they are wearing, they say they want visitors to dress as you feel most comfortable and confident. the change takes place with immediate effect and follows feedback from racegoers. that s all the sport for now. you can, of course, find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a reminder of that website address that s bbc.co.uk/sport. i ll be back in an hour with another update. the government has announced it will hold a public inquiry into the 0magh bombing. the biggest single atrocity in the troubles which killed 29 people and injured over 200 others. the attack was carried out by dissident republicans. the northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris said one of the issues it would look at was whether the bombing was preventable. the 0magh bombing of the 15th of
Minister. as chris heaton harris said in his statements, thejudge who made the ruling 18 months ago, which has now led to the british government move to establish an inquiry. said that there should be an investigation carried out by the irish government. also it was not in his power to rule that the irish government should dojust his power to rule that the irish government should do just that. nonetheless the irish foreign minister has said that he will be consulting with his ministerial colleagues in dublin, including the ministerforjustice, to decide on their next steps. the cross border element to all of this may well be important in that. the bomb was transported into 0magh from the other side of the irish border. this has been a long running story, nearly a quarter of a century since the bomb exploded just yards from where i am standing now in the town
Provide middle ground whereby answers are sought for them who want them. in terms of next steps, i will now proceed to identify a chair for the inquiry, to finalise the terms of reference following consultation with that chair. my sense is the terms of reference will be heavily based on the grounds set out by the court. further details will be announced in due course. it is my intention to establish the inquiry as promptly as possible with the investigation to proceed at pace. it must be remembered that those responsible for their death and destruction on that awful day in 1998 are the immoral terrorists. as justice horner highlighted, it is important not to forget that the responsibility for this terrible atrocity, the worst in the last 60 years of northern ireland s history lies with the malevolent and evil
Intelligence material, the thinking being from the families and backed up being from the families and backed up by being from the families and backed up by legaljudgment, they secured in 2021, that there is a prospect that if the security forces on both sides of the irish border had pieced together intelligence that they had in the run up to the 0magh bombing, then maybe the attack could have been prevented. as far as political reaction goes, we have heard from the democratic unionist party, and the democratic unionist party, and the sdlp, and both of them welcoming the sdlp, and both of them welcoming the announcement by the government in london. we have had a statement from the irish foreign minister as well, micheal martin, and thejudge who made the ruling 18 months ago which has now led to this british government moved to establish an inquiry, said that there should be an investigation carried out by the