a letter of condolence from, i believe, the then local mp. contained inside which was a bag of sweets. that, right there, was absolutely typical of any response from authority if you able to get one. mounted military police are part of the big new security operation in this area, which was formerly completely open to the public. the bombing was carried out by irish republicans, supposedly in revenge for bloody sunday three weeks earlier, when parachute regiment soldiers shot dead 13 civil rights protesters at a demonstration in northern ireland. john says it s inexplicable that security in aldershot, home of the paras at the time, wasn t stepped up. and while nearly £200 million weas spent on the bloody sunday inquiry, john and his family are angry that there s never been a full public investigation into the aldershot bomb. he says the issue led to the early
let s find out what s happening with the sport, and john is here. we had a long old chap about novak djokovic before the australian open, and he is back on court finally. it feels like he has been in the spotlight for the last three months, and hadn t played any tennis! and i guess the day that he stepped out on court again would come, and that day has come, he is playing in dubai, and obviously he will face focus around his vaccination status and what tournaments he will be able to play in and how he will shape up for it. he will answer questions about this in every press conference. s exactly, this will be his year. last month novak djokovic was the subject of one of the biggest controversies in sport. now for the first time this year, he s back on a tennis court, and back with a win. plenty of support for him.
death of his brother carl, who had campaigned for an inquiry. he disappeared into a downward spiral over 20 something years of alcoholism, and he was found dead last may in his house. john says he owes his own life to the charity rock to recovery, which helps veterans affected by stress. he says people involved in tragedies now receive much better care. 100%, because fortunately as a society we ve moved on. at lunchtime today, the events of 50 years ago will be remembered in aldershot, when a new memorial will be unveiled. it s closure. and it s not a closure i would have liked. i would have liked to have been, you know, seen people get the help they should have had. i would have like this event given the recognition it should have had. but you know, we don t get everything we want in life. steve humphrey with that report.
sunday a month earlier. we were sitting there and the late news was on. i recognised the building that mum was working in. it was the week beforejohn bosley s seventh birthday when a car packed with explosives blew up at the headquarters of the parachute brigade. smashed to pieces and curtains blowing in the wind and bits of cars littered about. i didn t twig or ask, and nobody told me. in fact, nobody did ever tell me what happened. so nobody sat down with you and said, there s very bad news. no. john s mum, thelma, was amongst five cleaners who were killed. a gardener and an army chaplain also died in the blast. we weren t the only ones that were left, you know, without their single mother. a friend of mine, who was eight at the time, lost his single mother, who was a very good friend of my mum s, and he received