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Lord Saville of Newdigate, the judge presiding over The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, makes his opening statement in Londonderry's Guildhall, with the victims' families in attendance.

Kieron Tourish's report opens with relatives of the dead and wounded on Bloody Sunday making the short walk from William Street to the Guildhall in Londonderry, which was the original destination of the civil rights march on that day, to hear the opening statements.

Lord Saville and his fellow judges sitting on the tribunal (Sir Edward Summers and Justice William L Hoyte) said that the British government had not suggested what way they should conduct the inquiry or what conclusions they should reach and that they considered it their duty to seek the truth "with fairness, thoroughness and impartiality". Lord Saville also outlined his decision not to make a recommendation on the issue of immunity from prosecution for those testifying to the inquiry at this time.

While the judges then toured the areas round the Bogside where the shootings took place, the families themselves held a press conference to state their position. The tribunal then adjourned until the autumn after appealing for everyone who can help them establish the truth to do so.