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Rebecca Black

MoD obliged to preserve records relating to Troubles for next 10 years

Annette McGavigan was 14 when she was shot dead in Londonderry in 1971 (Family handout/PA) - (PA Media)

The Ministry of Defence has been obliged to preserve records relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland for the next 10 years.

It is believed to cover some 50,000 documents relating to Operation Banner, and comes after a request by lawyers for the family of a teenage girl killed in Londonderry in 1971.

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