British soldiers who worked in North during Troubles to be exempt from prosecution

British soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles are to be exempt from prosecution.

Reports in the The Times of London and the Daily Telegraph in the UK say it is to be announced by Queen Elizabeth in a speech next week.

It's believed new legislation would create a statute of limitations on any alleged offences committed before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

The bill would also cover members of loyalist and republican paramilitary groups and ban prosecutions for them also.