The Victims Commissioner says she is "cautiously optimistic" that Stormont can put measures in place for dealing with the past in the immediate aftermath of the assembly election. Judith Thompson said the two governments and parties involved in last year's Fresh Start negotiations "came a lot closer than perhaps people think" to finding a resolution and that work aimed at putting formal legacy structures in place was continuing. Speaking ahead of a conference today that will act as a mid-term review of the strategy for Victims and Survivors 2009-19, Ms Thompson said the "planets are aligned"[...]