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Hi, above the ceiling is flat roof with no access and the plaster has dried now and can't see the screws!

Hi thanks for the reply , it is definitely not the fittings, I am 99% sure it wire damage. It trips the RCD would there be anyway of detecting the neutral-earth fault you describe if that was the case? Sometimes it does not trip for 20mins and other times instantly.

Yes it does still go with the lights off which I suppose means it is before the switch? Is there some kind of detector I could run along that section which would detect the damaged area/live screw? Thanks

Hi unfortunately I had a 'non professional' board and skim my ceiling and now can't contact them. Since it was done the lighting circuit keeps tripping and I suspect a drywall screw has gone through a wire. Is there a way of detecting where a short is? As the ceiling is skimmed I can't see...