New UUP rep at Belfast City Hall
The Ulster Unionist Party has co-opted a new councillor to replace Michael McGimpsey at Belfast City Hall. Michelle Bostock, who...
View ArticleFuneral for Wakefield soldier killed in rescue bid
The funeral of a 23-year-old soldier from West Yorkshire who was killed as he tried to rescue a comrade in Afghanistan is due to take place. Cpl Matthew Stenton, from Wakefield, was killed alongside...
View ArticleYmddiheuro am oedi cyn rhyddhau claf o'r ysbyty
Fe fydd mam wnaeth gwyn bod ei mab a oedd yn oedolyn wedi cael ei gadw yn yr ysbyty yn ddiangen am ddwy flynedd yn cael iawndal o £1,500. Cafodd y claf, sy'n cael ei adnabod fel Mr P, ei anfon i...
View ArticlePersimmon profits lifted by 'strong' spring sales
Homebuilder Persimmon has seen its first-half profits increase more than tenfold after a period of "strong sales" in the spring. Persimmon reported a pre-tax profit of £101.4m in the first six...
View ArticleThe victims of the Claudy bombing
Elizabeth McElhinney Elizabeth was serving petrol at a pump outside McElhinney's pub on Main Street when the first car bomb exploded nearby. The 59-year-old nurse was killed instantly. Joseph...
View ArticleSemiconductor staff to get cancer risk study results
Thousands of people who have worked at the National Semiconductor plant in Greenock are to find out whether their job has increased their cancer risk. The Health...
View ArticleBarnstaple house fire: Post-mortem tests due on bodies
Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on the bodies of two women who were found stabbed to death following a house fire in Devon. Firefighters found the bodies of the...
View ArticleWelsh Labour party secretary Chris Roberts to leave
The Welsh Labour general secretary, Chris Roberts, is to leave his post in the autumn after...
View ArticleIn pictures: Niger's flood disaster
The River Niger, which flows through nine West African nations, has reached its highest level in more than 80 years. The flooding is proving a double disaster for Niger, where half the population is...
View ArticleTrams in Nottingham resume after major fault
Tram services in Nottingham have returned to normal after a day of...
View ArticleWho was Father James Chesney?
On Tuesday, the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland will release its long awaited report into the Claudy bombing which killed nine people in July 1972. No paramilitary group has ever claimed...
View ArticleTwo Britons survive Philippines bus siege
Two British nationals are among the survivors from the Philippines bus siege, the Foreign Office has said. Eight tourists were shot by a rogue policeman who had hijacked their bus and held them...
View ArticleTalks over anti-social behaviour on Portland
Police are to hold a meeting later with residents about violence and anti-social behaviour in the...
View ArticlePakistan's PM to chair flood health crisis talksâEuro
Pakistan's prime minister is convening an urgent meeting of health officials to address concerns of a growing...
View ArticleFewer drivers jump Isle of Grain level crossing lights
One hundred people have been prosecuted in the past three months for jumping the lights at a Kent...
View ArticleNew tail post for restored Reigate Heath windmill
A new 30ft tail post is being craned into position on an historic windmill on Reigate Heath in Surrey in the final stage of its restoration. The Grade-II listed windmill dates back to at least 1765,...
View ArticleSomali MPs 'killed in hotel raid'
Somali insurgents have stormed a hotel close to the presidential palace and killed several MPs, witnesses have...
View ArticleSearches by North Tyneside shooting inquiry team
Police have searched three properties in North Tyneside as part of an inquiry into the shooting of a man. Paul...
View ArticleFire destroys part of farmhouse near Dorchester
A farmhouse in Dorset has been partly destroyed by fire. Crews were...
View ArticleUnseen John Lennon picture shown at Leamington gallery
A Warwickshire exhibition includes an image of Yoko Ono and John Lennon which has not been seen in public before, a photographer says. The image, showing Lennon cuddling his new wife at a Top of the...
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