Solar-powered bins make NI debut
It is a familiar sight at tourist spots across the world. A bin overflowing with sweet wrappers and juice bottles and the obligatory swarm of wasps feasting on leftovers. Now a local council has...
View Article41-year-old man on north Belfast riot charge
A 41-year-old arrested in the Lurgan area on Wednesday has been charged...
View ArticleHow did John McCain win so easily in Arizona?
Republican John McCain and his opponent for the Senate nomination, JD Hayworth, seemed to be separated by a knife edge a few...
View ArticleDrugs quitting help 'inadequate' in Northamptonshire
Services to help drug users in Northamptonshire are inadequate, according to a county council report. The Drugs Rehabilitation Scrutiny Review said too much effort went into helping drug users...
View ArticleAberdeen Airport climate protesters fined £5,000
Nine climate change protesters convicted after causing disruption at Aberdeen Airport have been fined a total of £5,000. Flights were disrupted before police moved in to make arrests at...
View ArticleLeslie Marshall's rape victim hopes nightmares will end
A woman who was raped 21 years ago has spoken of her "sense of freedom" after her attacker was finally jailed. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said when she was raped by Leslie...
View ArticleNew seams boost UK Coal recovery
Coal production has soared at two of the UK's biggest collieries after new seams began operating. UK Coal said half-year volumes at Kellingley, on the border of North and West Yorkshire, were twice...
View ArticleAgincourt to 2010: a potted history of the UK passport
1414: The first version of the passport - 'Safe Conducts' was introduced during the reign of King Henry V (seen here at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415). 1852: Passport for John Daniel Coggen and his...
View ArticleCharity set to help more families in Guernsey
A Guernsey charity says it did so well in its first full year of operation that it is looking to expand its service to help more...
View Article'Disgusting' attack on Widnes woman, 80
Intruders who left an elderly woman with serious head injuries after attacking her in her home have been branded "disgusting". Gwen Deakin, 80, was found by carers three days after being left beaten...
View ArticleMan on gun charges appealing bail
A High Court bail application by a man charged following the bomb attack on a Londonderry police station has been adjourned pending a medical report. Thomas Christopher Nash, 53, with...
View ArticleFive evacuated after suspicious Aberdeen fire
Two adults and three children were evacuated from a building after a...
View ArticleIndefinite jail sentence for Flintshire rape and kidnap
A man who admitted charges of kidnap, rape, assault and false imprisonment has been jailed indefinitely at Caernarfon Crown Court. John Bevan, 46, of no fixed address, but formerly...
View ArticleThame golf club murder victim was decapitated
A barman killed at a golf club in Oxfordshire was decapitated, police have confirmed. Christopher Varian, 32, from Stone in Buckinghamshire, was attacked at...
View ArticleBank levy bill approved by German government
Germany's government has approved a draft law imposing a levy on banks to cover the costs of any future financial crisis. The government hopes the bill will gain parliamentary approval before being...
View ArticleTop Derby City Council official is suspended
A senior officer at Derby City Council in charge of social services and education has been suspended from her post, it has been confirmed....
View ArticleSecret US military computers 'cyber attacked' in 2008
A 2008 cyber attack launched from an infected flash drive in the Middle East penetrated secret US military computers, a Pentagon official says. The attack by a foreign spy service was the "most...
View ArticleStudy shows Kielder Forest bats thriving
The number of bats populating Kielder Forest in Northumberland is on the increase, a new study has found. The Forestry Commission survey of specially-created bat boxes revealed eight species living in...
View ArticleNottingham garden murder police granted extra time
Police have been granted extra time to question a 38-year-old man arrested on suspicion of...
View Article'Starship Enterprise' death driver deemed 'insane'
A man who killed a couple saying he thought he was piloting the Starship Enterprise at the time has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Matthew Kelliher, 31, was...
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