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  • Suspicious object found in Belfast alert

    Losing one of three connections from Belfast to Gatwick Airport is a "major disappointment" which could affect prices for passengers, an industry insider has ...

  • Pair jailed over murder of Ballymena schoolboy Michael McIlveen

    24 May 2013 Two men who admitted their part in the murder of a teenage schoolboy seven years ago were today ordered to spend at least 17 years behind bars between ...

  • Jets scrambled after passenger plane incident

    Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane which was flying from Pakistan to Manchester. It has 280 passengers on board.It has been diverted to Stansted Airport in Essex where it has now landed.It is understood the incident happened around 10 minutes before the plane, flight number PK709, was due to land in Manchester at 2pm.A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "A Typhoon aircraft has ...

  • Family hail hero Woolwich victim

    The family of the soldier murdered in Woolwich paid tribute to "our hero" as they expressed their shock that he had been so brutally killed on British ...

  • Brendan Rodgers son Anton cleared of sexual assault

    Footballers Lewis Dunk, Anton Rodgers, George Barker and Steve Cook were found not guilty at the Old Bailey today of sexually assaulting a teenage ...

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GoldenEye

It's been six years since James Bond drew his Walter PB-K on the silver screen, and since that time there has been such a drastic change in the state of the world that one is forced to ask the question: "Is there room in the 90's for 007?" In today's post-Cold War politically correct environment, James Bond does not seem to have a comfortable niche. As the new female M tells him to his face, "Mr. ... ...

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  • I’m sorry Armagh failure is my fault Grimley

    By Colm Keys - 24 May 2013 Paul Grimley has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a statement to offer a personal apology to Armagh supporters and County Board in the wake of Sundays four point defeat to Cavan in ...

  • Dundrum up for Challenge

    By Ian Callender - 24 May 2013 Dundrum would like to have been better prepared for their biggest game in years but when Kyle McCallan and his Waringstown team, the Irish Cup and Challenge Cup winners of 2011, arrive today, the Senior One minnows will be playing only their third game of the ...

  • Mark Bridger denies lying about April Jones murder

    The man accused of abducting and murdering April Jones has told a jury he has no explanation for why her body has never been found and apologised for not being able to say where he left it.Giving evidence for the third day, the former slaughterman and lifeguard Mark Bridger was asked what he had said to lure the five-year-old into his car, but told the jury he had never spoken to April.He ...

  • Court Bercow tweet was libellous

    The posting appeared two days after a November 2012 Newsnight report wrongly implicated the former Conservative Party treasurer in allegations of sex abuse at Bryn Estyn children's home in the 1970s and 1980s.Mrs Bercow has always denied that the tweet - "Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *Innocent face*" - was defamatory, but lawyers for the peer said it pointed "the finger of ...

  • Chiefs edge out Crusaders

    Tom Taylor kicked them into a 19-15 advantage.A quick Aaron Cruden penalty followed before Aki's try ensured the Chiefs had a six-point cushion with 10 minutes to play.Premature celebrations amongst the 22,187 crowd saw the tension lift slightly after what had been an intense 70 minutes.And, in a match that could define their title defence, the Chiefs held firm to secure just their seventh ...

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