PRAGUE (AFP) – A Czech man set himself on fire on Friday (Jan 18) in central Prague where the student activist Jan Palach self-immolated 50 years ago to protest the Soviet-led occupation of the then Czechoslovakia. The man was put into an artificial coma and hospitalised with burns to his head and hands after setting […]
A man has died after being electrocuted ‘while changing a light bulb’ in a shed in Co Derry. The man has been named locally as Ian Patterson (44). It is understood locals tried to use a nearby defibrillator in a bid to save Mr Patterson’s life. MLA Maurice Bradley, who knew Mr Patterson, said the […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain’s national intelligence agency unveiled plans on Thursday (Jan 17) to train about 600 teenage girls in cyber skills this year, in a bid to get more women into the male-dominated field. The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) said it would chose girls aged 12 and 13 to take part in four-day courses […]
Ashraf Aggwa, 54, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault and handed a six-month suspended jail sentence. Aggwa, a father-of-three and grandfather-of-two, assaulted three different women in a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, in July 2018. Canterbury Crown Court heard that Aggwa either touched, kissed or grabbed his victims. The judge said Aggwa […]
A husband and wife have been ordered to stand trial accused of the rape and sexual abuse of a young girl. Gary and Heather Talbot from Newcastle, Co Down, appeared at Downpatrick Magistrates Court yesterday. They were present for their preliminary enquiry, the legal step necessary to refer all cases upwards to the Crown Court. […]
SANDRINGHAM, England (REUTERS) – Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip was recovering at the couple’s home in eastern England on Friday (Jan 18) after escaping without injury when his car flipped over following a crash with another vehicle. Prince Philip was at the wheel of his Land Rover when it collided with another car on […]
Shopkeeper Aram Kurd, 34, and his friends Arkan Ali, 37, and Hawkar Hassan, 33, plotted to destroy the Polish supermarket in order to claim £300,000 in insurance because the business was failing. They were found guilty of murder in December. Kurd and Ali have been sentenced to at least 37 years, while Hassan will serve […]
With temperatures hovering around freezing in many parts, wintry conditions and icy roads are threatening to cause travel disruption, according to forecasters. Amid the risk of injuries, pedestrians are also being warned to take care on slippery paths and pavements. The freeze comes as temperatures plunged to to -10.7C (12.7F) in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, overnight. This […]
Same-sex couples in Austria will be able to legally marry from 2019 after a ruling by the country’s top court. Its constitutional court said the current marriage law violated non-discrimination rules. The ruling also allows heterosexual couples to enter a civil partnership. The move will bring the country in line with 15 other European countries. […]
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has called the failure to prosecute 3,000 youth offenders a “humiliating professional failure” for the force. He also apologised to all those who were victims of crimes committed by those who were never prosecuted. An internal report into the force’s youth referral scheme found that 7,894 cases where youths were deemed […]