Two men died in separate falls within an hour of each other yesterday in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. Police Service of Northern Ireland Inspector Frances McCullough said: “Police received a request for assistance after a male was reported to have fallen while walking on Wee Binnian shortly before midday, and received a further […]
The worst will be banned, with only the cleanest being on sale after 2022. Michael Gove is looking especially at ways to reduce people’s exposure to particulate matter, considered the most damaging pollutant. Mr Gove said: “The evidence is clear. While air quality has improved significantly in recent years, air pollution continues to shorten lives, […]
To tackle growing rates of obesity in the UK, the foundation says it is necessary to look not just at what people eat but at how much of it they eat. With that in mind, they have introduced the first practical guide to portion sizes – ‘Find Your Balance’. The guide uses simple hand and […]
Savings made on groceries are being wiped out by household bills and income tax pressures on working families since the collapse of the Celtic Tiger, a Sunday Independent analysis of Central Statistic Office (CSO) figures shows. It comes as a leading economist said Ireland’s workforce was being loaded with an increased tax burden and higher […]
PARIS (AFP) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday (Jan 13) launched her party’s campaign for the European Parliament elections, pledging to beat President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party in the vote. Le Pen, leader of the National Rally (RN), formerly the National Front, presented the first 12 candidates on her list before a […]
Gardai investigating the murder of student Deirdre Jacob hope to identify a number of new witnesses as a result of digitalising 20-year-old CCTV footage from the day she disappeared. The 18-year-old student teacher was home on holidays from the UK when she vanished yards from her home outside Newbridge, Co Kildare, in July 1998. She […]
GARDAI investigating the murder of Deirdre Jacob have interviewed a prisoner who alleged that convicted rapist Larry Murphy was involved in her disappearance. The prisoner alleged that Murphy confessed to abducting Deirdre Jacob while he was serving a jail sentence for the brutal rape and abduction of another woman. Sources close to the investigation said […]
An Italian militant who was convicted of murder in his home country nearly three decades ago has been arrested in Bolivia. The Italian government sent an aircraft to pick up Cesare Battisti, who was captured by Bolivian police working with Italian agents on the ground in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Italian police said. The […]
Scotland’s first minister revealed she met her predecessor on three occasions and spoke to him twice on the phone after he was the subject of sexual harassment allegations. Two women made the complaints against him to the Scottish government in January 2018. The country’s highest civil court ruled on Tuesday that the handling of the […]
Warnock was speaking after his side’s 0-0 draw with fellow Premier League strugglers Huddersfield on Saturday. The Bluebirds boss was asked whether he thinks the UK’s exit from the European Union, due to formally occur on 29 March, will harm the chances of Premier League clubs buying players from abroad. The 70-year-old responded by criticising […]