Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
COPS DIDN’T COLLUDE IN MURDER
THE inquiry into the sectarian murder of Robert Hamill has found police officers who were near the scene did not collude with his attackers. But the report said RUC officers were guilty of wrongful omissions which obstructed the probe into his...
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FIREBOMB FAMILY BEGGED TO BE MOVED
Kim and Philip English were killed with two of their four kids in, inset, firebombed home
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WOMAN JAILED OVER VICTIM ANONYMITY
A WOMAN was jailed yesterday for breaching the lifetime anonymity order for the victims of child rapist Jeffrey Donaldson. Donna Toman, 55, from the Lord Moira Park area of Ballynahinch, Co Down, received a three-month sentence over a video she...
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HERO TRIED TO SAVE HIM
A WOMAN desperately tried to pull back the tragic man who climbed into a tiger pen, a witness has revealed. A zoogoer said the hero was “not strong enough” to stop the man jumping into the enclosure in Doncaster, where he was killed by Siberian tiger...
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PLANS to livestream the firing squad execution of a US mass shooter have sparked revulsion around the world. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at a US Army base, will be shot dead on December 3, with the public able to watch online, Donald Trump’s...
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DRUNK SAILOR SHORE WAS ABUSIVE
A SAILOR on shore leave from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier docked in Belfast subjected a cop to a “horrific” tirade of misogynistic abuse, a court heard yesterday. Jac Lloyd Hughes, 25, also called her colleague a “Taliban f***er” in an apparent...
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‘IT’S NOW BIGGER THAN GARVAGHY ROAD’
A STAND-OFF between the Orange Order and residents in Portadown is “now bigger than the Garvaghy Road”. After residents’ representatives Breandan Mac Cionnaith and Linda O’neill met groups who live near former flashpoint areas, she said deals on...
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SPEED COST FOUR YOUNG LIVES
WORK on the delayed £1.7billion A5 road upgrade should begin as soon as possible after the Court of Appeal quashed a ruling blocking the project, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins said yesterday. A previous High Court ruling that the project cannot...
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KING: DON’T USE MY MONEY
ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor has been warned the King will not foot the bill for his court action against the police. The disgraced former prince is seeking a judicial review to rule that the search warrants used during his arrest in February were...
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BAD TO THE FUTURE
KEMI Badenoch is accused of trying to take the country back to the days of austerity under the “nasty party”. The Tory leader, right, wants to splash cash on free childcare for high earners while cutting benefits for struggling young people. TUC...
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Tragic mum in rickshaw crash loses fight for life
A MOTHER of two who suffered a “catastrophic” injury in a rickshaw accident following a Westlife concert has passed away in hospital. Danielle O’keane, 37, from Newry, Co Down, died on Thursday after fighting for her life since the accident last...
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MEN JAILED FOR HORRIFIC TEEN RAPE IN CAR PARK
TWO men who carried out a horrific rape attack on a teenager in a car park – with one of them claiming she “wanted it” – have been jailed. Luis Dos Martins Mariano, 20, from Sloan Street, and Alcino Soares, 21, of Braeside, both Dungannon, committed...
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Esther: See you on the other side
BY LUCY THORNTON TV crusader Dame Esther Rantzen left her grieving family a note saying, “See you on the other side”, before her death yesterday aged 86. The presenter, who hosted That’s Life! and established child protection charity Childline, had...
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WAR OF WORDS AT STORMONT
FIRST Minister Michelle O’neill has been accused of “gross contempt” over her role in a protest against the Drumcree parade. Speaker Edwin Poots said her “no-show” to face a tabled question at the Assembly was “unprecedented”. As the DUP vowed to...
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STAND-OFF
SECRETARY of State Chris Bryant appealed for calm as he urged political and community leaders to compromise over the Drumcree stand-off. Thousands of protesters blocked the predominately nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown yesterday to prevent a...
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LEGAL BID TO BLOCK DRUMCREE PARADE
A LEGAL challenge will be heard today after the Orange Order was given permission to march along the Garvaghy Road for the first time in almost 30 years. Around 200 people gathered outside Belfast High Court last night where they were addressed by...
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I WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY CELEB AT HOME
ANDY Carroll has bravely spoken out about being sexually assaulted by a celebrity in his own home. The ex-england striker revealed his male attacker – who was there to watch a boxing match and was staying in the spare room – was jailed following the...
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AMBULANCE DELAY LED TO LEE’S DEATH
THE delay in sending an ambulance “contributed to the death” of a man, an inquest heard yesterday. Lee Gannon died after his family made 999 calls when he had breathing difficulties at his Belfast home in 2022. Coroner Maria Dougan said: “That delay...
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DON WELL?
ANDY Burnham pulled off a tricky first meeting with Donald Trump – as the unpredictable US President said he was a man to do business with. The PM, who had looked understandably nervous, navigated issues like the Middle East, Falklands and Ukraine at...
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NATS STRIFE
HUNDREDS of flights were disrupted across the UK yesterday, in the second air traffic control glitch in as many weeks. The knock-on effect is expected to continue today as flights in and out of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England were...
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ED: I FEEL SO ALONE
ED Sheeran’s friends shared their concern after he broke down in tears on stage. The star – who is mired in controversy after support act Macklemore was booted off his tour for voicing pro-palestine views – told fans he had been on the verge of...
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MY DEAR FRIEND ANN
STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood said he was devastated by the death of his friend Ann Widdecombe. Craig became close with the former Tory MP, who was found dead at her home in July, after her stint on the BBC show in 2010. Ahead of...
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STORMONT INTERNET SEX SITE SEARCHES
ATTEMPTS were made to use the Stormont Assembly’s internet network to access X-rated websites, new information shows. The activity included searches to view celebrity nude images, online sex chatrooms, escort services and sex-toy retailers. The...
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Heartbreak
A BODY has been found in the hunt for a missing three-year-old boy following a huge search operation. Hundreds of volunteers came from miles around to look for Noah Woods, who disappeared on Tuesday. Autistic, non-verbal and partially deaf, he had...
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MY NOAH WAS FAILED
Fiona Donohoe criticised the Department for Infrastructure and PSNI after the long-running inquest into his death concluded yesterday. The jury’s foreman read their findings at Belfast Coroner’s Court after 32 hours of deliberations. It said failings...
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COPS DIDN’T COLLUDE IN MURDER
THE inquiry into the sectarian murder of Robert Hamill has found police officers who were near the scene did not collude with his attackers. But the report said RUC officers were guilty of wrongful omissions which obstructed the probe into his...
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MAN CHARGED OVER BUS HIJACKING
A MAN is due in court today after a bus was hijacked at knifepoint. Police responded to the incident at 1pm on Saturday. It’s alleged the man hijacked the 273 Derry Express service in the Beltany Road, Omagh. The 30-year-old allowed
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IT’S TOO LATE FOR ME
DAME Esther Rantzen has revealed she is too frail to travel to Switzerland to end her life as she demands MPS pass the assisted dying bill today. The TV legend, 86, who has terminal cancer, had planned to visit Dignitas. She said: “Everything I...
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FARAGE FACES COP QUIZ ON DONORS
REFORM boss Nigel Farage faces a police grilling over potential donation offences. His party denied wrongdoing after Mr Farage and aides were apparently filmed discussing illegal funding. The Met said: “There are potential offences requiring...
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OAP DROVE ON WRONG SIDE OF M1 FOR 20KM
A CO Antrim pensioner was stopped by gardai after driving on the wrong side of the motorway for around 20km. The incident happened on the M1 between Dundalk and Drogheda on Thursday morning. It’s understood the driver, in his 80s, accidentally drove...
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BORDER POLL ON THE BACK BURNER
ANDY Burnham yesterday said an Irish border poll is “off the table” during his first visit to Belfast as Prime Minister. Mr Burnham, who met Stormont’s political leaders, said “rifts” from referendums “take a long time to heal”, referring to Brexit...
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Dolly
DOLLY Parton died surrounded by loved ones after a brief and private cancer battle, it has emerged. The country music legend, actress and philanthropist had been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues prior to her death on Tuesday at the age of...
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HERO COPS PRAISED
LOVED ones of two police officers killed in a crash with a car in which five young men also died paid tribute yesterday. PC Tom Clough, 38, and PC Matthew Blades, 37, were killed when their vehicle was involved in a collision with a VW Passat being...
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DUCHESS AND THE GENTLEMEN
THE Duchess of Sussex is said to be in talks over a role in The Gentlemen following the bombshell announcement that she and Prince Harry are returning to the UK. Actress Meghan could be in the third series of Guy Ritchie’s hit TV comedy drama, which...
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NO WAY BACK TO ROYAL LIFE
BY HARRY and Meghan will not be welcomed back into royal life on their UK return, sources say. William and the King are said to agree the Sussexes’ move changes nothing. A source close to Wills said: “He doesn’t have time for their drama.”
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DAY TRIP TRAGEDY
THE father who drowned at the beach with his partner and teenage daughter was a refugee who fled Palestine a decade ago. Hassan El-khawas, 55, Zeina Alayn, 37, and Sara, 14, died at Shoreham-bysea, West Sussex, on Tuesday. The couple’s younger...
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PRAY FOR THEM
THESE are the three sisters badly injured when a car driven by joyriders on the wrong side of the M9 smashed into them. Niamh and Alma Kinsella are fighting for their lives while Ella Hendricken has serious injuries. Fr Thomas Little said: “The...
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DUP’S SHANNON CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON WOMAN
DEMOCRATIC Unionist MP Jim Shannon has been charged with common assault of a woman. The representative did not appear at Newtownards Magistrates Court yesterday, where it was claimed the 71-year-old assaulted a female on October 1, 2023. It is...
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5 KILLED IN MOTORWAY MADNESS
FIVE teenagers killed in a 3am crash yesterday were driving on the wrong side of the motorway. All five were wearing balaclavas in the BMW which collided head on with a family’s car on the M9 in Co Kildare. Local Sinn Fein TD Shonagh Ni Raghallaigh...
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JUDGE WANTS DATE SET FOR CHLOE TRIAL
A JUDGE will set a trial date next month for a man accused of murdering Chloe Mitchell. Brandon John Rainey, 30, denies murdering the 21-year-old in Ballymena, Co Antrim, in June 2023. As the court heard a psychiatric report on the accused was due at...
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HEATWAVE CHAOS
TINDERBOX Britain burst into flames yesterday as temperatures hit 38.1C sparking chaos. A blaze that engulfed six homes in Stourbridge, West Mids, was among several fires that broke out across the country on the hottest day of the year. Meanwhile, a...
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SUNSATIONAL
PEOPLE across Northern Ireland spent yesterday evening watching the best solar eclipse in decades. Crowds could be seen at various viewing spots including outside Queen’s University in Belfast as well as Armagh Observatory. And in Dublin there was an...
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BRAZEN GUNMAN FIRES ON HOUSE
THESE are the chilling images of a masked and hooded gunman casually walking through a respectable residential area and opening fire. The brazen attack took place in the Breton Court area of Lisburn in Co Antrim shortly before 1.30am...
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DONEGAL GAA HERO KILLED IN CRASH
ALL-IRELAND winner James Mchugh has been killed in a horror road traffic accident. The star – who played for Donegal until 1996 – died yesterday after the car in which he was travelling collided with a van in Co Cavan. The crash took place on the N3...
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HORROR AS BODY FOUND IN BURNT-OUT CAR
POLICE are appealing for witnesses over the death of a man found in a burnt-out car. His body was discovered in the Harford Street area of Portadown, Co Armagh, on Saturday night. The fire was reported at about 10pm and firefighters extinguished the...
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KAMMY: MY CANCER SCARE
CHRIS Kamara has revealed he had a prostate cancer scare after a routine blood test. The football pundit, 68, who is entering the Great North Run to raise money for a cancer charity, said: “It was a scary thing to hear.”
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ANDREW: MY ‘STALKER ORDEAL’
A BALACLAVA-CLAD stalker chased Andrew Mountbatten-windsor near the disgraced ex-royal’s home, a court heard yesterday. Alex Jenkinson, 39, denies using threatening behaviour at Sandringham, Norfolk. The former duke said in a statement: “He was...
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HELP IS ON THE WAY
MORE than 150 new NHS mental health centres will open in a major boost for patients and A&ES. Writing in today’s Mirror, PM Andy Burnham says the move will bolster a system that only steps in at crisis point as families face unbearable strain. He...
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‘I’M JUST A MUM WHO WANTED TO WORK’
A MOTHER has been awarded more than £20k after an industrial tribunal ruling in an indirect sex discrimination case. Anna Owens, a former receptionist at the Westville Hotel in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, said her agreed working pattern allowed her to...
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‘CRACKING JOKES TO THE END’
TRIBUTES have been paid to Northern Irish funnyman Jimmy Cricket after his death at 80. The Cookstown-born comic carved out a career in showbusiness stretching over five decades and was famous for his catchphrase, “And there’s more!”. Born James...
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Harry: Dad, let the world see us together
PRINCE Harry is hoping for a public reunion with the King at next year’s Invictus Games. Organisers of the event, founded by Harry, are believed to be considering inviting his father, paving the way for their first appearance together in years. An...
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THERE is a crisis in Belfast City Centre, the PSNI have admitted. Officers are facing issues such as anti-social behaviour, addiction, mental health issues and rough sleeping. Sergeant Dave Mckinley said more support is needed from those at the...
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EUROPEAN football chiefs turned on Gianni Infantino yesterday over his plans to sell rights to the World Cup. Some 55 nations including England warned the controversial Fifa boss they will boycott the tournament. Mirror chief sports writer Andy Dunn...
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KATE’S OUR GOLDEN GIRL
KATE O’connor struck gold for Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last night winning the heptathlon. The Newry athlete sealed first place with victory in her final event last night, the 800m, ahead of team-mate Anna Mccauley who...
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EATERIES FEAR THEY WILL BE NEXT
CAFE and food outlet owners are concerned after a spate of break-ins across Belfast in recent days. A beer keg was used to smash into city centre business The Samosa King, during an early morning raid yesterday. Michael Henderson, of trade body the...
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BAIL WAIT FOR BOMB ACCUSED
TWO people charged in connection with an alleged bomb plot have been remanded in custody. Law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan, 25, who was arrested in Co Monaghan in a car allegedly containing explosives, was bailed. But her release was delayed...
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NO CHILD SHOULD DIE FOR A DAY AT THE SEASIDE
A MUM whose daughter died after contracting E.coli is calling for Andy Burnham to crack down on firms pumping raw sewage into the sea. As thousands head to the beach, Julie Maughan, mother of tragic Heather Preen, eight, said: “Somebody could die...
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COPS FOIL CAR BOMB ATTACK
A “SIGNIFICANT” car bomb was intercepted near the border in an operation targeting dissident republicans, gardai said yesterday. The Garda’s Special Detective Unit stopped the vehicle travelling on the N2 south of Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, on...
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TRAGEDY ON BEACH TRIP
A TEENAGE girl and her mum drowned after rushing into the sea in a bid to rescue a young relative. Samiha Rahman, 15, and her mother Shally, 41, died off West Mersea Beach in Essex. Their relative, a seven-year-old boy, is in a critical condition and...
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MAKE US PAY MORE TAX
MORE than 100 millionaires have urged PM Andy Burnham to make them pay more tax. Former England striker Gary Lineker is among those calling for a wealth levy. He said: “I’m proud to stand with people who want to live in a more equal society.” A group...
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ANN ‘HIT 21 TIMES WITH HAMMER’
ANN Widdecombe died after being hit on the head with a hammer 21 times as she ate lunch, a court was told yesterday. Joshua Kerry, 28, is accused of murdering the former Tory MP, 78, at her remote Devon home. Detectives drove him from Westminster...
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IT STARTS NOW
NEW Prime Minister Andy Burnham will hit the ground running today with measures to help struggling families. He signalled he could give low earners a tax cut and help out with energy bills. Mr Burnham said: “We want to do things people will feel...
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UUP TO LAUNCH DONALDSON REVIEW
THE Ulster Unionists will set up an “independent confidential process” into Jeffrey Donaldson’s time in the party. Donaldson, 63, was convicted last month of 18 child sex offences, including one count of rape. UUP leader Jon Burrows confirmed his party...
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