Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
EPSTEIN RANCH ANDREW PROBE
STAFF who worked at paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s desert lair have been quizzed about Andrew Mountbatten-windsor. Officials in New Mexico are probing visits to the remote Zorro Ranch. One worker said: “They’re asking about everything – particularly...
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SOLDIERS ‘LOST CONTROL’
A CATHOLIC priest, a father-ofsix and two teenagers were unarmed and posed no risk when they were shot dead, an inquest found yesterday. Two soldiers “lost control” in the fatal shootings of five people in Belfast almost 54 years ago, a coroner has...
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TERROR ON OUR STREETS
TWO Jewish men were stabbed in a suspected anti-semitic attack on the streets of London. Counter-terrorism officers are investigating after police and heroic passers-by tackled a suspect. The victims are recovering in hospital. Chief Rabbi Sir...
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PAEDO EX TEACHER JAILED
A FORMER teacher was jailed yesterday for indecently assaulting pupils at a school in the 1970s. William Lloyd-lavery, 77, was sent down for two-years at Belfast Crown Court after being found guilty in January of indecently assaulting four girls in...
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FIVE KILLED IN 24 HRS ON ROADS
“TOO many lives are being lost” a charity has said after five people died in crashes in the space of 24 hours in Northern Ireland. Road Safe NI said it is “deeply saddened” by the tragedies. Two victims of the weekend carnage were named yesterday....
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TERRORIST BOMB BID TO MURDER COPS
A CAR bomb attack outside a PSNI station shows the “murderous” intent of paramilitaries, police chiefs have said. The blast at Dunmurry on Saturday bore “very many similarities” to the attack in Lurgan in March. Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton...
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DOG ATTACKS DOUBLE
THE number of dog attacks has doubled since the pandemic. In 2025 alone, 29,400 attacks causing injury were recorded – an average of 81 every day. It comes as breeders exploit a loophole in the XL bully ban by producing a “pocket” version that is just...
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INFECTED BY A MONSTER
A DEPRAVED predator who travelled the country on a seven-year mission to infect young men with HIV has been jailed for life. The youngest victim of evil Adam Hall, who was 15 when they met, said: “I had just got off the school bus when the phone rang...
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KNOX’S LETTER TO LETBY
AMANDA Knox has written to jailed Lucy Letby as she researches the twisted nurse who murdered seven babies for a new podcast. The American, 38, who was jailed and later cleared over the 2007 murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, made...
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EYE OF THE STARM
THE Peter Mandelson row continued to haunt Keir Starmer yesterday as the top official he sacked recalled the “constant pressure” to approve the peer. Sir Olly Robbins, below, told MPS there was an atmosphere of “get it done” over Lord Mandelson’s plum...
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THEY CHOSE NOT TO TELL ME
KEIR Starmer yesterday blasted civil servants for not telling him Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting. He said it was “incredible” that Foreign Office officials chose not to tell him the news about his pick for US Ambassador. The PM added in...
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HEROES OF THE DEEP
Mirror joins the Prime Minister on board a nuclear submarine... as we are given unprecedented access to the front-line defence against Russian aggression... KEIR Starmer praised our nuclear sub crews on a secret visit to one of the vessels warding off...
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DAN NOW ..THE END IS NEAR
MOB boss Daniel Kinahan was finally behind bars last night after the police swooped on his Dubai bolthole – once the go ahead came from Ireland. The alleged leader of the Kinahan cartel, 48, was under surveillance in recent days and officers arrested...
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‘FUEL BOOST WON’T GO FAR ENOUGH’
EMMA Little-pengelly yesterday said the £100 fuel voucher is not enough – and urged Westminster to do more. The deputy First Minister, right, said: “It will make a difference, but not solve the problem.” Announcing the scheme, Communities Minister...
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NO HIDING PLACE
KEIR Starmer will today urge social media giants to do more to protect children who use their platforms. The Prime Minister summoned tech bosses to Downing Street after MPS voted against banning under-16s from social media by 256 to 150 last...
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PEDAL POWER BECAUSE I CAN’T AFFORD TRACTOR FUEL
A FARMER has told how he cycled to a fuel protest yesterday because he cannot afford to put diesel in his tractors. Martin Downey, from Dromore in Co Down, rode his bike at the head of a slow-moving convoy on the A1 near Sprucefield. He said rising...
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HOLYWOOD THRILLS
THERE were scenes of delight in Rory Mcilroy’s hometown as he clinched a second Masters title in a row. At Holywood Golf Club, members reacted with joy to their hero’s victory at Augusta National on Sunday night. And in the Co Down town, residents...
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GET WELL SOON GRANDAD
EAMONN Holmes took to social media yesterday to thank fans for their well wishes after he suffered a stroke. Alongside a photo of his grandchildren, the 66-year-old wrote: “As my beautiful grandaughters put it so well – I will do my best to get well...
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HARRY SUED
PRINCE Harry is being sued for defamation by the African AIDS charity he set up in honour of mum Princess Diana. The Duke of Sussex quit as patron of Sentebale last year in the wake of a bust-up with chairwoman Dr Sophie Chandauka. The charity said...
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BY CHRIS HUGHES Defence Editor
THE fragile Us-iran ceasefire was hanging in the balance last night as it emerged it was Tel Aviv’s Mossad chiefs who persuaded Donald Trump to go to war. The president’s own national security advisers ridiculed Israel’s attempt but the US leader...
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AND STILL IT GOES ON
CONFUSION reigned over Donald Trump’s ceasefire last night as Israel battered Lebanon and Iran retaliated by threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Israel bragged of launching 100 attacks in 10 minutes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, claiming its...
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ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MAD KIND
THE White House released this amazing photo showing humanity’s fragile home – hours after Donald Trump issued a chilling threat to “end an entire civilisation”. The US President’s unhinged post came as he spoke to the history making crew of the...
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FERGIE’S POINT OF NO RETURN
SHAMED Sarah Ferguson has told friends she will never set foot in America again as the fallout over her Jeffrey Epstein links deepens. Files released in the US recently laid bare the 66-year-old’s contact with her ex-husband Andrew’s paedophile pal...
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UNHINGED
DONALD Trump stooped to a childish new low yesterday in a gutter-mouthed tirade against Iran’s leaders. The US President vowed to rain explosives on power plants and bridges if Tehran does not end its blockade of global oil supplies in the Hormuz...
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‘MY MATE WILL POP LAWLOR’
A MAN wanted by the PSNI for the murder of gangster Robbie Lawlor appeared in a Dublin court yesterday. Jonathan Gill, 44, of Malahide Road in Clontarf, is facing an extradition hearing after being arrested on foot of a warrant. The document details...
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FACES OF THE BETRAYED
A ROGUE funeral director yesterday admitted giving the wrong ashes to dozens of grieving families. Robert Bush also stockpiled corpses, many not in fridges, at his debt-hit parlour in Hull. The scene was described as like a horror film. Bush left...
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THIS IS AMAZING
SINGER Jesy Nelson has hailed an “amazing” NHS decision to start testing newborn babies for a devastating muscle wasting disease. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has fast-tracked plans to screen over 400,000 babies for spinal muscular atrophy. The...
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DO YOUR DUTY
ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor has a duty to be questioned in the US about his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, a US congressman insists. Leading Democrat Jamie Raskin, right, told the Mirror: “I would think he would see that as...
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NATALIE’S KILLER WAS AT HER VIGIL
THE killer convicted of murdering his pregnant partner attended a memorial rally and vigil in her honour. Stephen Mccullagh, 36, was found guilty on Monday of killing Natalie Mcnally, 32, at her home in Lurgan, Co Armagh, on December 18, 2022.
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‘VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS THE SHAME OF OUR SOCIETY’
NATALIE Mcnally’s family paid tribute to her after Stephen Mccullagh was found guilty of her murder. Her brothers Declan and Niall spoke outside Belfast Crown Court, saying, “having you in our lives was the greatest joy we’ll ever have”. He also...
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COPS TOLD: TALK TO ANDREW’S 2ND ACCUSER
JEFFREY Epstein victims have urged British police to quiz the former Prince Andrew’s second accuser. Johanna Sjoberg, 43, claims she was groped by Andrew Mountbatten-windsor. A woman who was abused by Epstein said: “Johanna surely saw things. She was...
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MY RICKY’S LAST HUG ALMOST BROKE MY RIBS
RICKY Hatton’s mum told how the boxing legend hugged her so hard he “almost broke her ribs” the last time she saw him. Family members wept as a coroner ruled there was no evidence the former world champ, 46, intended to take his own life in...
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‘SOMEONE ELSE KILLED NATALIE’
THE man accused of murdering pregnant Natalie Mcnally insists someone else killed her, a court heard yesterday. The 32-year-old mum-to-be was beaten, strangled and stabbed at her home in Lurgan, Co Armagh, on December 18, 2022. The father of her...
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COPS WANT SEX CRIME REVIEW OF EPSTEIN FILES
BRITAIN’S top cop says his officers are probing a wide range of sex crime claims linked to Jeffrey Epstein. Met chief Mark Rowley, below, wants the US to release unredacted files about the paedophile’s network. The move ramps up pressure on Andrew...
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I PLAYED NO PART IN IRA BOMBINGS
GERRY Adams has told the High Court in London he had “no involvement” in IRA bombings and he was never a part of the organisation. The former Sinn Fein president entered the witness box yesterday in defence of a legal claim against him brought by...
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HALLOWEEN NIGHT OUT TURNED TO HORROR
AN inquest has found a student died after she had taken MDMA at a Halloween party. Belfast girl Olivia Wojciechowska, 19, was studying at Liverpool John Moores University. Her inquest heard she died of organ failure.
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CRISIS OF OUR AGE
DEMENTIA patients are routinely sedated and restrained from leaving their NHS beds, a shock report seen by the Mirror reveals. It found a “containment culture” in our overflowing hospitals has led to some patients being labelled aggressive by...
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Andy, Mandy & The paedophile
ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor, Peter Mandelson and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein are seen together for the first time in a photograph from the Epstein files. The picture, which emerged yesterday, shows them sitting on decking in a garden – with the then...
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MURDER ACCUSED ‘TRULY SORRY’
A MAN charged with the murder of a woman is “truly and genuinely sorry”, a court heard yesterday. Martin Mccarney, 45, from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, appeared via videolink before Strabane Magistrates’ Court charged with murdering Ellie Flanagan,...
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COPS PROBE DEATHS OF DAD AND SON
THE bodies of a father and his son have been found at their home. Police said the remains of James Grimes, 85, and his 54-year-old son Emmett were discovered at the property between
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BARTON CHARGED OVER HORROR ‘ATTACK’
FORMER footballer Joey Barton has been charged with GBH after a headteacher was seriously hurt outside a golf club. Kevin Lynch, 51, could lose the sight in one eye following an alleged attack by Barton, 43, and Gary O’grady, 50, a court heard...
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ADAMS ‘INVOLVED’ IN TERROR BOMBINGS
BILL Clinton had credible evidence Gerry Adams had high-level involvement in the IRA, the High Court heard yesterday. A civil case against the former Sinn Fein leader opened in London alleging he was a leading member of the Provos when it detonated...
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MURDER PROBE AFTER WOMAN FOUND DEAD
A MURDER investigation has been launched following the discovery of a woman’s body in Co Fermanagh. The woman, aged in her 20s, was
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FBI PROBED TRUMP ASSAULT CLAIMS
THE FBI questioned a woman who alleged Donald Trump sexually assaulted her as a girl, newly released Epstein files have revealed. Democrats were last night calling for the US President to testify on his Epstein links. The files were missing from a...
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STATE OF ALERT
DEFENCE Secretary John Healey twice had to take cover as drones threatened an RAF base yesterday. Mr Healey was visiting Akrotiri in Cyprus when sirens sounded at the facility, which was hit by a drone on Sunday. F-35B fighter jets were put on...
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MUM’S TEARS FOR NATALIE
THE mother of Natalie Mcnally broke down in court as she gave evidence at her murder trial. Mum Bernadette recalled how the accused, 36-year old Stephen Mccullagh, told her he found Natalie’s body at her Lurgan home on December 19, 2022. She told the...
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ENTER THE DRAGON BRITISH forces are moving closer to the front line of the Us-israel war on Iran as warship HMS Dragon was deployed to the region yesterday.
President Donald Trump accused PM Keir Starmer of being “uncooperative” for not joining US strikes on the country. It came as an expert warned of an increased risk of terror attacks in the UK. Flights home for stranded Brits start within days.
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CHAOS & FEAR
PLANS to evacuate hundreds of thousands from the Middle East were being drawn up last night as the conflict spread. More than 102,000 had registered with the Foreign Office as Keir Starmer said he would not commit British forces to Donald Trump’s war...
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STRANDED
HUNDREDS of thousands of UK and Irish citizens are trapped in the Middle East as Iranian missile strikes rock the region. Ministers are understood to be drawing up an unprecedented operation to evacuate holidaymakers and expats by land, sea or air....
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‘I DID KILL CHLOE BUT IT WAS NOT MURDER’
A MAN is to plead guilty to killing Chloe Mitchell by reason of diminished responsibility, a court has heard. Brandon John Rainey, 29, was due to go on trial on March 9 for the murder of Ms Mitchell in June 2023 which he has denied.
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HUNTLEY FIGHTS FOR LIFE
SOHAM killer Ian Huntley is fighting for life after being battered around the head with a metal bar by a fellow inmate. The monster, 52, who murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, was targeted in a workshop at HMP Frankland in...
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MAN & WOMAN ARRESTED OVER LISA DORRIAN MURDER
TWO people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of Lisa Dorrian’s murder. A woman, 40, was detained in Bangor, Co Down, and later a 42-year-old man was held in Scotland. Lisa was last seen on February 27, 2005, at a party in Ballyhalbert Caravan...
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Hiding in his car, ex-prince driven from cop station
SHAMED Andrew Mountbattenwindsor has nowhere to hide as he slouches in a car after being quizzed by police on his 66th birthday. King Charles said “the law must take its course” after his brother was arrested at Sandringham on suspicion of misconduct...
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I’LL CARRY ON JUSTICE FIGHT FOR MICHAELA
JOHN Mcareavey has told how he will continue to fight for justice for Michaela – 15 years on from her death in Mauritius. The couple were on honeymoon on the island when the 27-year-old teacher was found strangled in the bathroom of their room. Two...
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COP’S HUNT FOR NOAH IN DRAINS
AN ex-senior officer has told the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe he had to crawl through storm drain tunnels during the search for the missing schoolboy. The retired inspector said he believed they would have been a “very challenging place to...
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SAVE OUR NEXT GENERATION
A GRIEVING mum welcomed a change in the law on social media giants – but urged PM Keir Starmer to act now to protect children online. Ellen Roome campaigned to force tech firms to keep the data of children who died after she lost her son Jools,...
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CHLOE MURDER TRIAL TO GO AHEAD
THE Chloe Mitchell murder trial is to go ahead after a meeting between the Criminal Bar Association and Justice Minister Naomi Long. Ms Long agreed to start an accelerated review into the legal aid dispute – and barristers agreed to exempt Brandon...
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A stain on the family
PRINCE William wanted his uncle Andrew banished over revelations about him and Jeffrey Epstein six years before he was finally exiled. The Prince of Wales, 43, clashed with dad Charles and the late Queen after the ex-duke’s 2019 car-crash BBC Newsnight...
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JESY NELSON I’m proud to join the Mirror in fight for baby testing
JESY Nelson has revealed she tried to take her own life and needed to be rushed to hospital in the lead up to her exit from Little Mix. The singer’s depression could have killed her had her mum Janice not raised the alarm and called an ambulance after...
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SHAMEFUL
MANCHESTER United chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe was branded a hypocrite for saying Britain had been “colonised by immigrants”. The billionaire, who lives in Monaco for tax purposes, added: “You can’t have nine million people on benefits and huge levels of...
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MAN QUIZZED ON DANIEL’S MURDER
GARDAI have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Daniel Aruebose. He was detained at Dublin Airport yesterday after deportation from Brazil. The suspect is in his 20s and inquiries into the death of the boy whose body was found in...
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KING: WE’LL HELP POLICE
THE King last night said he would assist police with their investigations into his disgraced brother, Andrew Mountbatten-windsor. In an unprecedented development, King Charles spoke of his “profound concern” surrounding the former prince’s...
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BLAME ME
KEIR Starmer’s top aide Morgan Mcsweeney shouldered the blame for disgraced Peter Mandelson being made US ambassador as he sensationally quit yesterday. The No10 chief of staff was widely credited with propelling the PM into Downing Street but had...
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MISSED CHANCE TO STOP SUFFOLK STRANGLER
A WOMAN who escaped Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright says six women he killed could be alive today if police had taken her seriously. Emily Doherty gave a description and his car reg after he tried to kidnap her, but they failed to act. Just a day later...
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KEIR AND PRESENT DANGER
KEIR Starmer was left fighting for his political career over Peter Mandelson’s relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The PM apologised for making Mandelson US ambassador and said documents would prove the former minister lied about the...
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I can’t imagine a life without my John
SNOOKER star John Virgo’s widow paid tribute to her husband after he died suddenly aged 79. Rosie Ries said: “We were days shy of our 16-year wedding anniversary. I can’t imagine life without John, he was the love of my life and my best...
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