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Man arrested in connection with 1974 Birmingham bombings
- UK
- November 18, 2020, 14:12
A man has been arrested in connection with the murders of 21 people in the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham. The arrest comes just days before the 46t(...)

Birmingham: One killed and seven injured in series of stabbings
- UK
- September 6, 2020, 08:51
The West Midlands police and crime commissioner has said a rise in violence was “almost inevitable” due to the pandemic in the wake of a spate of stab(...)

Birmingham Six were furious with Haughey for not seeking their release
- Politics
- December 28, 2019, 00:50
The Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six rounded on Charles Haughey for not publicly declaring their innocence or doing more to seek their release, c(...)

Friends and family of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, the two people killed in Friday’s London Bridge attack, have attended memorials to honour them in(...)

UK authorities break up slavery ring with more than 400 victims
- UK
- July 5, 2019, 16:25
Members of the largest-ever UK modern slavery ring which forced more than 400 people into work have been jailed. A three-year police investigation un(...)

Birmingham pub bombings: Inquests into 21 deaths under way
- UK
- February 25, 2019, 07:36
Long-awaited inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings began on Monday with a minute’s silence for the victims. T(...)

Derry car bomb: four men being held for questioning by PSNI
- Crime & Law
- January 21, 2019
A major police investigation is continuing in Derry after a car bomb exploded outside the city’s courthouse on Saturday night. The Police Service of (...)

Police in Derry believe the dissident republican group the New IRA was behind an explosion outside the city’s courthouse on Saturday night. “Our pr(...)

Cyclists disappointed at scrapping of Bill setting ‘safe distance’ for overtaking
- Irish News
- January 2, 2019
Road safety campaigners have said the Government could learn from the success of British police forces in prosecuting motorists who do not keep a safe(...)

Man who racially abused woman on Ryanair flight apologises
- Irish News
- October 26, 2018, 17:55
The victim of a racist tirade on a Ryanair flight has rejected an apology from the passenger who abused her, after he denied being “a racist person”. (...)