Denroy: Bangor plastics company creating 32 jobs
23 June 2015 From the section Northern Ireland The company is best known for making Denman hairbrushes Bangor-based plastics manufacturer Denroy is creating 32 jobs as part of a £3m expansion. The...
View ArticleMissy Elliott announced for Isle of Wight's Bestival
24 June 2015 From the section Hampshire & Isle of Wight Organisers said this will be the first time Miss Elliott has appeared in the UK for nine years Missy Elliott has been named as the Sunday...
View ArticleSwindon Facebook bully, 13, admits assault
23 June 2015 From the section Wiltshire A teenage boy has pleaded guilty to assault after a video was posted on Facebook which appeared to show another boy being bullied. The 13-year-old, who can not...
View ArticleMan in court over woman's 'ordeal' in Kirkcaldy
23 June 2015 From the section Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland A 38-year-old man has appeared in court charged with abduction and assault with intent to rape after an incident in Fife. Simon...
View ArticleSevere delays at Paddington station after two people killed by train
23 June 2015 From the section London Trains to and from Paddington station have been delayed after two people were hit by a train at Ealing Broadway. British Transport Police, who were called at 18:10...
View ArticleHope House: Mental health centre may be closed
23 June 2015 From the section Northern Ireland The centre helps people with mental health problems People with mental health problems are fighting to save a well-being centre from closure and the...
View ArticleEx-homeless worker Catherine Johnstone becomes Midlothian Council leader
23 June 2015 From the section Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland A former homeless worker has become the new leader of SNP-run Midlothian Council. Catherine Johnstone worked for the council before she...
View ArticleMan, 38, charged over Rotherham child sex offences
23 June 2015 From the section Sheffield & South Yorkshire A man has been charged with eleven offences relating to child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. Sajid Bostan, 38, has been charged with...
View ArticlePolice cordon off area on a Cardiff river embankment
23 June 2015 From the section South East Wales Officers cordoned off an area at Taffs Mead embankment Police have sealed off a section of an embankment at the River Taff in Cardiff. Investigations are...
View ArticleThe town in Brazil that embraces the Confederate flag
By Bradley Campbell PRI's The World 24 June 2015 From the section Magazine The debate over flying the Confederate flag has reignited in the US, but the American South isn't the only place in the world...
View ArticleConfederate flag 'belongs in a museum', Obama says
19 June 2015 From the section US & Canada The shooting in South Carolina has reignited debate over the state's use of the Confederate flag Barack Obama believes the Confederate flag "belongs in a...
View ArticleAmerican Civil War commemorated way down south of Dixie
Add comment Reprints + - Descendants of American Southerners Philip Logan and his wife Eloiza Logan, pose for pictures during a party to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil...
View ArticleKeith Vaz: 'Once migrants reach Calais it's too late'
23 June 2015 Last updated at 18:16 BST A strike has forced the suspension of services through the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France, as hundreds of migrants try to board UK-bound lorries amid...
View ArticleMan dies in cigarette fire at Glasgow house
23 June 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland A man has died in a fire at a house in the west end of Glasgow. Emergency services were called to the semi-detached house in Anniesland's Fifth...
View ArticleOstrich-like bird escapes in Nottinghamshire
24 June 2015 From the section Nottingham Nottinghamshire Police said people should not approach the bird An "aggressive" ostrich-like bird has gone missing in north Nottinghamshire, posing a "threat"...
View Article'Nothing to stop migrants entering lorries at Calais'
24 June 2015 Last updated at 14:17 BST Hundreds of migrants in Calais who are attempting to enter the UK illegally have been jumping on lorries again on Wednesday. Border security is being stepped up...
View ArticleObama's full eulogy for Rev Clementa Pinckney
30 June 2015 Last updated at 06:48 BST US President Barack Obama paid tribute to the victims of the Charleston shooting in his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, who was killed in the attack. Mr...
View ArticleUK property sales dipped in May, HMRC says
By Kevin Peachey Personal finance reporter 23 June 2015 From the section Business Sales are still well down on the pre-crisis boom Property sales data has provided more evidence that the UK housing...
View ArticleMotorway lane hogger Ian Stephens protests innocence
23 June 2015 From the section England Painter Ian Stephens insists he was travelling faster than the traffic in the inside lane A man believed to be the first person convicted of hogging the middle...
View ArticleChildren's commissioner wants more rights for footballers as young as 10
23 June 2015 From the section Scotland politics Children's Commissioner Tam Baillie wants more rights for young footballers MSPs have been told that footballers as young as 10 are being held hostage by...
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