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Holland family slam killer’s sentence

The family of Harry Holland have described the justice system as “not fit for purpose” as it emerged the teenager who stabbed the greengrocer could be free in little more than a decade.
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Robinson's Drumcree move

Northern Ireland’s first minister has said he will meet with both sides in the ongoing Drumcree dispute.
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Ad man Lyle suffers fresh grief as wife dies of cancer

A Northern Ireland businessman who lost his son to drugs has been hit by a new tragedy.
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North Korea tests missiles

North Korea has test-fired two missiles off it eastern coast.
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Drink-driver left girlfriend to burn to death in car fire

A man whose girlfriend burned to death in a car after he crashed into a tree while drunk has been jailed.
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No Assembly sanctions over MP’s gay remarks

Iris Robinson will face no disciplinary action over her controversial denunciation of homosexuality.
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Cops foil airship jailbreak

Spanish police foiled a plot to use an airship to help a prisoner break out of jail.
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'100,000 swine flu cases a day'

Swine flu cannot be contained and the number of new cases could reach 100,000 per day by the end of next month, the government has admitted.

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Eamonn McCann: How SDLP’s policy on Raytheon is at odds with the official record

The SDLP has rejected suggestions that John Hume colluded with arms manufacturer Raytheon to mislead the public about the nature of the company's operation in Derry.

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Within minutes of the first reports, it was clear the world was going mad.

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Sleaze and lies: Claudia Lawrence, trial by the media

With hysterical headlines such as ‘Claudia’s Forty Different Lovers’ you’d be forgiven for wondering what manner of monster this evil Claudia is.

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Northern Ireland just the latest country to victimise Roma

In November 2007 the Czech Republic was found to have discriminated against Roma children by assigning them to schools for pupils with learning difficulties.

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You don't overthrow Islamic revolutions with car headlights. And definitely not with candles.

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In the Commons on Monday, the Prime Minister affected a sniffy disdain for the Saville Tribunal, which, he lamented, has still not reported after eight years.

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Lawton: Wimbledon still not home for Andy

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