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- 20:02 Janis Joplin's guitarist dies at 69
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More freezing weather is on way, warns Met Office
Sub-zero temperatures and snow storms across Northern Ireland are expected to
make Christmas travel miserable for thousands.
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Adult grotto is ho-ho-hot
We may be experiencing freezing weather but an adults-only Santa's Grotto,
with scantily-clad models, has been raising temperatures.
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Woman killed in blaze
A woman was killed on Thursday when fire swept through her home near the
village of Annalong.
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Robinson speech raises policing deal hopes
Hopes of a breakthrough over the delayed transfer of policing and justice
powers have risen, after the First Minister said he did not want a return to
direct rule.
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Sarah Payne 'critically ill'
The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne is in a "life-threatening
condition".
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Toddler needles removed
A two-year-old toddler has undergone a second operation to remove needles
pushed into his body by his stepfather.
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Scandalous sports quotes
Sport ticked off the seven deadly sins (and more) in 2009.
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Punishment attack teen was convicted of attack
A teenager shot on Wednesday night in a so-called punishment attack in Belfast had been released from prison just three months ago.
- British soldier on Afghanistan call-up disappears
- Man dies after 'snowball fight'
- Hit-and-run driver can stay in UK
- Skunk cuts out the bacon sarnies
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- Golfer Darren Clarke tells of joy with new love Alison Campbell
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- Cocaine charge man gets death threat, court told
- Gerry Adams' brother Liam ‘fears he won’t get fair trial in North’
- Second bishop resigns in Church sex abuse scandal
- Probe after man steals car with baby inside
Forced evacuations over Philippines volcano fears
Troops in the Philippines went house to house, threatening to use force to move hundreds of residents from the steaming slopes of a lava-spilling volcano.
- Pakistan suicide attack kills two
- Archbishop condemns anti-gay debate
- US paediatrician 'attacked over 100 children'
- Australia wildfire 'under control'
- 27 missing after boats collide
- Four held over Mexico family deaths
- Wheelchair man holds five hostage at US post office
- Osama bin Laden's daughter hides in embassy
- US Senate passes Obama's healthcare bill
- Dutch sailor girl, 14, 'fled to Caribbean to buy a yacht'
- Naked cyclists told to wear helmets
Keane not for sale - Redknapp
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp does not want to sell Robbie Keane but has hinted at changes in his forward line if Manchester City are willing to sell Craig Bellamy.
- Zola demands Hammers win
- McCarthy cautious but confident
- Martinez out to strengthen squad
- Brown fury over FA charge
- Ancelotti pleased with Chelsea progress
- Mancini happy with team spirit
- Premiership set for bumper weekend
- Hughes sacking 'unacceptable' - Ferguson
- McLeish on course for new deal
- Wenger: Last four years the best
- Jagielka hoping for a happy new year
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- Benitez: Gerrard determined to improve
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Private funeral for star Brittany new
Brittany Murphy's husband and family will lay the actress to rest at a small, private funeral today.
- Sam Taylor-Wood: Aaron's brilliant
- Tim Curry: I like scaring people
- Julia joins Golden Globes line-up
- Jennifer Hudson denies pregnancy reports
- 50 Cent, Kilmer to co-star in Gun
- Ritchie's 'streetwise' Sherlock
- Tiger Woods offered Hangover 2 role
- Caulfield wants Bond villain role
- Travolta thanks fans for support
- Jude glad to play 'edgy' Watson
- Strictly Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle on dangerous driving charge
- Survival guide to Christmas sports on TV
- Strictly’s Hollins will front BBC sports show
- Stars Sarandon and Robbins split
Janis Joplin's guitarist dies at 69 new
James Gurley, the brilliant lead guitarist for Big Brother and the Holding Company, the psychedelic rock band which propelled Janis Joplin to fame, has died in California.
- Bros planning reunion in 2010?
- Vampire Weekend join festival bill
- Lady Gaga: My fans are brilliant
- Jennifer Lopez' vocal 'graduation'
- Jay-Z can't stomach chicken dinners
- SuBo hails 'brilliant year'
- Cheryl goes ‘rock chick’
- Simon Cowell 'set to quit American Idol'
- I'm not upset at BB ban: Boy George
- Whittle on dangerous driving charge
- Amy Winehouse charged with assault
- Tinchy and Chipmunk become Sackboys
- Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler in rehab
- Aerosmith's Tyler enters rehab
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- Laurence White: Gerry’s response to abuse claims shows how he trusts the police
- Ed Curran: Why our airports would benefit from a bit of blue sky thinking
- Gail Walker: So, what is it that makes Christmas magical for you?
- Barack Obama: The insurance lobby must not be allowed to kill healthcare reform
- Why I have fallen for that sexy TV domestic goddess, Nigella
- NME’s female editor shows the boys up
- Peter’s body of evidence is grounds for optimism
Church abuse didn't stop at the border
The victims of clerical child-abuse in the North rightly deserve a full apology from the Catholic Church and also a full and rigorous public investigation by an independent body similar to that carried out in the arch-diocese of Dublin through the Murphy report.
- Charity thanks
- IRA meted out abuse to children over decades
- Equal pay offer to civil servants is scandalous
- Countries must stick to pledge
- We really need a proper train and bus service
- Belfast school's reunion dinner
- DUP does nothing to promote unionism in UK
- Protestants are to blame too for child abuse
- TeleToons cartoonist makes us laugh
- Christmas myth needs explained
- Time to end barbaric hunts once and for all
Latest figures reveal true cost of recession
The UK has now lost 6% of its entire economic output in its longest ever recession, official figures confirm.
- Campaign aims to lure ex-pats back for good
- Fishmonger smokes the competition
- Marine firm generates £3.5m investment for tidal farm
- Salaries 60% lower than those in South: survey
- More cuts for higher education sector
- Glowing report for university research programme
- Northern Ireland firm to build 'green' London buses
- Many face second Christmas on dole
- OFT vows to continue banking fight
- Recession drags on in third quarter
- UK recession 'ended in third quarter'
Gordon Brown to give Iraq evidence next year
Gordon Brown has been called to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry but will not appear until after next year's General Election, it was announced yesterday.
- CPS handed files in expenses probe
- Mother wrote to PM over killer dogs
- Executive agrees cuts for the next Stormont budget
- Conservatives to pay back £250,000 in expenses
- Eighty MPs to appeal repayment of expenses
- PM and Taoiseach step up pressure over policing
- Dodds in bid to force Lisbon Treaty referendum
British government to apologise for thalidomide scandal
Fifty years after thalidomide was released on to the market, leaving its horrific legacy of birth defects, the Government is to apologise for the first time for its role in the world's worst drugs disaster.
- People with Alzheimer’s ‘less likely to get cancer’
- Call on teenage medical treatment
- Natural defence against swine flu discovered
- Study finds risk in IVF screening test
- Living donors list now tops 3,000
- Cancer patients 'can't afford to stay warm'
- New treatment could aid sufferers of rare cancer
- 'One genetic mutation for every 15 cigarettes'
- Discovery of genes for lung disease may aid treatment
Private school in administration
Over 350 pupils face having no school to return to after their Christmas holiday after their prestigious private school went bust, accountants have said.
- Traditional three-year degree courses could be replaced
- Irish government to review cuts to Protestant schools
- Ruane bids to end schools priority for Northern children
- Four of five main parties issue joint call for temporary P7 test
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- Republic’s funding for autism centre resumes
- Warning over failure to invest in Northern Ireland's universities
Kate’s courage
The widow of the first PSNI officer to be killed by paramilitaries tells Claire McNeilly of an unbearably hard year as yet another cruel blow hits the Banbridge family
Mother phones police over Grand Theft Auto game
US police say a Boston mother called them to say she couldn't get her 14-year-old son to stop playing Grand Theft Auto and go to bed.
Belfast City Airport is fastest growing in UK
George Best Belfast City is the fastest growing airport in the UK, new figures indicate.
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