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News


Shoppers' terror as car chase ends in crash

Village scene of devastation after rampage

Several police officers were injured today in a multiple vehicle crash following a dramatic hour-long care chase to stop a rampaging driver during morning rush hour.

Massive gorse fire 'was started deliberately'

Fire-fighters in Northern Ireland say a massive overnight gorse fire on Slieve Donard was started deliberately.




Fritzl: confessions from the cellar

In his first interview since it emerged that Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in a cellar beneath his home in August 1984 and forced to her to suffer a nightmare of incest, multiple rape and untreated births that lasted 24 years, the 73-year-old explained from his prison cell that, after the kidnapping, he saw no way out because he had become caught up in a " vicious circle" from which he could not escape.

Josef Fritzl held his daughter captive for 24 years, Austria's police said
Josef Fritzl held his daughter captive for 24 years, Austria's police said

Politics

Brown offers debt advice and affordable housing

The Prime Minister is planning to extend shared equity schemes to make home-owning more affordable for first-time buyers as part of a range of measures aimed at helping those hit by the credit crunch.

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