According to globalpost.com, seven police officers were injured on Saturday in a second night of rioting by loyalists in Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) described the unrest as “isolated serious disorder” as rioters threw gas bombs, bricks, bottles and other objects at officers in the same northern area of Woodvale that saw more serious violence on Friday night. Read article
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According to thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk, tourists caravanning in the area are being warned to make sure their property is safe after a 3am attempt by thieves to steal bikes. During the early hours of Saturday morning, an awning attached to a caravan was slashed but the occupants woke up and the offender ran off empty-handed. The incident […]
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Guardian.co.uk reported that, West Midlands force say they are treating attack as terrorist incident and suggest possible link with Lee Rigby’s funeral. Police say they are treating an attempted nail bomb attack on a mosque as a terrorist incident. West Midlands police said its counter terrorism unit was leading the investigation into the second bomb […]
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The BBC reports that runways at London’s Heathrow airport have closed after an incident involving an Ethiopian Airlines jet. Arrivals and departures have been suspended, a spokesman for the airport said. Read article
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Stv.tv reports that tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old girl from Glasgow who is believed to have drowned while on a family holiday in Wales. Hollie McClymont’s body was recovered from the sea near Barry Island three days after the teenager was seen getting into difficulty while swimming. Read article
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According to telegraph.co.uk, after coming to a rest just 30ft above the jagged rocks on the shoreline the man, who had suffered spinal injuries, took out his phone and alerted the emergency services. The tourist, in his 30s, was walking along the coastal path when he slipped and tumbled over the edge of the cliffs […]
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According to News.Sky.com, a newlywed has died in a suspected hit-and-run crash while he was on his honeymoon in Mexico. Ray Cottam, 55, died in Cancun, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said. Mr Cottam, of Middlestown, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was on holiday with his new wife Karen after they were married at […]
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Nwemail.co.uk reports that a Lake District road has reopened after a tourist was hit by a car in Bowness. A woman believed to be in her 60s was hit by a Vauxhall Corsa, driven by a 19-year-old man, near the Old England Hotel, in Bowness, at around 11am today. The woman, understood to be a […]
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Thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk reports that a teenage tourist suffered leg injuries after falling at Low Pike near Ambleside. The boy, aged between 13 and 18 and from Hamburg in Germany, slipped while walking on the fell shortly after 2pm on Monday. He was treated at the scene by Great North Air Ambulance medics and carried to a […]
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As reported by Wharfevalleytoday.com, a woman has died after falling 100 feet down a cliff. The 48-year-old woman fell at Neist Point, a popular tourist spot on the most westerly point of Skye, on Saturday. Emergency services were called at around 4pm and the woman was taken to hospital, where she died. Read Article
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