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Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and swimmer Jack McMillan will take part in a celebration in Newtownards on Friday evening.

Olympic gold medallists to be honoured in Co Down

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

Days after the government reached a pay deal with train drivers, Aslef has announced 22 days of strikes on LNER services

Train strikes on LNER every weekend for three months, Aslef announces

The action is separate from the long-running row over pay.

LNER drivers to stage weekend strikes claiming breakdown in industrial relations

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An archaeological dig took place in 2022 during construction on HMP Highland in Inverness.

2,000-year-old settlement found on site of new prison

Some protesters attempted to block the northbound carriageway of the M275 motorway,

Pictures released on suspects over road-block protest in Portsmouth

Country braces for seventh typhoon of the year

Typhoon Ampil: Thousands evacuated and hundreds of flights cancelled as storm nears Tokyo

 Remarkable new scientific research at Stonehenge has revealed an extraordinary new mystery. Mineralogical tests on the massive six-tonne stone at the heart of the monument show that this central rock, known as the altar stone, was brought to Stonehenge from the far north of Scotland.The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important stone in Stonehenge, because it is the rock that marks the intersection of the prehistoric temple’s two most important celestial alignments – the winter solstice sunrise to summer solstice sunset alignment, and the summer solstice sunrise to winter solstice sunset alignment. It’s already known that some...

Mystery of Stonehenge deepens after ‘jaw-dropping’ discovery

On Thursday 84 flights at the Mallorcan aviation hub were cancelled

Thousands of tourists left stranded as 77% of Mallorca flights delayed or cancelled due to severe island storm

Kieran Usher became the second person to be charged with riot after a 15-year-old boy appeared in court on Thursday.

Second riot charge brought as disorder suspects await news on upgraded charges

He says he regrets an ‘unfortunate incident’ at one of his shows.

‘No crime’ found by police at Reginald D Hunter comedy gig amid Israel row

Catania Airport has advised passengers to ‘check the status of their flight with the airline‘

Sicily’s busiest airport reopens after Mount Etna eruption cancelled flights

China has expressed its “very dramatic” alarm over a mid-range missile system that the U.S. military recently deployed to the Philippines and warned it could destabilize the region

Philippines says China was `dramatically' alarmed over US missile system deployed to its north

 The full line-up has been confirmed for the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing.Expected to return in the autumn, the 20th anniversary series is to welcome the show’s first blind contestant, Olympic champions and soap actors, all hoping to lift the glitterball trophy.Meanwhile, the judges’ desk will see the return of the “awesome foursome” -  Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel-Horwood and Anton Du Beke.Here, we take a look at who will be heading to the ballroom for the BBC One show.

Strictly Come Dancing 2024: Who will be taking to ballroom as full line-up revealed

Hurricane Ernesto is charging toward Bermuda as officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepare to open shelters and close government offices

Hurricane Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as wealthy British territory preps for storm

Officials in China say BMW is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles that may have Takata airbag inflators following a similar recall in the U.S. last month

BMW recalls 1.3 million vehicles in China that may have Takata airbag inflators

Settlers rioted in the village of Jit in the northern West Bank, killing one Palestinian and badly injuring others, said Palestinian officials.

Lammy condemns Israeli settler ‘rampage’ in the West Bank on Middle East visit

 This is the moment two burglars try to steal a cash machine in a botched ram-raid driving a stolen digger.John Charles and Reuben Reynolds used the hydraulic lifting machine to knock through a wall at Spar in Wesley Road, Retford, at approximately 3.20am on 14 March last year.Nottingham Crown Court heard the pair were left “disappointed” when they found the cash machine was empty.The ram raid – which caused £40,000 worth of damage – activated an alarm and the men fled in a white van with false plates.Officers located them a short time later at a house in Welbeck Road, Retford.Charles, of Welbeck Road, Retford and Reynolds, of College Close, Newark have now been jailed for four years.

Burglars try to steal cash machine in botched ram-raid driving stolen digger

Thousands of people, including doctors and paramedics, are marching through various Indian cities to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week

Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

The AA said the average price of a litre of the fuel was 143.0p this week.

Petrol prices at lowest level since February

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