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Time to put away the sunloungers: Heavy rain follows heatwave
Monday 29 July 2013
But forecasters said the hot weather was expected to return later this week
Weather warning: Britain braces itself for worst weekend of the year to be on the roads
Friday 26 July 2013
Severe weather warning as 'torrential rain' disrupts holiday getaway traffic for millions
Mystery surrounds the death of six-year-old boy thought to have died from suspected slurry fume accident on farm
Wednesday 24 July 2013
A six-year-old boy who died in a farm accident in Northern Ireland has been named as Harry Starrett.
Yokohama 3 Manchester United 2: David Moyes suffers another shock defeat on pre-season tour
Tuesday 23 July 2013
The new manager has lost two of his first three games in charge
Belfast riots: US diplomat arrives to resolve thorny issues as petrol bombs and missiles injure police
Tuesday 16 July 2013
‘Peace envoy’ to Northern Ireland appointed in a bid to resolve issue of contentious parades
Cbeebies sharpen up! BBC to launch five further HD channels
Tuesday 16 July 2013
The BBC is to launch five further HD channels today to accompany its digital stations next year.
Petrol and blast bombs thrown at police during fourth night of violence in Belfast
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Sectarian unrest, largely in the north of the city, sparked by the decision to ban a loyalist parade passing through a republican area
Police officer injured in third night of Belfast riots
Monday 15 July 2013
Petrol bombs and missiles met with rubber bullets as loyalists continue to protest ban on Orange Order parade
Belfast rioters warned: be prepared to face special courts within hours
Sunday 14 July 2013
Northern Ireland braces for a third night of disorder, with police and magistrates on standby to work through the night
Belfast riots: Petrol bombs and bricks hurled at police as disorder continues for second night
Saturday 13 July 2013
400 extra police drafted in following violence as MP Nigel Dodds is hit by brick
Heatwave alert: Met Office warns sun revellers as temperatures soar on hottest day of the year
Saturday 13 July 2013
Temperatures set to reach 32C in the south east
Erecting sectarian and paramilitary flags 'not criminal but wrong' says Norther Ireland's top police officer
Saturday 13 July 2013
Erecting flags may not always be a criminal offence but it is wrong, Northern Ireland's most senior police officer has said.
Another sizzling weekend in prospect as of 30C heatwave returns
Friday 12 July 2013
But good news is tempered by health alert
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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