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  • Barbaric street slaying of soldier in Woolwich was possible terror attack

    The Royal Artillery Barracks near the scene in Woolwich, south London where a man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds following a "serious incident" understood to have involved a serving soldier. Nick Ansell/PA ...

  • Fraser challenged on absent reports

    A top civil servant has been challenged over absent reports and minutes from meetings of a financial lobby group with access to the highest level of ...

  • Whale rescued from lobster pots

    The creature, believed to be a minke whale about 25 feet long, became snared in about 10 pots and rigging and rope in Tramore Bay off Co Waterford on Wednesday morning.Tom O'Connell, crew member with the Tramore lifeboat, was alerted by local fishermen and steered the D-class inshore lifeboat while his colleague helm Dave O'Hanlon held a rope being pulled by the whale.Mr O'Connell ...

  • Olympians enjoy royal garden party

    22 May 2013 The Queen has hosted the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the summer for Olympians, Paralympians and London 2012 ...

  • Duke joins Kohima veterans service

    22 May 2013 The Duke of York has joined veterans of what Earl Mountbatten described as "probably one of the greatest battles in history" for their annual memorial service and ...

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Priest

Priest

Loosely based on a South Korean graphic novel series by Min-Woo Hyung, Priest takes place in an alternate reality in which humankind has been battling for ages against a race of vampiric creatures. Part Western, part action movie, and part horror flick, it is yet another in a long line of d ... ...

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  • Great concerns for missing boys

    High Court judge Mrs Justice Theis said that she had "very great concerns" for the welfare of 13-year-old twins Martin and Christopher Joyce and their 11-year-old brother Daniel and it is essential they should be returned to their mother's care."I urge anyone who has details of their whereabouts to give them to the police immediately. It is clear somebody must be caring for ...

  • Wifes tribute at soldier funeral

    Helmand province , on April 30. Fusilier Samuel Flint and Private Robert Hetherington also died in the blast.A speech written by Cpl Savage's wife was read to the hundreds of mourners.She wrote: "Sav is the love of my life, it's difficult to put it into words. What we had was so special. The gap that's been left can never be filled. Everybody knows Sav as the joker, the ...

  • Pulis disappointed to leave Stoke

    Former Stoke manager Tony Pulis is disappointed by his exit but accepts chairman Peter Coates' decision to want to take the club in a different ...

  • Hartley to make bid for Lions spot

    22 May 2013 Dylan Hartley is determined to prove he is not on the British and Irish Lions tour just to make up the numbers when he leads Northampton into the Aviva Premiership final against ...

  • Hipkiss calls it a day

    Aviva Premiership defeat to Wasps in January, and has been advised to retire having sought medical advice."This is obviously a really sad time for me, but the decision has really been taken out of my hands which has made it a little bit easier," said Hipkiss on Bath's official website. "It's not the way anyone wants to leave the game, but when the doctor tells you ...

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