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09/02/2025
Nine police officers have been injured in two days of violence in Londonderry and Strabane.
The incidents included officers being headbutted and being charged at with a knife.
In some cases, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said officers also endured racial and sectarian abuse.
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A property in the Highlands which was once owned by Jimmy Savile has been damaged by a fire.
An outbuilding at the Allt-na-Reigh cottage in Glen Coe caught fire on Saturday evening.
The site has been vandalised repeatedly since Savile’s death in 2011, and his exposure as a prolific sex offender.
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An investigation has been ordered into a Labour WhatsApp group in which MP Andrew Gwynne posted offensive comments which led to him being sacked as a minister.
Mr Gwynne has apologised for the remarks which reportedly were sexist towards Deputy PM Angela Rayner and racist towards Diane Abbott, the first black woman MP.
He has apologised – and he has also been suspended from the party.
Published: by Radio NewsHub
