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Almost every front page is dominated by what the Telegraph suggests is an “Iran link to RAF bomb plot”. It reports five men have been arrested for “terror and explosive offences” after three suspicious vans were reported travelling towards RAF Fairford. Counter terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the incident at the base, according to the paper. It says that in July, Iran threatened to attack the base, on the basis that anywhere used to launch strikes on Iran was a “legitimate target”. Following the incident on Sunday morning, the paper reports that RAF Fairford is on its…

World-ranked number 15 Northern Ireland’s emphatic 73-50 victory over Republic of Ireland in their final qualifier was not enough to secure one of the two qualification spots automatically.However, Scotland’s narrow win over Wales in Sunday’s later game booked both teams spots with Wales, who are ranked ninth in the world, missing out. “It was a real rollercoaster of a day,” O’Hanlon continued. “Obviously we started out with a hard-fought win against the Republic of Ireland, but we knew that we were still relying on Scotland.”That match was just up and down the whole way through, so we were nerve-wrecked watching…

An Afghan migrant smuggled a teenage girl into Britain via small boat after kidnapping and sexually assaulting her, a court has been told. It is said to be the first known instance of a child being abducted and taken into Britain over the Channel on a dinghy. The man is alleged to have taken the girl, just 14, from a migrant camp in Belgium in June last year. A court heard the Afghan national took the teenager across France after sexually assaulting her, and eventually into Britain via small boat. The man – who has not been named for legal…

Northern Ireland’s First Minister and Sinn Fein’s vice president Michelle O’Neill declared victory early on Monday morning after receiving “assurances” an historic Orange Order march would not go ahead overnight.The Drumcree parade descended into a chaotic hours-long standoff after nationalist protesters tried to stop it.It is highly controversial because it goes right through Garvaghy Road – in a Catholic, nationalist neighbourhood in Protestant Portadown.The Order was banned from marching down the road in 1998, triggering widespread unrest across Northern Ireland.It led to the creation of the Parades Commission to regulate contentious marches.In the early hours of Sunday morning, the unionist…

The SDLP leader Claire Hanna called for “political leadership” and said it was “necessary to de-escalate”.Hanna, who was at the protest, has called on the chief constable and Northern Ireland secretary to “use every power available” to intervene, and said she had reminded both that they had the “ability to revoke any permission for this parade”.Following talks at Hillsborough, her party called for an international mediator to help resolve the dispute, with Sir Chris saying he is “giving consideration to anything that anybody comes up with”.He said he is determined to keep on working and talking with people, but added…

The Republic of Ireland players were jeered by the small number of Israel fans in attendance when they emerged for their pre-game warm-up. While the FAI confirmed no tickets would be sold to Republic of Ireland supporters, a handful of fans were spotted inside the stadium. Hallgrimsson confirmed Bazunu would be included in the squad for Thursday’s game against Austria in Dublin, but not for the second match against Israel. “I think he is very happy that we have won the game,” said Hallgrimsson.”Nobody was questioning his decision. It was only the timing that was difficult for us to kind…

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