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21/06/2010
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Solstice Marked
About 20,000 revellers were at Stonehenge this morning to mark the Summer Solstice. Police described the event on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire as one of the safest in years, although 34 people were arrested for minor drug offences. Sunrise, marking the longest day of the year north of the equator, occurred over the circle at 4.25am. The Heel Stone, just outside the main circle, aligns with the rising sun.
Death Driver Jailed
A teenage car driver, whose boyfriend died when she crashed while overtaking on a bend, has been jailed for 20 months. Emma Park, 19, of Borth, near Aberystwyth, admitted causing death by dangerous driving. Swansea Crown Court heard she tried to overtake a camper van and collided head-on with an articulated lorry. Her boyfriend, Seren Woodhouse, 18, suffered serious head injuries and died a few hours after the crash last July.
Yobs Beat Man Over Noise
A man who was thrown through a window and the repeatedly punched was attacked for telling youths to be quiet outside his Hampshire home. The 29-year-old was attacked in Birch Close, Bordon, on Friday around 10.20pm and sustained serious cuts to his arm and minor head injuries and was taken to the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford. Police officers were on the scene within minutes and chased the youths but they ran off into a nearby housing estate.
Tragedy Ends Donegal Rally
A rally co-driver has died in an accident at the Donegal International Rally. He was named last night as Thomas Maguire, aged in his 30s, from Longwood in County Meath.
The accident happened just after 3pm on Saturday when his vehicle went off the road south of Portsalon in the north of the county. The driver of the vehicle was critically injured and is being treated in hospital. The rest of the event has been cancelled and a memorial service will be held on Sunday morning.
(BMcC/GK)
About 20,000 revellers were at Stonehenge this morning to mark the Summer Solstice. Police described the event on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire as one of the safest in years, although 34 people were arrested for minor drug offences. Sunrise, marking the longest day of the year north of the equator, occurred over the circle at 4.25am. The Heel Stone, just outside the main circle, aligns with the rising sun.
Death Driver Jailed
A teenage car driver, whose boyfriend died when she crashed while overtaking on a bend, has been jailed for 20 months. Emma Park, 19, of Borth, near Aberystwyth, admitted causing death by dangerous driving. Swansea Crown Court heard she tried to overtake a camper van and collided head-on with an articulated lorry. Her boyfriend, Seren Woodhouse, 18, suffered serious head injuries and died a few hours after the crash last July.
Yobs Beat Man Over Noise
A man who was thrown through a window and the repeatedly punched was attacked for telling youths to be quiet outside his Hampshire home. The 29-year-old was attacked in Birch Close, Bordon, on Friday around 10.20pm and sustained serious cuts to his arm and minor head injuries and was taken to the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford. Police officers were on the scene within minutes and chased the youths but they ran off into a nearby housing estate.
Tragedy Ends Donegal Rally
A rally co-driver has died in an accident at the Donegal International Rally. He was named last night as Thomas Maguire, aged in his 30s, from Longwood in County Meath.
The accident happened just after 3pm on Saturday when his vehicle went off the road south of Portsalon in the north of the county. The driver of the vehicle was critically injured and is being treated in hospital. The rest of the event has been cancelled and a memorial service will be held on Sunday morning.
(BMcC/GK)
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Teenager Dies In Car Crash
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Gas tanker crash driver dies
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