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Two former IRA prisoners blackmailed two businessmen to try to get a share of £6m, London's Southwark Crown Court hears.

A 35-year-old man pleads guilty at Londonderry Crown Court to killing a teacher in a park 18 months ago.

A 35-year-old man pleads guilty at Londonderry Crown Court to killing a teacher in a park 18 months ago.

Valkyrs A were crowned the inaugural Mixed Premier Division champions on Saturday after Falcons beat Bacchas 5-2 in a game Bacchas A had to win.

Slovaks hope the adoption of euro on 1 January will help the country to weather the current economic crisis, the BBC's Rob Cameron says.

Elbow's Mercury Prize-winning album Seldom Seen Kid is UK music critics' album of a year, a survey says.

Blaze Head Coach Paul Thompson says his team do not look like retaining the league crown.

How one small Swedish town has decided to take matters into its own hands and is to become a "euro-city".

Technology editor Darren Waters looks back at the year in the world of gaming consoles.

More than 13 million people watch former Holby City actor Tom Chambers win BBC One's ballroom series Strictly Come Dancing.

A British man becomes the first al-Qaeda suspect convicted in the UK of directing terrorism at Manchester Crown Court.

The residents of Lockerbie are described as a "shining jewel in the crown of Scotland" at the Scottish Parliament.

A 33-year-old man is jailed for eight years by Oxford Crown Court after being found guilty of a firearms offence.

More than £4m of investment in Crown Street and Fore Street pools in Ipswich is backed by councillors.

A man charged with murdering his 84-year-old mother at a house in Heaton appears before Newcastle Crown Court.

Despite winning six of the 10 viewer votes over the course of the series, Eoghan Quigg fails to take X Factor crown.

Singer Alexandra Burke is voted the winner of The X Factor, beating four-piece JLS into second place.

Russian contestant Ksenya Sukhinova wins the Miss World 2008 competition at a ceremony in South Africa.

Nathan Cleverly produces an explosive finish to retain his Commonwealth light-heavyweight crown by knocking out Douglas Otieno in the fourth round.

Scotland's "jam boy" is crowned the nation's top young innovator, beating off stiff competition.

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