Organisation: British National Archives

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Gerry Adams bids to overturn jailbreak convictions from the 1970s

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has launched a legal bid to overturn two historical convictions for attempting to escape from prison in the North.

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British army records on 1916 Rising available to public

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‘Great Escape’ hero told he didn’t merit compensation

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‘Rampant’ cannibalism in German concentration camp, documents reveal

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Chinese puzzled over plan to move 5.5m Hong Kong residents to Derry

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FitzGerald feared civil war if talks failed

UK government releases thousands of classified UFO 'X files'

Military sightings of UFOs, an "alien abduction" in London and an unidentified aircraft shadowing a Lancaster bomber feature among thousands of close-encounter documents released by the British National Archives today.

Thu, 03 Mar, 2011

British government files reveal plane's near miss with UFO

A passenger jet coming in to land at Heathrow Airport had a near miss with a UFO above Kent, newly-released British Ministry of Defence (MoD) files have revealed today.

Mon, 20 Oct, 2008

Council to ask for return of 1916 surrender letter

DUBLIN City Council is to write to the British government calling for the return of a surrender letter 1916 leader Padraig Pearse handed to a British army general after the Easter Rising.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2006

Child’s ‘friendship’ with Moors Murderers revealed

THE testimony of a 12-year-old schoolgirl who escaped the clutches of the Moors Murderers has been published for the first time.

Sat, 31 Dec, 2005