MISTAKING a rail at the start of the opening race at Huntingdon yesterday had dire consequences for eight riders as they picked up suspensions of 15 days.

Structural steel for the 1,776ft tower that will be known as 1 World Trade Centre has risen 200 feet above street level in a tangible sign of ground zero progress since the September 11 2001 terror attacks.

Two Sinn Féin members were released on bail today after being charged with membership of the IRA as part of the investigation into the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery.

A Cork financial adviser was facing up to 14 years in jail tonight for laundering cash from the £26.5m (€28.4m) Northern Bank robbery.

A Cork financial adviser who was found guilty today of laundering cash from the £26.5m (€28.5m) Northern Bank robbery was remanded in custody pending sentencing on April 24.

The head of the North's prosecution service tonight defended his decision to put Chris Ward in the dock over the £26.5m (€33.5m) Northern Bank robbery.

The North's Public Prosecution Service is coming in for further criticism following the collapse of the Northern Bank trial yesterday.

THE man cleared of one of Britain’s largest bank robberies may launch legal action after branding his failed prosecution a farce.

The man accused of the £26.5m (€33.4m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast walked free from court today after charges against him were dropped.

The trial of the man accused of the £26.5m (€33.9m) Northern Bank robbery was adjourned today.

Those behind the £26.5m (€33.5m) Northern Bank robbery were prepared to use the tactics of terrorism against innocent people whether they came from an organisation, a criminal gang or both, the judge hearing the case in Belfast said today.

The banker seized and forced to enable the £26.5m (€33.3m) Northern Bank robbery while his wife was held hostage clashed with defence counsel today at the trial of the colleague charged with the robbery.

A catalogue of security failures was uncovered at the Northern Bank in Belfast after the £26.5m (€33.4m) robbery, it was claimed today.

A bank official told the Northern Bank trial today that he sent staff home early so he and a colleague could empty the vault.

The head of the foundation building the September 11 memorial in New York told supporters it is “essential” to open the memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, disputing a report that the project could not be finished on time.

The trial of a man accused of the £26.5m (€33.5m) Northern Bank robbery is on course to start this September, a court heard today.

POLICE chiefs in the North were last night accused of running a flawed investigation into the £26.5 million (€39m) Northern Bank robbery after charges were dropped against two suspects.

Police chiefs were tonight accused of running a botched investigation into the £26.5m (€392.2m) Northern Bank robbery after charges were dropped against two suspects.

Charges against two men accused over the £26.5m (€39m) Northern Bank robbery were dramatically withdrawn in Belfast today.

CHRIS Ward was busy revising for the Leaving Certificate over the bank holiday weekend — but still found time for his part-time job at his local radio station.

A 40-year-old woman was arrested for questioning today by detectives investigating the £26m (€37.2m) Northern Bank robbery.

The robbery of between £25m (€37m) to £40m (€58.6m) from a security depot in England is the biggest cash heist in British history.

UP to £40 million was stolen from a security depot yesterday in the biggest cash heist in British history.

CRIME capers don’t come much more sensational than the saga of the Northern Bank robbery.

An employee accused of the £26.5m (€39m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast was granted bail by a High Court judge today.

An employee accused of the £26.5m (€39m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast was today granted bail by a High Court judge.

AN employee accused of the £26.5 million (€39.15m) Northern Bank robbery allegedly manipulated a work rota so the raid could be carried out, a court heard yesterday.

An employee accused of the £26.5m (€39.1m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast allegedly manipulated a work rota so the raid could be carried out, a court heard today.

A bank employee has been charged with robbery in connection with the £26.5m (€39.1m) Northern Bank raid, police said.

The Northern Bank employee being questioned in connection with last December's raid on the company's headquarters in Belfast has failed in an attempt to secure his release from police custody.

Police in the North have been granted two more days to question a 24-year-old staff member arrested last week in connection with the €26.5m Northern Bank robbery.

Detectives were given more time tonight to question a Northern Bank staff member about the £26.5m (€38m) robbery last December.

A man being questioned about the £26.5m (€39.18m) Northern Bank raid was tonight released without charge.

Detectives were today continuing to question two Northern Bank staff about the £26.5m (€39m) robbery in Belfast.

TWO young bank staff were being questioned last night about the £26.5 million (€38.7m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast.

An employee of the Northern Bank in Belfast was understood to have been arrested today by police investigating the £26.5m (€39m) robbery last Christmas.

A MAN was last night charged with the Northern Bank robbery in Belfast. The 23-year-old man was also accused of taking a husband and wife hostage and possession of a gun or imitation firearm during the heist last December.

A man was tonight charged with the £26.5m (€39.2m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast.

MANY bank staff held up in armed raids across Ireland are too terrified to take part in identity parades, union officials claimed yesterday.

Many bank staff held up in armed raids across Ireland are too terrified to take part in identity parades, union officials claimed today.

MORE than 40 surfers cruised into the record books by riding a single giant surfboard off an Australian beach over the weekend.

More than 40 surfers cruised into the record books by riding a single giant surfboard off an Australian beach, newspapers reported today.

A pensioner was on security duty at the time the Northern Bank was robbed of £26.5m (€38m), it emerged tonight.

A TERRIFIED woman abducted by the Northern Bank robbers was nearly knocked down as she staggered to freedom after she was dumped on a country road and her car burned.