Two men who helped crazed gunman Raoul Moat during his shotgun rampage which left a man dead and a police officer blinded were jailed for life in the UK today.

Two men were facing jail today after they were convicted of being gunman Raoul Moat's henchmen during his shooting spree.

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Everton 5 Huddersfield 1

The union representing British Airways cabin crew won an appeal today against an injunction which blocked strike action.

The bitter dispute involving thousands of British Airways cabin crew will take another twist today when union leaders will hear whether they can go ahead with a series of planned strikes.

The union representing British Airways cabin crew was today preparing to appeal against an injunction which halted strike action planned by thousands of its members in a bitter row over jobs, pay and staffing levels.

AIRLINES are expected to operate as normal for the rest of the week as weather patterns pushed a volcanic ash cloud into north-east Europe.

British Airways has won a legal battle at London's High Court brought in a last-ditch attempt to avert strikes by cabin crew.

British Airways today launched a British High Court legal battle in a last-ditch bid to avert strikes by cabin crew.

A MAN was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order yesterday after plotting to kill his adoptive parents with a friend he met on the internet just three months earlier.

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A CRIMINAL trial is to go ahead for the first time without a jury in England and Wales following an historic ruling by the Court of Appeal yesterday.

The mother of Shannon Matthews was facing a “substantial” jail sentence today after being found guilty of kidnapping her daughter.

The mother of Shannon Matthews told a jury today she went shopping at a supermarket on the night her daughter went missing.

Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1 (after extra time, Bristol City win 4-2 on aggregate)

IF Bristol City begin next season in the Premier League, much of it will be due to manager Gary Johnson’s flashes of inspiration in the early hours.

THE Sheffield half-marathon, a 13-mile test of physical and mental strength which yesterday snaked it way past Bramall Lane, provided the perfect metaphor to sum up the contrasting ways these two sides are ending the season.

JAMIE MCCOMBE continued his remarkable goalscoring run for Bristol City to help his side extend their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 1-1 draw at Charlton last night.

DAVE JONES appears to be on a personal crusade to terminate the romance of the FA Cup after once again shattering the hopes of an underdog.

FOR most footballers, a guaranteed place in the starting XI — not to mention a healthy pay-packet — is the essence of happiness.

MARK SCHWARZER was Middlesbrough’s FA Cup hero last night as he pulled off two penalty saves to help the Premiership side survive a major scare against Bristol City.

Schoolboy killer Michael Hamer was given a life sentence in the UK today for the murder of 11-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer Joe Geeling.

The man accused of Northern Ireland’s worst single terrorist atrocity goes on trial in Belfast today.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are bracing themselves for a harrowing new ordeal as the man accused of the North’s worst single terrorist atrocity goes on trial in Belfast tomorrow.

Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza was given the go-ahead today to challenge his convictions for incitement to murder and race-hate offences.

GRIMSBY claimed a place in the League Two play-off final against Wycombe after a hard-fought win over Lincoln City last night.

Lincoln 0 Southend 2 (after extra-time)

The husband of a woman killed in the Omagh bombing joined fellow victims of world terror attacks at a conference in Colombia.

RELATIVES of those who died in the Omagh atrocity yesterday said they owed it to the victims to pursue their civil action against Michael McKevitt, who they described as a terrorist who led an organisation that killed innocent people.

A JILTED lover was yesterday jailed for life after he was found guilty of murdering one police officer and unlawfully killing another by deliberately ramming their car during a high-speed pursuit.

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A man who lost his wife in the Omagh bombing has described the humiliating ordeal forced on his sister, and others, who had to strip in front of lawyers assessing compensation for their injuries.

Northern Ireland’s police chief Ronnie Flanagan today met relatives of the Omagh bomb victims to ‘‘correct distortions’’ about his handling of the investigation into the atrocity.

All the terrorists who bombed Omagh can still be brought to justice after the police inquiry in Northern Ireland is given new leadership, a senior British detective claimed today.

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