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Girl (13) charged over fire at newspaper office

A 13-year-old girl has been charged over an alleged arson attack on the offices of a weekly newspaper in Northern Ireland. The girl was expected to appear in court in Bangor today (Wednesday), charged with criminal damage with intent to

Three jump to safety after arson attack on newspaper

Three people jumped to safety from an upstairs window after an arson attack on the offices of a weekly newspaper in Northern Ireland last night. The fire, at the Down Democrat, in Downpatrick, delayed production but staff were confident that

Inaccuracy and intrusion

Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC in January and February 2003. The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors