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Tuesday 20 October 2020
The PSNI said this was the third night of disorder “at the hands of cowards determined to cause disruption in our communities”.
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The PSNI made a number of arrests over disorder in two parts of Belfast and at its Central Train Station.
This is the second round of photographs released.
Researchers said the findings suggest that metals and other pollutants should be regularly measured in the blood of pregnant women.
A conference has been told that 100,000 people suffering from sleep apnea in Ireland – but 90 per cent of those are undiagnosed.
The incident took place in September this year when forty seven PSNI officers were injured.
The PSNI also fired six AEP baton rounds during a second night of disorder. Fifteen police officers were injured.
The man was arrested today and charged with offences including hijacking and attempted grevious bodily harm.
Police have tweeted warnings to those intent on causing violence, while there has been a small standoff between officers and a gang in London.
One man had been arrested on suspicion of murder in Birmingham. One thousand people have now been arrested across the UK.
A video has emerged of what appears to be a young man setting fire to clothing in a Miss Selfridge store in Manchester.
There are teams of riot police on the streets in London but the capital is a scene of relative calm. There have been outbreaks of violence in Manchester, Salford, Birmingham, Woverhampton and West Bromwich.
Disorder broke out again last night in the Short Strand area of Belfast.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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