Members of the Fire Brigades Union have staged a series of strikes in the capital in a dispute over new contracts, but called off a planned Bonfire Night walkout at the last minute.

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Lincoln Crown Court heard Mills stabbed Mr Miller to death in the early hours of 6 November, after they got home from a Bonfire Night party at the nearby Kings Arms, where Mills worked.

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At another Eleventh Night bonfire in East Belfast, a man was stabbed and seriously injured.

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On Wednesday, security forces used water cannon against loyalists after being attacked with a blast bomb at an Eleventh Night bonfire in Portadown.

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The Civic Hall too sends leaflets to 12, 500 households, and hands out more at the annual carnival and on Bonfire Night.

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