2 men guilty of cutting down world-famous tree at Hadrian's Wall
Two men have been found guilty of felling the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall in the U.K. The tree, which was about 200 years old, was chopped down in September 2023.
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CTV News
8 hours ago
- CTV News
Northern Irish rioters attack police, torch houses for second night
People protest over an alleged sexual assault in the Co Antrim town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Niall Carson/PA via AP) BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — Hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday in the second successive night of disorder that followed a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the town. Police said they were dealing with 'serious disorder' in the town, which is about 45 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital Belfast, and urged people to avoid the area. Officers in riot gear and driving armored vans responded with water cannon and plastic baton rounds after being attacked by petrol bombs, scaffolding and rocks that rioters gathered by knocking down nearby walls, a Reuters witness said. One house was burned out and a police officer vomited after leaving another in a different part of the town that rioters had attempted to set alight, the witness added. A number of cars were set on fire and one lay upside down in flames as police sirens blared throughout the town past midnight. Four houses were damaged by fire and windows and doors were smashed in other homes and businesses in the first night of rioting on Monday, in what police said they are investigating as racially-motivated hate attacks. Hundreds of protesters had gathered in Ballymena earlier on Monday in response to a case involving two teenage boys who appeared in court that day, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the County Antrim town. Local media reported that the charges were read to the teenagers via an interpreter. Fifteen police officers were injured on Monday, with some requiring hospital treatment. Separate protests on Tuesday had earlier blocked off some roads in Belfast, another Reuters witness said, but no unrest was reported in other parts of the British-run region. The British government and local politicians condemned the violence. 'The terrible scenes of civil disorder we have witnessed in Ballymena again this evening have no place in Northern Ireland,' Britain's Northern Ireland Minister Hilary Been said on X. Additional reporting by Amanda Ferguson in Belfast; Writing by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Stephen Coates
National Post
17 hours ago
- National Post
Lawyer couple 'steal back' their stolen car after tracking it with Apple AirTag
A couple in London, U.K., stole back their car after they experienced a lack of police support in recovering the stolen vehicle, the wife said in a post on LinkedIn. Article content 'I have to confess … it was kind of fun stealing back our own car… ,' Mia Forbes Pirie, 48, wrote. Article content Article content An international mediator, facilitator and coach, Forbes Pirie referred to her husband Mark Simpson, 62, as her partner in 'un-crime.' The husband, as per his LinkedIn profile, is a commercial barrister in Greater London. Article content Couple Travel to Chiswick to Steal Back Their Own Car Jaguar E-Pace was taken from near their home in Brook Green — (@ChiswickW4) June 10, 2025 Article content 'But it does make me wonder whether we should have had to do that,' she continued in the LinkedIn post. 'And not whether it's normal, but whether it's right that the police seem to have no interest in investigating what is likely to have been a reasonably sophisticated operation involving a flat bed truck… if there are no consequences, what is the incentive for people not to do more of this?' Article content Article content Their car, a Jaguar and reportedly worth over $85,000, was stolen from near their residence in Brook Green, West London. According to The Times, the lawyer couple, after contacting the police, were told that the Metropolitan Police reportedly wouldn't be able to investigate. 'Instead, the couple suggested they could find the vehicle themselves and were told to call 101 if they found it,' The Independent reports. Article content The couple noticed the car missing a week ago, with the AirTag locating it to their road on their road, in what may have been a 'cooling-off period' for the stolen car that one Canadian car owner was made aware of in May last year. Article content Article content CAA Quebec spokesperson and former police commander André Durocher told CTV News that after a vehicle is stolen, thieves will often leave the stolen vehicle nearby. Article content 'They want to see if there's going to be police surveillance to check the vehicle, if there was a tag [to track it], so it's very standard procedure for car theft rings to function that way,' Durocher told CTV. Article content The Metropolitan Police, in a statement to The Independent, confirmed that they were alerted to a car theft on June 3. 'Officers spoke to the victim, who shared his intention to recover the vehicle himself. An Apple AirTag was inside, allowing the victim to view its location and trace it. The victim was reminded by officers to contact police again as needed or if police assistance was necessary at the vehicle's location. At 11:23hrs the victim confirmed with police that he had found the vehicle and that it was being recovered by a truck back to the victim's home address.'
CTV News
19 hours ago
- CTV News
Homes attacked in violent Northern Ireland anti-immigration protest: police
Northern Irish police said houses were attacked and objects were thrown at security forces amid public unrest in the town of Ballymena after an anti-immigration protest turned violent. The disorder in the town of 31,000 people, some 30 miles (48 kilometres) northwest of Belfast, followed an anti-immigration protest in a neighbourhood where an alleged serious sexual assault happened on Saturday. 'A number of missiles have been thrown towards police with damage reported to a number of properties,' a police statement said late Monday. Two teenage boys were charged by police with the attempted rape of a teenage girl and appeared in court on Monday, where they asked for a Romanian interpreter, reports said. According to local media, at least four houses were burned with flames spreading to surrounding properties. Footage on social media appeared to show protesters targeting houses by smashing windows and some masked individuals kicking in doors and windows and throwing items including cans of paint and glass bottles at police vehicles. Police riot officers went to scene with riot shields in an attempt to 'bring calm to the area' said the police statement.
