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Gloria drums up help for digital switchover

tV presenter Gloria Hunniford has launched the Switchover Help Scheme in the Province. the scheme offers everyone aged 75 and over, or eligible disabled, practical help to change their tV to digital before the switchover in October. Pictured with Gloria is Newtownabbey pensioner evelyn Doyle. For more information about the Switchover Help Scheme, visit helpscheme.co.uk
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Ulster Bank job losses

SEVERAL hundred jobs are likely to be axed by the Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland, according to an announcement by parent company the Royal Bank of Scotland. The redundancies are part of a massive swathe of job cuts RBS is making in an effort to save 40m in radical restructuring measures. RBS is today expected to announce plans to close its equities and corporate finance units globally, cutting as many as 5,000 jobs. See Business, page 17

Widow talks of massacre

Road victims open hearts in safety ads

BY BRYAN GRAY
bryan.gray@newsletter.co.uk

DAYS before the 20th anniversary of the Teebane massacre, the widow of one of its victims has said she believes the lives of eight Protestant workmen could have been saved. Jean Caldwell, whose 37year-old husband Jimmy was one of those murdered in the IRA bomb on January 17, 1992, says she believes not enough protection was given to the bus of workers travelling from Lisanelly Army barracks. See page 9

Huge fire at factory site

THE devastated parents of a teenager killed in a car crash are among the participants in a hard-hitting television campaign launched today by the Government, aimed

at cutting the number of deaths on our roads. In powerful messages, those directly affected by carnage on our roads speak of their heartbreak as they recall the accidents that were to change their lives forever. Each of the four new advertisements feature either

the families of the deceased or those who have been braindamaged or left paraplegic by accidents on our roads. The short advertisements which will air tonight for the first time are the latest attempt by the Department of the Environment (DoE), as part of its Crashed Lives campaign,

to improve driver safety. A total of 59 people died in road accidents in Northern Ireland in 2011, while two people have already lost their lives on the Provinces roads this year. The Crashed Lives adverts will initially run until the end of next month. See pages 6 & 7

SIx fire appliances were mobilised last night to tackle a massive blaze at a disused factory in Kilkeel. The Harbour Road was closed because of the fire which was reported at around 7pm and was on the site of the former Tough Glass factory. Newry and Mourne councillor, Henry Reilly, said the fire was a blow to the local community as plans had been under way to accommodate another business in the building.

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