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A MAN in his 40s has diedollowing a two-vehicleroad trafc collision on theClanabogan Road in Omaghyesterday.
The victim was the drivero a car which was involved ina collision with a bus shortlybeore 4.30pm.
The driver o the bus was
not seriously injured andthere were no passengers onthe bus at the time.
Police have appealed oranyone who was on the Dro-more Road/Clanabogan Roadat the time o the collision oranyone who witnessed theincident to contact them inOmagh on 0845 600 8000.
Man dies inroad crash
MORE than a dozen gorsefres have broken out acrossNorthern Ireland ater sev-eral days o soaring tempera-tures.
Firefghters were last nightcontinuing to tackle two largeblazes in Co Antrim and Co Armagh.
However, it has emergedthat crews were called out toanother 11 minor fres in lo-cations right across the Prov-ince.
Speaking to the News Let-ter last night, Brian McClin-tock rom the Northern Ire-land Fire and Rescue Servicesaid the recent heatwave hadmade their task more chal-lenging.
Gorse fresbreak out
Ulster to escapeUK petrol crisisBY MICHAEL McGLADE
ULSTER motorists have noneed to panic-buy petrol as next
week’s scheduled tanker driverstrike will have no impact here,it was claimed last night.
In many parts o Britain saleso petrol have shot up 45 per cent
with diesel sales up 20 per cent, while there were also reports o
longer than normal queues atsome orecourts here.
However, Bob Miller rom theunion Unite said that just ourdrivers rom Northern Ireland
would be taking part in theUK-wide action and warnedagainst “scaremongering” on
this side o the Irish Sea.“There will be no, or minimal,
impact in Northern Ireland withthe looming petrol tanker driv-ers’ strike,” he said last night.
His comments were echoed byStormont’s Enterprise Minister
Arlene Foster.“We understand that o the
15 companies that deliver uel
around Northern Ireland, onlyone company’s drivers have vot-
ed or a strike,” she said.Meanwhile, Government in-
spectors have revealed that crim-inals are oering local business-es do-it-yoursel kits to laundertheir own uel as prices continueto rocket.
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Rangers fanssettle ticketdebt SEE SPORT
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The pride of Northern IrelandPrice: 75p (IR 1.05 EURO) Thursday, March 29, 2012
History comes aliveas fve-year-old ZoeNicholl, from ElmgrovePrimary School, attendsthe unveiling of aniconic bronze sculpturehonouring the workforcewhich built the Titanic.The unveiling of Yardmen,sculpted by leadingartist Ross Wilson, tookplace at Pitt Park in eastBelfast yesterday and wasattended by First MinisterPeter Robinson. Thepiece of art depicts threeshipyard workers walking
home after a day’s work
Titanicbuildersstand tall
PSNI Chie Constable MattBaggott has spoken out onthe recent row sparked by aproposal to change the nameo the RUC Athletic Associa-tion.
Writing in today’s NewsLetter, Mr Baggott deendedthe role played by AssistantChie Constable Will Kerr, who he said acted with “integ-rity and commitment to theinterests o the past, presentand uture o policing”.
Baggott onname row
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Creation of 264 new jobs helps lift the gloom SEE PAGE 15
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