WEDNESDAY, May 11th 2011
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Iron Lady gets armoured car due to new security measures Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher has had her security stepped up amid fears that she could be a target for Irish republican terrorists marking the 30th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes. Baroness Thatcher’s security had been downgraded in recent years as the 85-year-old’s health took its toll, and prevented her from making speaking engagements and public appearances. She had to decline her invitation to the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. But the Metropolitan
Police have apparently put in place a security upgrade, which includes a new armour-plated government car, because of fears that the anniversary of the hunger strikes could make her vulnerable to increased activity by dissidents. The former PM refused to make any concessions to IRA and Irish National Liberation Army inmates of the Maze Prison, 10 of whom starved themselves to death. The move comes in the wake of recent republican terrorism in Ireland – a police constable was killed –and a perceived threat to the mainland.
The most famous of the hunger strikers was Bobby Sands. He was the first to die and the anniversary of his death was last week. Mrs Thatcher refused to recognise the acts of the prisoners as political. During her premiership her close friends Airey Neave and Ian Gow were both killed by terrorist bombs under their cars and she herself survived the attack on the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984, during the Conservative Party Conference, in which five died and many were injured.
Proceeds from book to aid Maddie search Kate McCann’s book about the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine, will go on sale tomorrow (Thursday) and has topped the Amazon pre-order sales list. The book, “Madeleine”, is being published on the day of what would have been the little girl’s 8th birthday and tells of the horror of her disappearance on May 3rd in 2007. Madeleine, aged three, was snatched from her bed
in the family apartment in Praia de Luz in Portugal’s Algarve, while her parents were eating with friends at a nearby tapas restaurant.
writing the book. She is hoping that its sales will raise £1 million for the Find Madeleine Fund, so that the search can continue.
It’s a painful and emotional account by Kate McCann of the night that her daughter disappeared and the overwhelming impact the event has had on the lives of Kate and her husband Gerry, and their two other children.
Kate tells of her fears for her daughter and explains why the children were left in the apartment, and says that as no body has ever been found, she believes the search for Madeleine should continue.
Kate McCann has never returned to her work as a GP and spent nine months
William and Kate leave the UK
But only for a short while. Prince William and his bride have left the UK to go on their honeymoon at last, although the venue is being kept a closely guarded secret. There have been rumours that they are in the Seychelles where there are 115 islands to choose from, or perhaps they are on Richard Branson's Necker Island which was why he wasn't at the
wedding of the year – he was already on the island sprucing it up for the happy couple. One source has confirmed that, wherever it is, the couple will enjoy the attentions of a personal chef for romantic dinners and a whole staff to pick up those wet towels after their swim. They have been reported as being excited about getting “some quality time on their own” following all the glitz of the wedding itself.
The book is expected to be translated into Portugese.
Moseley loses court case Ex-formula One boss Max Moseley has lost his case against newspapers in a court involving seven judges in the European Court of Human Rights. He was asking that tougher privacy laws be implemented and that newspapers should give celebrities and famous people prior warning of what was going to be printed about their private lives, giving them time to seek a court injunction against certain facts being published. However, the court ruled that the UK system already had sufficient protection for individuals, declaring: "The European Convention on Human Rights does not require media to give prior notice of intended publications to those who feature in them."
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