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The Irish Times reports:

A knife-wielding assailant who stabbed a policeman inside the perimeter of Britain’s parliament has reportedly been shot by police.

There was a major security alert at the Palace of Westminster in London after a man apparently carrying a knife charged through the gates into the front yard of the parliamentary compound.

After the incident, two people were seen to be lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall.

Meanwhile, a number of injured people were seen lying injured on Westminster Bridge near parliament. It is understood a car hit a number of people near the bridge.

Knifeman reportedly shot by police at House of Commons (The Irish Times)

Pic: Sky News

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The Sudden Club Weekender, a massive three-day throwdown featuring some of the best new music from Ireland and the UK, presented by the good folk of the Southern Hospitality Board, at the Kino in Cork City, December 9th-11th.

Tickets as priced in each pic, available now.

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Also, next month, a fundraiser for the Abortion Rights Campaign at the same venue. More on that this week.

Abortion Rights Campaign

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If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

A new Irish play at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington, North London’s East End.

August 30-September 24.

By John O’Donovan, who writes:

Set entirely on the roof of a house in Ennis [Co Clare], If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You tells the story of a night in the burgeoning love and relationship between two troubled young men, Mikey, 24, originally from Ennis, and Casey, 18, originally from Croydon [South London[

Mikey and Casey have been on the rob all day; now there’s a party to get to and they have everything they need . . . Booze. Cash. Drugs. Each other.

The only problem is they’re stuck. Stuck on a roof. Stuck together. And as they wait for the Guards to stop circling the house, they find out there are some truths you just can’t climb down from.

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You by John O’Donovan

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The Evening Standard reports:

The two camps in the EU referendum battle met today in a bizarre clash on the Thames on board a propaganda flotilla.

Sir Bob Geldof boarded a boat on the Thames to oppose Nigel Farage’s pro-Brexit flotilla, which was making its way up the Thames towards parliament.

The flotilla, of up to 35 boats, had been organised by Scottish skippers as part of the Fishing for Leave campaign.

The Boomtown rats star blasted out songs including Chicago’s “If you leave me now”, while the Leave boats retaliated by firing water from a hose at Geldof’s vessel.

FIGHT!

Nigel Farage and Sir Bob Geldof clash on Brexit in bizarre Thames flotilla ‘battle’ (The Evening Standard)

Pic via Guardian and video via Mikey Smith and Kaya Burgess

UPDATE:

Jim Waterson tweetz:

I’m under aural attack from Bob Geldof who has the loudest soundsystem known to man and is haranguing Farage.

Jaykers.

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‘sup?

Brian S writes:

I know you don’t normally do this…but this cat (above) has decided to make us his owners…a trip to the vet tells us that he is from London, which begs the question, how is he in Stepaside [Dublin]?

The vets are trying to get in touch with the vet in the UK and the owner, but the owner’s numbers are ringing out. If any one recognises him please get in touch.

Anyone?