Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018
On this day 42 YEARS AGO (1976)
London’s Notting Hill Carnival was marred by violence that left more than 100 hurt. Trouble flared after a mob surrounded officers making an arrest.
21 YEARS AGO (1997)
Princess Di was killed in a car crash in Paris with lover Dodi Al Fayed and driver Henri Paul. It sparked a national outpouring of grief.
61 YEARS AGO (1957)
Malaya gained its independence from Britain, with power handed over to its inaugural Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. Pretty Woman star
Richard Gere is 69. He is a buddhist. Music legend Van Morrison is 73. His first job was cleaning windows. Presenter
Kirstie Allsopp is 47. She is cousin to designer Cath Kidson. And many happy returns to Mirror reader Olive Wallace, of Ashington, Northumberland, who is 91.
Today’s events
9.45am Launch of Chatsworth Country Fair with Mary Berry at Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire. 11am England play India in second day of potentially series defining Fourth Test at Southampton.
3pm Funeral of soul legend Aretha Franklin in Detroit, US. Speakers will include Bill Clinton and Rev Jesse Jackson.
Today’s giggle
A month before he died, my uncle had his back covered in lard. After that, he went down hill fast.