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Games fever builds for army of volunteers
The final recruitment phase has been launched to inspire hundreds more people to sign up for the World Police and Fire Games 2013 volunteer programme. The Games, which will attract 10,000 competitors from 70 countries to northern ireland, take place from august 1 to 10 next year. Volunteer now has reached a landmark 4,000 volunteers aged 16 and over, and this is your last chance to get involved. For details on the volunteer programme and the Games go to www.2013wpfg.com/volunteers. Zo Cunningham, left, from Coca-Cola, with volunteer Lauren harrison, John Tully, WPFG chief executive, and Lyne Greenwood, from Volunteer now, celebrate CocaColas backing for the Volunteer Programme with a welcome fountain of support.

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Quarter of all NI diesel now illegal

BY mark raineY
mark.rainey@newsletter.co.uk

PiCTUre: Darren kidd/Presseye

Focus on motoring

WITH around a quarter of all diesel sold in Northern Ireland now believed to be from illegal fuel sources, an MP is calling for an urgent response from Customs officials. Speaking during NI Questions

in the Commons yesterday, Ian Paisley described the levels of laundered and smuggled fuel in the Province as staggering and said it was vital that HMRC pursues this issue as a matter of high importance. The MP for North Antrim said: A recent HMRC report on measuring tax gaps has revealed

that smuggled diesel has increased in the last year, moving from 12 per cent of all diesel sold to 25 per cent this year. That is a staggering increase and demands that action is taken. Mr Paisley said there must now be a much greater emphasis on finding new measures to

permanently mark diesel in a way that makes removing the dye impossible and added: Currently the practice of laundering diesel not only robs the Treasury of huge amounts of revenue but also has a very detrimental environmental impact with the criminals engaged in the practice Turn to page 5

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