Some people are on the plinth … an XI of football statues – in pictures
Following the emergence of Harry Kane’s statue which has been kept in storage for years, we take a look at others who have been honoured – with mixed results
November 2022
He shoots, he scores! Artists capture the lost history of English football – for £1.5m
A collection of artworks not seen in public before depicting the beautiful game in England is about to go on sale
In an interview before his death, John Kennaway says he and other killers of Ulster loyalist paramilitary leader were moved into prison with Wright despite their previous attempts to kill him
June 2009
Ian Paisley Jr fined for contempt of court in Billy Wright inquiry
Son of Northern Ireland's former first minister declined to identify sources
April 2009
Paisley Jr ordered to reveal source or face jail in Maze prison murder inquiry
High court order to assist inquiry into death of Billy Wright poses threat to parliamentarians and journalists, say campaigners
October 2008
IRA 'gave its consent' to murder of Billy Wright
Wright's family allege prison authorities and security forces 'turned a blind eye' to INLA danger
May 2007
Police destroyed papers on Billy Wright murder, inquiry told
· Lawyer says thousands of prison documents 'lost' · Legal notices demand release of key information
September 2003
Prison staff warned of murder plot
Two officers at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland told the authorities that republican inmates were plotting to kill the loyalist terror boss Billy "King Rat" Wright two months before the murder took place, according to documents published on an internet website.
April 2003
24 years for 'chilling execution'
A Northern Irish loyalist who murdered a Catholic taxi driver as a "birthday present" for the paramilitary leader Billy "King Rat" Wright was yesterday jailed for a minimum of 24 years.
November 2002
Inquiry urged into 'King Rat' killing
A new book investigating allegations of state collusion in the murder of the notorious loyalist terror chief, Billy "King Rat" Wright, will strengthen the case for a public inquiry, Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson said yesterday.
July 2002
Reid to meet father of murdered loyalist leader
The father of murdered Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was meeting the Northern Ireland secretary, John Reid, today.
December 2000
Gunmen shoot ally of King Rat ally
Murder in the Maze
October 2000
Billy Wright killers freed from jail
The Irish National Liberation Army killers of the hardline loyalist Billy Wright were released from jail in Co Londonderry yesterday less than three years after they shot him dead in the Maze prison.
