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Northern Ireland News for December 2003 : Page 9
Business News, Dec 4, 2003
FSB urge Chancellor to deliver 'enterprise principles'
In a submission to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, prior to this month’s Pre Budget Report, the FSB said that "if the government wants to encourage enterprise it should give small firms a fair slice ...
FSB urge Chancellor to deliver 'enterprise principles'
In a submission to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, prior to this month’s Pre Budget Report, the FSB said that "if the government wants to encourage enterprise it should give small firms a fair slice ...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2003
Public awards for 'Taking A Stand'
The bravery of local people who have stood up to thugs, vandals and noisy neighbours in their communities has been honoured today at a ceremony in the House Commons. The 'Taking A Stand' awards recog...
Public awards for 'Taking A Stand'
The bravery of local people who have stood up to thugs, vandals and noisy neighbours in their communities has been honoured today at a ceremony in the House Commons. The 'Taking A Stand' awards recog...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Haass moves on to Dublin as Northern talks conclude
The US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland will move on to Dublin later today as talks conclude with the political leaders in Northern Ireland. President Bush's special envoy Richard Haass met with a r...
Haass moves on to Dublin as Northern talks conclude
The US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland will move on to Dublin later today as talks conclude with the political leaders in Northern Ireland. President Bush's special envoy Richard Haass met with a r...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Man faces drugs offence charges
A 39-year-old man was to appear in court today charged with having drugs with intent to supply. The charge relates to the seizure of £400,000 worth of cannabis in Downpatrick on Wednesday. The Ardgl...
Man faces drugs offence charges
A 39-year-old man was to appear in court today charged with having drugs with intent to supply. The charge relates to the seizure of £400,000 worth of cannabis in Downpatrick on Wednesday. The Ardgl...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2003
Councils to gain £1.5bn through new service agreements
Councils are set to claim their share of £1.5 billion from the government if they hit new targets on local priorities under the second generation of the local public service agreements (local PSA) sch...
Councils to gain £1.5bn through new service agreements
Councils are set to claim their share of £1.5 billion from the government if they hit new targets on local priorities under the second generation of the local public service agreements (local PSA) sch...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Minister announces home disability grant
Social Development Minister, John Spellar today announced the abolition of the means test for parents of disabled children who apply for Disabled Facilities Grant for help with the costs of adapting t...
Minister announces home disability grant
Social Development Minister, John Spellar today announced the abolition of the means test for parents of disabled children who apply for Disabled Facilities Grant for help with the costs of adapting t...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2003
No change in interest rates
The Bank of England today held the UK interest rate at 3.75% in order to allow the impact of last month's 0.25% rise on the housing market to be assessed. The rate hold was widely expected after the ...
No change in interest rates
The Bank of England today held the UK interest rate at 3.75% in order to allow the impact of last month's 0.25% rise on the housing market to be assessed. The rate hold was widely expected after the ...
Business News, Dec 4, 2003
Union tackle Aviva over job transfers to India
Senior Amicus union representatives are to meet with Aviva top management later today to discuss the details of the company's offshoring announcement of 2,350 jobs to India. Union representatives wil...
Union tackle Aviva over job transfers to India
Senior Amicus union representatives are to meet with Aviva top management later today to discuss the details of the company's offshoring announcement of 2,350 jobs to India. Union representatives wil...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Five released by police investigating murder
Five people arrested for questioning in connection with a police inquiry into the murder of a Co Antrim man last month, have been released without charge. Ballyclare man, John Allen, 31, died after b...
Five released by police investigating murder
Five people arrested for questioning in connection with a police inquiry into the murder of a Co Antrim man last month, have been released without charge. Ballyclare man, John Allen, 31, died after b...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Lough Neagh area to receive £3.2m funding support
The Lough Neagh area is to benefit from a funding package of £3.2 million for a major regeneration initiative. The funding was unveiled today at the formal launch of the Lough Neagh Strategic Fund i...
Lough Neagh area to receive £3.2m funding support
The Lough Neagh area is to benefit from a funding package of £3.2 million for a major regeneration initiative. The funding was unveiled today at the formal launch of the Lough Neagh Strategic Fund i...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2003
Refugee projects to gain £2m in funding
More than 40 local initiatives to help people given refugee status to integrate, work and participate in UK society will receive nearly £2 million in government assistance, the Home Office announced t...
Refugee projects to gain £2m in funding
More than 40 local initiatives to help people given refugee status to integrate, work and participate in UK society will receive nearly £2 million in government assistance, the Home Office announced t...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Regeneration areas offer investment opportunities says report
Regeneration areas offer significant investment opportunities and are not the high risk/low investment option they are perceived to be. This is one of the main findings of a UK-wide report launched t...
Regeneration areas offer investment opportunities says report
Regeneration areas offer significant investment opportunities and are not the high risk/low investment option they are perceived to be. This is one of the main findings of a UK-wide report launched t...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2003
Human Tissue Bill set to end organ removal
The government has set out plans which it hopes will ensure that human tissue and organs cannot be removed without the consent of relatives or patients. The Human Tissue Bill follows the Bristol, Ald...
Human Tissue Bill set to end organ removal
The government has set out plans which it hopes will ensure that human tissue and organs cannot be removed without the consent of relatives or patients. The Human Tissue Bill follows the Bristol, Ald...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Conference to tackle community and political relations
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has organised a get together of community activists to discuss their relations with local political representatives. Experts from across the world arrive...
Conference to tackle community and political relations
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has organised a get together of community activists to discuss their relations with local political representatives. Experts from across the world arrive...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2003
Industry group set up to advise on seed potato interests
Agriculture Minister, Ian Pearson today announced the Government’s launch of a Seed Potato Liaison Group (SPLG) to act as an advisory body on behalf of seed potato growers and merchants. The announce...
Industry group set up to advise on seed potato interests
Agriculture Minister, Ian Pearson today announced the Government’s launch of a Seed Potato Liaison Group (SPLG) to act as an advisory body on behalf of seed potato growers and merchants. The announce...
Business News, Dec 3, 2003
Local agri-tec company leads the dairy world
A Rathfriland-based firm are in discussions with major dairy companies to supply a new high-tech system that will increase the efficient management of dairy herds. Northern Ireland ‘agritec’ business...
Local agri-tec company leads the dairy world
A Rathfriland-based firm are in discussions with major dairy companies to supply a new high-tech system that will increase the efficient management of dairy herds. Northern Ireland ‘agritec’ business...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2003
Shorts employees return to work
Over 4,000 employees at Belfast aerospace company, Shorts returned to work today after strike action over pay and conditions was called off. Union representatives from the Transport and General Worke...
Shorts employees return to work
Over 4,000 employees at Belfast aerospace company, Shorts returned to work today after strike action over pay and conditions was called off. Union representatives from the Transport and General Worke...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Met relaunch inquiry into Pc Blakelock murder
The Metropolitan Police has launched a fresh investigation into the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock who was hacked to death during the Broadwater Farm riots in London in 1985. The Met's Specialist Crime...
Met relaunch inquiry into Pc Blakelock murder
The Metropolitan Police has launched a fresh investigation into the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock who was hacked to death during the Broadwater Farm riots in London in 1985. The Met's Specialist Crime...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Blair pledges to press ahead with 'top-up' fees
Prime Minister Tony Blair has reminded those who oppose the controversial 'top-up' fee proposals that there is no reverse gear at No 10, stating that he will press ahead with the reform. The current...
Blair pledges to press ahead with 'top-up' fees
Prime Minister Tony Blair has reminded those who oppose the controversial 'top-up' fee proposals that there is no reverse gear at No 10, stating that he will press ahead with the reform. The current...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2003
Security alerts at two schools declared hoaxes
Security alerts at two school in Co Tyrone have been declared hoaxes. Over 400 schoolgirls at Convent Grammar School in Strabane had to be sent home when a suspicious object was found outside the gat...
Security alerts at two schools declared hoaxes
Security alerts at two school in Co Tyrone have been declared hoaxes. Over 400 schoolgirls at Convent Grammar School in Strabane had to be sent home when a suspicious object was found outside the gat...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Lord Hutton moves to minimise leaks of findings
The findings of Lord Hutton's inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly will be released simultaneously to all concerned parties, including the government, around 24 hours...
Lord Hutton moves to minimise leaks of findings
The findings of Lord Hutton's inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly will be released simultaneously to all concerned parties, including the government, around 24 hours...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Bosnian Serb sentenced to 27 years over Srebrenica massacre
A former chief of Bosnian Serb army security and intelligence has been sentenced to 27 years jail for his role in the 1995 massacre of Muslim civilians in Srebrenica. The UN war crimes tribunal for t...
Bosnian Serb sentenced to 27 years over Srebrenica massacre
A former chief of Bosnian Serb army security and intelligence has been sentenced to 27 years jail for his role in the 1995 massacre of Muslim civilians in Srebrenica. The UN war crimes tribunal for t...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2003
Six escape unharmed during attempted robbery
Six people have escaped injury after a shot was fired during an attempted robbery at a restaurant in south Belfast last night. Two men entered the premises on the Lisburn Road shortly before midnight...
Six escape unharmed during attempted robbery
Six people have escaped injury after a shot was fired during an attempted robbery at a restaurant in south Belfast last night. Two men entered the premises on the Lisburn Road shortly before midnight...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2003
Loudmouth Tory councillor expelled
The Conservative Party has expelled Neville Saunders, the disgraced former leader of Peterborough City Council, after he refused to withdraw derogatory comments made earlier this year about the people...
Loudmouth Tory councillor expelled
The Conservative Party has expelled Neville Saunders, the disgraced former leader of Peterborough City Council, after he refused to withdraw derogatory comments made earlier this year about the people...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 3, 2003
NI Wi-Fi users wide open to hackers warns expert
Northern Ireland companies using wireless computer networks are leaving themselves wide open to hackers, a University of Ulster expert warned today. Kevin Curran, a lecturer at the School of Computin...
NI Wi-Fi users wide open to hackers warns expert
Northern Ireland companies using wireless computer networks are leaving themselves wide open to hackers, a University of Ulster expert warned today. Kevin Curran, a lecturer at the School of Computin...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Straw outlines 10-year strategy on UK foreign policy
The UK's priorities for international policy over the next five to 10 years, contained in a Foreign Office White Paper, have been laid before Parliament. The White Paper, entitled 'UK International P...
Straw outlines 10-year strategy on UK foreign policy
The UK's priorities for international policy over the next five to 10 years, contained in a Foreign Office White Paper, have been laid before Parliament. The White Paper, entitled 'UK International P...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Public warned about Canadian lottery scam
The Office Fair Trading (OFT) has issued a warning to consumers today about the dangers of the 'Canadian lottery' scam – a con trick that has so far relieved the British public of around £3 million in...
Public warned about Canadian lottery scam
The Office Fair Trading (OFT) has issued a warning to consumers today about the dangers of the 'Canadian lottery' scam – a con trick that has so far relieved the British public of around £3 million in...
Business News, Dec 3, 2003
'Bonus' becoming a spectre of Christmas past
Employers across the UK are "failing to reward their staff at Christmas," but employees have shown "camaraderie by creating their own festive cheer," according to a survey conducted by the Chartered M...
'Bonus' becoming a spectre of Christmas past
Employers across the UK are "failing to reward their staff at Christmas," but employees have shown "camaraderie by creating their own festive cheer," according to a survey conducted by the Chartered M...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Parents urged to quit smoking for sake of children
New measures have been unveiled today aimed at encouraging parents to give up smoking round their children. As part of the next stage of the NHS campaign to raise awareness of the damaging effect tha...
Parents urged to quit smoking for sake of children
New measures have been unveiled today aimed at encouraging parents to give up smoking round their children. As part of the next stage of the NHS campaign to raise awareness of the damaging effect tha...
UK National News, Dec 3, 2003
Iron age burial chariot unearthed by motorway excavation
Motorway construction workers have unearthed an ancient burial site considered to be one of the most significant Iron Age finds of its type in Britain. The burial discovered in Ferrybridge, West York...
Iron age burial chariot unearthed by motorway excavation
Motorway construction workers have unearthed an ancient burial site considered to be one of the most significant Iron Age finds of its type in Britain. The burial discovered in Ferrybridge, West York...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A dry night, save for a few light showers around the coasts, with prolonged clear spells and light winds bringing a frosty dawn for many in central and southern parts. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
