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Northern Ireland News for May 2003 : Page 8
UK National News, May 19, 2003
Meacher's GM crops comments draws fire
Friends of the Earth has reacted angrily today to comments made by Environment Minister Michael Meacher suggesting that the government could allow GM crops to be grown commercially in the UK – without...
Meacher's GM crops comments draws fire
Friends of the Earth has reacted angrily today to comments made by Environment Minister Michael Meacher suggesting that the government could allow GM crops to be grown commercially in the UK – without...
UK National News, May 19, 2003
UK's key role in ESA Mars mission hailed
UK industry and scientific know-how is playing a key role in the search for life on the red planet. Science Minister Lord Sainsbury today said that UK engineering and scientific expertise was essenti...
UK's key role in ESA Mars mission hailed
UK industry and scientific know-how is playing a key role in the search for life on the red planet. Science Minister Lord Sainsbury today said that UK engineering and scientific expertise was essenti...
Recruitment News, May 19, 2003
Young people offered better Connexions
Over four million young people across England can now get help and advice on their education, careers and personal problems following the launch of the national awareness campaign for the Connexions S...
Young people offered better Connexions
Over four million young people across England can now get help and advice on their education, careers and personal problems following the launch of the national awareness campaign for the Connexions S...
UK National News, May 19, 2003
Young people offered better 'Connexions'
Over four million young people across England can now get help and advice on their education, careers and personal problems following the launch of the national awareness campaign for the Connexions S...
Young people offered better 'Connexions'
Over four million young people across England can now get help and advice on their education, careers and personal problems following the launch of the national awareness campaign for the Connexions S...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2003
Hospital modernisation needs further development
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Des Browne has today called on the Chairmen of the four Health and Social Services Boards to develop their local plans for the modernisation of h...
Hospital modernisation needs further development
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Des Browne has today called on the Chairmen of the four Health and Social Services Boards to develop their local plans for the modernisation of h...
UK National News, May 19, 2003
Card fraud pilot scheme begins
A new fraud-busting pilot scheme got under way in Northampton today that will see the end of signatures as a method for transacting credit card business. As part of the Chip and PIN Programme, retai...
Card fraud pilot scheme begins
A new fraud-busting pilot scheme got under way in Northampton today that will see the end of signatures as a method for transacting credit card business. As part of the Chip and PIN Programme, retai...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2003
NI built heritage set for province-wide tour
The Environment and Heritage Service ’s travelling Built Heritage exhibition "Expo" is set for a tour of Northern Ireland today starting with Belfast City Hall. Expo displays the important work that ...
NI built heritage set for province-wide tour
The Environment and Heritage Service ’s travelling Built Heritage exhibition "Expo" is set for a tour of Northern Ireland today starting with Belfast City Hall. Expo displays the important work that ...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2003
Belfast Pizza Hut robbed by gunmen
A Belfast city centre Pizza Hut restaurant was robbed by armed men yesterday. Two armed men entered the Dublin Road eating place at around 10.45pm last night and held one member of staff at gunpoint....
Belfast Pizza Hut robbed by gunmen
A Belfast city centre Pizza Hut restaurant was robbed by armed men yesterday. Two armed men entered the Dublin Road eating place at around 10.45pm last night and held one member of staff at gunpoint....
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2003
Northern Ireland businesses favour the euro
Almost two-thirds of Northern Ireland businesses would vote to join the euro if a referendum were held today, according to a poll conducted by business advisors, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as part o...
Northern Ireland businesses favour the euro
Almost two-thirds of Northern Ireland businesses would vote to join the euro if a referendum were held today, according to a poll conducted by business advisors, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as part o...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2003
Rasharkin star basks in FA Cup limelight
The Co Antrim town of Rasharkin was revelling in the spotlight today following a remarkable FA Cup final performance by a local 21-year-old lad. Chris Baird was playing in only his third top level ma...
Rasharkin star basks in FA Cup limelight
The Co Antrim town of Rasharkin was revelling in the spotlight today following a remarkable FA Cup final performance by a local 21-year-old lad. Chris Baird was playing in only his third top level ma...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2003
Passive smoking is damaging to health says HPA
There is no doubt that passive smoking poses a serious risk to our health the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland stressed today. Dr Brian Gaffney, Chief Executive of the Health Promotion Ag...
Passive smoking is damaging to health says HPA
There is no doubt that passive smoking poses a serious risk to our health the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland stressed today. Dr Brian Gaffney, Chief Executive of the Health Promotion Ag...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
Alzheimer's Society calls on government to launch new NI report
The Alzheimer's Society has called on the government to reveal how many people in Northern Ireland have dementia so that services can be designed to cope. The society made the call after it was revea...
Alzheimer's Society calls on government to launch new NI report
The Alzheimer's Society has called on the government to reveal how many people in Northern Ireland have dementia so that services can be designed to cope. The society made the call after it was revea...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Kenya tourists stranded by UK airline ban
A UK airline ban put in place after a terror alert has stranded hundreds of British tourists in Kenya. A series of security alerts around the world have heightened concerns over further possible atta...
Kenya tourists stranded by UK airline ban
A UK airline ban put in place after a terror alert has stranded hundreds of British tourists in Kenya. A series of security alerts around the world have heightened concerns over further possible atta...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
National Stadium debate rears its head again
East Antrim MP Roy Beggs has called on the Government to hold a House of Commons debate on the need for Northern Ireland to secure a national stadium of its own. Speaking at Business Questions on the...
National Stadium debate rears its head again
East Antrim MP Roy Beggs has called on the Government to hold a House of Commons debate on the need for Northern Ireland to secure a national stadium of its own. Speaking at Business Questions on the...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
Man remanded in custody after injuring seven PSNI officers
A Belfast man was remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court today after being charged with assaulting seven PSNI officers in the early hours of yesterday morning. 19-year-old Kevin Phillips fr...
Man remanded in custody after injuring seven PSNI officers
A Belfast man was remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court today after being charged with assaulting seven PSNI officers in the early hours of yesterday morning. 19-year-old Kevin Phillips fr...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Hamilton rape-claim woman found guilty
The woman who alleged that Neil and Christine Hamilton raped her has been found guilty on two counts of perverting the course of justice. Nadine Milroy-Sloan (29), a trainee lecturer from Grimsby in ...
Hamilton rape-claim woman found guilty
The woman who alleged that Neil and Christine Hamilton raped her has been found guilty on two counts of perverting the course of justice. Nadine Milroy-Sloan (29), a trainee lecturer from Grimsby in ...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
Irish Minister defends SARS decision on Special Olympics
The Irish Minister for Health has defended his decision to request teams from some of the countries where SARS is present not to attend the Special Olympics. The decision by Irish Minister for Health...
Irish Minister defends SARS decision on Special Olympics
The Irish Minister for Health has defended his decision to request teams from some of the countries where SARS is present not to attend the Special Olympics. The decision by Irish Minister for Health...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
Westminster seat boundaries up for review
Northern Ireland's 18 Westminster election boundaries are to be reviewed due to a drop in the number of people living in Belfast. In its first review in eight years, the Boundary Commission announced...
Westminster seat boundaries up for review
Northern Ireland's 18 Westminster election boundaries are to be reviewed due to a drop in the number of people living in Belfast. In its first review in eight years, the Boundary Commission announced...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
British services defeated in historic GAA match
The Irish Army have defeated a combined British Combined Services team in the first ever GAA game between the two forces. The match was held in Co. Kildare yesterday afternoon with the Irish team com...
British services defeated in historic GAA match
The Irish Army have defeated a combined British Combined Services team in the first ever GAA game between the two forces. The match was held in Co. Kildare yesterday afternoon with the Irish team com...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
Glengormley man suffers broken leg during robbery
A 53-year-old man has suffered a broken leg after two armed men broke into his Newtownabbey home early this morning. The man was in bed at his home in Dorchester Drive, Glengormley when he heard a no...
Glengormley man suffers broken leg during robbery
A 53-year-old man has suffered a broken leg after two armed men broke into his Newtownabbey home early this morning. The man was in bed at his home in Dorchester Drive, Glengormley when he heard a no...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Hospital waiting list falls below one million
The number of people waiting for NHS inpatient operations has fallen below a million for the first time in 10 years, according to the government's latest figures. The number of NHS patients waiting l...
Hospital waiting list falls below one million
The number of people waiting for NHS inpatient operations has fallen below a million for the first time in 10 years, according to the government's latest figures. The number of NHS patients waiting l...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Passive smoking report sparks row
Health experts are fuming today after the British Medical Journal (BMJ) carried a report which flies in the face of received wisdom that passive smoking causes deaths from heart disease and lung cance...
Passive smoking report sparks row
Health experts are fuming today after the British Medical Journal (BMJ) carried a report which flies in the face of received wisdom that passive smoking causes deaths from heart disease and lung cance...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Man killed by his pet dog
It is thought that a 45-year-old man who was found dead at his London home today had been attacked by his pet dog, police have said. George Dinham, from Wandle Way in Wandsworth, south-west London,...
Man killed by his pet dog
It is thought that a 45-year-old man who was found dead at his London home today had been attacked by his pet dog, police have said. George Dinham, from Wandle Way in Wandsworth, south-west London,...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
USPCA reveal increase in animal cruelty
The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has revealed that the number of acts of cruelty to animals in Northern Ireland is rising. The figures followed the news of the muti...
USPCA reveal increase in animal cruelty
The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has revealed that the number of acts of cruelty to animals in Northern Ireland is rising. The figures followed the news of the muti...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Home Office publishes internal progress report
Falling crime, record police numbers and stronger border controls are among the "key achievements" highlighted in the Home Office Annual Report, published today. The report also sets out the departme...
Home Office publishes internal progress report
Falling crime, record police numbers and stronger border controls are among the "key achievements" highlighted in the Home Office Annual Report, published today. The report also sets out the departme...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
Church damaged in overnight fire
A Catholic church in Co Down has been damaged by an overnight fire. Police believe the blaze, which damaged a confessional box in Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Newcastle, was started deliberat...
Church damaged in overnight fire
A Catholic church in Co Down has been damaged by an overnight fire. Police believe the blaze, which damaged a confessional box in Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Newcastle, was started deliberat...
Northern Ireland News, May 16, 2003
NIE call for contractor caution
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) today issued a strong warning to contractors working in the vicinity of underground electricity cables to contact the company prior to starting work. The warning co...
NIE call for contractor caution
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) today issued a strong warning to contractors working in the vicinity of underground electricity cables to contact the company prior to starting work. The warning co...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Hang-glider crashes on main rail line
A hang-glider pilot is recovering in a Staffordshire hospital after his motorised aircraft hit overhead power lines. The man in his 60s was airlifted to Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham on Thursday a...
Hang-glider crashes on main rail line
A hang-glider pilot is recovering in a Staffordshire hospital after his motorised aircraft hit overhead power lines. The man in his 60s was airlifted to Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham on Thursday a...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
Blunket sets out plans to treat addicts
Guidance to advise specialist doctors when and how to prescribe heroin to the most entrenched drug users, will be published shortly, Home Secretary David Blunkett said today. Speaking to an audience ...
Blunket sets out plans to treat addicts
Guidance to advise specialist doctors when and how to prescribe heroin to the most entrenched drug users, will be published shortly, Home Secretary David Blunkett said today. Speaking to an audience ...
UK National News, May 16, 2003
TUC calls for more rights for temps
The TUC has claimed that the "unregulated and fragmented" market in the UK has allowed recruitment agencies to exploit temporary workers. The TUC believe that the market's ‘cowboy’ agencies – which ...
TUC calls for more rights for temps
The TUC has claimed that the "unregulated and fragmented" market in the UK has allowed recruitment agencies to exploit temporary workers. The TUC believe that the market's ‘cowboy’ agencies – which ...
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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.
