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Northern Ireland News for September 2003 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Ardboe man charged with Cookstown murder
A 23-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with the murder of a man in Co Tyrone at the weekend. Unemployed coach builder, Ryan Quinn, from Ardboe, appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates'...
Ardboe man charged with Cookstown murder
A 23-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with the murder of a man in Co Tyrone at the weekend. Unemployed coach builder, Ryan Quinn, from Ardboe, appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates'...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Police attacked during separate trouble in Co Down
Police in Downpatrick are appealing for information after two officers were attacked outside a bar in the Co Down town last night. One of the officers was punched in the face while another was hit on...
Police attacked during separate trouble in Co Down
Police in Downpatrick are appealing for information after two officers were attacked outside a bar in the Co Down town last night. One of the officers was punched in the face while another was hit on...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Parents warned to be vigilant following abduction attempt
The chairman of the Castlereagh Policing Partnership Board has warned parents to be vigilant concerning the whereabouts of their children. UUP Councillor Michael Copeland made his plea following the ...
Parents warned to be vigilant following abduction attempt
The chairman of the Castlereagh Policing Partnership Board has warned parents to be vigilant concerning the whereabouts of their children. UUP Councillor Michael Copeland made his plea following the ...
Business News, Sep 29, 2003
Armagh textile firm goes into receivership
An Armagh textile company has been forced to call in receivers because of "financial and trading" difficulties. Glenanne Jacquards Ltd employs approximately 15 people and specialises in design and cu...
Armagh textile firm goes into receivership
An Armagh textile company has been forced to call in receivers because of "financial and trading" difficulties. Glenanne Jacquards Ltd employs approximately 15 people and specialises in design and cu...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Tesco urged to extend NI product promotion to UK
Representatives of supermarket giant Tesco have been asked to explore ways of further promoting Northern Ireland sourced produce on the UK mainland. UUP leader David Trimble and his Upper Bann collea...
Tesco urged to extend NI product promotion to UK
Representatives of supermarket giant Tesco have been asked to explore ways of further promoting Northern Ireland sourced produce on the UK mainland. UUP leader David Trimble and his Upper Bann collea...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Alliance party learn from Scottish sectarian experience
Two Alliance delegations are to visit Scotland next week on a fact-finding mission dealing with sectarianism. The purpose of the visit, which is being made by party members including leader David For...
Alliance party learn from Scottish sectarian experience
Two Alliance delegations are to visit Scotland next week on a fact-finding mission dealing with sectarianism. The purpose of the visit, which is being made by party members including leader David For...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Armagh textile firm goes into receivership
An Armagh textile company has been forced to call in receivers because of "financial and trading" difficulties. Glenanne Jacquards Ltd employs approximately 15 people and specialises in design and cu...
Armagh textile firm goes into receivership
An Armagh textile company has been forced to call in receivers because of "financial and trading" difficulties. Glenanne Jacquards Ltd employs approximately 15 people and specialises in design and cu...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Tyrone victorious over Armagh in All-Ireland final
Tyrone's skipper Peter Canavan was the man to step up and lift the Sam Maguire Cup after a hard-fought match with Armagh on Sunday. A score-line of Armagh 0-9 Tyrone 0-12 saw four-time All-Star winne...
Tyrone victorious over Armagh in All-Ireland final
Tyrone's skipper Peter Canavan was the man to step up and lift the Sam Maguire Cup after a hard-fought match with Armagh on Sunday. A score-line of Armagh 0-9 Tyrone 0-12 saw four-time All-Star winne...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2003
British explorer sets Atlantic crossing record
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams has today become the first open gondola hot-air pilot to successfully cross the Atlantic. The BBC reported this morning that the hot-air balloon crossed the sou...
British explorer sets Atlantic crossing record
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams has today become the first open gondola hot-air pilot to successfully cross the Atlantic. The BBC reported this morning that the hot-air balloon crossed the sou...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2003
Healthy breakfast and school performance linked
Girls need a more satisfying breakfast than boys if they are to perform at their best in the classroom – a new University of Ulster (UU) study has revealed. Dr Barbara Stewart, from the Northern Irel...
Healthy breakfast and school performance linked
Girls need a more satisfying breakfast than boys if they are to perform at their best in the classroom – a new University of Ulster (UU) study has revealed. Dr Barbara Stewart, from the Northern Irel...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2003
Ballots issued to BMA consultants over new contracts
Twenty-six thousand consultants and 8,000 specialist registrars in England will be sent their ballot papers tomorrow to see if the proposed new consultant contract is acceptable to them. The ballot w...
Ballots issued to BMA consultants over new contracts
Twenty-six thousand consultants and 8,000 specialist registrars in England will be sent their ballot papers tomorrow to see if the proposed new consultant contract is acceptable to them. The ballot w...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2003
Doctor Who set to return to BBC
Doctor Who, one of the BBC's best-loved and most enduring characters, is set to return to BBC ONE, it has been confirmed. The Beeb said that it was too early to discuss possible storylines, character...
Doctor Who set to return to BBC
Doctor Who, one of the BBC's best-loved and most enduring characters, is set to return to BBC ONE, it has been confirmed. The Beeb said that it was too early to discuss possible storylines, character...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Derry City Council concerned over thefts from cemetery
Derry City Council has today appealed to the public to assist with deterring youths from removing burial equipment from the City Cemetery. The call was made after a number of items of timber sheeting...
Derry City Council concerned over thefts from cemetery
Derry City Council has today appealed to the public to assist with deterring youths from removing burial equipment from the City Cemetery. The call was made after a number of items of timber sheeting...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2003
Belfast conference to mark European Year of People with Disabilities
A major ‘barrier breaking’ conference to mark the European Year of People with Disabilities will be held in Belfast this November. Entitled 'Breaking the Barriers', the two-day event, which takes pla...
Belfast conference to mark European Year of People with Disabilities
A major ‘barrier breaking’ conference to mark the European Year of People with Disabilities will be held in Belfast this November. Entitled 'Breaking the Barriers', the two-day event, which takes pla...
Business News, Sep 26, 2003
The New Sector Skills Council For Construction
Charles Clarke, the Secretary for State for Education, has given the green light to the new sector skills council for the construction industry. Known as ConstructionSkills, the new SSC will comprise...
The New Sector Skills Council For Construction
Charles Clarke, the Secretary for State for Education, has given the green light to the new sector skills council for the construction industry. Known as ConstructionSkills, the new SSC will comprise...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
Kidnapped student returns home from Colombia
The British backpacker who evaded armed guerrillas in the Colombia jungle has returned to the UK. Escaping his captors by jumping over a cliff and sliding down a ravine to the river below, 19-year-ol...
Kidnapped student returns home from Colombia
The British backpacker who evaded armed guerrillas in the Colombia jungle has returned to the UK. Escaping his captors by jumping over a cliff and sliding down a ravine to the river below, 19-year-ol...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
'Unsatisfactory teaching' mars adult skills provision: Ofsted
The government's adult basic skills strategy is being hampered by "poor quality provision and unsatisfactory teaching", a new report from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) and the Adult L...
'Unsatisfactory teaching' mars adult skills provision: Ofsted
The government's adult basic skills strategy is being hampered by "poor quality provision and unsatisfactory teaching", a new report from the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) and the Adult L...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
Genetic testing could assist in cancer treatment, report claims
Testing tumours for the breast cancer gene BRCA1 could be a powerful way of predicting how patients will respond to chemotherapy, scientists from Breast Cancer Campaign and Cancer Research UK have sai...
Genetic testing could assist in cancer treatment, report claims
Testing tumours for the breast cancer gene BRCA1 could be a powerful way of predicting how patients will respond to chemotherapy, scientists from Breast Cancer Campaign and Cancer Research UK have sai...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2003
Catholic school targeted by pipe bombers
A Catholic school in north Belfast has been attacked for the second time in a month after a pipe bomb was left at its front gates. Army bomb experts were called to the scene at Dominican College in t...
Catholic school targeted by pipe bombers
A Catholic school in north Belfast has been attacked for the second time in a month after a pipe bomb was left at its front gates. Army bomb experts were called to the scene at Dominican College in t...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
More women die of heart disease than men: WHO report
Contradicting conventional wisdom, the largest-ever worldwide collaborative study of heart disease has found that women are slightly more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (CVD) than men and t...
More women die of heart disease than men: WHO report
Contradicting conventional wisdom, the largest-ever worldwide collaborative study of heart disease has found that women are slightly more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (CVD) than men and t...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
Leaked WMD report is 'damaging blow' for Blair, say Tories
The Tories have claimed that Prime Minister Tony Blair's credibility has suffered "another damaging blow" following a leaked report claiming that a specialist search team had failed to find any Iraqi ...
Leaked WMD report is 'damaging blow' for Blair, say Tories
The Tories have claimed that Prime Minister Tony Blair's credibility has suffered "another damaging blow" following a leaked report claiming that a specialist search team had failed to find any Iraqi ...
Business News, Sep 26, 2003
New skills council for construction industry
Charles Clarke, the Secretary for State for Education, has given the green light to the new sector skills council for the construction industry. Known as ConstructionSkills, the new SSC will comprise...
New skills council for construction industry
Charles Clarke, the Secretary for State for Education, has given the green light to the new sector skills council for the construction industry. Known as ConstructionSkills, the new SSC will comprise...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
Burmese activist's house arrest slammed by Foreign Office
The continued detention of Aung San Su Kyi by Burmese authorities represents a "flagrant" disregard for democracy and human rights, Foreign Office Minister Mike O'Brien said today. Mr O'Brien was spe...
Burmese activist's house arrest slammed by Foreign Office
The continued detention of Aung San Su Kyi by Burmese authorities represents a "flagrant" disregard for democracy and human rights, Foreign Office Minister Mike O'Brien said today. Mr O'Brien was spe...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
Unicef voices 'grave concern' over Afghan child abduction
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today expressed “grave concern” over the reported abduction and trafficking to neighbouring countries of Afghan children, some as young as four, and called ...
Unicef voices 'grave concern' over Afghan child abduction
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today expressed “grave concern” over the reported abduction and trafficking to neighbouring countries of Afghan children, some as young as four, and called ...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
Straw pays tribute to murdered Iraqi council member
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has praised murdered Iraqi governing council member Dr Akila al Hashimi as a leading player in "the rebirth of Iraq". Dr Hashimi died earlier today following a gun attac...
Straw pays tribute to murdered Iraqi council member
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has praised murdered Iraqi governing council member Dr Akila al Hashimi as a leading player in "the rebirth of Iraq". Dr Hashimi died earlier today following a gun attac...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2003
Textile firm sheds 55 jobs
A leading Northern Ireland textile firm has announced it is to shed 55 jobs at two of its plants in the north west. Adria, which employs more than 1,000 people in the province, blamed a lack of deman...
Textile firm sheds 55 jobs
A leading Northern Ireland textile firm has announced it is to shed 55 jobs at two of its plants in the north west. Adria, which employs more than 1,000 people in the province, blamed a lack of deman...
UK National News, Sep 26, 2003
Morrison's bid for Safeway gets green light
The Morrison's bid for Safeways has been given the green light, but on the proviso that it sells off some of its stores, it has been announced today. The Competition Commission's report, which was ac...
Morrison's bid for Safeway gets green light
The Morrison's bid for Safeways has been given the green light, but on the proviso that it sells off some of its stores, it has been announced today. The Competition Commission's report, which was ac...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2003
NI to get better laws to regulate wild animals
The Northern Ireland Office is currently preparing new legislation to better regulate dangerous wild animals in Northern Ireland. The news came in a reply to a parliamentary question from East Antrim...
NI to get better laws to regulate wild animals
The Northern Ireland Office is currently preparing new legislation to better regulate dangerous wild animals in Northern Ireland. The news came in a reply to a parliamentary question from East Antrim...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2003
Work van burnt out in Sandy Row
Police in Belfast are appealing for information after a van was attacked and burnt out in the Sandy Row area of the city. The van belonged to workmen who were removing graffiti from a wall in the are...
Work van burnt out in Sandy Row
Police in Belfast are appealing for information after a van was attacked and burnt out in the Sandy Row area of the city. The van belonged to workmen who were removing graffiti from a wall in the are...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 26, 2003
Councils given £10m grant to fight waste
NIO Minister, Angela Smith has announced a £10 million grant will be made available to Northern Ireland's District Councils to help combat problem waste. All 26 Councils in the province will benefit ...
Councils given £10m grant to fight waste
NIO Minister, Angela Smith has announced a £10 million grant will be made available to Northern Ireland's District Councils to help combat problem waste. All 26 Councils in the province will benefit ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A showery start with outbreaks most frequent north of Lough Neagh and through the morning, before dwindling during the afternoon as the northwest breezes ease and brighter spells of weak sunshine prosper. Maximum temperature 8 °C.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.
