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Northern Ireland News for September 2003 : Page 9
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
Developer ordered to cease work on listed buildings site
The Department of Environment's Planning Service has served an Enforcement and Stop Notice on a company after it demolished two listed buildings without prior consent in Co Londonderry. NM Developmen...
Developer ordered to cease work on listed buildings site
The Department of Environment's Planning Service has served an Enforcement and Stop Notice on a company after it demolished two listed buildings without prior consent in Co Londonderry. NM Developmen...
UK National News, Sep 15, 2003
Multi-agency approach to dangerous criminals hailed
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) have made a "significant difference" to the way police and probation officers protect the public from the risks posed by dangerous offenders in the ...
Multi-agency approach to dangerous criminals hailed
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) have made a "significant difference" to the way police and probation officers protect the public from the risks posed by dangerous offenders in the ...
UK National News, Sep 15, 2003
Fertility tests promoted on internet slammed by doctors panel
The promotion and use of "scientifically unsound tests and treatment for fertility problems" through the internet has been criticised by leading doctors today. A review published by the Scientific Ad...
Fertility tests promoted on internet slammed by doctors panel
The promotion and use of "scientifically unsound tests and treatment for fertility problems" through the internet has been criticised by leading doctors today. A review published by the Scientific Ad...
UK National News, Sep 15, 2003
Conservationists warn of billion-dollar shortfall in protection programmes
Conservationists have warned that the budget shortfall for effectively maintaining the world's protected areas for endangered species is estimated at around $2.5 billion annually. According to Conser...
Conservationists warn of billion-dollar shortfall in protection programmes
Conservationists have warned that the budget shortfall for effectively maintaining the world's protected areas for endangered species is estimated at around $2.5 billion annually. According to Conser...
UK National News, Sep 15, 2003
New 'fast and fair' insolvency rules introduced
New rules on corporate insolvency, designed to make it faster, fairer and focused on rescue, come into force today. The changes, contained in the Enterprise Act 2002, will also abolish the Crowns pr...
New 'fast and fair' insolvency rules introduced
New rules on corporate insolvency, designed to make it faster, fairer and focused on rescue, come into force today. The changes, contained in the Enterprise Act 2002, will also abolish the Crowns pr...
UK National News, Sep 15, 2003
Mixed progress on 'sustainable development' classes in schools
Some schools are making significant steps in promoting an education for sustainable development, but some have made little progress, according to a new report published by the Office for Standards in ...
Mixed progress on 'sustainable development' classes in schools
Some schools are making significant steps in promoting an education for sustainable development, but some have made little progress, according to a new report published by the Office for Standards in ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
Republican credibility damaged following threats says Foster
Ulster Unionist Party honorary secretary Arlene Foster has insisted that threats made by republican paramilitaries against Catholic members of the new community policing body are a major blow to Sinn ...
Republican credibility damaged following threats says Foster
Ulster Unionist Party honorary secretary Arlene Foster has insisted that threats made by republican paramilitaries against Catholic members of the new community policing body are a major blow to Sinn ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
Man to appear in court over threats to kill
A 31-year-old man has been charged with four counts of threats to kill in Co Antrim. The charges relate to actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and possession of an offensive weapon during an incid...
Man to appear in court over threats to kill
A 31-year-old man has been charged with four counts of threats to kill in Co Antrim. The charges relate to actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and possession of an offensive weapon during an incid...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
Houses attacked in north Belfast
Police are appealing for information after houses were attacked in north Belfast last night. A number of windows were broken during the attacks which occurred on the Deerpark Road at around 10.30pm o...
Houses attacked in north Belfast
Police are appealing for information after houses were attacked in north Belfast last night. A number of windows were broken during the attacks which occurred on the Deerpark Road at around 10.30pm o...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
Minister announces £70m contract for Tyrone colleges
Employment and Learning Minister, Jane Kennedy has announced plans to build two colleges in Co Tyrone at the cost £70 million. Newry based firm, O’Hare and McGovern will build the new colleges in Oma...
Minister announces £70m contract for Tyrone colleges
Employment and Learning Minister, Jane Kennedy has announced plans to build two colleges in Co Tyrone at the cost £70 million. Newry based firm, O’Hare and McGovern will build the new colleges in Oma...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
League Against Cruel Sports call for end to hare coursing
The League Against Cruel Sports has today launched a campaign to end coursing of the Irish hare in Northern Ireland. Launching the campaign at Malone House Barnett’s Demesne, Belfast, Chief Executive...
League Against Cruel Sports call for end to hare coursing
The League Against Cruel Sports has today launched a campaign to end coursing of the Irish hare in Northern Ireland. Launching the campaign at Malone House Barnett’s Demesne, Belfast, Chief Executive...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
Business insurance crisis talks to take place in Belfast
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is to meet with the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee on its visit to Belfast tomorrow to discuss, what it believes, is a growing insurance crisis in t...
Business insurance crisis talks to take place in Belfast
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is to meet with the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee on its visit to Belfast tomorrow to discuss, what it believes, is a growing insurance crisis in t...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 15, 2003
Customs initiative to help Northern Ireland businesses
Customs and Excise have announced a major local initiative to provide valuable advice and information to local businesses. The Business Advice Open Days, sponsored by the Big Small Business Initiativ...
Customs initiative to help Northern Ireland businesses
Customs and Excise have announced a major local initiative to provide valuable advice and information to local businesses. The Business Advice Open Days, sponsored by the Big Small Business Initiativ...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Selby jury return verdict of ‘unlawful killing’
The Selby inquest jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing on the deaths of ten people killed in the Selby train tragedy. After three hour of deliberation the jury returned a unanimous verdict...
Selby jury return verdict of ‘unlawful killing’
The Selby inquest jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing on the deaths of ten people killed in the Selby train tragedy. After three hour of deliberation the jury returned a unanimous verdict...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Safety investigation after two killed on platform
Safety on offshore gas production platforms has come under scrutiny after a natural gas leak on a Royal Dutch/Shell killed two workers on Thursday. The two workers named as Keith Moncrieff, 45, from ...
Safety investigation after two killed on platform
Safety on offshore gas production platforms has come under scrutiny after a natural gas leak on a Royal Dutch/Shell killed two workers on Thursday. The two workers named as Keith Moncrieff, 45, from ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Larne family escape injury in explosion
A Co Antrim family have escaped injury after their home was attacked in Larne early this morning. A man, his wife and their grown-up son were asleep in their Upper Cairncastle Road home when two devi...
Larne family escape injury in explosion
A Co Antrim family have escaped injury after their home was attacked in Larne early this morning. A man, his wife and their grown-up son were asleep in their Upper Cairncastle Road home when two devi...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Call for 'parity' as UN lift Libyan sanctions
The United Nations (UN) decision to lift sanctions against Colonel Gaddafi's Libyan Government has prompted a call for parity for NI's victims of terrorism. The removal of sanctions against Libya, fo...
Call for 'parity' as UN lift Libyan sanctions
The United Nations (UN) decision to lift sanctions against Colonel Gaddafi's Libyan Government has prompted a call for parity for NI's victims of terrorism. The removal of sanctions against Libya, fo...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Tories attack ‘appalling’ NHS waiting times
The latest Department of Health figures on waiting times have been slammed by the Conservative Party's Shadow Health Secretary, Dr Liam Fox. The figures revealed that between April and June 2003 over...
Tories attack ‘appalling’ NHS waiting times
The latest Department of Health figures on waiting times have been slammed by the Conservative Party's Shadow Health Secretary, Dr Liam Fox. The figures revealed that between April and June 2003 over...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
NI economy conceals 'serious weaknesses'
The Northern Ireland economy conceals serious weaknesses under a veneer of economic prosperity, the latest 'Economic Review' from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has claimed. PwC’s twenty-fourth annual ...
NI economy conceals 'serious weaknesses'
The Northern Ireland economy conceals serious weaknesses under a veneer of economic prosperity, the latest 'Economic Review' from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has claimed. PwC’s twenty-fourth annual ...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Country star Johnny Cash dies
Legendary country star, Johnny Cash, has died from complications brought on by diabetes, in Nashville, Tennessee. The 71-year-old star became an iconic figure in the country genre, thanks to his trad...
Country star Johnny Cash dies
Legendary country star, Johnny Cash, has died from complications brought on by diabetes, in Nashville, Tennessee. The 71-year-old star became an iconic figure in the country genre, thanks to his trad...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Dyke called to give evidence at Hutton Inquiry
BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been called to give evidence in the second phase of the Hutton Inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly. Mr Dyke is one of a new batch of witnesses c...
Dyke called to give evidence at Hutton Inquiry
BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been called to give evidence in the second phase of the Hutton Inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly. Mr Dyke is one of a new batch of witnesses c...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Holyland gets clean up makeover
Volunteers from the University of Ulster, Queen’s University and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive took to the streets of the Holyland today in a bid to make south Belfast a cleaner place to live...
Holyland gets clean up makeover
Volunteers from the University of Ulster, Queen’s University and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive took to the streets of the Holyland today in a bid to make south Belfast a cleaner place to live...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Belfast man shot in paramilitary-style attack
A 22-year-old man has been treated in hospital after being shot in a paramilitary style attack in west Belfast last night. The victim is believed to have been taken by a number of masked men into an ...
Belfast man shot in paramilitary-style attack
A 22-year-old man has been treated in hospital after being shot in a paramilitary style attack in west Belfast last night. The victim is believed to have been taken by a number of masked men into an ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Restaurant staff robbed at knifepoint
Staff at a fast food restaurant in east Belfast where left in a state of shock last night after being held at knifepoint following a robbery. The incident occurred at Connswater Retail Park at around...
Restaurant staff robbed at knifepoint
Staff at a fast food restaurant in east Belfast where left in a state of shock last night after being held at knifepoint following a robbery. The incident occurred at Connswater Retail Park at around...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Doctors urge Home Secretary to end ‘asylum limbo’
Asylum-seeking doctors are being left in limbo by inflexible immigration policies that prevent them working, despite an international NHS recruitment campaign, according to doctor’s newspaper the BMA ...
Doctors urge Home Secretary to end ‘asylum limbo’
Asylum-seeking doctors are being left in limbo by inflexible immigration policies that prevent them working, despite an international NHS recruitment campaign, according to doctor’s newspaper the BMA ...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Blunkett backs police strategy on drugs
Home Secretary, David Blunkett, underlining the Government's support for police strategies to combat the most harmful drugs, has advanced plans to reclassify cannabis. Guidelines for police strategie...
Blunkett backs police strategy on drugs
Home Secretary, David Blunkett, underlining the Government's support for police strategies to combat the most harmful drugs, has advanced plans to reclassify cannabis. Guidelines for police strategie...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2003
Police investigate Soham officer's alibi
A Soham police family liaison officer cleared on charges of indecent assault and possession of child pornography has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Detective Constabl...
Police investigate Soham officer's alibi
A Soham police family liaison officer cleared on charges of indecent assault and possession of child pornography has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Detective Constabl...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Councillor 'disappointed' by betting shop approval
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor Michael Long has said he fears that the "floodgates" have been opened to planning approvals to build betting shops in residential areas. Cllr Long expressed his disapp...
Councillor 'disappointed' by betting shop approval
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor Michael Long has said he fears that the "floodgates" have been opened to planning approvals to build betting shops in residential areas. Cllr Long expressed his disapp...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
New E-minister goes ‘online’ at Ideal Home Exhibition
The newly appointed e-Minister for Northern Ireland, Ian Pearson has visited the Ideal Home Exhibition at the King's Hall to see in action one of the key elements in electronic service delivery for No...
New E-minister goes ‘online’ at Ideal Home Exhibition
The newly appointed e-Minister for Northern Ireland, Ian Pearson has visited the Ideal Home Exhibition at the King's Hall to see in action one of the key elements in electronic service delivery for No...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Roads Service announce £150,000 resurfacing scheme
DRD Roads Service are set to start a £150,000 resurfacing scheme on a section of the A1 northbound in Co Down. Work will begin between Skeltons Road and Gowdystown Road, on Monday. A Roads Service s...
Roads Service announce £150,000 resurfacing scheme
DRD Roads Service are set to start a £150,000 resurfacing scheme on a section of the A1 northbound in Co Down. Work will begin between Skeltons Road and Gowdystown Road, on Monday. A Roads Service s...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A very mild, but mostly cloudy day, although with some bright or sunny spells. It will be mostly dry in the morning, but a little patchy light rain or drizzle at times in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 14 °C.Tonight:A band of heavier rain will move east during the evening before clearing eastwards after midnight. then mostly dry through the early hours, but a little rain towards dawn. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
