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Northern Ireland News for March 2004 : Page 7
Northern Ireland News, Mar 19, 2004
Broadcasters unite against racism in Ireland
UTV has joined three fellow Irish broadcasters to campaign against racism in Ireland. TV3; TG4; UTV and RTÉ will air a series of education and awareness messages across all four stations from March 2...
Broadcasters unite against racism in Ireland
UTV has joined three fellow Irish broadcasters to campaign against racism in Ireland. TV3; TG4; UTV and RTÉ will air a series of education and awareness messages across all four stations from March 2...
UK National News, Mar 19, 2004
Severe gales across central England and Wales
Parts of England and Wales were braced today for severe gales set to sweep across the region on Friday. Forecasters have warned of high winds, up to 70mph in exposed areas and possible heavy rainfall...
Severe gales across central England and Wales
Parts of England and Wales were braced today for severe gales set to sweep across the region on Friday. Forecasters have warned of high winds, up to 70mph in exposed areas and possible heavy rainfall...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 19, 2004
Creative Learning Centre to launch in Belfast
Studio ON, a new Northern Ireland Creative Learning Centre, is to be launched in Belfast on Monday. A first for Northern Ireland and the UK, Studio ON is an accessible and interactive Centre for trai...
Creative Learning Centre to launch in Belfast
Studio ON, a new Northern Ireland Creative Learning Centre, is to be launched in Belfast on Monday. A first for Northern Ireland and the UK, Studio ON is an accessible and interactive Centre for trai...
UK National News, Mar 19, 2004
Campaign lauded for fall in number of smokers
The latest figures revealing a continuing fall in the number of English smokers have been welcomed as evidence that the message in government anti-smoking campaigns is getting across. The General Hou...
Campaign lauded for fall in number of smokers
The latest figures revealing a continuing fall in the number of English smokers have been welcomed as evidence that the message in government anti-smoking campaigns is getting across. The General Hou...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 19, 2004
Man's body found in Belfast
A man's body has been found in south Belfast. It was discovered in the Botanic Avenue area of the city early this morning. A post mortem examination is expected to be carried out later today. The m...
Man's body found in Belfast
A man's body has been found in south Belfast. It was discovered in the Botanic Avenue area of the city early this morning. A post mortem examination is expected to be carried out later today. The m...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 19, 2004
Minister urges councillors to help reduce roads carnage
NIO Minister Angela Smith has said it is in everyone's interests "to do what we can to improve safety on our roads". The Minister made her call during an address to the Northern Ireland Local Governm...
Minister urges councillors to help reduce roads carnage
NIO Minister Angela Smith has said it is in everyone's interests "to do what we can to improve safety on our roads". The Minister made her call during an address to the Northern Ireland Local Governm...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 19, 2004
Police complaints group to be set up
The Police Ombudsman's Office, the Police Federation and the Superintendents Association of Northern Ireland have agreed to set up a joint Working Committee following results from the first ever surve...
Police complaints group to be set up
The Police Ombudsman's Office, the Police Federation and the Superintendents Association of Northern Ireland have agreed to set up a joint Working Committee following results from the first ever surve...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Terrorist attack on UK 'imminent', warns al-Qaeda
A statement purporting to be from a terrorist group with affiliations to al-Qaeda has warned of impending attacks on countries around the world. An e-mail sent to an Arabic news agency is said the ha...
Terrorist attack on UK 'imminent', warns al-Qaeda
A statement purporting to be from a terrorist group with affiliations to al-Qaeda has warned of impending attacks on countries around the world. An e-mail sent to an Arabic news agency is said the ha...
Business News, Mar 18, 2004
Union anger at Budget 'day of the long knives'
The three main UK civil service unions are to hold emergency meetings this week on yesterday's televised revelation that up to 40,000 civil service posts will be axed by government. Public and Commer...
Union anger at Budget 'day of the long knives'
The three main UK civil service unions are to hold emergency meetings this week on yesterday's televised revelation that up to 40,000 civil service posts will be axed by government. Public and Commer...
Business News, Mar 18, 2004
High street sales flat as retail sector slows
The latest monthly figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that retail sales figures showed no change in the volume of total sales between January and February. The flat Hi...
High street sales flat as retail sector slows
The latest monthly figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that retail sales figures showed no change in the volume of total sales between January and February. The flat Hi...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Troops destined for Kosovo peacekeeping force
The Ministry of Defence is preparing to send an additional 750 troops to Kosovo. The move comes on a call from Nato requesting that the KFOR peacekeeping force be strengthened in the face of continui...
Troops destined for Kosovo peacekeeping force
The Ministry of Defence is preparing to send an additional 750 troops to Kosovo. The move comes on a call from Nato requesting that the KFOR peacekeeping force be strengthened in the face of continui...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Third man charged with hostel murder
A third man has been charged with the murder of a man in a Belfast hostel earlier this month. John McCullough, 41, of no fixed address, appeared before Belfast Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged ...
Third man charged with hostel murder
A third man has been charged with the murder of a man in a Belfast hostel earlier this month. John McCullough, 41, of no fixed address, appeared before Belfast Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Disruptive pupils causing havoc in schools
The Belfast Education and Library Board today (BELB) launched a wide-ranging review into services to help young people with behavioural difficulties. It follows a report by the BELB which revealed th...
Disruptive pupils causing havoc in schools
The Belfast Education and Library Board today (BELB) launched a wide-ranging review into services to help young people with behavioural difficulties. It follows a report by the BELB which revealed th...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Briton killed in Baghdad hotel bombing
The Foreign Office have confirmed that a Briton is among those killed in the bomb blast that devastated a Baghdad hotel on Wednesday. The victim was named as 30-year-old Scott Mounce from Hull. Mr Mo...
Briton killed in Baghdad hotel bombing
The Foreign Office have confirmed that a Briton is among those killed in the bomb blast that devastated a Baghdad hotel on Wednesday. The victim was named as 30-year-old Scott Mounce from Hull. Mr Mo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Mixed response to Budget announcements
There were mixed emotions in Northern Ireland today following yesterday's Budget speech by Chancellor Gordon Brown. While many were unsurprised by the rise in tariffs on beer and cigarette, it was th...
Mixed response to Budget announcements
There were mixed emotions in Northern Ireland today following yesterday's Budget speech by Chancellor Gordon Brown. While many were unsurprised by the rise in tariffs on beer and cigarette, it was th...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Three people injured in separate attacks
Two people have been found seriously injured in Co Down last night. The two men, both in their 20s, were found lying on the ground in Bangor's Lower Main Street by a passing taxi driver. One of the ...
Three people injured in separate attacks
Two people have been found seriously injured in Co Down last night. The two men, both in their 20s, were found lying on the ground in Bangor's Lower Main Street by a passing taxi driver. One of the ...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Equipment failure blamed for parachute fatality
Minister for Europe Denis McShane and newsreader Carol Barnes have today laid flowers at the spot in Melbourne where their daughter was killed in a skydiving accident on Sunday. An initial investigat...
Equipment failure blamed for parachute fatality
Minister for Europe Denis McShane and newsreader Carol Barnes have today laid flowers at the spot in Melbourne where their daughter was killed in a skydiving accident on Sunday. An initial investigat...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Priest condemns church attack
An attack on a Catholic Church in Co Tyrone has been condemned by its Parish Priest. Father Michael Doherty described the incident in which a number of windows were smashed at St Mary's Church in Str...
Priest condemns church attack
An attack on a Catholic Church in Co Tyrone has been condemned by its Parish Priest. Father Michael Doherty described the incident in which a number of windows were smashed at St Mary's Church in Str...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
DARD announces equine sector research consultants
The Department of Agriculture (DARD) has announced the appointment of consultants, BDO Stoy Hayward, to carry out research into the equine sector in Northern Ireland. The aim of the research project ...
DARD announces equine sector research consultants
The Department of Agriculture (DARD) has announced the appointment of consultants, BDO Stoy Hayward, to carry out research into the equine sector in Northern Ireland. The aim of the research project ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Belfast St Patrick's Day event marred by trouble
Belfast's St Patrick's Day celebrations were marred yesterday following disturbances in the city centre. In the lower Shankill area of the city a police officer was injured while trying to separate r...
Belfast St Patrick's Day event marred by trouble
Belfast's St Patrick's Day celebrations were marred yesterday following disturbances in the city centre. In the lower Shankill area of the city a police officer was injured while trying to separate r...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Brown's Budget seeks election credit
The civil service yesterday found itself in the front lines as Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that 40,000 civil service jobs were to go as part of government cost-cutting measures. Mr Brown today ...
Brown's Budget seeks election credit
The civil service yesterday found itself in the front lines as Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that 40,000 civil service jobs were to go as part of government cost-cutting measures. Mr Brown today ...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Chancellor’s film relief rules broadly welcomed
Chancellor Gordon Brown’s decision to offset the closing of a tax loophole widely used by filmmakers with extended tax relief has been generally well received by industry bodies. The new relief will ...
Chancellor’s film relief rules broadly welcomed
Chancellor Gordon Brown’s decision to offset the closing of a tax loophole widely used by filmmakers with extended tax relief has been generally well received by industry bodies. The new relief will ...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Competition Commission to examine Store Cards
The Office of Fair Trading has referred the supply of store cards to the Competition Commission following a study of the sector worth over £4.8 billion a year in the UK. The first investigation refer...
Competition Commission to examine Store Cards
The Office of Fair Trading has referred the supply of store cards to the Competition Commission following a study of the sector worth over £4.8 billion a year in the UK. The first investigation refer...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2004
Brucellosis discovered on Cornish farm
Defra has imposed 'precautionary movement restrictions' on eight neighbouring livestock farms in South East Cornwall following an outbreak of brucellosis. Preliminary test results showed that five an...
Brucellosis discovered on Cornish farm
Defra has imposed 'precautionary movement restrictions' on eight neighbouring livestock farms in South East Cornwall following an outbreak of brucellosis. Preliminary test results showed that five an...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Seminar to look at UUP and Orange Order history
Two leading political scientists are to shed new light on years of turmoil that have led to current fissures in Unionist politics, at a University of Ulster seminar in Jordanstown this Friday. Entitl...
Seminar to look at UUP and Orange Order history
Two leading political scientists are to shed new light on years of turmoil that have led to current fissures in Unionist politics, at a University of Ulster seminar in Jordanstown this Friday. Entitl...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
Sir Alex visits NI for website Fund launch
Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson forgot his footballing troubles this week when he flew into Northern Ireland to celebrate the launch of the new Elizabeth Hardie Ferguson Charitable Trust Fund...
Sir Alex visits NI for website Fund launch
Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson forgot his footballing troubles this week when he flew into Northern Ireland to celebrate the launch of the new Elizabeth Hardie Ferguson Charitable Trust Fund...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 18, 2004
UU team uncover secrets of the deep
Ultra-modern underwater detection technology is helping University of Ulster experts uncover the secrets of the deep - and predict the future. Once the preserve of powerful navies and exploration fir...
UU team uncover secrets of the deep
Ultra-modern underwater detection technology is helping University of Ulster experts uncover the secrets of the deep - and predict the future. Once the preserve of powerful navies and exploration fir...
UK National News, Mar 16, 2004
Terror attack on London 'inevitable' says Met chief
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has warned that a terrorist attack on London is "inevitable". Speaking at a joint press conference with London Mayor Ken Livingstone in London's City...
Terror attack on London 'inevitable' says Met chief
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has warned that a terrorist attack on London is "inevitable". Speaking at a joint press conference with London Mayor Ken Livingstone in London's City...
UK National News, Mar 16, 2004
Defence Committee highlights Iraq war failings
British armed forces fighting in Iraq last year were hampered by hurried deployment, inadequate supplies and a lack of time for proper in-theatre training, according to the Commons Defence Committee. ...
Defence Committee highlights Iraq war failings
British armed forces fighting in Iraq last year were hampered by hurried deployment, inadequate supplies and a lack of time for proper in-theatre training, according to the Commons Defence Committee. ...
UK National News, Mar 16, 2004
Blood donor ban issued over CJD fears
People who have had blood transfusions will no longer be able to give blood as a precautionary measure against the possible risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD), it has been a...
Blood donor ban issued over CJD fears
People who have had blood transfusions will no longer be able to give blood as a precautionary measure against the possible risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD), it has been a...
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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.
