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Northern Ireland News for May 2004 : Page 12
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2004
Education developments to be showcased at Balmoral
The latest developments in young people’s education are to be showcased by the Department of Education at this year’s Balmoral Show. Visitors to the stand at this year's show, which runs from May 12-...
Education developments to be showcased at Balmoral
The latest developments in young people’s education are to be showcased by the Department of Education at this year’s Balmoral Show. Visitors to the stand at this year's show, which runs from May 12-...
UK National News, May 10, 2004
Reformed apprenticeships offer further skills opportunities
The Government hope that more young people will get the opportunity to learn skills under reforms to Apprenticeships announced by Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke and the Chancellor of th...
Reformed apprenticeships offer further skills opportunities
The Government hope that more young people will get the opportunity to learn skills under reforms to Apprenticeships announced by Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke and the Chancellor of th...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2004
Leaflet answers planning application queries
Environment Minister, Angela Smith today issued a new leaflet which aims to answer questions about what documents and other matters the Planning Service considers when making planning decisions. The ...
Leaflet answers planning application queries
Environment Minister, Angela Smith today issued a new leaflet which aims to answer questions about what documents and other matters the Planning Service considers when making planning decisions. The ...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2004
More expected from public sector claims report
The public expect higher quality service delivery from the public sector in line with changes that have taken place in recent years in the private sector. This is according to a research report publi...
More expected from public sector claims report
The public expect higher quality service delivery from the public sector in line with changes that have taken place in recent years in the private sector. This is according to a research report publi...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Report shows 'significant improvement' in NHS
In his annual report on the state of the National Health Service, Sir Nigel Crisp has noted "really significant" improvements. The report revealed a fall in waiting times, a reduction in premature de...
Report shows 'significant improvement' in NHS
In his annual report on the state of the National Health Service, Sir Nigel Crisp has noted "really significant" improvements. The report revealed a fall in waiting times, a reduction in premature de...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Personal bankruptcies rise as debt pile grows
The latest DTI figures on personal bankruptcies have revealed a 26.8% jump during the first quarter of this year when compared with 2003. Government statistics for England and Wales showed 10,294 ind...
Personal bankruptcies rise as debt pile grows
The latest DTI figures on personal bankruptcies have revealed a 26.8% jump during the first quarter of this year when compared with 2003. Government statistics for England and Wales showed 10,294 ind...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
PSNI to relaunch murder inquiry
The PSNI is to relaunch an investigation into the death of a GAA official murdered seven years ago in Co Londonderry. Sean Brown was shot dead by the Loyalist Volunteer Force after being abducted out...
PSNI to relaunch murder inquiry
The PSNI is to relaunch an investigation into the death of a GAA official murdered seven years ago in Co Londonderry. Sean Brown was shot dead by the Loyalist Volunteer Force after being abducted out...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
Local GP's enrol in self-defence courses
A growing number of local doctors are enrolling on self-defence courses in response to assaults at work. This is according to the British Medical Association who has expressed concern at the rising n...
Local GP's enrol in self-defence courses
A growing number of local doctors are enrolling on self-defence courses in response to assaults at work. This is according to the British Medical Association who has expressed concern at the rising n...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Scottish police forces to investigate series of linked murders
Scottish police have confirmed that three forces will team up to investigate the murders of seven young women. Detectives believe that the series of murders, which took place over a four-year period ...
Scottish police forces to investigate series of linked murders
Scottish police have confirmed that three forces will team up to investigate the murders of seven young women. Detectives believe that the series of murders, which took place over a four-year period ...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
Police investigate attempted child abduction
Police are appealing for witnesses following the attempted abduction of a nine-year-old boy in Belfast city centre last night. The boy was walking along Botanic Avenue at around 9pm on Thursday when ...
Police investigate attempted child abduction
Police are appealing for witnesses following the attempted abduction of a nine-year-old boy in Belfast city centre last night. The boy was walking along Botanic Avenue at around 9pm on Thursday when ...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Morecambe Bay body confirmed as cockle picker
Police have confirmed today that a badly decomposed body discovered on a beach in Morecambe Bay in Lancashire this week is that of another cockle picker drowned in February's tragedy. The body washed...
Morecambe Bay body confirmed as cockle picker
Police have confirmed today that a badly decomposed body discovered on a beach in Morecambe Bay in Lancashire this week is that of another cockle picker drowned in February's tragedy. The body washed...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
More proactive human rights training needed for PSNI
A more proactive approach towards effective community involvement in the delivery of human rights training to the PSNI is needed, it was claimed today. This is according to a report by the Northern I...
More proactive human rights training needed for PSNI
A more proactive approach towards effective community involvement in the delivery of human rights training to the PSNI is needed, it was claimed today. This is according to a report by the Northern I...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
Belfast Telegraph journalists begin two-day strike
Journalists from Northern Ireland's biggest regional daily newspaper have gone on strike today over pay and condidions. Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the Belfast Telegraph, wh...
Belfast Telegraph journalists begin two-day strike
Journalists from Northern Ireland's biggest regional daily newspaper have gone on strike today over pay and condidions. Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the Belfast Telegraph, wh...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Pinewood Shepperton share offer promises £46m
The share launch by UK film studio complex Pinewood Shepperton on the London Stock Exchange today was expected to net £46.2 million, but the oversubscribed share offer promises to net the company much...
Pinewood Shepperton share offer promises £46m
The share launch by UK film studio complex Pinewood Shepperton on the London Stock Exchange today was expected to net £46.2 million, but the oversubscribed share offer promises to net the company much...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
Tesco store applications rejected by Government
Tesco have had three applications for new stores in Belfast rejected by the Government. Environment Minister, Angela Smith refused planning permission for the sites at Barleygold on the Saintfield Ro...
Tesco store applications rejected by Government
Tesco have had three applications for new stores in Belfast rejected by the Government. Environment Minister, Angela Smith refused planning permission for the sites at Barleygold on the Saintfield Ro...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Ford Bridgend expansion creates 600 jobs
Ford's recent expansion at the Bridgend Plant has provided 600 jobs as the company brings on stream a second assembly line producing V8 engines destined for the company's top marques. Ford said that ...
Ford Bridgend expansion creates 600 jobs
Ford's recent expansion at the Bridgend Plant has provided 600 jobs as the company brings on stream a second assembly line producing V8 engines destined for the company's top marques. Ford said that ...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
NI 'profitable' for US investment says Gardiner
Innovative cutting edge technology in Northern Ireland makes it a profitable place for United States investment. That was the key message from Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Barry Gardine...
NI 'profitable' for US investment says Gardiner
Innovative cutting edge technology in Northern Ireland makes it a profitable place for United States investment. That was the key message from Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Barry Gardine...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Glenshee Chairlift Company placed in receivership
The Glenshee Chairlift Company, which runs the Glencoe and Glenshee ski centres and a golf club, has been placed in receivership. The company, which had been seeking a buyer for the business, blamed ...
Glenshee Chairlift Company placed in receivership
The Glenshee Chairlift Company, which runs the Glencoe and Glenshee ski centres and a golf club, has been placed in receivership. The company, which had been seeking a buyer for the business, blamed ...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Minister hails improved fines enforcement success
Courts Minister Christopher Leslie has announced that improved enforcement in relation to unpaid fines has brought in £13.4 million. Following significant improvements in fines enforcement during 200...
Minister hails improved fines enforcement success
Courts Minister Christopher Leslie has announced that improved enforcement in relation to unpaid fines has brought in £13.4 million. Following significant improvements in fines enforcement during 200...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
Further 'Holyland' discussions to take place
Residents of the 'Holyland' area of south Belfast will have an opportunity next week to hear what the University of Ulster is doing to cement progressive “town and gown” relations in the South Belfast...
Further 'Holyland' discussions to take place
Residents of the 'Holyland' area of south Belfast will have an opportunity next week to hear what the University of Ulster is doing to cement progressive “town and gown” relations in the South Belfast...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
Customs to display seized items at Balmoral show
Customs officers are set to show off some of their more exotic 'success' stories at this year's Balmoral show which takes place next week. Visitors to this year’s show, which runs from May 12-14, wil...
Customs to display seized items at Balmoral show
Customs officers are set to show off some of their more exotic 'success' stories at this year's Balmoral show which takes place next week. Visitors to this year’s show, which runs from May 12-14, wil...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2004
Opera House launch 'grand' supporting scheme
The Grand Opera House today launched a ‘Buy a Brick’ initiative in the quest to raise funds for its new development. The scheme, which is being supported by the Belfast Telegraph, gives businesses an...
Opera House launch 'grand' supporting scheme
The Grand Opera House today launched a ‘Buy a Brick’ initiative in the quest to raise funds for its new development. The scheme, which is being supported by the Belfast Telegraph, gives businesses an...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Survey shows e-government development slowing
UK e-government initiatives do not appear to be hitting home as, according to a recent survey, the UK is slipping down the global internet league table. The annual survey by Accenture revealed that t...
Survey shows e-government development slowing
UK e-government initiatives do not appear to be hitting home as, according to a recent survey, the UK is slipping down the global internet league table. The annual survey by Accenture revealed that t...
UK National News, May 7, 2004
Housing conference to look at 'sustainable' communities
This year’s Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) conference in Harrogate between June 15 and 18 will be examining design’s contribution to creating sustainable communities and how Local Authorities (L...
Housing conference to look at 'sustainable' communities
This year’s Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) conference in Harrogate between June 15 and 18 will be examining design’s contribution to creating sustainable communities and how Local Authorities (L...
UK National News, May 6, 2004
UK interest rates rise by 0.25%
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 4.25% in an attempt to curb the British public’s spending boom. The increase, the third quarter-point rise the Bank’s Mo...
UK interest rates rise by 0.25%
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 4.25% in an attempt to curb the British public’s spending boom. The increase, the third quarter-point rise the Bank’s Mo...
UK National News, May 6, 2004
Scarlett selected as MI6 boss
John Scarlett, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, has been named as the next spy boss at MI6. Mr Scarlett, who gave evidence to the Hutton Inquiry in his capacity as JIC chairman, was ...
Scarlett selected as MI6 boss
John Scarlett, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, has been named as the next spy boss at MI6. Mr Scarlett, who gave evidence to the Hutton Inquiry in his capacity as JIC chairman, was ...
UK National News, May 6, 2004
Bush Administration apologises for prisoner abuses
The White House has said that President Bush is "deeply sorry" for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel assigned to guard detainees. Mr Bush went on Arabic Television channels to publicly dep...
Bush Administration apologises for prisoner abuses
The White House has said that President Bush is "deeply sorry" for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel assigned to guard detainees. Mr Bush went on Arabic Television channels to publicly dep...
Northern Ireland News, May 6, 2004
Fuel laundering plant uncovered in Co Tyrone
An illegal fuel laundering operation has been uncovered by police and Customs officers in Co Tyrone today. The plant, concealed in farm buildings at a rural location in the Castlecaulfield area, had ...
Fuel laundering plant uncovered in Co Tyrone
An illegal fuel laundering operation has been uncovered by police and Customs officers in Co Tyrone today. The plant, concealed in farm buildings at a rural location in the Castlecaulfield area, had ...
Northern Ireland News, May 6, 2004
Funerals for boating victims take place
The funerals for two Londonderry men who died in a boating accident off the Co Donegal coast on Monday have taken place today. Thomas Boyd, 69, from Seymore Gardens, and his son-in-law John January, ...
Funerals for boating victims take place
The funerals for two Londonderry men who died in a boating accident off the Co Donegal coast on Monday have taken place today. Thomas Boyd, 69, from Seymore Gardens, and his son-in-law John January, ...
UK National News, May 6, 2004
Seven killed in suicide bombing in Baghdad
A suicide car bomb detonated at a checkpoint close to the Coalition's administrative headquarters in Baghdad has killed six Iraqis and one US soldier. The car bomber died in the blast, which injured ...
Seven killed in suicide bombing in Baghdad
A suicide car bomb detonated at a checkpoint close to the Coalition's administrative headquarters in Baghdad has killed six Iraqis and one US soldier. The car bomber died in the blast, which injured ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A chilly start with a widespread frost and some freezing fog, any freezing fog slow to clear. Otherwise bright with sunny spells and coastal showers. Light winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Coastal showers dying out with a widespread frost developing along with freezing fog, which could become extensive. Winds remaining light. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
