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Northern Ireland News for July 2004 : Page 4
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2004
Minister welcomes launch of emergency procedures leaflet
NIO Minister Angela Smith has welcomed today's Home Office announcement that every home in Northern Ireland is to receive a leaflet informing them of what to do in the event of an emergency. The lea...
Minister welcomes launch of emergency procedures leaflet
NIO Minister Angela Smith has welcomed today's Home Office announcement that every home in Northern Ireland is to receive a leaflet informing them of what to do in the event of an emergency. The lea...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2004
Derry firm targets European market
Londonderry firm, Foyle Meats has announced it is investing over £500,000 in implementing an ambitious marketing strategy to boost export sales. The investment will allow the firm to recruit a Europe...
Derry firm targets European market
Londonderry firm, Foyle Meats has announced it is investing over £500,000 in implementing an ambitious marketing strategy to boost export sales. The investment will allow the firm to recruit a Europe...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2004
Oxfam's Sudan aid cargo arrives in Darfur
Just over £80,000 of equipment – representing 30 tonnes of aid – has arrived in the crisis-hit Sudanese region of Darfur. The emergency flight, organised by the international aid agency Oxfam, left M...
Oxfam's Sudan aid cargo arrives in Darfur
Just over £80,000 of equipment – representing 30 tonnes of aid – has arrived in the crisis-hit Sudanese region of Darfur. The emergency flight, organised by the international aid agency Oxfam, left M...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2004
Starvation threatens lives of Eritrean children: UN
Prolonged drought and destablisation following conflict with Ethiopia are behind the sharp rise in child death rates among the 400,000 children in Eritrea who are living in extreme poverty, according ...
Starvation threatens lives of Eritrean children: UN
Prolonged drought and destablisation following conflict with Ethiopia are behind the sharp rise in child death rates among the 400,000 children in Eritrea who are living in extreme poverty, according ...
Business News, Jul 26, 2004
Abbey board agrees to £8.5bn takeover deal
The board of the Abbey National has agreed to a takeover deal from Spanish giant Banco Santander worth around £8.5 billion. Following to advice from Morgan Stanley, the Abbey Board said that it inten...
Abbey board agrees to £8.5bn takeover deal
The board of the Abbey National has agreed to a takeover deal from Spanish giant Banco Santander worth around £8.5 billion. Following to advice from Morgan Stanley, the Abbey Board said that it inten...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2004
Carers abusing vulnerable adults face ban
People who have abused a vulnerable adult in their care will be "effectively banned" from working in a care position ever again, under proposals published today. Under the Protection of Vulnerable Ad...
Carers abusing vulnerable adults face ban
People who have abused a vulnerable adult in their care will be "effectively banned" from working in a care position ever again, under proposals published today. Under the Protection of Vulnerable Ad...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2004
NI football legend buried
The funeral of Northern Ireland football legend Bertie Peacock took place at the weekend. The 75-year-old former Celtic player, who died on Thursday following a short illness, was buried at Coleraine...
NI football legend buried
The funeral of Northern Ireland football legend Bertie Peacock took place at the weekend. The 75-year-old former Celtic player, who died on Thursday following a short illness, was buried at Coleraine...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2004
Minister announces start of Belfast masterplan
A further step in the regeneration of Belfast City Centre got underway today, with the launch of a master planning exercise by Social Development Minister, John Spellar. The Minister said the masterp...
Minister announces start of Belfast masterplan
A further step in the regeneration of Belfast City Centre got underway today, with the launch of a master planning exercise by Social Development Minister, John Spellar. The Minister said the masterp...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2004
Public urged to take part in Thames marine survey
The Zoological School of London (ZSL) is appealing for volunteers to join the search for dolphins, porpoises and seals in the Thames Estuary as part of the Thames Marine Mammal Sightings Survey. The...
Public urged to take part in Thames marine survey
The Zoological School of London (ZSL) is appealing for volunteers to join the search for dolphins, porpoises and seals in the Thames Estuary as part of the Thames Marine Mammal Sightings Survey. The...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2004
Roads Service holds motorway expansion exhibitions
The Roads Service is to hold a series of public exhibitions to explain the proposed improvements to the M2 motorway widening between Sandyknowes and Greencastle on the outskirts of Belfast. The propo...
Roads Service holds motorway expansion exhibitions
The Roads Service is to hold a series of public exhibitions to explain the proposed improvements to the M2 motorway widening between Sandyknowes and Greencastle on the outskirts of Belfast. The propo...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
Mandelson named as Britain's new EU commissioner
Peter Mandelson, the Hartlepool MP who twice resigned from the Blair Cabinet, has been named as the UK's next European Commissioner. Prime Minister Tony Blair telephoned the President-elect of the Co...
Mandelson named as Britain's new EU commissioner
Peter Mandelson, the Hartlepool MP who twice resigned from the Blair Cabinet, has been named as the UK's next European Commissioner. Prime Minister Tony Blair telephoned the President-elect of the Co...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
Car thieves behind airport death are jailed
Two car thieves who admitted killing a man who tried to stop them stealing his car have been jailed at Liverpool Crown Court today. Dean Taylor, 17, of no fixed abode, and Craig Abbott, 21, of Carle...
Car thieves behind airport death are jailed
Two car thieves who admitted killing a man who tried to stop them stealing his car have been jailed at Liverpool Crown Court today. Dean Taylor, 17, of no fixed abode, and Craig Abbott, 21, of Carle...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
'Concerns' lead to regional assembly postal voting reschedule
Referendums on elected regional assemblies in the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber have been rescheduled following Parliamentary concerns over postal voting, the government has announced today....
'Concerns' lead to regional assembly postal voting reschedule
Referendums on elected regional assemblies in the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber have been rescheduled following Parliamentary concerns over postal voting, the government has announced today....
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
NHS sees 'big increases' in vital staff, says health department
There have been "big increases" in the numbers of doctors and nurses training and working in the NHS, according to the health department. New figures published today show that targets are "being met ...
NHS sees 'big increases' in vital staff, says health department
There have been "big increases" in the numbers of doctors and nurses training and working in the NHS, according to the health department. New figures published today show that targets are "being met ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Murphy intervenes in pay dispute
Secretary of State, Paul Murphy, has intervened in the ongoing pay dispute between the government and civil service workers. Mr Murphy met Nipsa union representatives on Friday to discuss the dispute...
Murphy intervenes in pay dispute
Secretary of State, Paul Murphy, has intervened in the ongoing pay dispute between the government and civil service workers. Mr Murphy met Nipsa union representatives on Friday to discuss the dispute...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Home evacuated after possible racial attack
A number of people have had to evacuate their homes after a suspected pipe bomb was discovered outside a house in south Belfast this morning. Police believe the device, which was found outside the ho...
Home evacuated after possible racial attack
A number of people have had to evacuate their homes after a suspected pipe bomb was discovered outside a house in south Belfast this morning. Police believe the device, which was found outside the ho...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
36 killed in Turkey train derailment
At least 36 people have been killed in a train crash in north west Turkey, it has been reported today. The packed train was travelling from Istanbul to Ankara when it came off its rails close to the...
36 killed in Turkey train derailment
At least 36 people have been killed in a train crash in north west Turkey, it has been reported today. The packed train was travelling from Istanbul to Ankara when it came off its rails close to the...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Customs shut down Coalisland fuel laundering operation
Customs officers last night dismantled a fuel laundering plant at an industrial site in Co Tyrone. The plant, which was discovered in Coalisland, was capable of processing 25,000 litres of fuel per w...
Customs shut down Coalisland fuel laundering operation
Customs officers last night dismantled a fuel laundering plant at an industrial site in Co Tyrone. The plant, which was discovered in Coalisland, was capable of processing 25,000 litres of fuel per w...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
ARA seize £1.2m 'linked to human trafficking and money laundering'
Assets worth an estimated value of £1.2 million have been confiscated after the Assets Recovery Agency used its powers in England and Wales for the first time. An interim receiver this afternoon took...
ARA seize £1.2m 'linked to human trafficking and money laundering'
Assets worth an estimated value of £1.2 million have been confiscated after the Assets Recovery Agency used its powers in England and Wales for the first time. An interim receiver this afternoon took...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Two women attacked during robbery
Two women have been attacked during an armed robbery in Co Armagh last night. The women were in the house on the Black Island Road, near Loughgall, when three men broke in at around 5pm. The men, wh...
Two women attacked during robbery
Two women have been attacked during an armed robbery in Co Armagh last night. The women were in the house on the Black Island Road, near Loughgall, when three men broke in at around 5pm. The men, wh...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
Sudanese must protect refugees, warn Annan and Powell
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and US Secretary of State Colin Powell have issued a joint warning to the Sudanese Government to protect civilians affected by the Darfur humanitarian crisis. At a pre...
Sudanese must protect refugees, warn Annan and Powell
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and US Secretary of State Colin Powell have issued a joint warning to the Sudanese Government to protect civilians affected by the Darfur humanitarian crisis. At a pre...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Agriculture Minister announces set-aside rate for farmers
Agriculture Minister, Ian Pearson, has announced that the compulsory set-aside rate for farmers to be applied in Northern Ireland for the first year of the Single Payment Scheme will be 4.7%. This ra...
Agriculture Minister announces set-aside rate for farmers
Agriculture Minister, Ian Pearson, has announced that the compulsory set-aside rate for farmers to be applied in Northern Ireland for the first year of the Single Payment Scheme will be 4.7%. This ra...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Business start up programme helps create 8,000 new jobs
Two Mallusk entrepreneurs have set up the 5000th new business to be started through the Start a Business programme, which has generated an estimated 8,250 new jobs across Northern Ireland. Oliver Mc...
Business start up programme helps create 8,000 new jobs
Two Mallusk entrepreneurs have set up the 5000th new business to be started through the Start a Business programme, which has generated an estimated 8,250 new jobs across Northern Ireland. Oliver Mc...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
Southern Iraq's marshes to be restored
The UN today has earmarked $11 million for project to help restore the marshlands of southern Iraq – an area devastated by Saddam Hussein's regime when it brutally suppressed a rebellion of Kurdish in...
Southern Iraq's marshes to be restored
The UN today has earmarked $11 million for project to help restore the marshlands of southern Iraq – an area devastated by Saddam Hussein's regime when it brutally suppressed a rebellion of Kurdish in...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Queen's celebrate successful formula
Queen's students are celebrating after winning the prize for 'Top Performing UK Team' and finishing 6th overall at the 2004 Formula Student Competition. A team of 14 students from the School of Mech...
Queen's celebrate successful formula
Queen's students are celebrating after winning the prize for 'Top Performing UK Team' and finishing 6th overall at the 2004 Formula Student Competition. A team of 14 students from the School of Mech...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
NI population switch off to save the world
Almost four thousand people from across Northern Ireland have formally signed an Environment Day Pledge which took place earlier this year. The Northern Ireland Environmental Information Centre said ...
NI population switch off to save the world
Almost four thousand people from across Northern Ireland have formally signed an Environment Day Pledge which took place earlier this year. The Northern Ireland Environmental Information Centre said ...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
Value of UK economy rises by almost half-a-trillion pounds
The total value of the UK at the end of 2003 topped £5.3 trillion, an increase of £456 billion on the previous year, according to the latest estimates from an Office for National Statistics (ONS) repo...
Value of UK economy rises by almost half-a-trillion pounds
The total value of the UK at the end of 2003 topped £5.3 trillion, an increase of £456 billion on the previous year, according to the latest estimates from an Office for National Statistics (ONS) repo...
UK National News, Jul 23, 2004
Public sector urged to make disabled rights 'top priority'
The public sector has been urged to deliver a programme of "real change" to make the rights of disabled people a top priority. Speaking on the day of the publication of Delivering Equality for Disabl...
Public sector urged to make disabled rights 'top priority'
The public sector has been urged to deliver a programme of "real change" to make the rights of disabled people a top priority. Speaking on the day of the publication of Delivering Equality for Disabl...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
University of Ulster hosts international media conference
Filmmakers and broadcasters from all over the world are heading for Coleraine next week for international conference at the University of Ulster. The 'Off-Screen Spaces: Regionalism and Globalised C...
University of Ulster hosts international media conference
Filmmakers and broadcasters from all over the world are heading for Coleraine next week for international conference at the University of Ulster. The 'Off-Screen Spaces: Regionalism and Globalised C...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 23, 2004
Conference to debate effective corporate governance structures
Recent corporate failures have highlighted serious structural problems both within corporations and in the wider governance of financial markets. At a major international conference to take place in...
Conference to debate effective corporate governance structures
Recent corporate failures have highlighted serious structural problems both within corporations and in the wider governance of financial markets. At a major international conference to take place in...
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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.
