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Northern Ireland News for July 2004 : Page 8
UK National News, Jul 16, 2004
Government announces overhaul of dental care
The Government has pledged to invest an extra £368m in NHS Dentistry in England in an attempt to improve public access to dental care. The move, hailed as the biggest overhaul of the NHS Dentistry sy...
Government announces overhaul of dental care
The Government has pledged to invest an extra £368m in NHS Dentistry in England in an attempt to improve public access to dental care. The move, hailed as the biggest overhaul of the NHS Dentistry sy...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2004
NIO legislation cracks down on bail offenders
NIO Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar has announced the commencement of new legislation in respect of bail granted by Northern Ireland courts. The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 tightens a...
NIO legislation cracks down on bail offenders
NIO Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar has announced the commencement of new legislation in respect of bail granted by Northern Ireland courts. The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 tightens a...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 16, 2004
Ulster academics to probe Twin Towers safety
Researchers from the University of Ulster are to take part in an international safety project that aims to interview more than 2,000 survivors of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. The £1.6m ...
Ulster academics to probe Twin Towers safety
Researchers from the University of Ulster are to take part in an international safety project that aims to interview more than 2,000 survivors of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. The £1.6m ...
UK National News, Jul 15, 2004
War was legal, says Attorney General
Following on from Lord Butler's report into intelligence-gathering, the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith has today defended his advice to the government that the war in Iraq was legal. A spokesperson...
War was legal, says Attorney General
Following on from Lord Butler's report into intelligence-gathering, the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith has today defended his advice to the government that the war in Iraq was legal. A spokesperson...
UK National News, Jul 15, 2004
SRA scrapped in 'customer focused' railways shake up
A streamlined "customer, not industry focused" shake up of the rail industry has been unveiled today – a reform package which the transport secretary has claimed will "deliver the improvements the pub...
SRA scrapped in 'customer focused' railways shake up
A streamlined "customer, not industry focused" shake up of the rail industry has been unveiled today – a reform package which the transport secretary has claimed will "deliver the improvements the pub...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2004
Police launch murder inquiry after teenager stabbed in Banbridge
A 17-year-old youth has died in a Newry hospital after being stabbed at Erinvale Terrace in Banbridge in the early hours of this morning. Police have launched a murder inquiry into the killing, and o...
Police launch murder inquiry after teenager stabbed in Banbridge
A 17-year-old youth has died in a Newry hospital after being stabbed at Erinvale Terrace in Banbridge in the early hours of this morning. Police have launched a murder inquiry into the killing, and o...
UK National News, Jul 15, 2004
Shipman inquiry calls for tougher rules on drugs and prescriptions
The inquiry into the activities of serial killer Harold Shipman has called for greater restrictions on the prescribing of controlled drugs and an inspectorate to monitor how controlled drugs are store...
Shipman inquiry calls for tougher rules on drugs and prescriptions
The inquiry into the activities of serial killer Harold Shipman has called for greater restrictions on the prescribing of controlled drugs and an inspectorate to monitor how controlled drugs are store...
UK National News, Jul 15, 2004
Government plans crackdown on environment crimes
A tough new approach to end the blight of litter, graffiti, fly-posting, abandoned vehicles and other anti-social environmental offences has been outlined today by Local Environmental Quality Minister...
Government plans crackdown on environment crimes
A tough new approach to end the blight of litter, graffiti, fly-posting, abandoned vehicles and other anti-social environmental offences has been outlined today by Local Environmental Quality Minister...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2004
Youths attack Coleraine firefighters
Police are appealing to parents in the Somerset Drive area of Coleraine following a number of incidents in which firefighters have been attacked while responding to emergency calls. In the first inci...
Youths attack Coleraine firefighters
Police are appealing to parents in the Somerset Drive area of Coleraine following a number of incidents in which firefighters have been attacked while responding to emergency calls. In the first inci...
UK National News, Jul 15, 2004
National anti-bully network in place for new school year
Anti-bullying experts will be based in every region of the country to help deal with school bullies, under plans announced today. Schools, local education authorities and parents will have access to ...
National anti-bully network in place for new school year
Anti-bullying experts will be based in every region of the country to help deal with school bullies, under plans announced today. Schools, local education authorities and parents will have access to ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2004
NIAO report criticises City of Culture bid
A report published today by the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) into Belfast’s failed City of Culture 2008 campaign has highlighted several serious failings, but commended the “spirit of the bid....
NIAO report criticises City of Culture bid
A report published today by the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) into Belfast’s failed City of Culture 2008 campaign has highlighted several serious failings, but commended the “spirit of the bid....
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2004
Teen treated for head injuries after punishment beating
An 18-year-old man has been treated in hospital for a head injury following what appears to have been a paramilitary-style attack in west Belfast last night. At around 9pm, the victim, and a number o...
Teen treated for head injuries after punishment beating
An 18-year-old man has been treated in hospital for a head injury following what appears to have been a paramilitary-style attack in west Belfast last night. At around 9pm, the victim, and a number o...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 15, 2004
Car thieves make off with prescription drugs and syringes
A car containing medical equipment and prescription drugs has been stolen in Armagh. Sometime between 4pm and 5pm yesterday a silver coloured Mercedes E300 was taken from outside a house in the Tynan...
Car thieves make off with prescription drugs and syringes
A car containing medical equipment and prescription drugs has been stolen in Armagh. Sometime between 4pm and 5pm yesterday a silver coloured Mercedes E300 was taken from outside a house in the Tynan...
UK National News, Jul 14, 2004
Intelligence errors were made in good faith, Butler inquiry finds
Strains, oversights and systems failures, but not individual mendacity nor political pressure, lay at the heart of intelligence failings in the run up to war in Iraq, Lord Butler's inquiry has conclud...
Intelligence errors were made in good faith, Butler inquiry finds
Strains, oversights and systems failures, but not individual mendacity nor political pressure, lay at the heart of intelligence failings in the run up to war in Iraq, Lord Butler's inquiry has conclud...
UK National News, Jul 14, 2004
War on superbugs blighted by NHS monitoring failures
The NHS has been criticised for not knowing the precise extent and cost of hospital acquired infections in an audit report published today. The National Audit Office (NAO) report, examining progress...
War on superbugs blighted by NHS monitoring failures
The NHS has been criticised for not knowing the precise extent and cost of hospital acquired infections in an audit report published today. The National Audit Office (NAO) report, examining progress...
UK National News, Jul 14, 2004
45 arrested in internet child porn probe
Police investigating alleged child pornography offences have arrested 45 people in a number of raids at addresses across northern England. Over 500 police officers from every division and CID from Gr...
45 arrested in internet child porn probe
Police investigating alleged child pornography offences have arrested 45 people in a number of raids at addresses across northern England. Over 500 police officers from every division and CID from Gr...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 14, 2004
Petrol bombers besiege Lurgan police station
A crowd throwing bricks, bottles and petrol bombs attacked Lurgan police station at around 8.45pm last night. The disturbance followed in the wake of a banned Black Preceptory parade through the town...
Petrol bombers besiege Lurgan police station
A crowd throwing bricks, bottles and petrol bombs attacked Lurgan police station at around 8.45pm last night. The disturbance followed in the wake of a banned Black Preceptory parade through the town...
UK National News, Jul 14, 2004
Baghdad car bomb kills 11 and injures 40 more
At least 11 people have been killed and 40 more injured in a car bomb attack in central Baghdad, just outside the American controlled ‘green zone’. The bomb exploded at 9.15am local time (0515 GMT) a...
Baghdad car bomb kills 11 and injures 40 more
At least 11 people have been killed and 40 more injured in a car bomb attack in central Baghdad, just outside the American controlled ‘green zone’. The bomb exploded at 9.15am local time (0515 GMT) a...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 14, 2004
Hermon demands clarification on civil service cuts
Ulster Unionist Home Affairs spokesperson Lady Sylvia Hermon has expressed her “total dismay” at Chancellor Gordon Brown’s announcement of swingeing cuts in the regional civil service. Speaking follo...
Hermon demands clarification on civil service cuts
Ulster Unionist Home Affairs spokesperson Lady Sylvia Hermon has expressed her “total dismay” at Chancellor Gordon Brown’s announcement of swingeing cuts in the regional civil service. Speaking follo...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 14, 2004
Four new Equality Commissioners appointed
Secretary of State Paul Murphy has announced the appointment of four new Equality Commissioners. The new commissioners are: Tony Carlin, Trade union official with the Irish National Teachers Organis...
Four new Equality Commissioners appointed
Secretary of State Paul Murphy has announced the appointment of four new Equality Commissioners. The new commissioners are: Tony Carlin, Trade union official with the Irish National Teachers Organis...
UK National News, Jul 14, 2004
UK's unemployment rate rises by 6,000
The number of unemployed people rose by 6,000 and people in employment fell by 29,000 over the last quarter, according to an Office of National Statistics (ONS) study published today. This month's la...
UK's unemployment rate rises by 6,000
The number of unemployed people rose by 6,000 and people in employment fell by 29,000 over the last quarter, according to an Office of National Statistics (ONS) study published today. This month's la...
UK National News, Jul 14, 2004
'Comprehensive' overhaul of animal welfare laws unveiled
The most comprehensive modernisation of laws on domestic and captive animals for a century has been introduced in draft from the Commons today. The new legislation will introduce a new duty of care o...
'Comprehensive' overhaul of animal welfare laws unveiled
The most comprehensive modernisation of laws on domestic and captive animals for a century has been introduced in draft from the Commons today. The new legislation will introduce a new duty of care o...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 14, 2004
UUP quiz government over Peace II funding
Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader Roy Beggs has put pressure on the government to ensure that Northern Ireland will not face "economic crisis" when Peace II funding is brought to an end. Speaking at West...
UUP quiz government over Peace II funding
Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader Roy Beggs has put pressure on the government to ensure that Northern Ireland will not face "economic crisis" when Peace II funding is brought to an end. Speaking at West...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 14, 2004
Police appeal for information following armed robbery in south Belfast
Police in south Belfast are appealing for information following an armed robbery at an off licence in Agincourt Avenue last night. At around 5.50pm a man armed with a handgun entered the premises in ...
Police appeal for information following armed robbery in south Belfast
Police in south Belfast are appealing for information following an armed robbery at an off licence in Agincourt Avenue last night. At around 5.50pm a man armed with a handgun entered the premises in ...
UK National News, Jul 13, 2004
Spending review sees civil service bear cost of public spending rise
In yesterday's spending review, the Chancellor set out government plans for putting extra money into frontline public services - investment that would be freed up from downsizing the civil service. G...
Spending review sees civil service bear cost of public spending rise
In yesterday's spending review, the Chancellor set out government plans for putting extra money into frontline public services - investment that would be freed up from downsizing the civil service. G...
Business News, Jul 13, 2004
Leisure products price rises boost inflation by 0.1%
UK inflation rose by 0.1% to 1.6% in June buoyed largely by prices on recreation and culture products, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Upward trend of the Consumer Prices Index ...
Leisure products price rises boost inflation by 0.1%
UK inflation rose by 0.1% to 1.6% in June buoyed largely by prices on recreation and culture products, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Upward trend of the Consumer Prices Index ...
UK National News, Jul 13, 2004
Unions outraged at Brown's civil service cuts
Gordon Brown's plans to cut 104,000 civil service jobs have outraged unions, who are mooting strike action to derail measures they believe will destroy the quality of public services. The huge cuts a...
Unions outraged at Brown's civil service cuts
Gordon Brown's plans to cut 104,000 civil service jobs have outraged unions, who are mooting strike action to derail measures they believe will destroy the quality of public services. The huge cuts a...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2004
Ardoyne riot provokes controversy over Parades Commission
Serious disturbances in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast yesterday have left 25 police officers injured and politicians calling into question the role and effectiveness of the Parades Commission. T...
Ardoyne riot provokes controversy over Parades Commission
Serious disturbances in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast yesterday have left 25 police officers injured and politicians calling into question the role and effectiveness of the Parades Commission. T...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 13, 2004
Police fire warning shots during Kilrea disturbance
A number of warning shots were fired into the air by police responding to a disturbance in Kilrea, Co Londonderry, during the early hours of yesterday morning. A fracas involving two groups broke out...
Police fire warning shots during Kilrea disturbance
A number of warning shots were fired into the air by police responding to a disturbance in Kilrea, Co Londonderry, during the early hours of yesterday morning. A fracas involving two groups broke out...
UK National News, Jul 13, 2004
New campaign set to boost firefighter recruitment
A new drive aimed at increasing diversity in the fire and rescue service and boosting the recruitment of retained firefighters has been launched today by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. To h...
New campaign set to boost firefighter recruitment
A new drive aimed at increasing diversity in the fire and rescue service and boosting the recruitment of retained firefighters has been launched today by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. To h...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and 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.
