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Northern Ireland News for April 2005 : Page 3
Northern Ireland News, Apr 26, 2005
Police appeal for more information on football riot
Police are continuing to appeal for information following Saturday’s riot which followed a local football fixture in east Belfast. Rival fans of Linfield and Glentoran threw missiles and fought hand ...
Police appeal for more information on football riot
Police are continuing to appeal for information following Saturday’s riot which followed a local football fixture in east Belfast. Rival fans of Linfield and Glentoran threw missiles and fought hand ...
UK National News, Apr 26, 2005
Archbishop criticises ‘scandal’ of global economy
The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised the current global economy, calling it a scandal. In a speech at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the 60th anniversary of the Christian Aid charity, Dr Rowan W...
Archbishop criticises ‘scandal’ of global economy
The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised the current global economy, calling it a scandal. In a speech at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the 60th anniversary of the Christian Aid charity, Dr Rowan W...
UK National News, Apr 26, 2005
Beckhams to sue former nanny over marriage allegations
David and Victoria Beckham are to sue their former nanny after allegations she made about their marriage in the ‘News of the World’. A spokesperson for the couple said that they would be launching le...
Beckhams to sue former nanny over marriage allegations
David and Victoria Beckham are to sue their former nanny after allegations she made about their marriage in the ‘News of the World’. A spokesperson for the couple said that they would be launching le...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 26, 2005
University to lead £7m food safety research
A multi-million research project, headed by Queen's University announced today, aims to help ease consumers' minds about the safety of food on their plate. The BioCop initiative, led by Dr Chris Elli...
University to lead £7m food safety research
A multi-million research project, headed by Queen's University announced today, aims to help ease consumers' minds about the safety of food on their plate. The BioCop initiative, led by Dr Chris Elli...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 26, 2005
Kids initiative to tackle violence
A new programme which aims to wipe out sectarianism, racism and physical prejudice by tackling the problem early among small children has been launched today. The Media Initiative for Children (MIFC)...
Kids initiative to tackle violence
A new programme which aims to wipe out sectarianism, racism and physical prejudice by tackling the problem early among small children has been launched today. The Media Initiative for Children (MIFC)...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 26, 2005
Research to examine dental health and premature births
An investigation into a possible link between gum disease in pregnant women and their chances of having a premature or low birthweight baby is to be carried out by dental researchers at Queen's Univer...
Research to examine dental health and premature births
An investigation into a possible link between gum disease in pregnant women and their chances of having a premature or low birthweight baby is to be carried out by dental researchers at Queen's Univer...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 26, 2005
Media coverage under spotlight at UU conference
Media coverage of conflict and its impact on children came under the spotlight at a special University of Ulster conference on Monday. ‘Media, Children and the Experience of Divided Communities: Irel...
Media coverage under spotlight at UU conference
Media coverage of conflict and its impact on children came under the spotlight at a special University of Ulster conference on Monday. ‘Media, Children and the Experience of Divided Communities: Irel...
UK National News, Apr 26, 2005
BP reports profit increase
BP profits have announced a rise in profit in their first quarter report for the company's new trading year. The oil company confirmed that its first quarter replacement cost profit was £5,491 millio...
BP reports profit increase
BP profits have announced a rise in profit in their first quarter report for the company's new trading year. The oil company confirmed that its first quarter replacement cost profit was £5,491 millio...
UK National News, Apr 26, 2005
Nissan announces record profits
Japanese car manufacturers Nissan have announced record net income of 512.3 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, an increase of 1.7%. Nissan reported that its consolidated net reven...
Nissan announces record profits
Japanese car manufacturers Nissan have announced record net income of 512.3 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, an increase of 1.7%. Nissan reported that its consolidated net reven...
UK National News, Apr 26, 2005
New wave of research leads towards ‘mind-reading device’
Brief recordings of brain activity have enabled scientists to predict what objects volunteers were viewing, a new study has revealed. A team of scientists from University College London (UCL), who be...
New wave of research leads towards ‘mind-reading device’
Brief recordings of brain activity have enabled scientists to predict what objects volunteers were viewing, a new study has revealed. A team of scientists from University College London (UCL), who be...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Three people appear in court following Waterside murder
Three people have appeared in court on Monday on charges relating to the murder of a 42-year-old man in Londonderry at the weekend. Nigel Murphy died after being assaulted at his house in Clooney Ter...
Three people appear in court following Waterside murder
Three people have appeared in court on Monday on charges relating to the murder of a 42-year-old man in Londonderry at the weekend. Nigel Murphy died after being assaulted at his house in Clooney Ter...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Two stabbed in separate weekend attacks
Police at Strandtown are appealing for witnesses following a stabbing incident in the Albertbridge road area of east Belfast on Sunday. Around 5pm several men entered a house and stabbed the 59-year-...
Two stabbed in separate weekend attacks
Police at Strandtown are appealing for witnesses following a stabbing incident in the Albertbridge road area of east Belfast on Sunday. Around 5pm several men entered a house and stabbed the 59-year-...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Lib Dems call for Iraq war inquiry
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has called for a public inquiry into the war on Iraq, saying that Britain’s international reputation had been “damaged” by the way Prime Minister Tony Blair had...
Lib Dems call for Iraq war inquiry
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has called for a public inquiry into the war on Iraq, saying that Britain’s international reputation had been “damaged” by the way Prime Minister Tony Blair had...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Labour attacks Conservative economic policy
Labour have emphasised their focus on a strong economy today, as the party continued to criticise the Conservatives economic policy. Launching a new campaign poster on the economy, Prime Minister Ton...
Labour attacks Conservative economic policy
Labour have emphasised their focus on a strong economy today, as the party continued to criticise the Conservatives economic policy. Launching a new campaign poster on the economy, Prime Minister Ton...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Local football under spotlight following weekend trouble
Local football was under the spotlight today following trouble at Saturday’s Irish League game between Linfield and Glentoran. Both clubs, as well as football chiefs at the Irish Football Association...
Local football under spotlight following weekend trouble
Local football was under the spotlight today following trouble at Saturday’s Irish League game between Linfield and Glentoran. Both clubs, as well as football chiefs at the Irish Football Association...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Conservatives and Lib Dems focus on business
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have focused their election pledges today on helping British businesses. The Conservatives have unveiled a ten-point action plan, which they claim will help “b...
Conservatives and Lib Dems focus on business
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have focused their election pledges today on helping British businesses. The Conservatives have unveiled a ten-point action plan, which they claim will help “b...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Police seize rifles in playground shooting investigation
A number of legally held rifles have been seized by police as they continue to investigate the circumstances behind the shooting of a five-year-old boy in Co Fermanagh on Friday. Darragh Summers was ...
Police seize rifles in playground shooting investigation
A number of legally held rifles have been seized by police as they continue to investigate the circumstances behind the shooting of a five-year-old boy in Co Fermanagh on Friday. Darragh Summers was ...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Dozens killed as Japanese train derailed
At least 50 people have been reported killed and over 300 more injured when a commuter train derailed and crashed into an apartment block in Japan. The accident, the worst train disaster to occur in ...
Dozens killed as Japanese train derailed
At least 50 people have been reported killed and over 300 more injured when a commuter train derailed and crashed into an apartment block in Japan. The accident, the worst train disaster to occur in ...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Police begin to take statement from Abigail
Abigail Witchalls, the young expectant mother who was stabbed in the neck in an attack last week in Little Bookham, Surrey, is beginning the process of giving a statement to police about the attack. ...
Police begin to take statement from Abigail
Abigail Witchalls, the young expectant mother who was stabbed in the neck in an attack last week in Little Bookham, Surrey, is beginning the process of giving a statement to police about the attack. ...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Fuel protests at Cheshire oil refinery
Campaigners have staged a protest against rising fuel costs at an oil refinery in Cheshire. The protest, which involved tractors and tankers, began at the Stanlow oil refinery in the early hours of t...
Fuel protests at Cheshire oil refinery
Campaigners have staged a protest against rising fuel costs at an oil refinery in Cheshire. The protest, which involved tractors and tankers, began at the Stanlow oil refinery in the early hours of t...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Archbishop greets new Pope
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has lead representatives from the Anglican Delegation to the Vatican in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The event is one of a series of Ecumenical m...
Archbishop greets new Pope
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has lead representatives from the Anglican Delegation to the Vatican in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The event is one of a series of Ecumenical m...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Second man questioned in connection with murder
A second man is being questioned by police investigating the murder of a man in Co Down last week. Johnny Graham was shot as he parked his car at a house in the nationalist Ardcarne Park area of Newr...
Second man questioned in connection with murder
A second man is being questioned by police investigating the murder of a man in Co Down last week. Johnny Graham was shot as he parked his car at a house in the nationalist Ardcarne Park area of Newr...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Charity warns of ‘forgotten’ mental illness sufferers
Around 50,000 people suffering from severe mental illness are having their mental, physical and social needs ignored, a charity has claimed. Mental health charity, Rethink, published a new report, en...
Charity warns of ‘forgotten’ mental illness sufferers
Around 50,000 people suffering from severe mental illness are having their mental, physical and social needs ignored, a charity has claimed. Mental health charity, Rethink, published a new report, en...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Old Firm fans clash on Troon-Larne ferry
Rival football fans returning on a ferry from Scotland to Northern Ireland at the weekend have violently clashed. Up to 100 Celtic and Rangers fans were involved in fighting which took place on the ...
Old Firm fans clash on Troon-Larne ferry
Rival football fans returning on a ferry from Scotland to Northern Ireland at the weekend have violently clashed. Up to 100 Celtic and Rangers fans were involved in fighting which took place on the ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Lyric Theatre jobs under threat
Up to 30 jobs could be under threat at one of Belfast’s best known theatres, it emerged today. Management at the Lyric Theatre have warned staff of possible redundancies as part of an efficiency driv...
Lyric Theatre jobs under threat
Up to 30 jobs could be under threat at one of Belfast’s best known theatres, it emerged today. Management at the Lyric Theatre have warned staff of possible redundancies as part of an efficiency driv...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 25, 2005
Council place greater emphasis on recycling
Belfast City Council has confirmed it will be introducing changes to some of its bin collections over the next few months – with an increasing emphasis on recycling. Some 5,500 householders in the so...
Council place greater emphasis on recycling
Belfast City Council has confirmed it will be introducing changes to some of its bin collections over the next few months – with an increasing emphasis on recycling. Some 5,500 householders in the so...
UK National News, Apr 25, 2005
Rise in passengers at UK airports
UK airports handled 217 million passengers last year, a report by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has found – an increase of over 8% on 2003 figures. There were also over one million air transport...
Rise in passengers at UK airports
UK airports handled 217 million passengers last year, a report by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has found – an increase of over 8% on 2003 figures. There were also over one million air transport...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2005
Police question man following fatal shooting
Police are questioning a man in connection with a fatal shooting in Co Down on Thursday. Johnny Graham was shot as he parked his car at a house in the nationalist Ardcarne Park area of Newry at about...
Police question man following fatal shooting
Police are questioning a man in connection with a fatal shooting in Co Down on Thursday. Johnny Graham was shot as he parked his car at a house in the nationalist Ardcarne Park area of Newry at about...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2005
Court criticises strip searching of women prisoners
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has welcomed a judgment in the High Court which criticised the practice of strip searching women prisoners at Hydebank Wood as an “unnecessary and humiliat...
Court criticises strip searching of women prisoners
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has welcomed a judgment in the High Court which criticised the practice of strip searching women prisoners at Hydebank Wood as an “unnecessary and humiliat...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2005
British backpacker murder trial postponed
The trial of a man accused of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio has been delayed. Further investigations are to be conducted by both the prosecution and defence teams working on the case, i...
British backpacker murder trial postponed
The trial of a man accused of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio has been delayed. Further investigations are to be conducted by both the prosecution and defence teams working on the case, i...
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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.
