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Northern Ireland News for April 2005 : Page 5
UK National News, Apr 21, 2005
Study reveals growing number of fake breast cancer cases
A growing number of women are inventing family histories of breast cancer in order to receive treatment, a medical study has revealed. The study examined one case in which a woman underwent a double ...
Study reveals growing number of fake breast cancer cases
A growing number of women are inventing family histories of breast cancer in order to receive treatment, a medical study has revealed. The study examined one case in which a woman underwent a double ...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his first Mass
Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his first Mass in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel this morning with the cardinals who elected him yesterday. Benedict XVI admitted to feeling a “sense of inadequacy and h...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his first Mass
Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his first Mass in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel this morning with the cardinals who elected him yesterday. Benedict XVI admitted to feeling a “sense of inadequacy and h...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Over 50 bodies found in Iraq river
Over fifty bodies have been found in the Tigris River, south of Baghdad, Iraq President Jalal Talabani has said. The discovery follows reports that Sunni insurgents seized a number of Shia Muslims as...
Over 50 bodies found in Iraq river
Over fifty bodies have been found in the Tigris River, south of Baghdad, Iraq President Jalal Talabani has said. The discovery follows reports that Sunni insurgents seized a number of Shia Muslims as...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
Police issue photofit of robbery men
Police have issued a photofit of two men they believe were behind last week's £1.2 million delivery van robbery in south Belfast. One is believed to be in his late 20s to early 30s, of medium build, ...
Police issue photofit of robbery men
Police have issued a photofit of two men they believe were behind last week's £1.2 million delivery van robbery in south Belfast. One is believed to be in his late 20s to early 30s, of medium build, ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
South Belfast election blow for UUP
The Ulster Unionist Party was dealt an election blow today when it was confirmed that a South Belfast branch of the party has disbanded because its members want to back the DUP's Westminster candidate...
South Belfast election blow for UUP
The Ulster Unionist Party was dealt an election blow today when it was confirmed that a South Belfast branch of the party has disbanded because its members want to back the DUP's Westminster candidate...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
Woman and son escape injury in petrol bomb attack
A woman and her eight-year-old son have escaped injury in a petrol bomb attack at their home in Co Down on Tuesday. The device was thrown at the front of the house at Ballyminetragh Gardens, Bangor, ...
Woman and son escape injury in petrol bomb attack
A woman and her eight-year-old son have escaped injury in a petrol bomb attack at their home in Co Down on Tuesday. The device was thrown at the front of the house at Ballyminetragh Gardens, Bangor, ...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Billie-Jo murder retrial starts
The retrial of Sion Jenkins, the man accused of murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo, has begun at the Old Bailey with graphic descriptions of how the teenager died. The teenager died after being ...
Billie-Jo murder retrial starts
The retrial of Sion Jenkins, the man accused of murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo, has begun at the Old Bailey with graphic descriptions of how the teenager died. The teenager died after being ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
Three men arrested following cocaine seizure
Three men have been arrested in connection with a "significant" cocaine seizure in Co Tyrone. Forensic scientists are said to have examined what detectives described as a "drugs factory" in Dungannon...
Three men arrested following cocaine seizure
Three men have been arrested in connection with a "significant" cocaine seizure in Co Tyrone. Forensic scientists are said to have examined what detectives described as a "drugs factory" in Dungannon...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Berlusconi announces plans to resign
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has announced that will resign from his post today, in order to form a new government. Mr Berlusconi was expected to visit President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi toda...
Berlusconi announces plans to resign
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has announced that will resign from his post today, in order to form a new government. Mr Berlusconi was expected to visit President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi toda...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Tories & Lib Dems launch council tax plans
The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have both unveiled plans to tackle council tax. The Conservatives have pledged to cancel Labour’s planned revaluation of homes in England for the council t...
Tories & Lib Dems launch council tax plans
The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have both unveiled plans to tackle council tax. The Conservatives have pledged to cancel Labour’s planned revaluation of homes in England for the council t...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
DUP now the mainstream unionist party - Donaldson
Lagan Valley DUP Westminster candidate Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed that his party is now the mainstream unionist party in Northern Ireland. Speaking on Wednesday, the former UUP member denied his p...
DUP now the mainstream unionist party - Donaldson
Lagan Valley DUP Westminster candidate Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed that his party is now the mainstream unionist party in Northern Ireland. Speaking on Wednesday, the former UUP member denied his p...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Labour pledge ‘investment in children’s future’
Labour have pledged to continue “investment in the future of children” as the party unveiled a selection of education-based election promises. Education Secretary Ruth Kelly said that a third Labour ...
Labour pledge ‘investment in children’s future’
Labour have pledged to continue “investment in the future of children” as the party unveiled a selection of education-based election promises. Education Secretary Ruth Kelly said that a third Labour ...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Study recommends use of sniffer dogs in schools
Sniffer dogs should be used in order to stop drugs being brought into Britain’s schools, a study has recommended. The John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety conducted the study, followi...
Study recommends use of sniffer dogs in schools
Sniffer dogs should be used in order to stop drugs being brought into Britain’s schools, a study has recommended. The John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety conducted the study, followi...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
Invest NI hold migrant employee seminar
Invest NI has held an awareness seminar in Co Tyrone for companies employing migrant workers. The event, which took place at Cohannon Inn & Autolodge, Dungannon, was part of Western Enterprise Week a...
Invest NI hold migrant employee seminar
Invest NI has held an awareness seminar in Co Tyrone for companies employing migrant workers. The event, which took place at Cohannon Inn & Autolodge, Dungannon, was part of Western Enterprise Week a...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
Queen’s stage election prediction vote
A Queen's University researcher has launched an international competition to predict the outcome of the Westminster and local government elections on May 5. On that day Northern Ireland's 18 Westmin...
Queen’s stage election prediction vote
A Queen's University researcher has launched an international competition to predict the outcome of the Westminster and local government elections on May 5. On that day Northern Ireland's 18 Westmin...
UK National News, Apr 20, 2005
Childhood type 2 diabetes rates rise
The number of children suffering from the form of diabetes more common in adults could be higher than previously estimated, it has emerged. Research conducted by a team at Barts and the London and Ne...
Childhood type 2 diabetes rates rise
The number of children suffering from the form of diabetes more common in adults could be higher than previously estimated, it has emerged. Research conducted by a team at Barts and the London and Ne...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2005
World record holder to run Belfast marathon
The man who holds the world record for the most marathons ever run is on his way to Northern Ireland for this year’s Belfast Marathon. Horst Preisler, (69) from Hamburg in Germany who has run 1,316 m...
World record holder to run Belfast marathon
The man who holds the world record for the most marathons ever run is on his way to Northern Ireland for this year’s Belfast Marathon. Horst Preisler, (69) from Hamburg in Germany who has run 1,316 m...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2005
Cardinal Ratzinger named as new Pope
White smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, signalling that a new Pope has been chosen. The new Pope will be German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was widely regarded as the leading c...
Cardinal Ratzinger named as new Pope
White smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, signalling that a new Pope has been chosen. The new Pope will be German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was widely regarded as the leading c...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2005
Man suspected of police shooting dies in hospital
A 28-year-old Huddersfield man suspected of injuring two detectives in a firearm attack has died in hospital. The man, who has not been named, had been questioned by police officers at the Fleece Inn...
Man suspected of police shooting dies in hospital
A 28-year-old Huddersfield man suspected of injuring two detectives in a firearm attack has died in hospital. The man, who has not been named, had been questioned by police officers at the Fleece Inn...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2005
Inquiry into Nelson murder opens
An inquiry has opened into the controversial murder of Northern Ireland solicitor Rosemary Nelson. Mrs Nelson was killed after loyalists planted a booby-trap bomb underneath her car outside her Lurga...
Inquiry into Nelson murder opens
An inquiry has opened into the controversial murder of Northern Ireland solicitor Rosemary Nelson. Mrs Nelson was killed after loyalists planted a booby-trap bomb underneath her car outside her Lurga...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2005
Labour unveils ‘new ambition’ for NHS
Labour has pledged to create a healthy Britain, as Tony Blair revealed plans to create a “genuine National Health Service”. However, the row between Labour and the Conservatives on the health issue h...
Labour unveils ‘new ambition’ for NHS
Labour has pledged to create a healthy Britain, as Tony Blair revealed plans to create a “genuine National Health Service”. However, the row between Labour and the Conservatives on the health issue h...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2005
'Positive line of enquiry’ found in 80s murder case
Police have confirmed they are following a “positive line of enquiry” into the death of a German tourist over 17 years ago. Inga Maria Hauser was found buried in a shallow grave in a forest near Ball...
'Positive line of enquiry’ found in 80s murder case
Police have confirmed they are following a “positive line of enquiry” into the death of a German tourist over 17 years ago. Inga Maria Hauser was found buried in a shallow grave in a forest near Ball...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2005
Police revisit scene of cash delivery robbery
Police investigating the robbery of a £1.2 million cash delivery at Creighton's Garage on the Upper Lisburn Road last Tuesday have today revisited the scene. Detectives stopped motorists in the Diamo...
Police revisit scene of cash delivery robbery
Police investigating the robbery of a £1.2 million cash delivery at Creighton's Garage on the Upper Lisburn Road last Tuesday have today revisited the scene. Detectives stopped motorists in the Diamo...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2005
Lib Dems pledge to cut ‘hidden’ NHS waiting lists
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to cut the NHS’ ‘hidden’ waiting lists of people awaiting diagnosis. Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy promised to provide £350 million to help cut waiting ti...
Lib Dems pledge to cut ‘hidden’ NHS waiting lists
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to cut the NHS’ ‘hidden’ waiting lists of people awaiting diagnosis. Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy promised to provide £350 million to help cut waiting ti...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2005
Conservatives to crack down on yob culture
The Conservatives have strengthened their promise to tackle Britain’s ‘yob’ culture, by unveiling new pledges aimed at ‘building out’ crime-filled housing estates and tackling binge drinking. Shadow ...
Conservatives to crack down on yob culture
The Conservatives have strengthened their promise to tackle Britain’s ‘yob’ culture, by unveiling new pledges aimed at ‘building out’ crime-filled housing estates and tackling binge drinking. Shadow ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2005
Elderly woman dies in Derry road accident
An elderly woman has died following a road traffic collision in Londonderry on Monday. The 79-year-old victim was struck by a lorry as she crossed the Dungiven Road shortly after 5pm. The deceased h...
Elderly woman dies in Derry road accident
An elderly woman has died following a road traffic collision in Londonderry on Monday. The 79-year-old victim was struck by a lorry as she crossed the Dungiven Road shortly after 5pm. The deceased h...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2005
Man suffers serious head injuries in Newry
Police are appealing for information after a man was found with serious head injuries in Newry's Corn Market at around 1am on Sunday. The man was taken to hospital with a fractured skull and other ...
Man suffers serious head injuries in Newry
Police are appealing for information after a man was found with serious head injuries in Newry's Corn Market at around 1am on Sunday. The man was taken to hospital with a fractured skull and other ...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2005
MoD wins right to challenge Porton Down case
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been granted permission to challenge the verdict of an inquest into the death of an RAF serviceman who participated in nerve gas tests in the 1950s. Twenty-year-old ...
MoD wins right to challenge Porton Down case
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been granted permission to challenge the verdict of an inquest into the death of an RAF serviceman who participated in nerve gas tests in the 1950s. Twenty-year-old ...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2005
Public inquiry into Lake District wind farm proposal begins
A public planning inquiry is being launched today to discuss the possibility of constructing a wind farm in Cumbria. Chalmerston Wind Power Ltd want to erect 27 turbines, each measuring almost 400ft ...
Public inquiry into Lake District wind farm proposal begins
A public planning inquiry is being launched today to discuss the possibility of constructing a wind farm in Cumbria. Chalmerston Wind Power Ltd want to erect 27 turbines, each measuring almost 400ft ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2005
Queen's researchers to help blind access web
As part of a major European project, Queen's researchers have unveiled plans which could help the visually impaired and blind people make better use of the Internet. The 'ENABLED' initiative, which ...
Queen's researchers to help blind access web
As part of a major European project, Queen's researchers have unveiled plans which could help the visually impaired and blind people make better use of the Internet. The 'ENABLED' initiative, which ...
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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.
