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Northern Ireland News for August 2005 : Page 10
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2005
Securicor guard robbed in Belfast
The second robbery to involve a Securicor guard in recent days has occurred in Belfast on Wednesday. The worker was making a delivery to a cash machine on the Upper Malone Road when he was approached...
Securicor guard robbed in Belfast
The second robbery to involve a Securicor guard in recent days has occurred in Belfast on Wednesday. The worker was making a delivery to a cash machine on the Upper Malone Road when he was approached...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2005
Allister calls on EU to pressurise Dublin over Colombia Three
DUP MEP Jim Allister has taken steps to ensure that "the Irish government does not provide sanctuary" for the 'Colombia Three' following their return to the Republic of Ireland last week. Niall Conno...
Allister calls on EU to pressurise Dublin over Colombia Three
DUP MEP Jim Allister has taken steps to ensure that "the Irish government does not provide sanctuary" for the 'Colombia Three' following their return to the Republic of Ireland last week. Niall Conno...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2005
NI’s first Minister for Children announced
Secretary of State Peter Hain today confirmed that Jeff Rooker is to become Northern Ireland’s first Minister for Children. The Minister will act as a champion for children within government and will...
NI’s first Minister for Children announced
Secretary of State Peter Hain today confirmed that Jeff Rooker is to become Northern Ireland’s first Minister for Children. The Minister will act as a champion for children within government and will...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2005
London bombings affect air traffic
BAA has reported a 2.6% increase in UK airport traffic figures in July, compared with last year, with its seven airports handling a record 14.6 million passengers last month. However, the airport ope...
London bombings affect air traffic
BAA has reported a 2.6% increase in UK airport traffic figures in July, compared with last year, with its seven airports handling a record 14.6 million passengers last month. However, the airport ope...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2005
Study to examine hate crime
The effect of hate crime in England and Wales is being investigated in a new study, it has been announced. Victim Support and Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) will conduct the £100,000 research ...
Study to examine hate crime
The effect of hate crime in England and Wales is being investigated in a new study, it has been announced. Victim Support and Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) will conduct the £100,000 research ...
Business News, Aug 10, 2005
Company pension deficits remain ‘frustratingly high’
The combined pension deficit of FTSE 100 companies remains high, despite an improvement of £5 billion over the past year, a new report has warned. Actuarial consultants Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) sai...
Company pension deficits remain ‘frustratingly high’
The combined pension deficit of FTSE 100 companies remains high, despite an improvement of £5 billion over the past year, a new report has warned. Actuarial consultants Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) sai...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2005
Microsoft wins $7m spam fine case
Microsoft has succeeded in a legal case brought against a company considered to be one of he world's top three spam e-mailers. In the case, which was taken against Scott Richter's company OptInRealBi...
Microsoft wins $7m spam fine case
Microsoft has succeeded in a legal case brought against a company considered to be one of he world's top three spam e-mailers. In the case, which was taken against Scott Richter's company OptInRealBi...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2005
Royal Navy weigh anchor in Carlingford Lough
The Royal Navy is to abandon a mooring formerly maintained on Carlingford Lough for a patrol vessel. The mooring near the centre of the Lough which straddles the border was formerly used by a modifie...
Royal Navy weigh anchor in Carlingford Lough
The Royal Navy is to abandon a mooring formerly maintained on Carlingford Lough for a patrol vessel. The mooring near the centre of the Lough which straddles the border was formerly used by a modifie...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2005
Rooker considers legislation to tackle nuisance hedges
Environment Minister Jeff Rooker is considering whether to introduce legislation aimed at dealing with high hedges problems in Northern Ireland. New legislation has come into operation recently in En...
Rooker considers legislation to tackle nuisance hedges
Environment Minister Jeff Rooker is considering whether to introduce legislation aimed at dealing with high hedges problems in Northern Ireland. New legislation has come into operation recently in En...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2005
Water mains project starts in Londonderry
The £80 million Water Mains Project, to upgrade water mains throughout Northern Ireland, has started in Londonderry. Tony Dickinson, Project Sponsor for Water Service, said the scheme involved upgra...
Water mains project starts in Londonderry
The £80 million Water Mains Project, to upgrade water mains throughout Northern Ireland, has started in Londonderry. Tony Dickinson, Project Sponsor for Water Service, said the scheme involved upgra...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2005
Student designs smart patient ID wristband
A university student has designed a reusable intelligent identity wristband, which could help eliminate patients being given the incorrect medicine. Claire Dunne, an Industrial Design and Technology ...
Student designs smart patient ID wristband
A university student has designed a reusable intelligent identity wristband, which could help eliminate patients being given the incorrect medicine. Claire Dunne, an Industrial Design and Technology ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
Police issue separate missing person appeals
Police in west Belfast are appealing for information concerning the disappearance of a teenager who has not been seen since August 4. Martin Begley, 15, was last seen in the Somerton Road area of the...
Police issue separate missing person appeals
Police in west Belfast are appealing for information concerning the disappearance of a teenager who has not been seen since August 4. Martin Begley, 15, was last seen in the Somerton Road area of the...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
Government considers secret anti-terror courts
The government is considering the introduction of secret pre-trial hearings in terror cases, it has been revealed. The Home Office is considering the possibility of a move to the French style inquisi...
Government considers secret anti-terror courts
The government is considering the introduction of secret pre-trial hearings in terror cases, it has been revealed. The Home Office is considering the possibility of a move to the French style inquisi...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
Heart disease caused Robin Cook’s death
Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook died from hypertensive heart disease, a post-mortem has revealed. The 59-year-old Livingston MP collapsed on Saturday, while walking in the Scottish Highlands with...
Heart disease caused Robin Cook’s death
Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook died from hypertensive heart disease, a post-mortem has revealed. The 59-year-old Livingston MP collapsed on Saturday, while walking in the Scottish Highlands with...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
Police to investigate BBC callers' rape claims
An investigation has begun into claims that police have failed to follow up on two possible leads concerning the rape of a 15-year-old girl in west Belfast at the weekend. The claims were made during...
Police to investigate BBC callers' rape claims
An investigation has begun into claims that police have failed to follow up on two possible leads concerning the rape of a 15-year-old girl in west Belfast at the weekend. The claims were made during...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
Security guard threatened during robbery
Police are appealing for information following a robbery in north Belfast on Monday. The incident, which occurred on the Crumlin Road at around 2pm, saw a man threaten a Securicor guard before making...
Security guard threatened during robbery
Police are appealing for information following a robbery in north Belfast on Monday. The incident, which occurred on the Crumlin Road at around 2pm, saw a man threaten a Securicor guard before making...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
Islamic cleric ‘will return’ to UK
Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed has claimed that he will return to Britain from Lebanon, unless the UK government says it does not want him to come back. The Syrian-born cleric told the BBC...
Islamic cleric ‘will return’ to UK
Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed has claimed that he will return to Britain from Lebanon, unless the UK government says it does not want him to come back. The Syrian-born cleric told the BBC...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
Victim injured in overnight shooting
Police are appealing for information after a man was shot in Londonderry on Monday. The victim was sitting in the front room of a house in Glen Galliagh Park when a shot was fired through the window....
Victim injured in overnight shooting
Police are appealing for information after a man was shot in Londonderry on Monday. The victim was sitting in the front room of a house in Glen Galliagh Park when a shot was fired through the window....
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
Sinn Fein councillor targeted in petrol bomb attack
The home of a Sinn Fein councillor has been targeted in a petrol bomb attack overnight. Councillor Dessie Ward was inside his Edenderry Park home in Banbridge with his mother and younger brother when...
Sinn Fein councillor targeted in petrol bomb attack
The home of a Sinn Fein councillor has been targeted in a petrol bomb attack overnight. Councillor Dessie Ward was inside his Edenderry Park home in Banbridge with his mother and younger brother when...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
Discovery lands safely in California
Space Shuttle Discovery has landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 13:12hrs BST after completing the complex series of de-orbit manouevres. Mission Control had earlier ruled out a l...
Discovery lands safely in California
Space Shuttle Discovery has landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 13:12hrs BST after completing the complex series of de-orbit manouevres. Mission Control had earlier ruled out a l...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
Calls for rate cuts as High Street sales suffer
The British Retail Consortium has backed calls for further interest rates cuts, as retailers suffered their worst July in a decade. According to the latest BRC figures, retail sales in the UK fell 1....
Calls for rate cuts as High Street sales suffer
The British Retail Consortium has backed calls for further interest rates cuts, as retailers suffered their worst July in a decade. According to the latest BRC figures, retail sales in the UK fell 1....
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
Businesses urged to reduce water use
UK firms are being urged to reduce the amount of water wastage, as it emerged that Southern England has had its driest nine months since 1976. According to Envirowise, the government-funded efficienc...
Businesses urged to reduce water use
UK firms are being urged to reduce the amount of water wastage, as it emerged that Southern England has had its driest nine months since 1976. According to Envirowise, the government-funded efficienc...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
Historic pendant returned to Lord Mayor
An appeal by the Lord Mayor of Belfast for the return of a pendant which had fallen off the necklace of the Lady Mayoress’s chain has been answered after it was returned on Tuesday. Councillor Wallac...
Historic pendant returned to Lord Mayor
An appeal by the Lord Mayor of Belfast for the return of a pendant which had fallen off the necklace of the Lady Mayoress’s chain has been answered after it was returned on Tuesday. Councillor Wallac...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
New training programme for junior doctors launched
A new system of postgraduate medical training for junior doctors begins in the UK this week. Nearly 5,000 trainees are beginning the two-year Foundation Programme, which is replacing the existing hou...
New training programme for junior doctors launched
A new system of postgraduate medical training for junior doctors begins in the UK this week. Nearly 5,000 trainees are beginning the two-year Foundation Programme, which is replacing the existing hou...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
Ballymoney Foods future more secure after UK sale
The future of a Co Antrim food processing plant looks more secure after it was sold to a larger UK food processor. Ballymoney Foods laid off more than 40 staff in June after the firm struggled to com...
Ballymoney Foods future more secure after UK sale
The future of a Co Antrim food processing plant looks more secure after it was sold to a larger UK food processor. Ballymoney Foods laid off more than 40 staff in June after the firm struggled to com...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2005
NI businesses experience high crime rate
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has launched a new report criticising the Government for not giving crime against businesses the priority it deserves. The report - Cracking Business Crime - ...
NI businesses experience high crime rate
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has launched a new report criticising the Government for not giving crime against businesses the priority it deserves. The report - Cracking Business Crime - ...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
Task force launched to help disabled workers
A new task force has been launched to help assist people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions into employment. Remploy, a leading provider of jobs for disabled people, together wit...
Task force launched to help disabled workers
A new task force has been launched to help assist people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions into employment. Remploy, a leading provider of jobs for disabled people, together wit...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2005
VJ Day commemorations to receive Lottery grants
The government has announced lottery funding for events marking the 60th anniversary of VJ Day across the UK, next week. Nearly 3,000 projects across the UK have received grants from the £17 million ...
VJ Day commemorations to receive Lottery grants
The government has announced lottery funding for events marking the 60th anniversary of VJ Day across the UK, next week. Nearly 3,000 projects across the UK have received grants from the £17 million ...
Recruitment News, Aug 9, 2005
Knowledge versus experience – What do employers really want?
A recent report, 'Seven Years On: Graduate Careers in a Changing Labour Market' has revealed some interesting findings which throw light on the question: is a degree still worth doing? According to t...
Knowledge versus experience – What do employers really want?
A recent report, 'Seven Years On: Graduate Careers in a Changing Labour Market' has revealed some interesting findings which throw light on the question: is a degree still worth doing? According to t...
UK National News, Aug 8, 2005
Four London bomb suspects appear in court
Four men have appeared in court in connection with the attempted bomb attacks in London on July 21. Ibrahim Muktar Said, 27, from Stoke Newington, Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, from New Southgate and Ramzi...
Four London bomb suspects appear in court
Four men have appeared in court in connection with the attempted bomb attacks in London on July 21. Ibrahim Muktar Said, 27, from Stoke Newington, Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, from New Southgate and Ramzi...
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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.
