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Northern Ireland News for August 2005 : Page 4
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2005
Elderly man arrested in connection with playground shooting
A 70-year-old man has been arrested in connection with what is thought to be the acccidental shooting of a five-year-old boy in his school playground in April. Darragh Somers was in the playground at...
Elderly man arrested in connection with playground shooting
A 70-year-old man has been arrested in connection with what is thought to be the acccidental shooting of a five-year-old boy in his school playground in April. Darragh Somers was in the playground at...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2005
Patients miss 10 million GP appointments
The UK’s patients are missing around 10 million GP appointments and 5 million practice nurse appointments per year, a new report has suggested. The survey, carried out by the Developing Patient Partn...
Patients miss 10 million GP appointments
The UK’s patients are missing around 10 million GP appointments and 5 million practice nurse appointments per year, a new report has suggested. The survey, carried out by the Developing Patient Partn...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2005
Help The Aged hit out at gas price hike
Help the Aged today called on the government to intervene to prevent Phoenix Natural Gas from increasing its prices by 25% in Northern Ireland. Phoenix confirmed on Monday that it wanted to increase ...
Help The Aged hit out at gas price hike
Help the Aged today called on the government to intervene to prevent Phoenix Natural Gas from increasing its prices by 25% in Northern Ireland. Phoenix confirmed on Monday that it wanted to increase ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2005
Four vehicles destroyed in council yard fire
Four vehicles have been destroyed following an arson attack on a council yard in Co Antrim on Tuesday. Three vans and a digger caught fire at the Market Road council yard in Ballymena, but firefighte...
Four vehicles destroyed in council yard fire
Four vehicles have been destroyed following an arson attack on a council yard in Co Antrim on Tuesday. Three vans and a digger caught fire at the Market Road council yard in Ballymena, but firefighte...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2005
Boots to provide free chlamydia screening
High Street pharmacy chain Boots has been awarded a government contract to provide free screening for chlamydia. Boots the Chemists will provide the free and confidential service in all its London ph...
Boots to provide free chlamydia screening
High Street pharmacy chain Boots has been awarded a government contract to provide free screening for chlamydia. Boots the Chemists will provide the free and confidential service in all its London ph...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2005
TUC calls for end to Muslim poverty
The government has been urged to tackle poverty and poor health and create jobs for UK Muslims of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin, in a report by the Trades Union Congress. The report claimed that p...
TUC calls for end to Muslim poverty
The government has been urged to tackle poverty and poor health and create jobs for UK Muslims of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin, in a report by the Trades Union Congress. The report claimed that p...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2005
Basic bank accounts failing poorest people
Basic bank accounts are failing to meet the needs of many of the UK’s poorest people, a new survey has reported. The study of 1,520 people on low incomes, conducted by the National Consumer Council a...
Basic bank accounts failing poorest people
Basic bank accounts are failing to meet the needs of many of the UK’s poorest people, a new survey has reported. The study of 1,520 people on low incomes, conducted by the National Consumer Council a...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2005
Rural campaigners call for clampdown on roadside billboards
Countryside campaigners have called for a clampdown on advertising in roadside fields in a new report. The Campaign to Protect Rural England said that the use of advertising hoardings was spreading b...
Rural campaigners call for clampdown on roadside billboards
Countryside campaigners have called for a clampdown on advertising in roadside fields in a new report. The Campaign to Protect Rural England said that the use of advertising hoardings was spreading b...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2005
Home of elderly couple targeted in paint attack
An elderly couple have been left traumatised following a sectarian attack on their home in north Belfast on Monday. The Protestant husband and wife, who are in their 80's, were in their house on the ...
Home of elderly couple targeted in paint attack
An elderly couple have been left traumatised following a sectarian attack on their home in north Belfast on Monday. The Protestant husband and wife, who are in their 80's, were in their house on the ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2005
Fermanagh police issue drink-driving warning
Police in Fermanagh say they are working to dispel the perception that detection of drink-driving offences are only associated with Christmas. Officers said efforts to detect and dissuade drink-drivi...
Fermanagh police issue drink-driving warning
Police in Fermanagh say they are working to dispel the perception that detection of drink-driving offences are only associated with Christmas. Officers said efforts to detect and dissuade drink-drivi...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2005
Castledawson firm breaks into US market
Quality shirts designed and manufactured by a Castledawson firm are now to be sold in upmarket department stores across the US with help from Invest NI. The US breakthrough by Savile Row Company is t...
Castledawson firm breaks into US market
Quality shirts designed and manufactured by a Castledawson firm are now to be sold in upmarket department stores across the US with help from Invest NI. The US breakthrough by Savile Row Company is t...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
Asylum applications fall by 11%
The number of asylum applications fell by 11% in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest figures from the Home Office. It was announced that 6,220 asylum seekers, excluding dependent...
Asylum applications fall by 11%
The number of asylum applications fell by 11% in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest figures from the Home Office. It was announced that 6,220 asylum seekers, excluding dependent...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
Coastguard hit out at flare hoax
Belfast coastguard have hit out at hoaxers who set off a number of flares on the Antrim coast on Monday. Lifeboats from Bangor and Larne were launched after reports of a number of red distress flares...
Coastguard hit out at flare hoax
Belfast coastguard have hit out at hoaxers who set off a number of flares on the Antrim coast on Monday. Lifeboats from Bangor and Larne were launched after reports of a number of red distress flares...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
Extra protection for townscapes announced
New planning policies will aim to protect the distinctive character and appearance of our towns and villages, Environment Minister Jeff Rooker said today. Announcing the publication of the new Areas ...
Extra protection for townscapes announced
New planning policies will aim to protect the distinctive character and appearance of our towns and villages, Environment Minister Jeff Rooker said today. Announcing the publication of the new Areas ...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
Doctors issue warning over ad hoc screenings
Patients are being warned against using unregulated or ad hoc screening tests in a new report, published by the British Medical Association. The report, from the BMA’s Board of Science, warns that un...
Doctors issue warning over ad hoc screenings
Patients are being warned against using unregulated or ad hoc screening tests in a new report, published by the British Medical Association. The report, from the BMA’s Board of Science, warns that un...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
Rory Blackhall died of suffocation, police reveal
Police investigating the murder of eleven-year-old Scottish schoolboy Rory Blackhall have revealed that he died of suffocation. Rory’s body was found in woodland in the Livingston area of West Lothia...
Rory Blackhall died of suffocation, police reveal
Police investigating the murder of eleven-year-old Scottish schoolboy Rory Blackhall have revealed that he died of suffocation. Rory’s body was found in woodland in the Livingston area of West Lothia...
Recruitment News, Aug 23, 2005
Hundreds of jobs to go at Donegal plant
Hundreds of jobs are to go at an American pharmaceutical delivery plant in Donegal, it has been confirmed. Hospira, which manufactures medical devices, will axe 560 jobs as a result of the closure of...
Hundreds of jobs to go at Donegal plant
Hundreds of jobs are to go at an American pharmaceutical delivery plant in Donegal, it has been confirmed. Hospira, which manufactures medical devices, will axe 560 jobs as a result of the closure of...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
Rival factions clash in Belfast
Rival factions have again clashed in north and east Belfast on Monday evening. Petrol bombs and stones were thrown close to shops in Ardoyne in north Belfast when up to 100 youths, some as young as s...
Rival factions clash in Belfast
Rival factions have again clashed in north and east Belfast on Monday evening. Petrol bombs and stones were thrown close to shops in Ardoyne in north Belfast when up to 100 youths, some as young as s...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
Two arrested in connection with killing
Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a man in north Belfast last month. Stephen Paul, 28, was shot at Wheatfield Crescent, Crumlin Road, on 30 July, in what is believed to ...
Two arrested in connection with killing
Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a man in north Belfast last month. Stephen Paul, 28, was shot at Wheatfield Crescent, Crumlin Road, on 30 July, in what is believed to ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
Staff threatened with knife during robbery
Shop staff were threatened with a knife during a robbery in Portrush on Monday. At around 5:10pm a man wearing a balaclava, black sweatshirt, and blue jeans entered the Chemist shop and after threate...
Staff threatened with knife during robbery
Shop staff were threatened with a knife during a robbery in Portrush on Monday. At around 5:10pm a man wearing a balaclava, black sweatshirt, and blue jeans entered the Chemist shop and after threate...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
Eighth suspect arrested over Anthony Walker murder
Police have confirmed that an eighth man has been arrested in connection with the murder of teenager Anthony Walker. Merseyside Police confirmed that a 20-year-old man from Huyton, Liverpool, was arr...
Eighth suspect arrested over Anthony Walker murder
Police have confirmed that an eighth man has been arrested in connection with the murder of teenager Anthony Walker. Merseyside Police confirmed that a 20-year-old man from Huyton, Liverpool, was arr...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
BA ‘optimistic’ about Gate Gourmet deal
British Airways have said they are “optimistic” of reaching a new deal with its troubled catering supplier Gate Gourmet. On Monday, the US-owned catering firm warned that its UK operation faced colla...
BA ‘optimistic’ about Gate Gourmet deal
British Airways have said they are “optimistic” of reaching a new deal with its troubled catering supplier Gate Gourmet. On Monday, the US-owned catering firm warned that its UK operation faced colla...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
Health and wealth do not reduce dementia risk, study warns
Improved health and mortality are not likely to protect against the risk of developing dementia, a new study from the Medical Research Council has claimed. The study, which involved more than 13,000 ...
Health and wealth do not reduce dementia risk, study warns
Improved health and mortality are not likely to protect against the risk of developing dementia, a new study from the Medical Research Council has claimed. The study, which involved more than 13,000 ...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
Young people ‘worse off’ than parents
Young people are in a worse economic position than their parents, a new survey has revealed. A report by independent think-tank Reform dubbed those under the age of 35 the ‘IPOD Generation’ – standin...
Young people ‘worse off’ than parents
Young people are in a worse economic position than their parents, a new survey has revealed. A report by independent think-tank Reform dubbed those under the age of 35 the ‘IPOD Generation’ – standin...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
Higher value markets produce sustainable returns, says minister
Agriculture Minister Jeff Rooker has announced two grant awards totalling £134,500 to encourage moves towards new higher-value markets. The recipients of the new awards, which are made under the EU M...
Higher value markets produce sustainable returns, says minister
Agriculture Minister Jeff Rooker has announced two grant awards totalling £134,500 to encourage moves towards new higher-value markets. The recipients of the new awards, which are made under the EU M...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
Farmers convicted in separate sheep irregularities
Two farmers have been convicted in court on separate offences under the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations (SAPS). SAPS is an EC based subsidy scheme payable annually on eligible ewes. In order to clai...
Farmers convicted in separate sheep irregularities
Two farmers have been convicted in court on separate offences under the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations (SAPS). SAPS is an EC based subsidy scheme payable annually on eligible ewes. In order to clai...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2005
'Come dancing' at Queen's musical extravaganza
A unique toe-tapping, high-stepping musical event at Queen's University next month is set to bring the audience to its feet in more ways than one. The concert, on Saturday 17 September, will feature ...
'Come dancing' at Queen's musical extravaganza
A unique toe-tapping, high-stepping musical event at Queen's University next month is set to bring the audience to its feet in more ways than one. The concert, on Saturday 17 September, will feature ...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2005
Guinea pig farm closes following intimidation
A farm, which was targeted by animal rights extremists for six years, has announced that it is to stop breeding guinea pigs for medical research. The Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch, Staffordshire, whi...
Guinea pig farm closes following intimidation
A farm, which was targeted by animal rights extremists for six years, has announced that it is to stop breeding guinea pigs for medical research. The Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch, Staffordshire, whi...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2005
‘Piano Man’ returns home to Germany
The mysterious ‘Piano Man’ has been identified and has been discharged from hospital, it has emerged. West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust, which had been caring for the man since April, confirmed tha...
‘Piano Man’ returns home to Germany
The mysterious ‘Piano Man’ has been identified and has been discharged from hospital, it has emerged. West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust, which had been caring for the man since April, confirmed tha...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2005
Search on for Giant’s Causeway visitors’ centre designer
An international competition to appoint an exhibition and interpretative designer to design the interior of the planned new Visitors’ Centre at the Giant’s Causeway was launched today. The competitio...
Search on for Giant’s Causeway visitors’ centre designer
An international competition to appoint an exhibition and interpretative designer to design the interior of the planned new Visitors’ Centre at the Giant’s Causeway was launched today. The competitio...
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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.
