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Northern Ireland News for February 2006 : Page 12
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2006
Londonderry lawyer remanded on terror charges
A Limavady solicitor, who had private meetings with clients taped, has appeared in Antrim Magistrates Court charged with attempting to incite a murder. Mr Manmohan Sandhu, 41, from Colby Avenue in De...
Londonderry lawyer remanded on terror charges
A Limavady solicitor, who had private meetings with clients taped, has appeared in Antrim Magistrates Court charged with attempting to incite a murder. Mr Manmohan Sandhu, 41, from Colby Avenue in De...
UK National News, Feb 6, 2006
'Hit squads' to help hospitals tackle MRSA
Special MRSA 'hit squads' are to be sent to 20 NHS trusts which are failing to reduce the number of patients infected by the potentially fatal superbug. The Department of Health revealed that half of...
'Hit squads' to help hospitals tackle MRSA
Special MRSA 'hit squads' are to be sent to 20 NHS trusts which are failing to reduce the number of patients infected by the potentially fatal superbug. The Department of Health revealed that half of...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2006
Man dies in County Antrim road crash
A 22-year-old man has died following a car smash in County Antrim. The incident happened on the A57 Templepatrick Road at Ballyclare at around 11pm on Sunday. A second man was injured in the crash a...
Man dies in County Antrim road crash
A 22-year-old man has died following a car smash in County Antrim. The incident happened on the A57 Templepatrick Road at Ballyclare at around 11pm on Sunday. A second man was injured in the crash a...
UK National News, Feb 6, 2006
Solway Sands search scaled back
Liverpool Coastguard have scaled back a search for a number of Polish cocklers reported missing on Solway Sands. A major search, commenced following a report that up to 20 cocklers had become trapped...
Solway Sands search scaled back
Liverpool Coastguard have scaled back a search for a number of Polish cocklers reported missing on Solway Sands. A major search, commenced following a report that up to 20 cocklers had become trapped...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2006
Belfast man shot in paramilitary style attack
A 22-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary style attack in North Belfast. The man was approached by up to three masked men while he was walking in the Braehill Park area of the city just befor...
Belfast man shot in paramilitary style attack
A 22-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary style attack in North Belfast. The man was approached by up to three masked men while he was walking in the Braehill Park area of the city just befor...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2006
Postal workers continue to strike
Royal Mail employees are continuing to strike after almost a week of their unofficial protest. Postal services in North, South, and West Belfast have been directly affected by the action, and many ro...
Postal workers continue to strike
Royal Mail employees are continuing to strike after almost a week of their unofficial protest. Postal services in North, South, and West Belfast have been directly affected by the action, and many ro...
UK National News, Feb 6, 2006
TUC launches fund manager survey
The Trades Union Congress has launched its 2006 Fund Manager Voting Survey. The survey asks how investors voted on key issues at company AGMs last year. The survey provides pension fund trustees wit...
TUC launches fund manager survey
The Trades Union Congress has launched its 2006 Fund Manager Voting Survey. The survey asks how investors voted on key issues at company AGMs last year. The survey provides pension fund trustees wit...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2006
Police step up their search for missing Holywood man
Police in Belfast are set to step up their search for missing County Down man Martin Kelly. An underwater search has commenced today at Belfast docks, and is expected to last for the next two weeks. ...
Police step up their search for missing Holywood man
Police in Belfast are set to step up their search for missing County Down man Martin Kelly. An underwater search has commenced today at Belfast docks, and is expected to last for the next two weeks. ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2006
Fuel laundering plants discovered in Armagh
HM Revenue & Customs have discovered three fuel-laundering plants in South Armagh. The illegal operations near Cullyhanna had the combined capacity to produce 80,000 litres of laundered fuel per week...
Fuel laundering plants discovered in Armagh
HM Revenue & Customs have discovered three fuel-laundering plants in South Armagh. The illegal operations near Cullyhanna had the combined capacity to produce 80,000 litres of laundered fuel per week...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 6, 2006
Fuel costs hit Ryanair profit margin
Budget airline Ryanair has reported a 26% growth in passenger numbers, but has seen profits hit by high fuel costs. In the third financial quarter, the airline said that it had increased third quarte...
Fuel costs hit Ryanair profit margin
Budget airline Ryanair has reported a 26% growth in passenger numbers, but has seen profits hit by high fuel costs. In the third financial quarter, the airline said that it had increased third quarte...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Samurai sword killer receives life sentence
A Belfast man who pleaded guilty to murdering a 33-year-old father-of-two with a sword was jailed for life today at Craigavon Crown Court. Stephen Henry, 29, from Mountpottinger Road, was handed down...
Samurai sword killer receives life sentence
A Belfast man who pleaded guilty to murdering a 33-year-old father-of-two with a sword was jailed for life today at Craigavon Crown Court. Stephen Henry, 29, from Mountpottinger Road, was handed down...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Body found in Londonderry
The body of a man has been discovered in a flat in Londonderry earlier today. The body, which is believed to be that of a 19-year-old man, was discovered at a flat in the Galliagh Park area of the ci...
Body found in Londonderry
The body of a man has been discovered in a flat in Londonderry earlier today. The body, which is believed to be that of a 19-year-old man, was discovered at a flat in the Galliagh Park area of the ci...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
Egyptian ferry tragedy in Red Sea
An Egyptian ferry has sunk in the Red Sea and it is feared that over a thousand people may have been killed. The al-Salam Boccaccio '98 sank around 50 miles off the Egyptian coast in the early hours ...
Egyptian ferry tragedy in Red Sea
An Egyptian ferry has sunk in the Red Sea and it is feared that over a thousand people may have been killed. The al-Salam Boccaccio '98 sank around 50 miles off the Egyptian coast in the early hours ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Chief Constable to meet with Law Society over bugging claim
Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde is to be questioned by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's Chief Executive, about allegations that a solicitor, who was arrested in suspicion of terrorist offences, had...
Chief Constable to meet with Law Society over bugging claim
Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde is to be questioned by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's Chief Executive, about allegations that a solicitor, who was arrested in suspicion of terrorist offences, had...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Londonderry family in blast bomb attack
A family in Derry have escaped injury following a blast bomb attack on their home. The couple and a 10-year-old girl were in the house on the Benview Estate in Coshquin, when the attack took place. ...
Londonderry family in blast bomb attack
A family in Derry have escaped injury following a blast bomb attack on their home. The couple and a 10-year-old girl were in the house on the Benview Estate in Coshquin, when the attack took place. ...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
UK ships intercept £350m worth of cocaine
UK ships have seized around three-and-a-half tonnes of cocaine in an operation in the southwest Caribbean. The drugs, which had an estimated street value of £350 million, were seized in a joint oper...
UK ships intercept £350m worth of cocaine
UK ships have seized around three-and-a-half tonnes of cocaine in an operation in the southwest Caribbean. The drugs, which had an estimated street value of £350 million, were seized in a joint oper...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
'Museum quality' art stolen from millionaire's home
Millions of pounds worth of rare art of "museum quality" has been stolen from the home of a wealthy property tycoon. Thieves broke into Ramsbury Manor on Wednesday night and stole hundreds of items, ...
'Museum quality' art stolen from millionaire's home
Millions of pounds worth of rare art of "museum quality" has been stolen from the home of a wealthy property tycoon. Thieves broke into Ramsbury Manor on Wednesday night and stole hundreds of items, ...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
British Muslims protest over Muhammad cartoons
British Muslims have been staging a protest in London today over the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper. Protestors gathered at Regent's Park mosque in centr...
British Muslims protest over Muhammad cartoons
British Muslims have been staging a protest in London today over the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper. Protestors gathered at Regent's Park mosque in centr...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Scientists help in search for teenager's body
A group of scientists from Queens University in Belfast have today joined in the search for the body of missing schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson who has been missing since 1994. The 15-year-old vanished cl...
Scientists help in search for teenager's body
A group of scientists from Queens University in Belfast have today joined in the search for the body of missing schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson who has been missing since 1994. The 15-year-old vanished cl...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Teenager dies in Enniskillen road crash
An 18-year-old man has died following a serious road traffic collision in County Fermanagh at around 9.40pm yesterday. The teenager was travelling in a car on the Killyveagh Road in Monea, outside En...
Teenager dies in Enniskillen road crash
An 18-year-old man has died following a serious road traffic collision in County Fermanagh at around 9.40pm yesterday. The teenager was travelling in a car on the Killyveagh Road in Monea, outside En...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
Inquiry launched into heart tests
More than 1,000 people are having the results of heart tests reviewed over fears that tests were misread. An inquiry was launched at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury after concerns were raised abou...
Inquiry launched into heart tests
More than 1,000 people are having the results of heart tests reviewed over fears that tests were misread. An inquiry was launched at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury after concerns were raised abou...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
Lottery jackpot hits £125 million
Thousands of people across the UK are expected to buy tickets for tonight's EuroMillions draw as the jackpot hit a record £125 million. UK lottery operator Camelot has predicted that sales will be 12...
Lottery jackpot hits £125 million
Thousands of people across the UK are expected to buy tickets for tonight's EuroMillions draw as the jackpot hit a record £125 million. UK lottery operator Camelot has predicted that sales will be 12...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
UK bankruptcies increase
The number of people declaring themselves bankrupt in the UK is increasingly dramatically, the latest figures showed. There were 20,461 individual insolvencies in England and Wales in the final quart...
UK bankruptcies increase
The number of people declaring themselves bankrupt in the UK is increasingly dramatically, the latest figures showed. There were 20,461 individual insolvencies in England and Wales in the final quart...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Glengormley couple tied up during robbery
A couple in their 60's have been robbed in their home in Newtownabbey. The incident, which happened on Wednesday night, was only reported to police yesterday. A gang of up to four men, one of whom w...
Glengormley couple tied up during robbery
A couple in their 60's have been robbed in their home in Newtownabbey. The incident, which happened on Wednesday night, was only reported to police yesterday. A gang of up to four men, one of whom w...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
British Airways reports profits rise
British Airways (BA) have seen an increase in passenger numbers that have helped to boost profits. In the three months to the end of December, BA reported an 8% rise in pre-tax profits of £164 millio...
British Airways reports profits rise
British Airways (BA) have seen an increase in passenger numbers that have helped to boost profits. In the three months to the end of December, BA reported an 8% rise in pre-tax profits of £164 millio...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Belfast City flights cancelled due to fog
A number of flights due to arrive at Belfast City Airport have had to be cancelled due to poor weather conditions of Friday. The flights, which are unable to land in the city, have had to be cancelle...
Belfast City flights cancelled due to fog
A number of flights due to arrive at Belfast City Airport have had to be cancelled due to poor weather conditions of Friday. The flights, which are unable to land in the city, have had to be cancelle...
UK National News, Feb 3, 2006
Destructive virus causes relatively minor damage
Damage from the file trashing Mywife virus which activated today February 3, is reported to be relatively minor. The virus, which is also known as Nyxem, afflicts Windows computers and is scheduled t...
Destructive virus causes relatively minor damage
Damage from the file trashing Mywife virus which activated today February 3, is reported to be relatively minor. The virus, which is also known as Nyxem, afflicts Windows computers and is scheduled t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Security alerts end in North and West Belfast
Army Technical Officers have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious car parked at the rear of the Antrim Road Police station in North Belfast. A number of homes in the area had to be evac...
Security alerts end in North and West Belfast
Army Technical Officers have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious car parked at the rear of the Antrim Road Police station in North Belfast. A number of homes in the area had to be evac...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 3, 2006
Mallusk postal workers join strike
Around 40 postal workers in the Royal Mail sorting office in Mallusk, Newtownabbey, have walked out in support of their striking colleagues in Belfast. Some of the staff also tried to prevent vehicle...
Mallusk postal workers join strike
Around 40 postal workers in the Royal Mail sorting office in Mallusk, Newtownabbey, have walked out in support of their striking colleagues in Belfast. Some of the staff also tried to prevent vehicle...
Business News, Feb 3, 2006
West Belfast secures jobs through unique programme
This unique six week programme covers all aspects of starting a career in a call centre. It offers free training in the following areas: Call Centre Awareness, Telephone Techniques, IT & Computer Ski...
West Belfast secures jobs through unique programme
This unique six week programme covers all aspects of starting a career in a call centre. It offers free training in the following areas: Call Centre Awareness, Telephone Techniques, IT & Computer Ski...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A chilly start with a widespread frost and some freezing fog, any freezing fog slow to clear. Otherwise bright with sunny spells and coastal showers. Light winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Coastal showers dying out with a widespread frost developing along with freezing fog, which could become extensive. Winds remaining light. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
