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Northern Ireland News for April 2006 : Page 5
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2006
East Belfast to gain Business Centre
The government has announced that a derelict site on the approach to East Belfast is to be transformed into a landmark business centre with job-creating potential. East Belfast Enterprise has been se...
East Belfast to gain Business Centre
The government has announced that a derelict site on the approach to East Belfast is to be transformed into a landmark business centre with job-creating potential. East Belfast Enterprise has been se...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 20, 2006
Nuclear power plant proposal for Derry
Councillors in Londonderry are due to attend a meeting later today to hear a local businessman's proposals to build a nuclear power plant in the city. Robert Andrews has said that the plant will will...
Nuclear power plant proposal for Derry
Councillors in Londonderry are due to attend a meeting later today to hear a local businessman's proposals to build a nuclear power plant in the city. Robert Andrews has said that the plant will will...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Murder inquiry launched after discovery of man's body
Police have launched a murder inquiry following the discovery of a man's body in east Belfast yesterday afternoon. William Weir, 46, from the McMaster Street area of the city, was found in a house in...
Murder inquiry launched after discovery of man's body
Police have launched a murder inquiry following the discovery of a man's body in east Belfast yesterday afternoon. William Weir, 46, from the McMaster Street area of the city, was found in a house in...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Criminal appeal pay-outs slashed by £5 million
The government has announced plans to slash the amount of compensation paid to people wrongly convicted of crimes by £5 million per year. Individual awards will now be capped at £500,000, bringing th...
Criminal appeal pay-outs slashed by £5 million
The government has announced plans to slash the amount of compensation paid to people wrongly convicted of crimes by £5 million per year. Individual awards will now be capped at £500,000, bringing th...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Bomb making materials found during police search
Police in County Armagh have seized suspected bomb making materials including a quantity of fertilizer, during a planned search earlier today. The raid was carried out on a suspected bomb making fact...
Bomb making materials found during police search
Police in County Armagh have seized suspected bomb making materials including a quantity of fertilizer, during a planned search earlier today. The raid was carried out on a suspected bomb making fact...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Hain in 'leadership' plea for Assembly future
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain, announcing plans for emergency legislation in the Commons yesterday, has appealed to local politicians to bring to an end the democratic deficit and dis...
Hain in 'leadership' plea for Assembly future
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain, announcing plans for emergency legislation in the Commons yesterday, has appealed to local politicians to bring to an end the democratic deficit and dis...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Unions consider strike action over Peugeot plant closure
Unions are considering taking strike action over the announcement of the closure of the Peugeot-Citroen plant in the West Midlands. Around 2,300 jobs are expected to be lost with the closure of the p...
Unions consider strike action over Peugeot plant closure
Unions are considering taking strike action over the announcement of the closure of the Peugeot-Citroen plant in the West Midlands. Around 2,300 jobs are expected to be lost with the closure of the p...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Three year sentence for man who imprisoned child
A 37-year-old man has today been given a three year jail sentence after imprisoning a child in a toilet cubicle in a County Antrim restaurant. Richard McFarland, from River Court in Dunmurry, pleaded...
Three year sentence for man who imprisoned child
A 37-year-old man has today been given a three year jail sentence after imprisoning a child in a toilet cubicle in a County Antrim restaurant. Richard McFarland, from River Court in Dunmurry, pleaded...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Drug trial victims offered £5,000
Six volunteers who participated in a drug trial which left them seriously ill have been offered interim payments of £5,000 if they agree not to sue. Lawyers for four of the six men said that the manu...
Drug trial victims offered £5,000
Six volunteers who participated in a drug trial which left them seriously ill have been offered interim payments of £5,000 if they agree not to sue. Lawyers for four of the six men said that the manu...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Institute footballers forced to leave Derry
Two Institute FC players have been forced to leave Londonderry following threats on their lives. French and Belgian nationals, Bertrand Ketchanke and George Ngoma-Kasanda were threatened by three men...
Institute footballers forced to leave Derry
Two Institute FC players have been forced to leave Londonderry following threats on their lives. French and Belgian nationals, Bertrand Ketchanke and George Ngoma-Kasanda were threatened by three men...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Three arrested in connection with Lockhart murder
Police in Belfast have today arrested three men in connection with the murder of a man in the east of the city last summer. North Belfast man , Jameson Lockhart, was fatally shot as he sat in a lorry...
Three arrested in connection with Lockhart murder
Police in Belfast have today arrested three men in connection with the murder of a man in the east of the city last summer. North Belfast man , Jameson Lockhart, was fatally shot as he sat in a lorry...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Humber Bridge death plunges caught on CCTV
Police believe that both a mother and son have lost their lives following a fall from the Humber Bridge. Police have confirmed that the body of a boy found in the River Humber in East Yorkshire on Su...
Humber Bridge death plunges caught on CCTV
Police believe that both a mother and son have lost their lives following a fall from the Humber Bridge. Police have confirmed that the body of a boy found in the River Humber in East Yorkshire on Su...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Lord Falconer to be questioned over party funding
The Lord Chancellor will be questioned by MPs over funding for political parties in the wake of the 'cash for honours' debacle. Lord Falconer will be questioned by the Commons Constitutional Affairs ...
Lord Falconer to be questioned over party funding
The Lord Chancellor will be questioned by MPs over funding for political parties in the wake of the 'cash for honours' debacle. Lord Falconer will be questioned by the Commons Constitutional Affairs ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Police Ombudsman investigates fatal shooting
The fatal shooting of a man by police at the weekend is still being investigated by the Police Ombudsman's Office. Steven Craig Colwell, 23, from Main Street in Cullybackey, died after he was shot in...
Police Ombudsman investigates fatal shooting
The fatal shooting of a man by police at the weekend is still being investigated by the Police Ombudsman's Office. Steven Craig Colwell, 23, from Main Street in Cullybackey, died after he was shot in...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Bowyer receives speeding ban
Premiership footballer Lee Bowyer has been banned from driving after pleading guilty to speeding. The 29-year-old Newcastle United midfielder changed his plea to guilty before the start of his trial....
Bowyer receives speeding ban
Premiership footballer Lee Bowyer has been banned from driving after pleading guilty to speeding. The 29-year-old Newcastle United midfielder changed his plea to guilty before the start of his trial....
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
Two killed in County Antrim road crash
Two people have died following a road traffic crash in County Antrim. The victims were the driver and passenger of a Volkswagen van, which is understood to have left the road in the Hyde Park Road ar...
Two killed in County Antrim road crash
Two people have died following a road traffic crash in County Antrim. The victims were the driver and passenger of a Volkswagen van, which is understood to have left the road in the Hyde Park Road ar...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Insulin inhaler rejected as too 'costly'
An inhaler which would allow diabetes sufferers to inhale, rather than inject insulin has been rejected for use in the NHS by the government's medicines watchdog. The drug, Exubera, would offer suffe...
Insulin inhaler rejected as too 'costly'
An inhaler which would allow diabetes sufferers to inhale, rather than inject insulin has been rejected for use in the NHS by the government's medicines watchdog. The drug, Exubera, would offer suffe...
Recruitment News, Apr 19, 2006
USI Figures Show A Continuing Rise In Graduates
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has welcomed new figures from the Higher Education Authority showing a continued rise in the number of graduates – but urged the Government to act over a critica...
USI Figures Show A Continuing Rise In Graduates
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has welcomed new figures from the Higher Education Authority showing a continued rise in the number of graduates – but urged the Government to act over a critica...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2006
NI voters may be given the opportunity to register anonymously
Northern Ireland voters may be given the opportunity to register anonymously. NIO Minister David Hanson today put forward the plans to introduce an anonymous voter registration system to the province...
NI voters may be given the opportunity to register anonymously
Northern Ireland voters may be given the opportunity to register anonymously. NIO Minister David Hanson today put forward the plans to introduce an anonymous voter registration system to the province...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2006
Queen begins 80th birthday celebrations
The Queen hosted a party to mark her 80th birthday with a number of invited guests who share the same birthday as her. The 99 pensioners – 70 women and 29 men – who share the same birthday as the Que...
Queen begins 80th birthday celebrations
The Queen hosted a party to mark her 80th birthday with a number of invited guests who share the same birthday as her. The 99 pensioners – 70 women and 29 men – who share the same birthday as the Que...
UK National News, Apr 14, 2006
Millions head off for Easter break
Millions of Britons are heading off on holiday to celebrate the Easter break. More than two million British holidaymakers are heading abroad for the break, while an estimated 18 million people will b...
Millions head off for Easter break
Millions of Britons are heading off on holiday to celebrate the Easter break. More than two million British holidaymakers are heading abroad for the break, while an estimated 18 million people will b...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 14, 2006
IRA distances itself from criminal activity
The IRA has today stated that it has distanced itself from former republicans who have "embraced criminal activity," and has also offered an apology for the murder of a man in a bombing in 1974. In ...
IRA distances itself from criminal activity
The IRA has today stated that it has distanced itself from former republicans who have "embraced criminal activity," and has also offered an apology for the murder of a man in a bombing in 1974. In ...
UK National News, Apr 14, 2006
High rate of self-harm among Goths
Teenage Goths are more likely to self-harm and attempt suicide than teenagers involved in other subcultures, a study has found. Researchers at the University of Glasgow surveyed 1,258 young people at...
High rate of self-harm among Goths
Teenage Goths are more likely to self-harm and attempt suicide than teenagers involved in other subcultures, a study has found. Researchers at the University of Glasgow surveyed 1,258 young people at...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 14, 2006
Blades left on children's slide
Vandals have left blades on a slide at a children's playground in County Londonderry. Police have revealed that twelve blades, which were similar to those used for model making, were inserted in thre...
Blades left on children's slide
Vandals have left blades on a slide at a children's playground in County Londonderry. Police have revealed that twelve blades, which were similar to those used for model making, were inserted in thre...
UK National News, Apr 14, 2006
Western Britain sees biggest house price increases
Homeowners in western Britain have seen the biggest house price increases in the UK over the last decade, the Halifax has reported. Cornwall saw the biggest rise, with prices increasing by 268% from ...
Western Britain sees biggest house price increases
Homeowners in western Britain have seen the biggest house price increases in the UK over the last decade, the Halifax has reported. Cornwall saw the biggest rise, with prices increasing by 268% from ...
UK National News, Apr 14, 2006
Conservatives 'still right wing' Lib Dem leader claims
Sir Menzies Campbell has criticised the Conservative party, saying that they were still a "right-wing and unpleasant" party. The Liberal Democrat leader told website ePolitix.com that new Tory leader...
Conservatives 'still right wing' Lib Dem leader claims
Sir Menzies Campbell has criticised the Conservative party, saying that they were still a "right-wing and unpleasant" party. The Liberal Democrat leader told website ePolitix.com that new Tory leader...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 14, 2006
Lisburn fire may have been started deliberately
Police in County Antrim are investigating the cause of a fire in a building in the Castle Gardens area of Lisburn in the early hours of this morning. Police and Fire services were alerted to the blaz...
Lisburn fire may have been started deliberately
Police in County Antrim are investigating the cause of a fire in a building in the Castle Gardens area of Lisburn in the early hours of this morning. Police and Fire services were alerted to the blaz...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 14, 2006
Two die in separate County Antrim RTA's
Two people have died following separate road traffic incidents in County Antrim over the last 24 hours. At around 8am yesterday, a 62-year-old woman died after a two-car collision on the Ballyclare R...
Two die in separate County Antrim RTA's
Two people have died following separate road traffic incidents in County Antrim over the last 24 hours. At around 8am yesterday, a 62-year-old woman died after a two-car collision on the Ballyclare R...
UK National News, Apr 14, 2006
Foetuses 'unable to feel pain'
There is "good evidence" that foetuses cannot feel pain, a report in the British Medical Journal has claimed. Dr Stuart Derbyshire, a senior psychologist at the University of Birmingham, examined the...
Foetuses 'unable to feel pain'
There is "good evidence" that foetuses cannot feel pain, a report in the British Medical Journal has claimed. Dr Stuart Derbyshire, a senior psychologist at the University of Birmingham, examined the...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 14, 2006
EU funding to be examined at seminar
The future of EU Structural Funds spending in Northern Ireland will come under the spotlight at a major seminar in Belfast on Monday April 24. Organised by the European Commission Office, the seminar...
EU funding to be examined at seminar
The future of EU Structural Funds spending in Northern Ireland will come under the spotlight at a major seminar in Belfast on Monday April 24. Organised by the European Commission Office, the seminar...
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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.
