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Northern Ireland News for April 2006 : Page 7
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2006
Man shot in paramilitary style attack
A 32-year-old man has been taken to hospital following a paramilitary style shooting in north Belfast. The attack happened in Agnes Street in the Shankill Road area of the city at around 10.20pm yest...
Man shot in paramilitary style attack
A 32-year-old man has been taken to hospital following a paramilitary style shooting in north Belfast. The attack happened in Agnes Street in the Shankill Road area of the city at around 10.20pm yest...
UK National News, Apr 12, 2006
Man in court over Securitas robbery
A man has appeared in court charged in connection with the £53 million Securitas robbery in Kent. Ermir Hysenaj, 27, from Crowborough, East Sussex appeared before Maidstone Magistrates Court charged ...
Man in court over Securitas robbery
A man has appeared in court charged in connection with the £53 million Securitas robbery in Kent. Ermir Hysenaj, 27, from Crowborough, East Sussex appeared before Maidstone Magistrates Court charged ...
UK National News, Apr 12, 2006
Community sentence plans for violent abusers
People who beat their partners and later show remorse may escape being jailed under guidelines to tackle domestic violence sentences. The Sentencing Guidelines Council said that offenders who showed ...
Community sentence plans for violent abusers
People who beat their partners and later show remorse may escape being jailed under guidelines to tackle domestic violence sentences. The Sentencing Guidelines Council said that offenders who showed ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2006
Pensioner injured during attempted car theft
Police have appealed for information after a pensioner was injured during an attempted car theft in Lisburn last night. Two men knocked on the window of the man's car, which was on the Belsize Road a...
Pensioner injured during attempted car theft
Police have appealed for information after a pensioner was injured during an attempted car theft in Lisburn last night. Two men knocked on the window of the man's car, which was on the Belsize Road a...
UK National News, Apr 12, 2006
Prince Harry graduates from Sandhurst
Prince Harry has graduated as an officer in the British Army from Sandhurst Academy. The 21-year-old completed his passing out ceremony in front of the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, t...
Prince Harry graduates from Sandhurst
Prince Harry has graduated as an officer in the British Army from Sandhurst Academy. The 21-year-old completed his passing out ceremony in front of the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, t...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2006
Employment in Northern Ireland rises to an all time high
Employment in Northern Ireland has risen to an all time high according to the latest figures released from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Development. According to the government figures for...
Employment in Northern Ireland rises to an all time high
Employment in Northern Ireland has risen to an all time high according to the latest figures released from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Development. According to the government figures for...
UK National News, Apr 12, 2006
Eurotunnel warns over debt pile
Eurotunnel, the group which runs the Channel Tunnel, has warned that its future is in doubt due to its mountain of debt. Eurotunnel, which has debts of £6.3 billion, has requested the opening of a ne...
Eurotunnel warns over debt pile
Eurotunnel, the group which runs the Channel Tunnel, has warned that its future is in doubt due to its mountain of debt. Eurotunnel, which has debts of £6.3 billion, has requested the opening of a ne...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2006
Soldier killed by lightning strike named
The soldier who died after being struck by lightning in County Down at the weekend has been named. Sergeant Carl Stephenson, 29, from Withernsea in Yorkshire was found on the summit of Slieve Donard ...
Soldier killed by lightning strike named
The soldier who died after being struck by lightning in County Down at the weekend has been named. Sergeant Carl Stephenson, 29, from Withernsea in Yorkshire was found on the summit of Slieve Donard ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 12, 2006
Last security barriers removed from Belfast
The last security barriers in Belfast city centre are to be removed this week, bringing the province one step closer to returning to a state of normality. The blockades were put in place at the heigh...
Last security barriers removed from Belfast
The last security barriers in Belfast city centre are to be removed this week, bringing the province one step closer to returning to a state of normality. The blockades were put in place at the heigh...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
NHS Trust fined £100,000
An NHS Trust has been fined £100,000 for failing to properly supervise two junior doctors at a hospital where a patient died following a routine knee operation. Father-of-one Sean Phillips, 31, died ...
NHS Trust fined £100,000
An NHS Trust has been fined £100,000 for failing to properly supervise two junior doctors at a hospital where a patient died following a routine knee operation. Father-of-one Sean Phillips, 31, died ...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
Police mergers approved
Controversial plans to merge several police forces are to go ahead, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has announced. The new so-called "superforces" will be created in East Anglia, the Midlands, South Ea...
Police mergers approved
Controversial plans to merge several police forces are to go ahead, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has announced. The new so-called "superforces" will be created in East Anglia, the Midlands, South Ea...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Harron murder trial jury sent home
The jury have been sent home for the day by the Judge after spending four hours considering their verdict in the case of murdered Strabane woman Attracta Harron. Trevor William Hamilton, 23, from Con...
Harron murder trial jury sent home
The jury have been sent home for the day by the Judge after spending four hours considering their verdict in the case of murdered Strabane woman Attracta Harron. Trevor William Hamilton, 23, from Con...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
Serious injuries as scaffolding collapses
Three people have been seriously injured after scaffolding collapsed at a building site in Milton Keynes. Fifteen stories of scaffolding at the Witan Gate site, where a new Jury's Hotel is being buil...
Serious injuries as scaffolding collapses
Three people have been seriously injured after scaffolding collapsed at a building site in Milton Keynes. Fifteen stories of scaffolding at the Witan Gate site, where a new Jury's Hotel is being buil...
Business News, Apr 11, 2006
TalkTalk enters competitive broadband fray
Telecommunications firm Carphone Warehouse has announced a cut-price residential telephone and broadband package in a radical move that will ramp up competition in the sector. Customers signing up to...
TalkTalk enters competitive broadband fray
Telecommunications firm Carphone Warehouse has announced a cut-price residential telephone and broadband package in a radical move that will ramp up competition in the sector. Customers signing up to...
Business News, Apr 11, 2006
M&S reports sales rise
Marks and Spencer has reported a strong rise in sales, as the High Street retailer's sales revival continues. M&S reported a 6.8% increase in like-for-like sales in the three months up to April 1. T...
M&S reports sales rise
Marks and Spencer has reported a strong rise in sales, as the High Street retailer's sales revival continues. M&S reported a 6.8% increase in like-for-like sales in the three months up to April 1. T...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
Britons hurt in Sri Lankan explosion
At least two Britons are believed to have been injured following a mine blast in Sri Lanka, which killed 12 people and injured another eight. The explosion occurred when a bus carrying Sri Lankan sai...
Britons hurt in Sri Lankan explosion
At least two Britons are believed to have been injured following a mine blast in Sri Lanka, which killed 12 people and injured another eight. The explosion occurred when a bus carrying Sri Lankan sai...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Unionist awarded seats in House of Lords
The wife of DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley has today been named as one of the first three peers ever to be appointed from the Democratic Unionist Party to the House of Lords. Eileen Paisley, along w...
Unionist awarded seats in House of Lords
The wife of DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley has today been named as one of the first three peers ever to be appointed from the Democratic Unionist Party to the House of Lords. Eileen Paisley, along w...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
DUP to attend British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary talks
The Democratic Unionist Party is set to make an historic move and take part in a meeting of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body despite having boycotted it since it was founded 16 years ago. F...
DUP to attend British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary talks
The Democratic Unionist Party is set to make an historic move and take part in a meeting of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body despite having boycotted it since it was founded 16 years ago. F...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
Animal rights protestors admit blackmail charges
Four animal rights protestors have pleaded guilty to blackmail charges in a case where the remains of a pensioner were stolen from her grave. Kerry Whitburn, 36, from Birmingham; John Ablewhite, 36, ...
Animal rights protestors admit blackmail charges
Four animal rights protestors have pleaded guilty to blackmail charges in a case where the remains of a pensioner were stolen from her grave. Kerry Whitburn, 36, from Birmingham; John Ablewhite, 36, ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Man in hospital after Magherafelt assault
A 23-year-old man is being treated in hospital following an assault in Magherfelt at the weekend. The attack is understood to have taken place in the Diamond and Market Street area of the town at aro...
Man in hospital after Magherafelt assault
A 23-year-old man is being treated in hospital following an assault in Magherfelt at the weekend. The attack is understood to have taken place in the Diamond and Market Street area of the town at aro...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Newtownabbey robberies may be linked
Police in Newtownabbey have appealed for information on two armed robberies in the town. The first incident happened at around 9.45pm yesterday, when two males, armed with a handgun, entered a superm...
Newtownabbey robberies may be linked
Police in Newtownabbey have appealed for information on two armed robberies in the town. The first incident happened at around 9.45pm yesterday, when two males, armed with a handgun, entered a superm...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
Bird flu swan may have died 'outside UK'
A dead swan infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which was found in Fife last week, may have died outside the UK. The Central Science Laboratory has identified the swan, which was discov...
Bird flu swan may have died 'outside UK'
A dead swan infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which was found in Fife last week, may have died outside the UK. The Central Science Laboratory has identified the swan, which was discov...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
Two arrests over Securitas robbery
Police investigating the £53 million Securitas robbery in Kent have arrested two men. A 27-year-old man was arrested in Crowborough, East Sussex and an 18-year-old man was arrested in Tunbridge Wells...
Two arrests over Securitas robbery
Police investigating the £53 million Securitas robbery in Kent have arrested two men. A 27-year-old man was arrested in Crowborough, East Sussex and an 18-year-old man was arrested in Tunbridge Wells...
Business News, Apr 11, 2006
Lisburn company opens office in Dubai
Lisburn-based Powershield Steel Doors has set up an office in Invest NI’s Technology and Development Centre (NITDC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company will use the office to develop business...
Lisburn company opens office in Dubai
Lisburn-based Powershield Steel Doors has set up an office in Invest NI’s Technology and Development Centre (NITDC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company will use the office to develop business...
UK National News, Apr 11, 2006
Government announces new working life peers
The government has published a list of 23 new members of the House of Lords. The list includes six Labour peers - including former TGWU General Secretary Sir Bill Morris, Maggie Jones, director of po...
Government announces new working life peers
The government has published a list of 23 new members of the House of Lords. The list includes six Labour peers - including former TGWU General Secretary Sir Bill Morris, Maggie Jones, director of po...
Business News, Apr 11, 2006
Fleet Efficient's plant security covers all-Ireland
Fleet Efficient, one of Ireland's leading specialists in the field of vehicle tracking and plant security systems, can now supply full street level mapping and fixed roaming charges for all of Ireland...
Fleet Efficient's plant security covers all-Ireland
Fleet Efficient, one of Ireland's leading specialists in the field of vehicle tracking and plant security systems, can now supply full street level mapping and fixed roaming charges for all of Ireland...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Charity worker's funeral takes place
The funeral of the father of murdered taxi driver Michael McGoldrick has taken place. The service was held at St Anthony's Church in Lurgan, County Armagh. Mr McGoldrick, 65, who was also called Mic...
Charity worker's funeral takes place
The funeral of the father of murdered taxi driver Michael McGoldrick has taken place. The service was held at St Anthony's Church in Lurgan, County Armagh. Mr McGoldrick, 65, who was also called Mic...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Suspicious fire destroys Derry farm equipment
Police in County Londonderry are appealing for information following a suspicious fire at a farm last night. The blaze is reported to have broken out at around 10pm at the farm in the Ardmore area of...
Suspicious fire destroys Derry farm equipment
Police in County Londonderry are appealing for information following a suspicious fire at a farm last night. The blaze is reported to have broken out at around 10pm at the farm in the Ardmore area of...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Mounted police patrols return to Belfast streets
Mounted police patrols have today trotted back onto the streets of Belfast in a move to tackle crime in the city. The officers on horseback will patrol areas in Belfast, Castlereagh and Lisburn and w...
Mounted police patrols return to Belfast streets
Mounted police patrols have today trotted back onto the streets of Belfast in a move to tackle crime in the city. The officers on horseback will patrol areas in Belfast, Castlereagh and Lisburn and w...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 11, 2006
Government announce 'flexible' police pension scheme
A modernised police pension scheme has been announced that is designed to be more flexible and which will fit around modern lifestyles and working patterns of police officers. The new Scheme follows ...
Government announce 'flexible' police pension scheme
A modernised police pension scheme has been announced that is designed to be more flexible and which will fit around modern lifestyles and working patterns of police officers. The new Scheme follows ...
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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.
