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Northern Ireland News for May 2006 : Page 10
UK National News, May 11, 2006
Legal victory for Chagos islanders
Families exiled from the Chagos islands by the British government have won the right to return in the High Court. The families were exiled from the Indian Ocean islands in the mid-1960s and early 197...
Legal victory for Chagos islanders
Families exiled from the Chagos islands by the British government have won the right to return in the High Court. The families were exiled from the Indian Ocean islands in the mid-1960s and early 197...
Northern Ireland News, May 11, 2006
Fuel laundering plant found in County Armagh
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the PSNI have dismantled a suspected fuel-laundering plant during a joint operation in County Armagh. The operation was carried out last night, during which, officers ...
Fuel laundering plant found in County Armagh
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the PSNI have dismantled a suspected fuel-laundering plant during a joint operation in County Armagh. The operation was carried out last night, during which, officers ...
Northern Ireland News, May 11, 2006
Government urge developers to revitalise old sites
The government is today urging property owners and developers to regenerate vacant, derelict and underused buildings or land to help revive five Northern Ireland towns. Social Development Minister Da...
Government urge developers to revitalise old sites
The government is today urging property owners and developers to regenerate vacant, derelict and underused buildings or land to help revive five Northern Ireland towns. Social Development Minister Da...
UK National News, May 11, 2006
UK trade gap narrows
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK's trade gap has closed markedly. The trade deficit, the difference between exports and imports, of goods and...
UK trade gap narrows
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK's trade gap has closed markedly. The trade deficit, the difference between exports and imports, of goods and...
Northern Ireland News, May 11, 2006
Country Park car death not suspicious
Police have confirmed that the death of a man, whose body was discovered in the back seat of a burnt out car in Glengormley, was not suspicious. The victim has been named as Mark Daniel Edens, 25, of...
Country Park car death not suspicious
Police have confirmed that the death of a man, whose body was discovered in the back seat of a burnt out car in Glengormley, was not suspicious. The victim has been named as Mark Daniel Edens, 25, of...
Northern Ireland News, May 11, 2006
Belfast to celebrate City Hall's 100th Birthday
The annual Lord Mayor's Show is to be turned into one of the biggest street parties ever seen in the city. The event will be turned in to a carnival with a theme of 'celebrate Belfast' and will mark ...
Belfast to celebrate City Hall's 100th Birthday
The annual Lord Mayor's Show is to be turned into one of the biggest street parties ever seen in the city. The event will be turned in to a carnival with a theme of 'celebrate Belfast' and will mark ...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
1,000% loan shark sentenced
A Birmingham loan shark who charged more than 1,000% interest on debts has been sentenced to 150 hours community service. Alan McNally operated the unlicensed money lending operation in the Northfiel...
1,000% loan shark sentenced
A Birmingham loan shark who charged more than 1,000% interest on debts has been sentenced to 150 hours community service. Alan McNally operated the unlicensed money lending operation in the Northfiel...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Murderer 'too dangerous' to be released
A sex attacker who murdered a woman nine months after being released on license was "too dangerous to be released in the first place", a report has claimed. Anthony Rice, 48, strangled and stabbed fo...
Murderer 'too dangerous' to be released
A sex attacker who murdered a woman nine months after being released on license was "too dangerous to be released in the first place", a report has claimed. Anthony Rice, 48, strangled and stabbed fo...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
Major job cuts as army bases close
Around 1,500 civilian jobs are to be cut as part of the military normalisation programme in Northern Ireland. The government will retain just 11 bases and sites for Northern Ireland's peacetime army ...
Major job cuts as army bases close
Around 1,500 civilian jobs are to be cut as part of the military normalisation programme in Northern Ireland. The government will retain just 11 bases and sites for Northern Ireland's peacetime army ...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Killer nurse handed 17 life sentences
A hospital nurse who murdered two patients to "satisfy his lust for excitement" has been given 17 life sentences. Benjamin Geen, 25, was also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to 15 other pat...
Killer nurse handed 17 life sentences
A hospital nurse who murdered two patients to "satisfy his lust for excitement" has been given 17 life sentences. Benjamin Geen, 25, was also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to 15 other pat...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
Sinn Fein to nominate Paisley for First Minister
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has revealed that he is to nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the post of First Minister when Northern Ireland's Assembly is reconvened next week. The 108 MLA's are...
Sinn Fein to nominate Paisley for First Minister
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has revealed that he is to nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the post of First Minister when Northern Ireland's Assembly is reconvened next week. The 108 MLA's are...
Recruitment News, May 10, 2006
John Lewis Planning Permission Overturned
The High Court in Belfast has today overturned a decision to grant planning permission for a John Lewis store in Lisburn, County Antrim, which could have created up to 1,000 jobs. Today's decision re...
John Lewis Planning Permission Overturned
The High Court in Belfast has today overturned a decision to grant planning permission for a John Lewis store in Lisburn, County Antrim, which could have created up to 1,000 jobs. Today's decision re...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Fourth child falls ill in E.coli outbreak
A fourth toddler has fallen ill with a suspected case of E.coli 0157 in Fife, Scotland. Three children are already being treated for kidney failure in a Glasgow hospital as a result of the outbreak. ...
Fourth child falls ill in E.coli outbreak
A fourth toddler has fallen ill with a suspected case of E.coli 0157 in Fife, Scotland. Three children are already being treated for kidney failure in a Glasgow hospital as a result of the outbreak. ...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
Arson attack on County Antrim house
Police in County Antrim are investigating the circumstances surrounding a petrol bomb attack on a house in Rathenraw last night. Minor scorch damage was caused to the house, however no one was injure...
Arson attack on County Antrim house
Police in County Antrim are investigating the circumstances surrounding a petrol bomb attack on a house in Rathenraw last night. Minor scorch damage was caused to the house, however no one was injure...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Three sentenced for aiding Walker killers
Three people who helped the killers of 18-year-old Anthony Walker have been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court. Paul Taylor, 20, and Michael Barton, 17, were jailed for life last year for the racist ...
Three sentenced for aiding Walker killers
Three people who helped the killers of 18-year-old Anthony Walker have been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court. Paul Taylor, 20, and Michael Barton, 17, were jailed for life last year for the racist ...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
Motorcyclist dies in County Armagh collision
The motorcyclist who died following a road traffic collision in County Armagh yesterday evening, has been named, as Drew Absolom Coulter, 28, from Dungannon, County Tyrone. The incident happened at a...
Motorcyclist dies in County Armagh collision
The motorcyclist who died following a road traffic collision in County Armagh yesterday evening, has been named, as Drew Absolom Coulter, 28, from Dungannon, County Tyrone. The incident happened at a...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
UK hacker faces extradition to the US
A British computer hacker is facing extradition to the US, following a court ruling today. District Judge Nicholas Evans, sitting at Bow Magistrates' Court in London, recommended that Gary McKinnon s...
UK hacker faces extradition to the US
A British computer hacker is facing extradition to the US, following a court ruling today. District Judge Nicholas Evans, sitting at Bow Magistrates' Court in London, recommended that Gary McKinnon s...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Woman killed in house explosion
A woman has been killed and five other people injured in an explosion at a house in North Tyneside. The explosion happened at the house in Grey Street around 7:35 am this morning (Wednesday, May 10)...
Woman killed in house explosion
A woman has been killed and five other people injured in an explosion at a house in North Tyneside. The explosion happened at the house in Grey Street around 7:35 am this morning (Wednesday, May 10)...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
Police appeal for information on teenager's murder
Police in County Antrim have launched an appeal to help find those responsible for the murder of Ballymena teenager Michael McIlveen at the weekend. It is understood that Michael and his two friends ...
Police appeal for information on teenager's murder
Police in County Antrim have launched an appeal to help find those responsible for the murder of Ballymena teenager Michael McIlveen at the weekend. It is understood that Michael and his two friends ...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Consultants contracts 'do not benefit benefit patients'
New NHS contracts for senior hospital doctors in England have provided little benefit to patients, a new report has claimed. According to the King's Fund report, the new consultant contract, which wa...
Consultants contracts 'do not benefit benefit patients'
New NHS contracts for senior hospital doctors in England have provided little benefit to patients, a new report has claimed. According to the King's Fund report, the new consultant contract, which wa...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
John Lewis planning permission overturned
The High Court in Belfast has today overturned a decision to grant planning permission for a John Lewis store in County Antrim. Today's decision rejects the application for the £40 million developmen...
John Lewis planning permission overturned
The High Court in Belfast has today overturned a decision to grant planning permission for a John Lewis store in County Antrim. Today's decision rejects the application for the £40 million developmen...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Women rescued in sex trafficking raid
Police investigating sex trafficking in the UK have rescued 19 women in a string of early morning raids on suspected brothels. More than 50 officers were involved in the series of early morning raid...
Women rescued in sex trafficking raid
Police investigating sex trafficking in the UK have rescued 19 women in a string of early morning raids on suspected brothels. More than 50 officers were involved in the series of early morning raid...
Recruitment News, May 10, 2006
Investment Of €28m Promises 100 Jobs In Naas
A €28m investment by Dawn Farm Foods in a research and development unit incorporating a state-of-the-art Meat Science Centre that promises to create 100 new jobs in Naas. Minister for Enterprise, Tra...
Investment Of €28m Promises 100 Jobs In Naas
A €28m investment by Dawn Farm Foods in a research and development unit incorporating a state-of-the-art Meat Science Centre that promises to create 100 new jobs in Naas. Minister for Enterprise, Tra...
Recruitment News, May 10, 2006
NI Shirt Company To Receive Major Investment
A private equity group in Northern Ireland have announced that it has taken a major stake in a Londonderry based shirt factory. Glenaden Shirts is the only remaining volume shirt manufacturer in the ...
NI Shirt Company To Receive Major Investment
A private equity group in Northern Ireland have announced that it has taken a major stake in a Londonderry based shirt factory. Glenaden Shirts is the only remaining volume shirt manufacturer in the ...
UK National News, May 10, 2006
Lib Dem donor extradited to UK on fraud charges
A millionaire businessman who donated over £2 million to the Liberal Democrats has been extradited to the UK after being arrested in a fraud investigation. Michael Brown, 40, a Glasgow-born businessm...
Lib Dem donor extradited to UK on fraud charges
A millionaire businessman who donated over £2 million to the Liberal Democrats has been extradited to the UK after being arrested in a fraud investigation. Michael Brown, 40, a Glasgow-born businessm...
Recruitment News, May 10, 2006
Diageo Moves To Centralise Distribution In NI
Around 40 jobs are to be lost at drinks warehouses in Londonderry and Omagh. Diageo, the company which owns Guinness, is set to close set to close the facilities to open a central distribution poin...
Diageo Moves To Centralise Distribution In NI
Around 40 jobs are to be lost at drinks warehouses in Londonderry and Omagh. Diageo, the company which owns Guinness, is set to close set to close the facilities to open a central distribution poin...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
Balmoral Show gets underway in Belfast
Northern Ireland's most prestigious agricultural show has got underway today at the King's Hall in Belfast. Over 70,000 visitors are expected to attend the 138th Balmoral Show, which plays host to on...
Balmoral Show gets underway in Belfast
Northern Ireland's most prestigious agricultural show has got underway today at the King's Hall in Belfast. Over 70,000 visitors are expected to attend the 138th Balmoral Show, which plays host to on...
Northern Ireland News, May 10, 2006
NI shirt company to receive major investment
A private equity group in Northern Ireland have announced that it has taken a major stake in a Londonderry based shirt factory. Glenaden Shirts is the only remaining volume shirt manufacturer in the ...
NI shirt company to receive major investment
A private equity group in Northern Ireland have announced that it has taken a major stake in a Londonderry based shirt factory. Glenaden Shirts is the only remaining volume shirt manufacturer in the ...
Recruitment News, May 10, 2006
TUC Calls For Co-ordination To Prevent Migrant Worker Exploitation
A national strategy for dealing with migrant workers would lead to a greater degree of co-ordination between regional employment, health, education and housing services and would make it more difficul...
TUC Calls For Co-ordination To Prevent Migrant Worker Exploitation
A national strategy for dealing with migrant workers would lead to a greater degree of co-ordination between regional employment, health, education and housing services and would make it more difficul...
Recruitment News, May 10, 2006
Government Urges Employers To Back Age Positive Week
Employers are being called on to join the fight to tackle ageism at work for Age Positive Week, a national awareness initiative running from May 8 to May 12. Run by the Department for Work and Pensio...
Government Urges Employers To Back Age Positive Week
Employers are being called on to join the fight to tackle ageism at work for Age Positive Week, a national awareness initiative running from May 8 to May 12. Run by the Department for Work and Pensio...
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