Northern Ireland News for May 2006 : Page 3

Northern Ireland News, May 26, 2006
Ikea propose larger Belfast store
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has applied for more space on which to build their new planned store just outside Belfast. An additional 3,200 sq metres has been added onto the original size of the lan...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
Retirement age to rise to 68
The state pension age is to rise to 68, under new pension proposals announced by the government today. The government's White Paper on pensions reform said that the state pension age will be increase...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
10,000 women still waiting for breast screening
Over 10,000 women in Northern Ireland are waiting for breast screening in the Northern Health Board area, it has been revealed. The Northern Health and Social Services Board (NHSSB) covers the Counci...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
NI political parties invited to join 'devolution' committee
The Northern ireland Secretary of State, Peter Hain, has today invited the main political parties to sit on an Assembly Committee in a bid to restore devolution. It is understood that each of the mai...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Further Education Colleges hit by strike action
Further education colleges across Northern Ireland have today been hit by strikes as lecturers take industrial action over a pay dispute. The college professors are striking in a bid to have their wa...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
Doorman faces second murder charge
A nightclub doorman due to stand trial for the murder of French student Amelie Delgrange has been charged with a second murder. Levi Bellfield, 37, from West Drayton, west London, will appear before ...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Police officer injured in hit and run
Police in Newry have appealed for information after an officer was injured in a hit and run incident this afternoon. Detectives have said that the officer was struck by a lorry, which failed to stop ...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
Police hunt for hooded gunman
Police are searching for a hooded gunman suspected of carrying out two shootings in north London. A white man wearing a grey hooded top was spotted at the scene of both shootings, which took place on...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Guarded welcome for pension reforms
The Federation of Small Business has today welcomed the Government’s plans for UK pensions. The Federation's Policy Chairman Wilfred Mitchell said that business organisations noted the Government’s a...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
Anti-terror police quiz suspects
Eight men are being questioned by anti-terror police after being arrested in a series of raids across England on Wednesday. More than 500 police officers took part in the raids, which were carried ou...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Paedophile priest returned to prison
A Catholic priest who had previously served a jail term for indecently assaulting young children, has today been returned to prison for a second time. Daniel Curran, 56, from Bryansford Avenue in New...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
Reward offered over Nisha murder
Crimestoppers have offered a £30,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri. The 29-year-old died after being stab...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
MoD launches anti-harassment plan
A new action plan to prevent and deal with sexual harassment in the Armed Forces has been launched by the Ministry of Defence. The announcement comes after a survey by the MoD and the Equal Opportuni...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Government bid to stamp out benefit fraud
A new report by the Criminal Justice Inspection Agency, today revealed that Social Security chiefs in Northern Ireland are squandering their powers to crack down on benefit fraud. It is understood th...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Teenager assaulted during south Belfast burglary
A teenager has been assaulted during a burglary in his home in south Belfast. Two masked men, one armed with a hammer, broke in to the house in Trossachs Drive in the Finaghy area of the city, just b...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
More drought orders issued
The government has issued three more drought orders as fears continue to grow that south east England could face its worst drought for a hundred years. Mid Kent has been issued with one order, while ...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Newtownabbey woman attacked by bogus caller
Police in Newtownabbey have appealed for information following a report of a bogus caller in the Greenisland area yesterday morning. Police have said that a a man claiming to be from the water serv...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
UK consumer spending slows in Q1
Consumer spending has slowed in the UK in the first quarter, but overall this was evened out by increased activity in the manufacturing sector, as the level of UK performance reached the expected 2.2%...
Northern Ireland News, May 25, 2006
Sex offender surrenders to police
A sex offender, who went missing from a bail hostel in Lancashire, has given himself up to police. William Knowles, 44, originally from Larne in County Antrim, failed to sign on at the hostel in Bury...
UK National News, May 25, 2006
Shoppers choose healthier options
The average UK shopper is developing healthier tastes, according to a government report. The Family Food Expenditure 2004/05 report, published by Defra, showed that shoppers were now buying more fres...
UK National News, May 24, 2006
Ex-wives win Lords divorce ruling
The Law Lords have ruled in favour of the ex-wives in two multi-million pound divorce cases. In the first case, the Law Lords upheld a ruling that awarded Melissa Miller £5 million of her husband Ala...
UK National News, May 24, 2006
Herceptin granted UK license
Breast cancer drug Herceptin has been licensed for use in the early stages of the disease in the UK by the European Medicines Agency. The drug, which is already used in Britain to treat the later sta...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2006
Knife crime 'disposal' campaign launched
A major campaign aimed at tackling knife crime in Northern Ireland has been launched in Belfast today. The campaign, which starts with an initial three-week amnesty period, is urging people to place ...
UK National News, May 24, 2006
Arrests made in anti-terror raids
Seven people are being held following a series of early morning raids carried out by anti-terrorist police across the UK on Wednesday. Eighteen addresses were raided in Manchester, Merseyside, Middle...
Northern Ireland News, May 24, 2006
Two injured in shootings
Two people have been injured in separate paramilitary-style shooting attacks in Belfast. In the Conway Street area of North Belfast a 17-year-old was shot in the leg by two masked men shortly before ...
UK National News, May 24, 2006
Nationwide knife amnesty begins
The first national knife amnesty for over 10 years has begun in the UK. Until June 30, people will be given the chance to hand in knives without fear of prosecution. A joint poster campaign by the H...
UK National News, May 24, 2006
Briton jailed for Thailand killing
A British man has been jailed for ten years in Thailand for the murder of his girlfriend. Paul Chetwynd-Talbot, 31, from Bristol, turned himself into police after killing Debra O'Hanlon, 31, from Nor...
UK National News, May 24, 2006
Police seek witnesses in teenager murder case
Police investigating the murder of a teenager in Kent have released CCTV images of potential witnesses to the attack. Christopher Alaneme, 18, was stabbed in Sheerness High Street on April 21 and die...
Recruitment News, May 24, 2006
Committment Reviewed To Reduce Workplace Deaths
Mr Tony Killeen, the Minister for Labour Affairs, delivering the opening address at the Construction Safety Summit has stressed the need to reduce workplace deaths and injuries. At the summit, jointl...
Recruitment News, May 24, 2006
Ireland 'Punches Above Weight' In Attracting Investors
“Ireland continues to punch above its weight when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment”, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin has said in response to the recent pu...