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Northern Ireland News for December 2007 : Page 6
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
PM's Christmas Tour Continues With Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reaffirmed Britain's commitment to Afghanistan on security and economic development issues during a surprise visit to British troops in the country. Just days after he...
PM's Christmas Tour Continues With Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reaffirmed Britain's commitment to Afghanistan on security and economic development issues during a surprise visit to British troops in the country. Just days after he...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Miami Showband Memorial Unveiled
A memorial to the victims of the Miami Showband Massacre has been unveiled in Dublin by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Three members of the band - Tony Geraghty, Fran O'Toole and Brian McCoy - were murdered...
Miami Showband Memorial Unveiled
A memorial to the victims of the Miami Showband Massacre has been unveiled in Dublin by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Three members of the band - Tony Geraghty, Fran O'Toole and Brian McCoy - were murdered...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Aer Lingus' Belfast Flights Take Off
Passengers from Northern Ireland were today able to enjoy yet another flight option thanks to the long awaited arrival of Aer Lingus into Belfast International airport at Aldergrove. The airline laun...
Aer Lingus' Belfast Flights Take Off
Passengers from Northern Ireland were today able to enjoy yet another flight option thanks to the long awaited arrival of Aer Lingus into Belfast International airport at Aldergrove. The airline laun...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
Shawbury Murder Victims Died From Head Injuries
Police investigating the deaths of two men in a flat above a fish and chip shop in Shawbury, North Shropshire, have confirmed that they died from head injuries. A murder inquiry was launched after th...
Shawbury Murder Victims Died From Head Injuries
Police investigating the deaths of two men in a flat above a fish and chip shop in Shawbury, North Shropshire, have confirmed that they died from head injuries. A murder inquiry was launched after th...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
Couple Arrested Over Care Home Deaths
A couple have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five elderly people at a care home in Somerset. Rachel Baker, a registered nurse, and her chef husband Leigh, 48, are being held on suspic...
Couple Arrested Over Care Home Deaths
A couple have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five elderly people at a care home in Somerset. Rachel Baker, a registered nurse, and her chef husband Leigh, 48, are being held on suspic...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Stabbing Follows Community Event
An event that was aimed at giving an Ulster welcome to the many foreign nationals now living and working in the Province turned sour at the weekend. The community relations event for foreign national...
Stabbing Follows Community Event
An event that was aimed at giving an Ulster welcome to the many foreign nationals now living and working in the Province turned sour at the weekend. The community relations event for foreign national...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
New Photo Of 'Missing' Canoeist Released
Police investigating the case of John Darwin, the missing canoeist who reappeared after five years, have released a new photograph of him. The photo shows the 57-year-old with a large beard. Detectiv...
New Photo Of 'Missing' Canoeist Released
Police investigating the case of John Darwin, the missing canoeist who reappeared after five years, have released a new photograph of him. The photo shows the 57-year-old with a large beard. Detectiv...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
Rihanna Cancels Three UK Concerts
R&B singer Rihanna has been forced to pull out of three UK shows. The 19-year-old Barbados-born singer had been due to play at the NEC Arena in Birmingham tonight, but was forced to cancel the gig on...
Rihanna Cancels Three UK Concerts
R&B singer Rihanna has been forced to pull out of three UK shows. The 19-year-old Barbados-born singer had been due to play at the NEC Arena in Birmingham tonight, but was forced to cancel the gig on...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
Wind Turbine Expansion Plan
The majority of UK homes could be powered by offshore wind by 2020. New plans unveiled by Energy Secretary John Hutton could result in up to 7,000 turbines, per two mile of coast being installed to b...
Wind Turbine Expansion Plan
The majority of UK homes could be powered by offshore wind by 2020. New plans unveiled by Energy Secretary John Hutton could result in up to 7,000 turbines, per two mile of coast being installed to b...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
Anti-Drinking Campaign Ads 'May Be Misconceived'
Some anti-drinking advertising campaigns may be "catastrophically misconceived", because they play on the entertaining 'drinking stories' that young people may use to mark their social identity, unive...
Anti-Drinking Campaign Ads 'May Be Misconceived'
Some anti-drinking advertising campaigns may be "catastrophically misconceived", because they play on the entertaining 'drinking stories' that young people may use to mark their social identity, unive...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Irish Santas Scoop World Record
As minor rioting ended in Derry's Bogside following a republican parade at the weekend a parade of a different sort was getting underway elsewhere in the city. A world record was set when over 13,000...
Irish Santas Scoop World Record
As minor rioting ended in Derry's Bogside following a republican parade at the weekend a parade of a different sort was getting underway elsewhere in the city. A world record was set when over 13,000...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Westlink Bridge Opens Sectarian Attack Route
Belfast's busiest road has once again become a 'front line' as tensions build between rival loyalist and nationalist youths. The Westlink – which has previously been the scene of many clashes between...
Westlink Bridge Opens Sectarian Attack Route
Belfast's busiest road has once again become a 'front line' as tensions build between rival loyalist and nationalist youths. The Westlink – which has previously been the scene of many clashes between...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2007
PM Praises Basra Troops As 'Pull-Out' Looms
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised British troops in Iraq as he announced that Basra will be handed back to Iraqi control within two weeks. Mr Brown made the announcement during a surprise visit...
PM Praises Basra Troops As 'Pull-Out' Looms
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised British troops in Iraq as he announced that Basra will be handed back to Iraqi control within two weeks. Mr Brown made the announcement during a surprise visit...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Cops Hosted In Spain For Ikea's Local Launch
Amidst the retailing frenzy that is Christmas, the island of Ireland's first ever Ikea store - at Holywood Exchange near east Belfast - is due to add further to the spending tumult later this week – a...
Cops Hosted In Spain For Ikea's Local Launch
Amidst the retailing frenzy that is Christmas, the island of Ireland's first ever Ikea store - at Holywood Exchange near east Belfast - is due to add further to the spending tumult later this week – a...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Accolade For Kids Litter Advert
Young film makers at St Malachy’s College have proven their award-winning credentials in advertising having scooped top prize in Belfast City Council’s ‘Litter, Camera, Action!’ competition. The nort...
Accolade For Kids Litter Advert
Young film makers at St Malachy’s College have proven their award-winning credentials in advertising having scooped top prize in Belfast City Council’s ‘Litter, Camera, Action!’ competition. The nort...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 10, 2007
Charity's Work For Disabled Recognised
The work of a local charity, which – among other things - has helped people with disabilities to train for and find employment has been officially recognised. The Cedar Foundation, founded in 1941, p...
Charity's Work For Disabled Recognised
The work of a local charity, which – among other things - has helped people with disabilities to train for and find employment has been officially recognised. The Cedar Foundation, founded in 1941, p...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2007
Kidnap Pair Sentenced For Boots Robbery
A daring, "highly organised and sophisticated" kidnapping plot that netted £150,000 was recalled this week in a Belfast court. Jailing two Belfast men for a total of 16 years for their part in the cr...
Kidnap Pair Sentenced For Boots Robbery
A daring, "highly organised and sophisticated" kidnapping plot that netted £150,000 was recalled this week in a Belfast court. Jailing two Belfast men for a total of 16 years for their part in the cr...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2007
Kieren Fallon Cleared Of Race-Fixing
Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon has been cleared of race fixing, along with five other men, at the Old Bailey. Mr Fallon, 42, from Co Tipperary in Ireland, was acquitted on the directions of jud...
Kieren Fallon Cleared Of Race-Fixing
Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon has been cleared of race fixing, along with five other men, at the Old Bailey. Mr Fallon, 42, from Co Tipperary in Ireland, was acquitted on the directions of jud...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2007
Ministers Brief US President
The NI Assembly's First and Deputy First Ministers met US President George W Bush today as the final part of their week-long trip to America. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness urged Mr Bush to take p...
Ministers Brief US President
The NI Assembly's First and Deputy First Ministers met US President George W Bush today as the final part of their week-long trip to America. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness urged Mr Bush to take p...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2007
Jockeys Cleared Of Race-Fixing
Former champion Irish jockey Kieren Fallon has been cleared at the Old Bailey of race fixing. He was acquitted along with five other men - including a jockey from Northern ireland. Mr Fallon, 42, fro...
Jockeys Cleared Of Race-Fixing
Former champion Irish jockey Kieren Fallon has been cleared at the Old Bailey of race fixing. He was acquitted along with five other men - including a jockey from Northern ireland. Mr Fallon, 42, fro...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2007
Post-Mortem To Be Carried Out On Katy French
A post-mortem is due to be carried out on the body of model Katy French who died on Thursday after spending almost five days in a coma in hospital. Ms French, 24, was taken to hospital after collapsi...
Post-Mortem To Be Carried Out On Katy French
A post-mortem is due to be carried out on the body of model Katy French who died on Thursday after spending almost five days in a coma in hospital. Ms French, 24, was taken to hospital after collapsi...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2007
Twenty-One Arrested In Immigration Raids
Twenty-one people have been arrested in an operation run between North Wales Police and the Border and Immigration Agency. Two people were detained on suspicion of facilitating the illegal entry of i...
Twenty-One Arrested In Immigration Raids
Twenty-one people have been arrested in an operation run between North Wales Police and the Border and Immigration Agency. Two people were detained on suspicion of facilitating the illegal entry of i...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2007
Police Granted Extra Time To Question Canoeist
Police have been granted an extra 36 hours to continue questioning a "lost" canoeist, who reappeared after being missing, presumed dead, for five years. John Darwin, 57, is being held on suspicion of...
Police Granted Extra Time To Question Canoeist
Police have been granted an extra 36 hours to continue questioning a "lost" canoeist, who reappeared after being missing, presumed dead, for five years. John Darwin, 57, is being held on suspicion of...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2007
Supermarkets Admit Dairy Price Fixing
Supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury's have agreed to pay multi-million pound fines after admitting fixing the price of milk, butter and cheese, following an inquiry by the Office of Fair Trading. Asda, S...
Supermarkets Admit Dairy Price Fixing
Supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury's have agreed to pay multi-million pound fines after admitting fixing the price of milk, butter and cheese, following an inquiry by the Office of Fair Trading. Asda, S...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2007
Allister Announces 'Alternative Ulster' Voice
An alternative Ulster unionist 'voice' is to be offered to Northern Ireland voters. Targeting those opposed to the previously hard-line DUP's remarkable 'volte-face' on power sharing with Sinn Féin,...
Allister Announces 'Alternative Ulster' Voice
An alternative Ulster unionist 'voice' is to be offered to Northern Ireland voters. Targeting those opposed to the previously hard-line DUP's remarkable 'volte-face' on power sharing with Sinn Féin,...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2007
Ten Percent Of Drivers 'Bump-And-Run'
Nearly one in 10 drivers in the UK admits to crashing into a parked car and driving away, a survey has found. The survey, by car insurance company Direct Line, also found that a fifth of drivers who ...
Ten Percent Of Drivers 'Bump-And-Run'
Nearly one in 10 drivers in the UK admits to crashing into a parked car and driving away, a survey has found. The survey, by car insurance company Direct Line, also found that a fifth of drivers who ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2007
Dog Dies In Arson Attack
A pet dog has died in a suspected arson attack on a family home in Co Armagh. A couple whose home was destroyed in a fire in Armagh city believe they were targeted because they had refused to leave t...
Dog Dies In Arson Attack
A pet dog has died in a suspected arson attack on a family home in Co Armagh. A couple whose home was destroyed in a fire in Armagh city believe they were targeted because they had refused to leave t...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2007
Amy Winehouse Nominated For Six Grammys
British singer Amy Winehouse has been nominated for six awards at the 50th Grammy Awards in the US. The 24-year-old's nominations include a nod in the best newcomer category, as well as inclusions in...
Amy Winehouse Nominated For Six Grammys
British singer Amy Winehouse has been nominated for six awards at the 50th Grammy Awards in the US. The 24-year-old's nominations include a nod in the best newcomer category, as well as inclusions in...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2007
Four Now Held Over Derry Police Murder Bid
The police swooped on a number of locations yesterday and in seperate operations arrested a total of four suspects in their on-going investigation into the shooting of an off duty policeman in Londond...
Four Now Held Over Derry Police Murder Bid
The police swooped on a number of locations yesterday and in seperate operations arrested a total of four suspects in their on-going investigation into the shooting of an off duty policeman in Londond...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2007
Taser Gun 'Shock' Move To Go Ahead
There will be a shock in store for those attempting to evade justice early next year as Northern Ireland gears up with controversial Taser stun guns - and there'll be no hiding place in London either....
Taser Gun 'Shock' Move To Go Ahead
There will be a shock in store for those attempting to evade justice early next year as Northern Ireland gears up with controversial Taser stun guns - and there'll be no hiding place in London either....
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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.
