Northern Ireland News for March 2007 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
Police 'justified' in opening fire on man
A police officer who shot a man that planted a bomb in Belfast city centre was justified in doing so, according to a report by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman. Nuala O’Loan said it was necessar...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2007
Council tax report recommends changes
People living in the most expensive properties in England should pay more council tax, a report has recommended. The review of local government funding, conducted by Sir Michael Lyons, recommends the...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
Ombudsman report 'error riddled'
Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan has defended herself over allegations that her report into collusion was riddled with inaccuracies. The Retired Police Officers’ Association has made claims that the rep...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2007
Woolmer death is 'suspicious'
The death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is being treated as suspicious, Jamaican police have said. The 58-year-old died on Sunday hours after he was found unconscious in his hotel room at the...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
Hammer attack criminal returns to jail
A violent criminal who failed to return to a County Antrim prison has handed himself in to prison officers. Barry Kevin Donegan Moyna, 22, failed to return to jail last Thursday after compassionate l...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2007
Four released over teenager's stabbing
Three men arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Adam Regis in east London at the weekend have been released without charge. The men, aged 22, 20 and 19, were arrested at an ad...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2007
Funeral of murdered toddler held
More than 100 mourners have attended the funeral of murdered toddler Casey Leigh Mullen. The two-year-old was found dead at her home in Oak Tree Crescent in Gipton in Leeds on February 11. A post-mo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
Eagle announces go-ahead for school buildings programme
Education Minister, Maria Eagle, today announced that 84 schools across Northern Ireland should proceed with their building works as planned. The projects, worth an estimated £580 million, had been t...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2007
Angelina Jolie completes adoption of Vietnamese boy
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has completed her adoption of a three-year-old Vietnamese boy and the pair are now reported to be on the way back to the US. The Oscar-winning actress made a short tr...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
Phoenix Natural Gas announces price cuts
Phoenix Natural Gas has today announced prices are to be slashed by more than 14% and possible further reductions are on their way. The news comes just months after the company increased their tariff...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2007
Government web-site launched for children
The government has launched a new web-site for children in order to help them find out about the government, public services and the world around them. DirectgovKids aims to get children from five to...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
New scheme will support victims of hate crime
A new scheme is set to help provide victims of hate crime with home and personal security measures. The government pilot scheme Hate Incidents Practical Actions (HIPA) project, launched by Criminal J...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2007
Heavy metal fans 'very intelligent', study claims
Liking heavy metal music could be a sign of intelligence in teenagers, a new study has claimed. The study, by Stuart Cadwallader and Professor Jim Campbell of the National Academy for Gifted and Tale...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
NI youth benefit from £5.2m Lottery windfall
Innovative projects developed by young people to tackle a range of issues including mental illness, disabilities and antisocial behaviour will benefit from a £5.2 million grants windfall announced by ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2007
Jamie Dornan reportedly dating OC beauty
Ulster model and ex-boyfriend of Hollywood actress Keira Knightly has been reportedly dating former OC beauty Mischa Barton. Dior and Calvin Klein model Jamie Dornan was reportedly seen leaving an Ar...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Home Office reveals passport fraud
Around 10,000 passports were issued to bogus applicants last year, including two convicted terrorists, the Home Office has revealed. It is understood that Dhrien Barot, who is serving a minimum sente...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Cannabis addict guilty of murdering teenagers
A 20-year-old man addicted to cannabis has been jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of murdering two teenage friends. Thomas Palmer was 18 when he stabbed Steven Bayliss, 16, and Nuttawut Mo...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Man charged over double killing
A 47-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murders of a disabled woman and her care worker in Southampton. David Tiley, from Southampton, was arrested in Swanage in Dorset on Saturday ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Four arrested following armed robbery
Four arrests have been made following the armed robbery of a cash in transit van in Belfast. The four men were arrested in connection with an armed robbery on the Falls Road near the Broadway junctio...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Spurs fan charged over FA cup match incident
A Tottenham Hotspurs fan has been arrested on suspicion of assault and encroaching after running onto the pitch during an FA Cup match between Spurs and Chelsea and aiming a punch at Chelsea midfielde...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Tube gang jailed for robberies
Four members of a gang of armed robbers who carried out up to 150 attacks on Tube passengers have been jailed indefinitely. The gang, who called themselves the Kensal Green Tribe, were led by Donnel ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Two arrests in Belfast murder investigation
Two arrests have been made following police investigations into the deaths of Joseph Jones and Edward Burns. Police have confirnmed that a man and a woman are assisting detectives with their enquirie...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Petrol bombs thrown at police in Crossmaglen
Police guarding the site in south Armagh where a military helicopter crashed on Sunday have come under attack last night. Stones, bottles and up to 30 petrol bombs were thrown at police in Crossmagle...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Councillor sold girlfriend for sex
A councillor who advertised his girlfriend for sex on the internet has been given a 12-month suspended jail sentence. Alan Burkitt, 48, of West Bromwich, West Midlands, admitted four counts of causin...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Man knocked unconscious during robbery
A man has been knocked unconscious with a baseball bat during a robbery in Newtownabbey. Three masked men forced their way into the house on Fairview Crescent at around 3am yesterday morning. The ga...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Teenager arrested over schoolboy stabbing
Police investigating the murder of 15-year-old Adam Regis in east London have arrested a teenager. Adam, from Plaistow, was stabbed in the chest and abdomen at the junction of Boundary Road and Kings...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Organist pleads guilty to swindling church money
A former organist has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly £150,000 from the church and the bank where she worked. Muriel Stewart, 55, of Carrowdoon Road, Dunloy, a member of the Women’s Association at ...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2007
Online appeal over missing Perthshire man
Tayside Police have turned to the internet in a bid to find a man missing from his home in Perthshire since 1999. Police have launched a MySpace site in a bid to find Adam Alexander - also known as M...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Ships crew refuse to leave Belfast
The Filipino crew of a Panamanian-registered ship have refused to leave Belfast in a row over pay and working conditions, a union has said. According to union Siptu, all but five of the 20 crew on bo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2007
Reforming mental health key government priority
Reforming mental health and learning disability services is a key priority for government, Health Minister Paul Goggins said today. Speaking during a visit to Gransha Hospital in Londonderry, he said...