Northern Ireland News for June 2007

Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
Police officers to receive compensation
Many of the 5,000 officers suing the PSNI Chief Constable will be able to receive compensation for trauma. The total compensation bill is expected to exceed £100 million making it the largest and lon...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Suspect device dealt with in London
Police have discovered and made safe a "potentially viable explosive device" in southwest London. The device was found in a car in The Haymarket shortly before 2am this morning. Police were called t...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
Family home targeted by racists
Racists who have daubed slogans on the walls and posted leaflets through the letterbox of a house in south Belfast have targeted a family for three years forcing the woman from her home. The woman wh...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Brown set to complete Cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is due to complete his ministerial appointments today following Thursday's dramatic reshuffle of the cabinet. Deputy leadership contender Jon Cruddas is reported to have t...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Youth jailed for life for nurse murder
A youth has been jailed for life for the murder of nurse Cheryl Moss, who was stabbed to death outside her hospital during a cigarette break. Stuart Harling, 19, from Rainham in Essex, was found guil...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Soldiers killed in Iraq named
The Ministry of Defence has released the names of three soldiers killed in Iraq on Thursday. Corporal Paul Joszko, from 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh and Privates Scott Kennedy and James Kerr, 3rd Ba...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
Rector found guilty over indecent images
A Church of Ireland Rector has been found guilty of possessing indecent images of young boys. The Reverend Stephen Crowther, 47, from Lisnaskea in Fermanagh was placed on the sex offenders register f...
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Recruitment News, Jun 29, 2007
Belfast Gains 200 IT Jobs
A leading global IT and telecoms firm has announced a multi-million pound investment that will create 200 jobs in Belfast. The investment by Tech Mahindra, which is being supported by Invest Northern...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Two people questioned over Madeleine hoax
Spanish police are continuing to question two people arrested in connection with trying to extort money from Madeleine McCann's parents. The pair, an Italian man and a Portuguese woman, are accused o...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
Belfast gains 200 IT jobs
A leading global IT and telecoms firm has announced a multi-million pound investment that will create 200 jobs in Belfast. The investment by Tech Mahindra, which is being supported by Invest Northern...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
Postal strike hits deliveries
Postal deliveries are suspended today as staff across Northern Ireland strike today over pay and business restructuring proposals. Post Office branches are open, but mail sorting and delivery are sus...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Woman 'hit by lorry' on M1
Police have confirmed that a woman whose body was found on the M1 on Thursday was hit by an articulated lorry. The north and southbound carriages of the M1 were closed between junctions 10 and 11 nea...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
50-year-old murder case reopens
Detectives in Herefordshire are reopening an investigation into the disappearance of a 25-year-old man in 1954, after receiving new evidence. The case of Derek Saville, who disappeared from Canon Pyo...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
US Envoy encourages Inward Investment in NI
Economy Minister Nigel Dodds has welcomed the statement by the US Special Envoy on her commitment encouraging inward investment for Northern Ireland. The statement followed a meeting with Paula Dobri...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Murdered girl's friend urged to come forward
Police investigating the murder of Carol Lannen in Dundee 28 years ago have appealed for a male friend of hers to come forward. Carol's body was found in Templeton Woods on the outskirts of Dundee on...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
Medical Centre 'safe' after search
Queen's University Medical Biology Centre has been declared safe following reports of fumes in the area. Firefighters called to the centre on the Lisburn Road declared the area safe on Thursday eveni...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 29, 2007
Maritime Festival celebrates nautical links
Belfast’s close links with the sea are marked on Saturday, when the city hosts the second annual Belfast Maritime Festival. The cutting edge of the modern age will be highlighted by the arrival of HM...
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UK National News, Jun 29, 2007
Lily Allen questioned over alleged assault
Pop star Lily Allen has been questioned by police in connection with the alleged assault of a photographer outside a nightclub. The 22-year-old singer attended a police station in central London by a...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 28, 2007
Woodward new NI Secretary of State
Shaun Woodward has been named as the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. He will replace Peter Hain, who has been announced as the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Prior to his ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 28, 2007
Caravan park owner dies after drinking cocaine
The owner of a County Down caravan park died after drinking a mixture of cocaine and water over a six-hour period, an inquest has heard. Rodney Gray, 33 had started to put the Class A drug into his d...
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UK National News, Jun 28, 2007
More heavy rain forecast for weekend
Already inundated with heavy rainfall in the last week parts of Britain are bracing for yet more heavy rain. The current forecast is for up to 50mm of rain as the Met Office has issued a severe weath...
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UK National News, Jun 28, 2007
Brown overhauls Cabinet
Gordon Brown's first day as Prime Minister saw a radical overhaul of the cabinet which is set to meet today, as several senior Labour party figures stepped down. Jacqui Smith is the first female Home...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 28, 2007
Postal strike to affect Northern Ireland
Postal services across Northern Ireland are to be disrupted tomorrow as Royal Mail staff strike for the first time in more than ten years. Around 130,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (C...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 28, 2007
Police investigate bogus caller robbery
Police are investigating a robbery in the Hillsborough Drive area of east Belfast. A male called at a house shortly after 5pm on Wednesday evening, claiming to be from the Housing Executive. The man...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 28, 2007
Education Minister targets school bullying
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane has spoke today of the dangers that bullying in schools poses to society, following the publication of a new report Ms Ruane was speaking as she received a researc...
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UK National News, Jun 28, 2007
Three British soldiers killed in Basra
Three British soldiers have been killed and one seriously injured by a roadside bomb in Basra. The explosion occurred in the Al Amtahiya district in the south east of Basra City at around 1am local t...
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UK National News, Jun 28, 2007
Body find closes M1 near Luton
A stretch of the M1 in Bedfordshire has been closed off after a woman's body was found. Both south and northbound carriages of the motorway have been closed between junctions 10 and 11 near Luton as ...
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UK National News, Jun 28, 2007
Teenager arrested in connection with murder
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing in north London of 14-year-old Martin Dinnegan. Police confirmed that a 15-year-old boy detained on Wednesday evening was being ques...
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UK National News, Jun 28, 2007
Baby Zoe has heart transplant
The baby girl at the top of the heart transplant list has received a donor heart. At just 18-months-old Zoe Chambers from Hull had already suffered six heart attacks due to a narrow heart valve. Doc...
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UK National News, Jun 28, 2007
Police question Blair for third time
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has again been questioned by police as part of the inquiry into the 'cash-for-honours' allegations. It is understood that further inquiries are being conducted to est...
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