Northern Ireland News for June 2007 : Page 10

Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
Suicide charity planning £350,000 centre of excellence
A suicide awareness charity is to build a £350,000 centre of excellence, it has been revealed. The Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicde and Self-Harm (PIPS) will be expanding its premises, ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
£2 million cash boost for Belfast company
Global financing services company Wombat Financial Software is to create 77 jobs through a £2 million investment. American-owned Wombat, which established its Belfast operation in 2005 with assistanc...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
British soldier killed in Iraq
A British soldier has been killed in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The soldier, from 4th Battalion The Rifles, was part of a patrol conducting a search and detention operation in the A...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
Man remanded over wife's murder
A 62-year-old man has been remanded in custody, after appearing in court charged with the murder of his estranged wife. Harold Ingram, from Don Grove in Cannock, Staffordshire, appeared before Cannoc...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
US Special Envoy visits Policing Board

The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board have met with US Special Envoy, Dr Paula Dobriansky and US Consul General to Belfast, Dean Pittman, at the Board's Belfast ...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
Virgin launch biodiesel train
The first train to run on biodiesel is being launched by the Virgin rail network. It is understood that one of the firm's Voyager trains has been modified in order to use the environmentally friendly...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
Tidal turbine confirmed for Strangford narrows
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has confirmed that installation of its SeaGen commercial tidal energy system will commence during the week of August 20 on Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. At 1.2MW...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
Billy Cox murder suspect released on bail
A 20-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of London teenager Billy Cox has been released on police bail. The suspect, believed to be the first person arrested in the inquiry, was arres...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
Refurbishment for Belfast’s Ulster Hall
Belfast’s Ulster Hall is set to undergo a complete refurbishment which will cost almost £8.5 million. Arts and Culture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced the public funding during a visit to the ...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
Groom in jail following stag stunt
A British man is facing missing his wedding after being jailed following a drunken stag night prank. Stephen Mallone, 25, from Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, was arrested after jumping naked into a...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
Belfast illegal fuel site uncovered
Around 3,000 litres of illegal fuel have been seized in west Belfast in an operation targeting the illegal fuel trade. HM Revenue and Customs and the PSNI visited the commercial premises in the St Ag...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
NHS has '£500 million budget surplus'
The NHS had a budget surplus of more than £500 million during 2006-2007, the government has announced. The balancing of the books was achieved by a series of service and job cuts, extra cash due to t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
Fujitsu to create 400 jobs in NI
Economy Minister Nigel Dodds has announced that an £18 million investment by Fujitsu Services will create over 400 new jobs in Londonderry and Belfast. With £5.65 million of support from Invest North...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
Orde says 'No' to unarmed police force
At the first Policing Board meeting involving Sinn Fein, the PSNI Chief Constable was challenged today by Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey to say when an unarmed police force would patrol in Northern Ireland. ...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
City boss' daughter dies from injuries
The two-year-old daughter of a City businessman has died after suffering serious head injuries at the weekend. Yanire Izaga died at St Thomas' Hospital on Tuesday. She had been taken there on Sunday ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
MLAs disagree on building sales
The Assembly finance committee has clashed over plans by the Department of Finance and Personnel to sell off 77 properties. The property sale, which could cost in the region of £1.5 billion over 20 y...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
Kate died from 'multiple stab wounds'
Kate Beagley, the Surrey woman who was found dead in woods in Hertfordshire on Monday, was stabbed to death, it has been revealed. A post-mortem revealed that the 32-year-old from Walton-on-Thames di...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
Man arrested over teenager's shooting
A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of London teenager Billy Cox. The 15-year-old was shot in the chest at his home in Clapham North in south London on Valentine's Day t...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
Teenager arrested over girl's rape
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl in Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester Police said that the boy went to a police station shortly before midnight on Tu...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
McGimpsey sets targets for language therapy
The NI Assembly Health Minister has announced measures to help reduce the length of time children wait for speech and language assessments and therapy. Speaking during a debate in the Assembly, Healt...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
Soldier arrested over sale of ammunition
A soldier has been arrested as part of an investigation by the Metropolitan Police into the sale of army-issue ammunition. The 27-year-old private, who has not been named, was arrested at Baker Barra...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
Robbery at Newtownabbey bar
A bar on the Doagh Road in Newtownabbey has been robbed by a gang of men. A male wearing a balaclava and gloves attacked a member of staff, who was locking up the premises at around 11.30pm on Tuesda...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
Prescott treated for pneumonia
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is continuing to be treated for pneumonia in a high-dependency unit in hospital. A statement issued by Mr Prescott's spokesperson confirmed that the deputy Prime M...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2007
Body exhumed in care home deaths investigation
Police investigating seven suspicious deaths at a Somerset care home have exhumed a body. The body of Nellie 'Mary' Pickford, who died at Parkfields residential home in Butleigh at the age of 89, was...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
Counter services for vehicle licencing revealed
The Department for Transport has announced that, following centralisation of services, local vehicle licensing offices will be retained in Belfast, Armagh and Enniskillen, with an enquiry office at Co...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
Belfast security alert 'hoax'
A security alert in east Belfast this morning has been declared a hoax. Three suspicious objects close to a telephone box were removed for examination after they had been checked by Army technical of...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 6, 2007
Anstey hammers IoM TT record
Flying Kiwi Bruce Anstey set new lap records on lap one and two of the four-lap Superstock event at the Isle Of Man TT. He beat HM Plant Honda teammates John McGuinness and Ian Hutchinson into second...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2007
House fire father 'killed children'
A man who was found dead with his two children in a house fire in Devon may have killed them before setting fire to the house and stabbing himself to death, police have said. The bodies of Iain Varma...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2007
Two released in doorman killing case
Two men have been released in the investigation of the murder of a man who was shot while sleeping in his bed in County Londonderry. Earlier three people, all from the Derry area, arrested on Monday ...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2007
Man in court over Kate's murder
A 27-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Surrey woman Kate Beagley. Karl Joseph Taylor, a football coach from central London, is accused of murdering the 32-year-old from Wa...