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Northern Ireland News for June 2007 : Page 9
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2007
Carers ‘deeply worried about their financial future’
A report has revealed that carers in Northern Ireland face severe financial penalties when they begin caring for a disabled or ill relative or friend. Carers Northern Ireland carried out a UK-wide su...
Carers ‘deeply worried about their financial future’
A report has revealed that carers in Northern Ireland face severe financial penalties when they begin caring for a disabled or ill relative or friend. Carers Northern Ireland carried out a UK-wide su...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2007
Regeneration pledge for Belfast’s Village area
A Stormont minister has promised to promote regeneration for the rundown Village area of south Belfast. Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie MLA was speaking as she made her first visit to th...
Regeneration pledge for Belfast’s Village area
A Stormont minister has promised to promote regeneration for the rundown Village area of south Belfast. Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie MLA was speaking as she made her first visit to th...
UK National News, Jun 11, 2007
Toddler found in sea dies: Father missing
A two-year-old boy who was found floating in the English Channel has died and police say that the search for the boy's father is continuing. At about 6.40pm on Sunday Solent Coastguard received a cal...
Toddler found in sea dies: Father missing
A two-year-old boy who was found floating in the English Channel has died and police say that the search for the boy's father is continuing. At about 6.40pm on Sunday Solent Coastguard received a cal...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2007
Fewer car crime and domestic burglary incidents
Car crime in Northern Ireland has been halved and incidents of domestic burglary have dropped by a quarter over the past five years, according to the Criminal Justice Minister Maria Eagle. Speaking a...
Fewer car crime and domestic burglary incidents
Car crime in Northern Ireland has been halved and incidents of domestic burglary have dropped by a quarter over the past five years, according to the Criminal Justice Minister Maria Eagle. Speaking a...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 11, 2007
Picnic leaflet advises on food safety
A new report by the Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (FSANI) has revealed that an alarming number of people do not know how to check that meat is properly cooked. The survey, conducted in the r...
Picnic leaflet advises on food safety
A new report by the Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (FSANI) has revealed that an alarming number of people do not know how to check that meat is properly cooked. The survey, conducted in the r...
UK National News, Jun 11, 2007
Deputy Prime Minister leaves hospital
The Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has left hospital following treatment for pneumonia. Mr Prescott, 69, was admitted to University College Hospital in London after falling ill on a train journe...
Deputy Prime Minister leaves hospital
The Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has left hospital following treatment for pneumonia. Mr Prescott, 69, was admitted to University College Hospital in London after falling ill on a train journe...
UK National News, Jun 11, 2007
Coach crash probe in Belgium
Belgian police are investigating the crash of a British holiday coach that injured four people. The coach operated by Leger Holidays, which was on the way back to the UK, had apparently swerved to av...
Coach crash probe in Belgium
Belgian police are investigating the crash of a British holiday coach that injured four people. The coach operated by Leger Holidays, which was on the way back to the UK, had apparently swerved to av...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
Saudi arms deal storm rumbles on
The Attorney General has denied claims that payments to a Saudi prince were concealed. The claims in the Guardian allege that Lord Goldsmith concealed details of secret payments made by BAE Systems t...
Saudi arms deal storm rumbles on
The Attorney General has denied claims that payments to a Saudi prince were concealed. The claims in the Guardian allege that Lord Goldsmith concealed details of secret payments made by BAE Systems t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
Arsonist jailed after causing £10,000 damage
A man who caused £10,000 of damage to a house in Belfast after he set fire to it has been jailed for five years. Kenneth McBride of Castlereagh tried to burn down a house occupied by seven Polish peo...
Arsonist jailed after causing £10,000 damage
A man who caused £10,000 of damage to a house in Belfast after he set fire to it has been jailed for five years. Kenneth McBride of Castlereagh tried to burn down a house occupied by seven Polish peo...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
'Squat murder' man jailed
A man has been imprisoned after admitting to the murder of a man at a squat in Belfast. Noel McComb, 50, was attacked by Stephen Lee Wright, 28, of Donegall Avenue in Belfast in a squat in Ireton Str...
'Squat murder' man jailed
A man has been imprisoned after admitting to the murder of a man at a squat in Belfast. Noel McComb, 50, was attacked by Stephen Lee Wright, 28, of Donegall Avenue in Belfast in a squat in Ireton Str...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
Tuberculosis alert in Coleraine hospital
A Coleraine Hospital is on tuberculosis alert today after a member of staff contracted a rare form of the respiratory disease. The employee from the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, contracted a multi...
Tuberculosis alert in Coleraine hospital
A Coleraine Hospital is on tuberculosis alert today after a member of staff contracted a rare form of the respiratory disease. The employee from the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, contracted a multi...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
Foster suspect can be extradited for trial
A court in India has ruled that the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a British teenager can be extradited to the UK. Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, who was detained by Indian authorities in 2004, c...
Foster suspect can be extradited for trial
A court in India has ruled that the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a British teenager can be extradited to the UK. Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, who was detained by Indian authorities in 2004, c...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
Murdered doorman’s funeral takes place
The funeral of murdered doorman Brian McGlynn is due to take place today. The 28-year-old was shot while at his home in the Fountain Hill area of the Waterside, Londonderry on Sunday. He had been sl...
Murdered doorman’s funeral takes place
The funeral of murdered doorman Brian McGlynn is due to take place today. The 28-year-old was shot while at his home in the Fountain Hill area of the Waterside, Londonderry on Sunday. He had been sl...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
Brown told 'bring them home'
The mother of a British Soldier killed in Iraq has urged Gordon Brown to withdraw troops from Iraq when he becomes prime minister. Rose Gentle's son Gordon was killed in Iraq in 2004 while serving wi...
Brown told 'bring them home'
The mother of a British Soldier killed in Iraq has urged Gordon Brown to withdraw troops from Iraq when he becomes prime minister. Rose Gentle's son Gordon was killed in Iraq in 2004 while serving wi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
Jobs boost for Kilroot power station
A new gas-burning power station costing more than £150 million is to be built in County Antrim. AES Kilroot power station, near Carrickfergus produces around one third of Northern Ireland’s electrici...
Jobs boost for Kilroot power station
A new gas-burning power station costing more than £150 million is to be built in County Antrim. AES Kilroot power station, near Carrickfergus produces around one third of Northern Ireland’s electrici...
Recruitment News, Jun 8, 2007
Jobs Boost For Kilroot Power Station
A new gas-burning power station costing more than £150 million is to be built in County Antrim. AES Kilroot power station, near Carrickfergus produces around one third of Northern Ireland’s electrici...
Jobs Boost For Kilroot Power Station
A new gas-burning power station costing more than £150 million is to be built in County Antrim. AES Kilroot power station, near Carrickfergus produces around one third of Northern Ireland’s electrici...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
Big Brother contestant apologises for remark
Channel 4 found itself in the centre of another racism row yesterday as a contestant on the new series of Big Brother branded a black housemate a "nigger". Student Emily Parr, 19, was ejected from th...
Big Brother contestant apologises for remark
Channel 4 found itself in the centre of another racism row yesterday as a contestant on the new series of Big Brother branded a black housemate a "nigger". Student Emily Parr, 19, was ejected from th...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
Watchdog criticises Miriam Appeal
MP George Galloway's Miriam Appeal, the campaign set up by him in 1998 to oppose UN sanctions on Iraq, is believed to have received at least £230,000 in improper donations, according to a report by th...
Watchdog criticises Miriam Appeal
MP George Galloway's Miriam Appeal, the campaign set up by him in 1998 to oppose UN sanctions on Iraq, is believed to have received at least £230,000 in improper donations, according to a report by th...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
Local future entrepreneurs receive awards
Employment and Learning Minister Sir Reg Empey has issued a special award to the overall winner of the ‘Future Students of Business’ awards. The annual awards are run by the Association of Northern I...
Local future entrepreneurs receive awards
Employment and Learning Minister Sir Reg Empey has issued a special award to the overall winner of the ‘Future Students of Business’ awards. The annual awards are run by the Association of Northern I...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
Attack super-submarine launched
The Royal Navy's new 7,400 tonne super-submarine has been 'launched' by the Duchess of Cornwall at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow, Cumbria. Astute is the first nuclear submarine to be launched in...
Attack super-submarine launched
The Royal Navy's new 7,400 tonne super-submarine has been 'launched' by the Duchess of Cornwall at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow, Cumbria. Astute is the first nuclear submarine to be launched in...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
Deportation woman returns to Belfast
A Cameroon woman who was due to be deported from the UK has returned to Northern Ireland after spending two months in detention. Lordorice Djountso and her Belfast-born daughter Imelda who were being...
Deportation woman returns to Belfast
A Cameroon woman who was due to be deported from the UK has returned to Northern Ireland after spending two months in detention. Lordorice Djountso and her Belfast-born daughter Imelda who were being...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
Call for total ban on North Sea cod fishing
Marine scientists have called for a total ban on cod fishing in the North Sea and also want massive cuts made in the catches of other fish. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (I...
Call for total ban on North Sea cod fishing
Marine scientists have called for a total ban on cod fishing in the North Sea and also want massive cuts made in the catches of other fish. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (I...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2007
LA Galaxy release Beckham for England duty
LA Galaxy has said that the team are more than happy to let David Beckham play for England. Beckham's England comeback at 32 is being viewed as a positive for the LA Galaxy side. General Manager Alex...
LA Galaxy release Beckham for England duty
LA Galaxy has said that the team are more than happy to let David Beckham play for England. Beckham's England comeback at 32 is being viewed as a positive for the LA Galaxy side. General Manager Alex...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2007
ARA freeze assets of £400,000
An alleged fuel smuggler has had assets valued at £400,000 seized by the Assets Recovery Agency, it has been revealed. An Interim Receiving Order (IRO) was granted to the agency, to freeze the busine...
ARA freeze assets of £400,000
An alleged fuel smuggler has had assets valued at £400,000 seized by the Assets Recovery Agency, it has been revealed. An Interim Receiving Order (IRO) was granted to the agency, to freeze the busine...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
Reid announces anti-terror proposals
Home Secretary John Reid has announced a series of proposals aimed at toughening current anti-terror legislation, including plans to extend the detention limits for terror suspects beyond 28 days. Th...
Reid announces anti-terror proposals
Home Secretary John Reid has announced a series of proposals aimed at toughening current anti-terror legislation, including plans to extend the detention limits for terror suspects beyond 28 days. Th...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
Cummings murder inquest begins
An inquest at Belfast Coroners Court into the shooting dead of a 19-year-old Catholic man in Antrim in July 2001 has heard that rival loyalist paramilitaries may have been involved. Ciaran Cummings, ...
Cummings murder inquest begins
An inquest at Belfast Coroners Court into the shooting dead of a 19-year-old Catholic man in Antrim in July 2001 has heard that rival loyalist paramilitaries may have been involved. Ciaran Cummings, ...
Recruitment News, Jun 7, 2007
Belfast Company To Create 77 Jobs
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...
Belfast Company To Create 77 Jobs
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...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 7, 2007
Houses evacuated after gas leak
A number of homes have been evacuated in County Down, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has revealed. It is understood residents living in the South Avenue area of Bangor were forced to leave th...
Houses evacuated after gas leak
A number of homes have been evacuated in County Down, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has revealed. It is understood residents living in the South Avenue area of Bangor were forced to leave th...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
Man jailed for baby's drug death
A drug addict who killed his three-month-old son by giving him methadone has been jailed for ten years. Nathan Grain, from Shepshed, Leicestershire, gave his son Luke the heroin substitute, as well a...
Man jailed for baby's drug death
A drug addict who killed his three-month-old son by giving him methadone has been jailed for ten years. Nathan Grain, from Shepshed, Leicestershire, gave his son Luke the heroin substitute, as well a...
UK National News, Jun 7, 2007
Big Brother contestant removed over racist remark
'Big Brother' contestant Emily Parr has been removed from the house for using a racially offensive word to another housemate. The 19-year-old from Bristol was removed from the 'Big Brother' house in ...
Big Brother contestant removed over racist remark
'Big Brother' contestant Emily Parr has been removed from the house for using a racially offensive word to another housemate. The 19-year-old from Bristol was removed from the 'Big Brother' house in ...
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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.
