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Northern Ireland News for October 2008 : Page 10
Recruitment News, Oct 15, 2008
Good News For NI With Hi-Tech Jobs Boost
While today's news that jobs lost in the construction industry has helped to push NI's unemeployment figure upward in the last quarter is being digested, there's other news in counterpoint today - of ...
Good News For NI With Hi-Tech Jobs Boost
While today's news that jobs lost in the construction industry has helped to push NI's unemeployment figure upward in the last quarter is being digested, there's other news in counterpoint today - of ...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Failed Devon Bomber Admits Terror Charges
A 22-year-old Islam-convert has pleaded guilty to a failed terrorist attack in Devon earlier this year. Nicky Reilly admitted charges of attempted murder and terrorism offences relating to the sui...
Failed Devon Bomber Admits Terror Charges
A 22-year-old Islam-convert has pleaded guilty to a failed terrorist attack in Devon earlier this year. Nicky Reilly admitted charges of attempted murder and terrorism offences relating to the sui...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2008
NI Unemployment Up
September saw the largest monthly increase in unemployment claimants in 22 years, new government figures have revealed. Statistics from the Business Department show unemployment in Northern Ireland ...
NI Unemployment Up
September saw the largest monthly increase in unemployment claimants in 22 years, new government figures have revealed. Statistics from the Business Department show unemployment in Northern Ireland ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2008
Irish Prisoners Attack Authorities
There have now been two messy, physical attacks on the legal system by disgruntled people in custody. Yesterday, inmates at Portlaoise Prison in the Irish Republic were under investigation after alle...
Irish Prisoners Attack Authorities
There have now been two messy, physical attacks on the legal system by disgruntled people in custody. Yesterday, inmates at Portlaoise Prison in the Irish Republic were under investigation after alle...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
UK Unemployment Figures Rise 'Dramatically'
Unemployment figures in the UK have risen dramatically by another 164,000 between June and August, according to new figures. The Office for National Statistics has revealed those out of work has rise...
UK Unemployment Figures Rise 'Dramatically'
Unemployment figures in the UK have risen dramatically by another 164,000 between June and August, according to new figures. The Office for National Statistics has revealed those out of work has rise...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Legal Victory For Lockerbie Bomber
The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has won a legal victory in the latest round of his bid to have his conviction overturned. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am...
Legal Victory For Lockerbie Bomber
The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has won a legal victory in the latest round of his bid to have his conviction overturned. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Other News In Brief
Body Found In Quarry Site The body of a 61-year-old woman has been found by mountain rescue teams in Gwynedd, Wales. North Wales Police said the woman is known to have lived locally, and her death is...
Other News In Brief
Body Found In Quarry Site The body of a 61-year-old woman has been found by mountain rescue teams in Gwynedd, Wales. North Wales Police said the woman is known to have lived locally, and her death is...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Coach Driver Admits Death By Dangerous Driving
A Scottish coach driver who has been released on bail, admitted to causing death by dangerous driving after a crash near Heathrow Airport which left three passengers dead. The Old Bailey heard how Ph...
Coach Driver Admits Death By Dangerous Driving
A Scottish coach driver who has been released on bail, admitted to causing death by dangerous driving after a crash near Heathrow Airport which left three passengers dead. The Old Bailey heard how Ph...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Marks & Spencer To Launch Energy With SSE
Marks & Spencer has announced a partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to launch M&S Energy. M&S Energy will supply electricity and gas to domestic customers and reward them with M&S sto...
Marks & Spencer To Launch Energy With SSE
Marks & Spencer has announced a partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to launch M&S Energy. M&S Energy will supply electricity and gas to domestic customers and reward them with M&S sto...
Recruitment News, Oct 15, 2008
Construction Job Losses Hit NI Unemployment
A step decline in the housing market and the associated construction industry is having an impact on Northern Ireland's levels of unemployment. The construction industry accounted for approximately 6...
Construction Job Losses Hit NI Unemployment
A step decline in the housing market and the associated construction industry is having an impact on Northern Ireland's levels of unemployment. The construction industry accounted for approximately 6...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2008
NI Water 'Worst' At Reinstating Roads
Northern Ireland Water has been blasted for its track record of poorly reinstating roads after completing maintenance work. The utility provider, who was responsible for 20,000 of 35,000 excavation...
NI Water 'Worst' At Reinstating Roads
Northern Ireland Water has been blasted for its track record of poorly reinstating roads after completing maintenance work. The utility provider, who was responsible for 20,000 of 35,000 excavation...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Man Stabbed In 'Racist Attack'
A 24-year-old man has been stabbed in Liverpool in what police have described as a racially motivated attack. The victim, a shopkeeper from the Toxteth area, was attacked by up to six men in Park Roa...
Man Stabbed In 'Racist Attack'
A 24-year-old man has been stabbed in Liverpool in what police have described as a racially motivated attack. The victim, a shopkeeper from the Toxteth area, was attacked by up to six men in Park Roa...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2008
Good News For NI With Hi-Tech Jobs Boost
While today's news that jobs lost in the construction industry has helped to push NI's unemeployment figure upward in the last quarter is being digested, there's other news in counterpoint today - of ...
Good News For NI With Hi-Tech Jobs Boost
While today's news that jobs lost in the construction industry has helped to push NI's unemeployment figure upward in the last quarter is being digested, there's other news in counterpoint today - of ...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Nursery School Children Treated For TB
Thirty-three children from a nursery school are being treated for tuberculosis, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed. The Agency was first alerted to the problem in late July when an adult...
Nursery School Children Treated For TB
Thirty-three children from a nursery school are being treated for tuberculosis, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed. The Agency was first alerted to the problem in late July when an adult...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Infection Targeted Rates of infection following orthopaedic surgery in Northern Ireland have fallen for the third year running, according to the findings of a new infection surveillance report. The F...
Other NI News In Brief
Infection Targeted Rates of infection following orthopaedic surgery in Northern Ireland have fallen for the third year running, according to the findings of a new infection surveillance report. The F...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2008
£350k Play Park Investment In Belfast
Children in east and west Belfast can look forward to safer play places after city councillors agreed to build two new play parks with funding from the Department of Social Development. The DSD has a...
£350k Play Park Investment In Belfast
Children in east and west Belfast can look forward to safer play places after city councillors agreed to build two new play parks with funding from the Department of Social Development. The DSD has a...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Chef Prepared Kebab As Dead Worker Lay Nearby
A fast food shop has been shut down after the owner was found preparing food while the corpse of an employee lay nearby. Jaswinder Singh, 45, of Prosser Street, Park Village, Wolverhampton was cookin...
Chef Prepared Kebab As Dead Worker Lay Nearby
A fast food shop has been shut down after the owner was found preparing food while the corpse of an employee lay nearby. Jaswinder Singh, 45, of Prosser Street, Park Village, Wolverhampton was cookin...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2008
Lady Dufferin's Yoghurt Signed Up By Tesco
An NI supplier who is a little more exclusive than usual has announced a 'fresh' contract with supermarket multiple, Tesco. The retailer is to stock the award-winning Clandeboye Yoghurt in 14 of its ...
Lady Dufferin's Yoghurt Signed Up By Tesco
An NI supplier who is a little more exclusive than usual has announced a 'fresh' contract with supermarket multiple, Tesco. The retailer is to stock the award-winning Clandeboye Yoghurt in 14 of its ...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2008
Women Smokers Facing Deadly Arterial Damage
Female smokers are risking potentially deadly damage to blood vessels, says a new report from a top British medical profession website. Women who smoke are four times more likely to have an 'abdomina...
Women Smokers Facing Deadly Arterial Damage
Female smokers are risking potentially deadly damage to blood vessels, says a new report from a top British medical profession website. Women who smoke are four times more likely to have an 'abdomina...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2008
Ruane Calls For Resolve At Movilla Strike
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane (pictured) has called for a resolution to the walkout by teachers at Movilla High School, in Newtownards. The Minister weighed-in on the debate, after the school r...
Ruane Calls For Resolve At Movilla Strike
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane (pictured) has called for a resolution to the walkout by teachers at Movilla High School, in Newtownards. The Minister weighed-in on the debate, after the school r...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2008
Murdered Teenager Hannah 'Made 999 Call'
A teenage girl who was abducted and murdered, made an emergency call to try and escape her alleged captor, a jury has heard. Hannah Foster, a 17-year-old A-level student made the 999 call so the oper...
Murdered Teenager Hannah 'Made 999 Call'
A teenage girl who was abducted and murdered, made an emergency call to try and escape her alleged captor, a jury has heard. Hannah Foster, a 17-year-old A-level student made the 999 call so the oper...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2008
UK Inflation Rises To 5.2%
UK inflation has hit a new record of 5.2%, as a result of price hikes from energy firms, it has been announced. Official figures show the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - the Bank of England's official ...
UK Inflation Rises To 5.2%
UK inflation has hit a new record of 5.2%, as a result of price hikes from energy firms, it has been announced. Official figures show the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - the Bank of England's official ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2008
Maze Stadium To Be Dropped?
After months of political wrangling, and conflicting media reports, the NI Sports Minister now looks poised to ditch plans for a national sports stadium at Long Kesh. Gregory Campbell (pictured) s...
Maze Stadium To Be Dropped?
After months of political wrangling, and conflicting media reports, the NI Sports Minister now looks poised to ditch plans for a national sports stadium at Long Kesh. Gregory Campbell (pictured) s...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2008
Other News In Brief
Teen Pleads Guilty To Lithuanian Woman's Murder A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a woman whose mutilated body was thrown into the sea. Lithuanian teenager Aleksandras Skirda, adm...
Other News In Brief
Teen Pleads Guilty To Lithuanian Woman's Murder A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a woman whose mutilated body was thrown into the sea. Lithuanian teenager Aleksandras Skirda, adm...
Recruitment News, Oct 14, 2008
Acheson and Glover Announces Tyrone Job Cuts
A leading Ulster pre-cast concrete manufacturer, who helped build Belfast's landmark Victoria Square shopping complex, has become the latest victim of the construction sector slowdown. Acheson and G...
Acheson and Glover Announces Tyrone Job Cuts
A leading Ulster pre-cast concrete manufacturer, who helped build Belfast's landmark Victoria Square shopping complex, has become the latest victim of the construction sector slowdown. Acheson and G...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2008
Public Inquiry Into CDiff Announced
There is to be a public inquiry into the often deadly Clostridium Difficile outbreak in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. In a statement to the Assembly, the NI Health Minister Michael McGim...
Public Inquiry Into CDiff Announced
There is to be a public inquiry into the often deadly Clostridium Difficile outbreak in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. In a statement to the Assembly, the NI Health Minister Michael McGim...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2008
Smith Proposes Detentions Measures After Lords Defeat
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is determined to push through new terror detention laws - despite a crushing defeat of the Counter Terrorism Bill in the Lords last night. Ms Smith said the government wo...
Smith Proposes Detentions Measures After Lords Defeat
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is determined to push through new terror detention laws - despite a crushing defeat of the Counter Terrorism Bill in the Lords last night. Ms Smith said the government wo...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2008
House Sales At 30 Year Low
Estate agents are selling one property a week as the housing market continues to slump. A survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) showed the number of houses being sold across...
House Sales At 30 Year Low
Estate agents are selling one property a week as the housing market continues to slump. A survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) showed the number of houses being sold across...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2008
Third Of Businesses Hit By Crime
Around one third of NI business people have been the victim of crime in the last year. According to research from the Northern Ireland Policing Board, carried out by KPMG, crimes against businesses a...
Third Of Businesses Hit By Crime
Around one third of NI business people have been the victim of crime in the last year. According to research from the Northern Ireland Policing Board, carried out by KPMG, crimes against businesses a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2008
US Envoy Targets Executive Stalemate
Today's expected bid by a senior US official to kick-start NI Executive meetings will add to pressure on both Sinn Fein and the DUP to end the current political stalemate. Hours after a DUP spokesman...
US Envoy Targets Executive Stalemate
Today's expected bid by a senior US official to kick-start NI Executive meetings will add to pressure on both Sinn Fein and the DUP to end the current political stalemate. Hours after a DUP spokesman...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A very mild, but mostly cloudy day, although with some bright or sunny spells. It will be mostly dry in the morning, but a little patchy light rain or drizzle at times in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 14 °C.Tonight:A band of heavier rain will move east during the evening before clearing eastwards after midnight. then mostly dry through the early hours, but a little rain towards dawn. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
