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Northern Ireland News for August 2008 : Page 10
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2008
Antrim Town Centre Access To Improve
Plans to improve access and movement in and around Antrim town centre have been devised by the NI Roads Service. An Accessibility Sub-Group, set up by Antrim Borough Council, has been working with v...
Antrim Town Centre Access To Improve
Plans to improve access and movement in and around Antrim town centre have been devised by the NI Roads Service. An Accessibility Sub-Group, set up by Antrim Borough Council, has been working with v...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2008
Country Matters Up For Debate
Communities, organisations and individuals with an interest in rural areas are being encouraged to air their views on how issues affecting them could be championed inside and outside government. Min...
Country Matters Up For Debate
Communities, organisations and individuals with an interest in rural areas are being encouraged to air their views on how issues affecting them could be championed inside and outside government. Min...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Girl Held Hostage In North Yorkshire
A man is holding a young girl hostage at a property in North Yorkshire. Armed police have surrounded the house where the man is holding a six-year-old girl hostage. Police say the man, who is in his...
Girl Held Hostage In North Yorkshire
A man is holding a young girl hostage at a property in North Yorkshire. Armed police have surrounded the house where the man is holding a six-year-old girl hostage. Police say the man, who is in his...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
UK Inflation Rises To 4.4%
The UK's annual rate of inflation has risen to 4.4% - which is twice the Government's target, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rise in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) is mor...
UK Inflation Rises To 4.4%
The UK's annual rate of inflation has risen to 4.4% - which is twice the Government's target, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rise in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) is mor...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Speeding Biker Handed 'Robust' Jail Sentence
A speeding biker has been jailed for 15 months for reaching speeds of up to 130 mph on an A-road. Christopher O'Donovan, 44, who was banned from driving at the time of the offence, reached some of th...
Speeding Biker Handed 'Robust' Jail Sentence
A speeding biker has been jailed for 15 months for reaching speeds of up to 130 mph on an A-road. Christopher O'Donovan, 44, who was banned from driving at the time of the offence, reached some of th...
Recruitment News, Aug 12, 2008
Johnston Press Could Axe Another 15 Scottish Jobs
Around 15 jobs are under threat at a leading Scottish free newspaper, recently bought over by industry giant Johnston Press. The award-winning Ayrshire Extra, was sold for £11.2 by Archant last Janu...
Johnston Press Could Axe Another 15 Scottish Jobs
Around 15 jobs are under threat at a leading Scottish free newspaper, recently bought over by industry giant Johnston Press. The award-winning Ayrshire Extra, was sold for £11.2 by Archant last Janu...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Roads Claim Three Lives
Three people have been killed on Irish roads in the last 24-hours. The latest fatality, a man in his early 40s, was killed after a van and his car collided near Crossgar in Co Down this morning, whil...
Roads Claim Three Lives
Three people have been killed on Irish roads in the last 24-hours. The latest fatality, a man in his early 40s, was killed after a van and his car collided near Crossgar in Co Down this morning, whil...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Anne Darwin To Appeal Jail Sentence
The wife of the 'back-from-the-dead' canoeist John Darwin, has launched an appeal against her conviction and sentence, it has been revealed. Anne Darwin, 56, was found guilty of 15 charges of fraud a...
Anne Darwin To Appeal Jail Sentence
The wife of the 'back-from-the-dead' canoeist John Darwin, has launched an appeal against her conviction and sentence, it has been revealed. Anne Darwin, 56, was found guilty of 15 charges of fraud a...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Sinn Fein Picks Fermanagh Council Candidate
Sinn Féin has selected its candidate for the coveted Fermanagh Council by-election. Party advice centre worker Debbie Coyle is poised to stand against DUP heavyweight Arlene Foster and the UUP's Bas...
Sinn Fein Picks Fermanagh Council Candidate
Sinn Féin has selected its candidate for the coveted Fermanagh Council by-election. Party advice centre worker Debbie Coyle is poised to stand against DUP heavyweight Arlene Foster and the UUP's Bas...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Photo-fit Aids Glasgow Police Hunt
Strathclyde Police have issued a forensic artist's impression of a man they want to trace in connection with an attempted murder. Police found the female 47-year-old financial advisor with gunshot in...
Photo-fit Aids Glasgow Police Hunt
Strathclyde Police have issued a forensic artist's impression of a man they want to trace in connection with an attempted murder. Police found the female 47-year-old financial advisor with gunshot in...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Suicides On The Rise - But Ballymoney Folk Living Longest
New statistics released by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland, revealing geographical divisions across the island, show Offaly has Ireland's highest suicide rate. The new report also found sui...
Suicides On The Rise - But Ballymoney Folk Living Longest
New statistics released by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland, revealing geographical divisions across the island, show Offaly has Ireland's highest suicide rate. The new report also found sui...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Englishman Wins Harassment Case
An English pipe fitter has been awarded €20,000 (£15,630) in compensation after suffering racial abuse at his Irish workplace. The man, identified as 'Mr C', worked for an engineering company on a Du...
Englishman Wins Harassment Case
An English pipe fitter has been awarded €20,000 (£15,630) in compensation after suffering racial abuse at his Irish workplace. The man, identified as 'Mr C', worked for an engineering company on a Du...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Neighbourhood Patrols Prioritised Says Policing Board
A newly developed NI Policing Plan - which continues to establish priorities "designed to meet the needs of the public and help make communities safer" - has resulted in several fresh initiatives. Am...
Neighbourhood Patrols Prioritised Says Policing Board
A newly developed NI Policing Plan - which continues to establish priorities "designed to meet the needs of the public and help make communities safer" - has resulted in several fresh initiatives. Am...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Rain Lashed NI Prepares For More Floods
As three 'outdoors' teenage girls were last night being rescued after heavy rains left them stranded in the Mourne Mountains, the Met Office was preparing to issue a severe weather warning for the who...
Rain Lashed NI Prepares For More Floods
As three 'outdoors' teenage girls were last night being rescued after heavy rains left them stranded in the Mourne Mountains, the Met Office was preparing to issue a severe weather warning for the who...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Rape Victim Wins Appeal Over 'Booze' Compensation Cut
A woman who suffered rape five years ago has successfully opposed a decision to have her compensation cut by a quarter - because she had been drinking. The victim, who was 25 when she was raped, had ...
Rape Victim Wins Appeal Over 'Booze' Compensation Cut
A woman who suffered rape five years ago has successfully opposed a decision to have her compensation cut by a quarter - because she had been drinking. The victim, who was 25 when she was raped, had ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Farmers' Stress Support Gets Backing
On the day that new figures have highlighted an accelerating rate of suicides across Ireland, the NI Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Michelle Gildernew has underlined her backing to charit...
Farmers' Stress Support Gets Backing
On the day that new figures have highlighted an accelerating rate of suicides across Ireland, the NI Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Michelle Gildernew has underlined her backing to charit...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
'No Place Like G-Home' For Footloose Leprechaun
A stolen garden gnome has been returned to his owner after visiting 12 countries with his 'gnome-napper". Missing leprechaun Murphy turned up at his owner Eve Stuart-Kelso's home after his worldwide ...
'No Place Like G-Home' For Footloose Leprechaun
A stolen garden gnome has been returned to his owner after visiting 12 countries with his 'gnome-napper". Missing leprechaun Murphy turned up at his owner Eve Stuart-Kelso's home after his worldwide ...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Baby Joy For 'Fast-Freeze' IVF Couple
A British couple have become the first to have a baby using a pioneering IVF technique. Baby Evie, was conceived through "vitrification", to the delight of her parents, Ian and Rebecca Bloomer on 23 ...
Baby Joy For 'Fast-Freeze' IVF Couple
A British couple have become the first to have a baby using a pioneering IVF technique. Baby Evie, was conceived through "vitrification", to the delight of her parents, Ian and Rebecca Bloomer on 23 ...
UK National News, Aug 12, 2008
Other News In Brief
Two Die In A1 Collision A man and a young girl have been killed in a road traffic collision in Tyneside. The girl, aged eight, was pronounced dead at the scene on Monday and a 68-year-old man, who wa...
Other News In Brief
Two Die In A1 Collision A man and a young girl have been killed in a road traffic collision in Tyneside. The girl, aged eight, was pronounced dead at the scene on Monday and a 68-year-old man, who wa...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Downpatrick Eldery Care Assured
A new 'supported' housing facility for elderly care in the Downpatrick area will help to fill the gap left when the existing St John's residential care home closes down. NI Health Minister Michael Mc...
Downpatrick Eldery Care Assured
A new 'supported' housing facility for elderly care in the Downpatrick area will help to fill the gap left when the existing St John's residential care home closes down. NI Health Minister Michael Mc...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Alerts Were Firebombs While the security alerts that diverted traffic from north Belfast have now been dealt with and the roads reopened, it has emerged that the suspect devices were in fact three fi...
Other NI News In Brief
Alerts Were Firebombs While the security alerts that diverted traffic from north Belfast have now been dealt with and the roads reopened, it has emerged that the suspect devices were in fact three fi...
Recruitment News, Aug 12, 2008
ESCAPE! Sunshine and High Rise Draws 1,000s Of Workers Overseas
Whilst the UK and NI housing and construction market are undoubtedly facing a slump due to the credit crunch, the same story cannot be said for overseas. Surprisingly the building boom which started ...
ESCAPE! Sunshine and High Rise Draws 1,000s Of Workers Overseas
Whilst the UK and NI housing and construction market are undoubtedly facing a slump due to the credit crunch, the same story cannot be said for overseas. Surprisingly the building boom which started ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
NI Water's £16m North Down Project Complete
Northern Ireland Water's £16 million North Down Strategic Trunk Main project has been successfully completed, and can now deliver up to 55 million litres of treated water each day to thousands of cust...
NI Water's £16m North Down Project Complete
Northern Ireland Water's £16 million North Down Strategic Trunk Main project has been successfully completed, and can now deliver up to 55 million litres of treated water each day to thousands of cust...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2008
Undercover Drug Bust Exposed
Bouncers have pounced as an Irish woman tried to sneak 100 ecstasy tablets into an Ibiza nightclub in her bra. The 23-year-old tourist was on her way into the Space nightclub in Playa d'en Bossa, out...
Undercover Drug Bust Exposed
Bouncers have pounced as an Irish woman tried to sneak 100 ecstasy tablets into an Ibiza nightclub in her bra. The 23-year-old tourist was on her way into the Space nightclub in Playa d'en Bossa, out...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 11, 2008
Minister Condemns Attacks On Fire Crews
Attacks on fire crews place their lives in danger and put communities at risk, said Public Safety Minister Michael McGimpsey today. Condemning a further spate of attacks on firefighters in Dungannon ...
Minister Condemns Attacks On Fire Crews
Attacks on fire crews place their lives in danger and put communities at risk, said Public Safety Minister Michael McGimpsey today. Condemning a further spate of attacks on firefighters in Dungannon ...
UK National News, Aug 11, 2008
Chinese Murder Victims Named
Police have revealed that the two Chinese students who suffered a "gruesome" death, were a 'couple' - boy and girlfriend. Xi Zhou and her boyfriend Zhen Xing Xang, both 25, were found with head injur...
Chinese Murder Victims Named
Police have revealed that the two Chinese students who suffered a "gruesome" death, were a 'couple' - boy and girlfriend. Xi Zhou and her boyfriend Zhen Xing Xang, both 25, were found with head injur...
UK National News, Aug 11, 2008
Knives Sold Illegally To Teenagers
Two youths were able to purchase knives illegally during an undercover operation by Trading Standards officers. Cumbria Trading Standards carried out the series of test purchases using the young volu...
Knives Sold Illegally To Teenagers
Two youths were able to purchase knives illegally during an undercover operation by Trading Standards officers. Cumbria Trading Standards carried out the series of test purchases using the young volu...
UK National News, Aug 11, 2008
Police Quiz Man Over 'Violent' Attacks On Women
A man has been arrested and is being questioned by police regarding a series of violent attacks on women in Sussex. Detectives arrested a man after a 38-year-old woman was attacked in a quiet footpat...
Police Quiz Man Over 'Violent' Attacks On Women
A man has been arrested and is being questioned by police regarding a series of violent attacks on women in Sussex. Detectives arrested a man after a 38-year-old woman was attacked in a quiet footpat...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 11, 2008
IRA 'Army Council' "Hasn't Gone Away"
There's no sign of a settlement on the contentious issue of devolved powers of policing and justice as the DUP continues to seek "a clear end to the IRA's ruling army council". While a senior policem...
IRA 'Army Council' "Hasn't Gone Away"
There's no sign of a settlement on the contentious issue of devolved powers of policing and justice as the DUP continues to seek "a clear end to the IRA's ruling army council". While a senior policem...
UK National News, Aug 11, 2008
Man Arrested In Connection With Bridgend Murder
A 32-year-old man has been remanded in custody, charged with the murder of a 26-year-old male in a Bridgend village. Craig Ivey, of Gilfach Goch, died after being stabbed at Nantyffyllon near Maesteg...
Man Arrested In Connection With Bridgend Murder
A 32-year-old man has been remanded in custody, charged with the murder of a 26-year-old male in a Bridgend village. Craig Ivey, of Gilfach Goch, died after being stabbed at Nantyffyllon near Maesteg...
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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.
