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Northern Ireland News for March 2009 : Page 12
UK National News, Mar 10, 2009
YouTube Blocks British Music Videos In Licensing Row
Thousands of music videos are to be blocked from the YouTube website, after Google blocked viewings during a dispute over licensing. YouTube - the third most visited website in the UK after Google an...
YouTube Blocks British Music Videos In Licensing Row
Thousands of music videos are to be blocked from the YouTube website, after Google blocked viewings during a dispute over licensing. YouTube - the third most visited website in the UK after Google an...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Robinson Calls For Action After Police Murder
First Minister Peter Robinson has urged the Prime Minister and Chief Constable to take whatever action necessary to protect lives, following the third death of a security service member in the provinc...
Robinson Calls For Action After Police Murder
First Minister Peter Robinson has urged the Prime Minister and Chief Constable to take whatever action necessary to protect lives, following the third death of a security service member in the provinc...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2009
Press Were Wrongly Monitored By Police
Kent police have admitted bona fide members of the press were wrongly placed under surveillance while covering a climate protest last year. At the weekend the Guardian newspaper broadcast footage cl...
Press Were Wrongly Monitored By Police
Kent police have admitted bona fide members of the press were wrongly placed under surveillance while covering a climate protest last year. At the weekend the Guardian newspaper broadcast footage cl...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2009
Union Criticises Six Month Teacher Training
A scheme that would allow people to qualify as teachers in England has been condemned by the National Union of Teachers (NUT). New government plans could see "outstanding recruits" from professional ...
Union Criticises Six Month Teacher Training
A scheme that would allow people to qualify as teachers in England has been condemned by the National Union of Teachers (NUT). New government plans could see "outstanding recruits" from professional ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Derry Sex Attacker Jailed
A judge has branded as "shocking" the details of a sex attack on a drunk, underage girl in Londonderry. Placing Jamie Duddy on the sex offenders' register for seven years and putting him on probation...
Derry Sex Attacker Jailed
A judge has branded as "shocking" the details of a sex attack on a drunk, underage girl in Londonderry. Placing Jamie Duddy on the sex offenders' register for seven years and putting him on probation...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2009
Mother Sentenced Over Death Of Baby Son
A 27-year-old woman is to be sentenced for a "horrific" campaign of cruelty against her baby son. Claire Biggs, of Newham, repeatedly crushed her two-month-old son Rhys's chest, fracturing numerous r...
Mother Sentenced Over Death Of Baby Son
A 27-year-old woman is to be sentenced for a "horrific" campaign of cruelty against her baby son. Claire Biggs, of Newham, repeatedly crushed her two-month-old son Rhys's chest, fracturing numerous r...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Elderly Burns' Victim Was Due To Move Into Care
An elderly man died accidentally after setting light to his clothes with a cigarette, an inquest has found. William Joseph Smith, 73, was just days away from a move to a residential home as he was be...
Elderly Burns' Victim Was Due To Move Into Care
An elderly man died accidentally after setting light to his clothes with a cigarette, an inquest has found. William Joseph Smith, 73, was just days away from a move to a residential home as he was be...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Jobs Boost To Follow Software Company Expansion
A local software firm whose customers already include the prestigious Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London is set for expansion. Philips Healthcare Informatics, which makes computer sy...
Jobs Boost To Follow Software Company Expansion
A local software firm whose customers already include the prestigious Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London is set for expansion. Philips Healthcare Informatics, which makes computer sy...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2009
Commission Of Experts To Improve Quality Of Patient Care
A new Commission of Experts to advise the Government on the future role of nurses and midwives will be announced by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Alan Johnson today. The Prime ...
Commission Of Experts To Improve Quality Of Patient Care
A new Commission of Experts to advise the Government on the future role of nurses and midwives will be announced by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Alan Johnson today. The Prime ...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2009
Other News In Brief
Man Charged Over Missing Wife's Murder A 46-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his wife, who has been missing from her home for more than a year. Kate Prout, 56, went missing on 5 Novem...
Other News In Brief
Man Charged Over Missing Wife's Murder A 46-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his wife, who has been missing from her home for more than a year. Kate Prout, 56, went missing on 5 Novem...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Wilson Seeks Builders' Feedback On Pollution Guidance
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has called on the construction and demolition industry to help develop revised Pollution Prevention Guidance. The Northern Ireland Environment Agenc...
Wilson Seeks Builders' Feedback On Pollution Guidance
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has called on the construction and demolition industry to help develop revised Pollution Prevention Guidance. The Northern Ireland Environment Agenc...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Orange Men Cross Border For Education Summit
Proposed cuts in grants to Protestant schools in the Irish Republic are on the agenda at a meeting today between the Orange Order and an Irish government minister. Tuesday's head-to-head is the first...
Orange Men Cross Border For Education Summit
Proposed cuts in grants to Protestant schools in the Irish Republic are on the agenda at a meeting today between the Orange Order and an Irish government minister. Tuesday's head-to-head is the first...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
NI Posties Praised
Three postal workers from Northern Ireland will be heading off to London later this month to attend an award ceremony to find the best postmen and women in the country. The three, Kevin Maxwell and ...
NI Posties Praised
Three postal workers from Northern Ireland will be heading off to London later this month to attend an award ceremony to find the best postmen and women in the country. The three, Kevin Maxwell and ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Ryanair Passengers Will Still 'Go' Free
Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary has admitted that his ideas about starting to charge passengers for access to the lavatory on flights was merely the latest in a string of publicity stunts. Pa...
Ryanair Passengers Will Still 'Go' Free
Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary has admitted that his ideas about starting to charge passengers for access to the lavatory on flights was merely the latest in a string of publicity stunts. Pa...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Pensioner Attacked In Own Home An elderly woman has been assaulted and pushed to the ground during an attempted robbery at her home in west Belfast. Police are investigating the incident shortly befo...
Other NI News In Brief
Pensioner Attacked In Own Home An elderly woman has been assaulted and pushed to the ground during an attempted robbery at her home in west Belfast. Police are investigating the incident shortly befo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2009
Murdered Soldier Had Spurs' Trial
It has emerged that one of the soldiers shot dead by the Real IRA had soccer trials with Tottenham Hotspur. Just hours after Northern Ireland's most senior soldier, Brigadier George Norton, described...
Murdered Soldier Had Spurs' Trial
It has emerged that one of the soldiers shot dead by the Real IRA had soccer trials with Tottenham Hotspur. Just hours after Northern Ireland's most senior soldier, Brigadier George Norton, described...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
PM Visits Real IRA Murder Scene
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited the Antrim army barracks where two personnel were brutally gunned down by dissident republicans at the weekend. Mr Brown joined PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh ...
PM Visits Real IRA Murder Scene
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited the Antrim army barracks where two personnel were brutally gunned down by dissident republicans at the weekend. Mr Brown joined PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh ...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
Jade Confronted By Woman With Hammer
Terminally ill reality television star Jade Goody has been confronted at her bedside by a woman with a hammer. According to her publicist, Max Clifford, Goody woke up to find a woman leaning over her...
Jade Confronted By Woman With Hammer
Terminally ill reality television star Jade Goody has been confronted at her bedside by a woman with a hammer. According to her publicist, Max Clifford, Goody woke up to find a woman leaning over her...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
Five Dead After Head-On Crash
A six-year-old girl is among the five people who died in a car crash in Merseyside on Sunday. The girl died along with three woman, in a Vauxhall Corsa after it crashed head-on with a Renault Megane ...
Five Dead After Head-On Crash
A six-year-old girl is among the five people who died in a car crash in Merseyside on Sunday. The girl died along with three woman, in a Vauxhall Corsa after it crashed head-on with a Renault Megane ...
Business News, Mar 9, 2009
Brackenvale Hotel Plan Welcomed
Plans for a new hotel on the southern outskirts of Belfast have been hailed as "very welcome" by a local MP. Details of the proposed £5m hotel and restaurant complex in Carryduff were revealed this w...
Brackenvale Hotel Plan Welcomed
Plans for a new hotel on the southern outskirts of Belfast have been hailed as "very welcome" by a local MP. Details of the proposed £5m hotel and restaurant complex in Carryduff were revealed this w...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2009
PM Visits Real IRA Murder Scene
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited the Antrim army barracks where two personnel were brutally gunned down by dissident republicans at the weekend. Mr Brown joined PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh ...
PM Visits Real IRA Murder Scene
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited the Antrim army barracks where two personnel were brutally gunned down by dissident republicans at the weekend. Mr Brown joined PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh ...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
Memory Stick Goes Missing At Police HQ
A memory stick containing sensitive police data has gone missing in Edinburgh, it has emerged. A search was launched after the loss of the USB stick on 26 February, which contained information on hun...
Memory Stick Goes Missing At Police HQ
A memory stick containing sensitive police data has gone missing in Edinburgh, it has emerged. A search was launched after the loss of the USB stick on 26 February, which contained information on hun...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
Queen Leads Commonwealth Day
A special service will be held in London today marking 60 years of the Commonwealth. The Queen will lead gatherers at Westminster Abbey, where 53 High Commissioners will meet in celebration. Despit...
Queen Leads Commonwealth Day
A special service will be held in London today marking 60 years of the Commonwealth. The Queen will lead gatherers at Westminster Abbey, where 53 High Commissioners will meet in celebration. Despit...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
Two Arrested Over Pc Hit-And-Run Death
Police investigating the death of an off-duty officer, who died in a hit-and-run crash in Manchester, have arrested two men. Pc Mike Silcock, 30, was hit by a BMW 3 Series Coupe on Didsbury Road, Hea...
Two Arrested Over Pc Hit-And-Run Death
Police investigating the death of an off-duty officer, who died in a hit-and-run crash in Manchester, have arrested two men. Pc Mike Silcock, 30, was hit by a BMW 3 Series Coupe on Didsbury Road, Hea...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2009
Stab Accused For Court
A man is recovering in hospital after a serious knife attack in Co Down. Following the stabbing incident that took place in Castlewellan, in the early hours of Sunday morning, a man (aged 22) is to a...
Stab Accused For Court
A man is recovering in hospital after a serious knife attack in Co Down. Following the stabbing incident that took place in Castlewellan, in the early hours of Sunday morning, a man (aged 22) is to a...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2009
City Airport 'Breach' Of Seat Sale Rules Denied
A group representing residents opposed to the runway extension at George Best Belfast City Airport have claimed 'broken promises' by the airport. A spokeswoman has said that the east Belfast facility...
City Airport 'Breach' Of Seat Sale Rules Denied
A group representing residents opposed to the runway extension at George Best Belfast City Airport have claimed 'broken promises' by the airport. A spokeswoman has said that the east Belfast facility...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2009
£17m Lyric Building Project Underway
Work on Northern Ireland's new Lyric Theatre commenced today - a construction project work more than £17m. Arts Minister Gregory Campbell (pictured) welcomed contractor Gilbert Ash on-site. "Detai...
£17m Lyric Building Project Underway
Work on Northern Ireland's new Lyric Theatre commenced today - a construction project work more than £17m. Arts Minister Gregory Campbell (pictured) welcomed contractor Gilbert Ash on-site. "Detai...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
Teenager Jailed For Possession Of Machine Guns
An 18-year-old has today been sentenced to nine years after a police operation recovered two Mac-10 machine guns linked to a Thames Valley gun factory. In April last year Jonathan Hanson was arrested...
Teenager Jailed For Possession Of Machine Guns
An 18-year-old has today been sentenced to nine years after a police operation recovered two Mac-10 machine guns linked to a Thames Valley gun factory. In April last year Jonathan Hanson was arrested...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2009
Brackenvale Hotel Plan Welcomed
Plans for a new hotel on the southern outskirts of Belfast have been hailed as "very welcome" by a local MP. Details of the proposed £5m hotel and restaurant complex in Carryduff were revealed this w...
Brackenvale Hotel Plan Welcomed
Plans for a new hotel on the southern outskirts of Belfast have been hailed as "very welcome" by a local MP. Details of the proposed £5m hotel and restaurant complex in Carryduff were revealed this w...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2009
More Help Given To Victims Of Sexual Violence
More funding to help improve the emergency centres that help victims of sexual assault, was announced by Health Minister Ann Keen today. The National Support Team on Response to Sexual Violence will ...
More Help Given To Victims Of Sexual Violence
More funding to help improve the emergency centres that help victims of sexual assault, was announced by Health Minister Ann Keen today. The National Support Team on Response to Sexual Violence will ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A chilly start with a widespread frost and some freezing fog, any freezing fog slow to clear. Otherwise bright with sunny spells and coastal showers. Light winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Coastal showers dying out with a widespread frost developing along with freezing fog, which could become extensive. Winds remaining light. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
