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Northern Ireland News for July 2009 : Page 11
UK National News, Jul 9, 2009
£20,000 Reward Offered In Park Murder
A family have appealed for witnesses to a murder in 2007, as police announce a £20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Almost two years after the fatal shooting of 41-year...
£20,000 Reward Offered In Park Murder
A family have appealed for witnesses to a murder in 2007, as police announce a £20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Almost two years after the fatal shooting of 41-year...
UK National News, Jul 9, 2009
New Drivers 'Should Face Tougher Regulations'
Most motorists would welcome stricter rules for newly qualified drivers, including banning them from driving at night, a new survey has found. As many as 87% of all motorists want learner drivers to ...
New Drivers 'Should Face Tougher Regulations'
Most motorists would welcome stricter rules for newly qualified drivers, including banning them from driving at night, a new survey has found. As many as 87% of all motorists want learner drivers to ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
UPRG Ends PSNI And Stormont Support
Just weeks after loyalist decommissioning, a north-west branch of the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG) - an organisation with links to the UDA - has withdrawn its support for policing and the...
UPRG Ends PSNI And Stormont Support
Just weeks after loyalist decommissioning, a north-west branch of the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG) - an organisation with links to the UDA - has withdrawn its support for policing and the...
Recruitment News, Jul 9, 2009
Corus 'To Axe 366 Jobs'
Steelmaker Corus is believed to be axing 366 jobs at its Scunthorpe site in North East England. The company has said that it has "announced proposals to improve the competitiveness of its Scunthorpe ...
Corus 'To Axe 366 Jobs'
Steelmaker Corus is believed to be axing 366 jobs at its Scunthorpe site in North East England. The company has said that it has "announced proposals to improve the competitiveness of its Scunthorpe ...
UK National News, Jul 9, 2009
First Specialist Dementia Advisers Start Work
People with dementia and their families will get more support throughout the course of the illness as the first dementia advisers start work from today. Demonstrator sites, announced by Care Services...
First Specialist Dementia Advisers Start Work
People with dementia and their families will get more support throughout the course of the illness as the first dementia advisers start work from today. Demonstrator sites, announced by Care Services...
Business News, Jul 9, 2009
Arntz Belting Heads For Trouble
The future for a struggling Pennyburn fan belt factory, which currently employs around 110 people, is looking bleak. The manufacturing plant, Arntz Belting Company, went to a three-day week in Decemb...
Arntz Belting Heads For Trouble
The future for a struggling Pennyburn fan belt factory, which currently employs around 110 people, is looking bleak. The manufacturing plant, Arntz Belting Company, went to a three-day week in Decemb...
UK National News, Jul 9, 2009
Other News In Brief
Man Questioned After Body Found A man has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in Derbyshire. The discovery was made in Private Drive, Hollingwood, near Chesterfield just before 6.00am. ...
Other News In Brief
Man Questioned After Body Found A man has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in Derbyshire. The discovery was made in Private Drive, Hollingwood, near Chesterfield just before 6.00am. ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
Derry's 'Good Relations' Gets Cash Boost
A package of new funding is to be used to promote better relations in the 'Maiden City'. Derry/Londonderry is to benefit after the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson and native Derry-man a...
Derry's 'Good Relations' Gets Cash Boost
A package of new funding is to be used to promote better relations in the 'Maiden City'. Derry/Londonderry is to benefit after the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson and native Derry-man a...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
Ministers Target Ireland's Infrastructure
A delegation of Irish ministers met in Dublin this week to discuss further cross-border cooperation on infrastructural projects. Stormont Roads Minister Conor Murphy, along with NI Enterprise ...
Ministers Target Ireland's Infrastructure
A delegation of Irish ministers met in Dublin this week to discuss further cross-border cooperation on infrastructural projects. Stormont Roads Minister Conor Murphy, along with NI Enterprise ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
'Two Bicycles' Restriction Under ASBO
A Belfast man is facing a series of restrictions - including a limit on the number of bicycles he has - under an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO). Brendan Ross, from Dunraven Crescent, in ea...
'Two Bicycles' Restriction Under ASBO
A Belfast man is facing a series of restrictions - including a limit on the number of bicycles he has - under an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO). Brendan Ross, from Dunraven Crescent, in ea...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
SDLP Delegation Set For Southern Talks
As Stormont ministers prepare to lay the foundations for devolved policing and justice, a SDLP delegation is meeting the Irish Taoiseach to discuss the matter. Leader, Mark Durkan, (pictured) ...
SDLP Delegation Set For Southern Talks
As Stormont ministers prepare to lay the foundations for devolved policing and justice, a SDLP delegation is meeting the Irish Taoiseach to discuss the matter. Leader, Mark Durkan, (pictured) ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
Derry's Arntz Belting Heads For Trouble
The future for a struggling Pennyburn fan belt factory, which currently employs around 110 people, is looking bleak. The manufacturing plant, Arntz Belting Company, went to a three-day week in...
Derry's Arntz Belting Heads For Trouble
The future for a struggling Pennyburn fan belt factory, which currently employs around 110 people, is looking bleak. The manufacturing plant, Arntz Belting Company, went to a three-day week in...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
Hugh Grant Says 'Use Marie Curie Nurses'
More than half of Northern Ireland's population don't know the Marie Curie Nursing Service is available to them locally. A new survey commissioned by Marie Curie Cancer Care's ambassador, acto...
Hugh Grant Says 'Use Marie Curie Nurses'
More than half of Northern Ireland's population don't know the Marie Curie Nursing Service is available to them locally. A new survey commissioned by Marie Curie Cancer Care's ambassador, acto...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 9, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Second EU Treaty Vote The Irish Republic will hold a second referendum on the EU's controversial Lisbon Treaty on 2 October. Irish PM Brian Cowen made the announcement in the Irish parliament ...
Other NI News In Brief
Second EU Treaty Vote The Irish Republic will hold a second referendum on the EU's controversial Lisbon Treaty on 2 October. Irish PM Brian Cowen made the announcement in the Irish parliament ...
Business News, Jul 9, 2009
Derry's 'Good Relations' Gets Cash Boost
A package of new funding is to be used to promote better relations in the 'Maiden City'. Derry/Londonderry is to benefit after the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson and native Derry-man and the ...
Derry's 'Good Relations' Gets Cash Boost
A package of new funding is to be used to promote better relations in the 'Maiden City'. Derry/Londonderry is to benefit after the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson and native Derry-man and the ...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
Darling Outlines Tougher Banking Regulations
The Government has announced plans to overhaul the way the City of London is regulated to prevent a further financial crisis. Chancellor Alistair Darling set out his White Paper on financial regulati...
Darling Outlines Tougher Banking Regulations
The Government has announced plans to overhaul the way the City of London is regulated to prevent a further financial crisis. Chancellor Alistair Darling set out his White Paper on financial regulati...
Business News, Jul 8, 2009
Banks Should Be 'Sympathetic' To Farmers
High-level meetings are being held with the main banks to urge continuing support for NI's farming community. Stormont Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew (pictured) set out to underline the impa...
Banks Should Be 'Sympathetic' To Farmers
High-level meetings are being held with the main banks to urge continuing support for NI's farming community. Stormont Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew (pictured) set out to underline the impa...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
'Honey Trap' Teen Guilty Of Shakilus Murder
A teenage girl who lured a 16-year-old boy to his death in a "honey trap", has today been found guilty of murder. Samantha Joseph, aged 16, and her boyfriend both face life in prison for killing Shak...
'Honey Trap' Teen Guilty Of Shakilus Murder
A teenage girl who lured a 16-year-old boy to his death in a "honey trap", has today been found guilty of murder. Samantha Joseph, aged 16, and her boyfriend both face life in prison for killing Shak...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
Foreign Office Minister Mallock-Brown Resigns
Labour's Lord Malloch-Brown today resigned from the Cabinet for "strong personal and family" reasons. The peer, a former top UN diplomat, stood down from his Foreign Office post insisting he "greatl...
Foreign Office Minister Mallock-Brown Resigns
Labour's Lord Malloch-Brown today resigned from the Cabinet for "strong personal and family" reasons. The peer, a former top UN diplomat, stood down from his Foreign Office post insisting he "greatl...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
British Serviceman Killed In Afghan Blast
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. The serviceman, from the Light Dragoons, died in a blast near Gereshk in Helmand Provinc...
British Serviceman Killed In Afghan Blast
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. The serviceman, from the Light Dragoons, died in a blast near Gereshk in Helmand Provinc...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
Councillor Calls For Fatal Blaze Inquiry
An emergency council motion is to call for a public inquiry into a fire in a south London tower block that killed six people. Three woman and three children - one of whom was only weeks old - died in...
Councillor Calls For Fatal Blaze Inquiry
An emergency council motion is to call for a public inquiry into a fire in a south London tower block that killed six people. Three woman and three children - one of whom was only weeks old - died in...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 8, 2009
Teenage Woman Held Over Newry Death
A 19-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a fatal assault on a Polish man in Newry. The development came this morning just a day after Marek Muszynski, 40, from Sandy Street in ...
Teenage Woman Held Over Newry Death
A 19-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a fatal assault on a Polish man in Newry. The development came this morning just a day after Marek Muszynski, 40, from Sandy Street in ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 8, 2009
Six 'Lucky To Be Alive' In Lough Drama
A 12-year-old was among six youths who were last night rescued from a Belfast Lough after a prank went disastrously wrong. It also emerged today that two were 16, while the others were 18-year...
Six 'Lucky To Be Alive' In Lough Drama
A 12-year-old was among six youths who were last night rescued from a Belfast Lough after a prank went disastrously wrong. It also emerged today that two were 16, while the others were 18-year...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
Fees For 'Stay-at-home' Students May End
Ministers are considering axing tuition fees for some students who would not be claiming grants or loans, it has emerged. The 'no fee degrees' - in which students in England would not pay tuition fee...
Fees For 'Stay-at-home' Students May End
Ministers are considering axing tuition fees for some students who would not be claiming grants or loans, it has emerged. The 'no fee degrees' - in which students in England would not pay tuition fee...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 8, 2009
Robinson Hints At Alliance Justice Role
First Minister Peter Robinson is backing only one person for the role of policing and justice minister, he has said. Mr Robinson made the announcement as he prepared to present the Stormont Ex...
Robinson Hints At Alliance Justice Role
First Minister Peter Robinson is backing only one person for the role of policing and justice minister, he has said. Mr Robinson made the announcement as he prepared to present the Stormont Ex...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
Youth Programme Pilot 'Did Not Reduce Teenage Pregnancies'
A government-backed pilot scheme to help cut pregnancies among teenagers at risk has been abandoned as it failed to have any significant impact. An independent review published today by the bmj.com w...
Youth Programme Pilot 'Did Not Reduce Teenage Pregnancies'
A government-backed pilot scheme to help cut pregnancies among teenagers at risk has been abandoned as it failed to have any significant impact. An independent review published today by the bmj.com w...
Business News, Jul 8, 2009
All-Ireland Business Plan Launched
A cross-border partnership has launched a plan to work together on commerce and business development. A party of business leaders on both sides of the border put improving infrastructure, skills and ...
All-Ireland Business Plan Launched
A cross-border partnership has launched a plan to work together on commerce and business development. A party of business leaders on both sides of the border put improving infrastructure, skills and ...
UK National News, Jul 8, 2009
Protesters At Open Cast Mine Development
Protesters are being removed from an open cast mine development in South Lanarkshire. Permission has been granted for Scottish Coal to mine about 1.7 million tonnes of coal at the Mainshill Wood Scot...
Protesters At Open Cast Mine Development
Protesters are being removed from an open cast mine development in South Lanarkshire. Permission has been granted for Scottish Coal to mine about 1.7 million tonnes of coal at the Mainshill Wood Scot...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 8, 2009
International Operation Nets Cigarettes
There is news today of continued successes on both sides of the Irish border and in England to counter the smuggling of cigarettes. Customs officers have seized 8.5m smuggled cigarettes in Bel...
International Operation Nets Cigarettes
There is news today of continued successes on both sides of the Irish border and in England to counter the smuggling of cigarettes. Customs officers have seized 8.5m smuggled cigarettes in Bel...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 8, 2009
BMA Hits Out On Swine Flu Funding
There was discord among Stormont Ministers - and criticism from a senior NI medic - as news of a major financial fillip was revealed on Tuesday. Although a cash injection for the NI economy of...
BMA Hits Out On Swine Flu Funding
There was discord among Stormont Ministers - and criticism from a senior NI medic - as news of a major financial fillip was revealed on Tuesday. Although a cash injection for the NI economy of...
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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.
