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Northern Ireland News for August 2009 : Page 6
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2009
Mother Makes £20,000 Murder Plea
The mother of a Bangor man slain by loyalist paramilitaries three years ago has offered up her life savings in a bid to catch his killers. Mark Christie was slashed to death by a machete wiel...
Mother Makes £20,000 Murder Plea
The mother of a Bangor man slain by loyalist paramilitaries three years ago has offered up her life savings in a bid to catch his killers. Mark Christie was slashed to death by a machete wiel...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2009
Retail Boost As Mortgage Approvals Rise
UK retail sales in July rose by 3.3%, compared with the same month last year, the latest figures have revealed - and mortage approvals are also slowly increasing. The Office for National Statistics r...
Retail Boost As Mortgage Approvals Rise
UK retail sales in July rose by 3.3%, compared with the same month last year, the latest figures have revealed - and mortage approvals are also slowly increasing. The Office for National Statistics r...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2009
Minister Denies Dannatt 'Smear'
Claims that a junior defence minister attempted to 'smear' the reputation of Britain's top army general have been refuted. Kevan Jones today denied newspaper reports he prompted MPs to publicly prob...
Minister Denies Dannatt 'Smear'
Claims that a junior defence minister attempted to 'smear' the reputation of Britain's top army general have been refuted. Kevan Jones today denied newspaper reports he prompted MPs to publicly prob...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2009
Milly Dowler Police To Submit New Evidence
Detectives investigating the murder of Surrey teenager Milly Dowler in 2002 are preparing to submit a new dossier of evidence against convicted killer Levi Bellfield, it has been reported. Milly, 13,...
Milly Dowler Police To Submit New Evidence
Detectives investigating the murder of Surrey teenager Milly Dowler in 2002 are preparing to submit a new dossier of evidence against convicted killer Levi Bellfield, it has been reported. Milly, 13,...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2009
Arrests Follow £40m Jewellery Heist
Two people have been arrested in connection with the £40m armed robbery of a jewellery store in central London. The Metropolitan Police have declined to release any details for "operational reasons" ...
Arrests Follow £40m Jewellery Heist
Two people have been arrested in connection with the £40m armed robbery of a jewellery store in central London. The Metropolitan Police have declined to release any details for "operational reasons" ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2009
Trouble Feared At Friday Band Parade
The fear of violent confrontation at a weekend band parade is increasing. Dissident republican activists and their supporters are planning to demonstrate at a permitted loyalist band parade on...
Trouble Feared At Friday Band Parade
The fear of violent confrontation at a weekend band parade is increasing. Dissident republican activists and their supporters are planning to demonstrate at a permitted loyalist band parade on...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2009
Bus Fares Competition Probe Revealed
The local bus sector has been referred to the Competition Commission (CC) by the Office of Fair Trading over higher fares for passengers. In a five-month investigation into the £3.6bn industry the OF...
Bus Fares Competition Probe Revealed
The local bus sector has been referred to the Competition Commission (CC) by the Office of Fair Trading over higher fares for passengers. In a five-month investigation into the £3.6bn industry the OF...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2009
Carrick Hit By Postal Strike
Postal workers will refuse to work in one NI delivery office this weekend. As strikes continued in England this week - with action in Bristol Yorkshire, the Midlands and the South East of Engl...
Carrick Hit By Postal Strike
Postal workers will refuse to work in one NI delivery office this weekend. As strikes continued in England this week - with action in Bristol Yorkshire, the Midlands and the South East of Engl...
Recruitment News, Aug 20, 2009
Minister Pushes For 'Work Experience' Interns
The Northern Ireland Employment and Learning Minister has said government departments should take on paid interns. His own department already plans to create a number of graduate internships in the ...
Minister Pushes For 'Work Experience' Interns
The Northern Ireland Employment and Learning Minister has said government departments should take on paid interns. His own department already plans to create a number of graduate internships in the ...
Business News, Aug 20, 2009
Border Business Projects Rewarded
A cash boost for companies trading across the Irish border has been revealed. A wastewater and environmental partnership between a Limerick and a Newry firm is one of 16 such companies to receive up ...
Border Business Projects Rewarded
A cash boost for companies trading across the Irish border has been revealed. A wastewater and environmental partnership between a Limerick and a Newry firm is one of 16 such companies to receive up ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2009
Comedy Capers Hit Belfast
Rural 'Culchie' comedy is to be on the streets of Belfast for an 'afternoon of mayhem' this coming Sunday afternoon. The Magilligan Family (pictured) are to be unleashed on the al fresco stage...
Comedy Capers Hit Belfast
Rural 'Culchie' comedy is to be on the streets of Belfast for an 'afternoon of mayhem' this coming Sunday afternoon. The Magilligan Family (pictured) are to be unleashed on the al fresco stage...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2009
Border Business Projects Rewarded
A cash boost for companies trading across the Irish border has been revealed. A wastewater and environmental partnership between a Limerick and a Newry firm is one of 16 such companies to rece...
Border Business Projects Rewarded
A cash boost for companies trading across the Irish border has been revealed. A wastewater and environmental partnership between a Limerick and a Newry firm is one of 16 such companies to rece...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Orange Alert An Orange Hall in Co Antrim was hit by vandals for the third time in two weeks on Tuesday night. Graffiti was daubed on the outside of the hall on Main Street in Rasharkin. At the...
Other NI News In Brief
Orange Alert An Orange Hall in Co Antrim was hit by vandals for the third time in two weeks on Tuesday night. Graffiti was daubed on the outside of the hall on Main Street in Rasharkin. At the...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2009
Smoke-Free Tobacco 'Increases Heart Attack Risk'
People who use smokeless tobacco products have a slightly higher risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke, according to research published this week on the British Medical Journal's website, bmj....
Smoke-Free Tobacco 'Increases Heart Attack Risk'
People who use smokeless tobacco products have a slightly higher risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke, according to research published this week on the British Medical Journal's website, bmj....
UK National News, Aug 20, 2009
Censors Reject 'Sadistic' Japanese Horror Flick
A Japanese horror film has been refused a certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) because it contains graphic torture scenes, including amputation and eye-gouging. The BBFC sai...
Censors Reject 'Sadistic' Japanese Horror Flick
A Japanese horror film has been refused a certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) because it contains graphic torture scenes, including amputation and eye-gouging. The BBFC sai...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2009
Swine Flu Vaccine 'Mistrusted By Nurses'
A poll has this week shown that almost a third of nurses will refuse the offer of immunisation against swine flu. The vital front-line medical staff are worried because they have fears about the vacc...
Swine Flu Vaccine 'Mistrusted By Nurses'
A poll has this week shown that almost a third of nurses will refuse the offer of immunisation against swine flu. The vital front-line medical staff are worried because they have fears about the vacc...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2009
Soldiers' Bodies Returned To UK
There has been a heart-rending return for the remains of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Captain Mark Hale's widow Brenda and two young daughters travelled from their home in Co Down to attend a priv...
Soldiers' Bodies Returned To UK
There has been a heart-rending return for the remains of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Captain Mark Hale's widow Brenda and two young daughters travelled from their home in Co Down to attend a priv...
Business News, Aug 19, 2009
Bank Split Over 'Quantitative Easing'
It has emerged that there was high level disagreement over the amount of money used to bolster-up the UK's economy earlier this month. Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and two other members of th...
Bank Split Over 'Quantitative Easing'
It has emerged that there was high level disagreement over the amount of money used to bolster-up the UK's economy earlier this month. Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and two other members of th...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2009
'K9' Beats Chopper To Missing Pensioner
A specialist police dog is to get plenty of praise from his handler after finding a missing pensioner. Despite sending up the sophisticated PSNI helicopter, (pictured) it was Tach the German S...
'K9' Beats Chopper To Missing Pensioner
A specialist police dog is to get plenty of praise from his handler after finding a missing pensioner. Despite sending up the sophisticated PSNI helicopter, (pictured) it was Tach the German S...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2009
Latest ATM Ram-Raid Investigated
A spate of ram-raid style thefts of cash machines across Ireland has continued. An automated teller machine (ATM) was this time removed from a pub in Fintona, Co Tyrone. A car was deliberatel...
Latest ATM Ram-Raid Investigated
A spate of ram-raid style thefts of cash machines across Ireland has continued. An automated teller machine (ATM) was this time removed from a pub in Fintona, Co Tyrone. A car was deliberatel...
Recruitment News, Aug 19, 2009
LBM Targets Staff Development
A Belfast contact centre LBM is implementing a £600,000 project to develop staff capability and improve its commercial competitiveness, with support from Invest Northern Ireland and the EU. LBM, whi...
LBM Targets Staff Development
A Belfast contact centre LBM is implementing a £600,000 project to develop staff capability and improve its commercial competitiveness, with support from Invest Northern Ireland and the EU. LBM, whi...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2009
Coroners 'Refuse' To Test For vCJD
Coroners are refusing to carry out post-mortem tests for an infection which causes vCJD, despite government pleas that it could help monitor the spread of the disease, it has been reported. Tests ca...
Coroners 'Refuse' To Test For vCJD
Coroners are refusing to carry out post-mortem tests for an infection which causes vCJD, despite government pleas that it could help monitor the spread of the disease, it has been reported. Tests ca...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2009
Co Down Soldier's Body Returned
There have been heart-rending scenes of grief as the bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan came home. Captain Mark Hale's widow Brenda and two young daughters travelled from their hom...
Co Down Soldier's Body Returned
There have been heart-rending scenes of grief as the bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan came home. Captain Mark Hale's widow Brenda and two young daughters travelled from their hom...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2009
UK Urged To Tighten Rules On Arms
The government needs to tighten controls on arms exports to ensure that British weapons are not being used against civilians in foreign war zones, a joint report by four select committees has said. T...
UK Urged To Tighten Rules On Arms
The government needs to tighten controls on arms exports to ensure that British weapons are not being used against civilians in foreign war zones, a joint report by four select committees has said. T...
Business News, Aug 19, 2009
Magillian Prison Designers Selected
Designers have been appointed for a new 800-bed facility at Magilligan Prison. Consultancies Arup and EC Harris will also administer the construction contract for the scheme, which will be built on ...
Magillian Prison Designers Selected
Designers have been appointed for a new 800-bed facility at Magilligan Prison. Consultancies Arup and EC Harris will also administer the construction contract for the scheme, which will be built on ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2009
Lithuanian Arms 'Sting' Outlined In Court
New details of an international 'sting operation' have emerged as the trial of a Co Louth man charged with trying to buy arms and explosives for the Real IRA was adjourned until October. Lithu...
Lithuanian Arms 'Sting' Outlined In Court
New details of an international 'sting operation' have emerged as the trial of a Co Louth man charged with trying to buy arms and explosives for the Real IRA was adjourned until October. Lithu...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2009
Bank Holiday Air Strike Balloted
Baggage handlers and check-in staff at three of the UK's busiest airports are being balloted for industrial action, which may lead to flight disruption over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Employees...
Bank Holiday Air Strike Balloted
Baggage handlers and check-in staff at three of the UK's busiest airports are being balloted for industrial action, which may lead to flight disruption over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Employees...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2009
People Trafficking Conviction 'Wiped'
Northern Ireland's first convicted people-trafficker is to have his crime quashed, following an error by the Public Prosecution Service. However, 38-year-old Mark Alexander Russell's convictio...
People Trafficking Conviction 'Wiped'
Northern Ireland's first convicted people-trafficker is to have his crime quashed, following an error by the Public Prosecution Service. However, 38-year-old Mark Alexander Russell's convictio...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2009
McGuinness's 'Fond' Memories Of Paisley
Martin McGuinness has said he looks back on his time in office with Ian Paisley fondly, and regularly speaks to the former First Minister and ex-DUP leader on the phone. Mr McGuinness, (pictur...
McGuinness's 'Fond' Memories Of Paisley
Martin McGuinness has said he looks back on his time in office with Ian Paisley fondly, and regularly speaks to the former First Minister and ex-DUP leader on the phone. Mr McGuinness, (pictur...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2009
NI Movies Premiere In Los Angeles
Two home-made films are about to gain an international audience. The US premieres of both Cherrybomb and Peacefire are in the line-up at the forthcoming Los Angeles Irish Film Festival, next m...
NI Movies Premiere In Los Angeles
Two home-made films are about to gain an international audience. The US premieres of both Cherrybomb and Peacefire are in the line-up at the forthcoming Los Angeles Irish Film Festival, next m...
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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.
