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Northern Ireland News for November 2003 : Page 10
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Singers support Red Ribbon Ball charity gala
In the face of a rising number of HIV/Aids cases in Northern Ireland, the charity Aids2000 have opened ticket sales for their forthcoming Red Ribbon Ball, a black tie gala organised to raise funds for...
Singers support Red Ribbon Ball charity gala
In the face of a rising number of HIV/Aids cases in Northern Ireland, the charity Aids2000 have opened ticket sales for their forthcoming Red Ribbon Ball, a black tie gala organised to raise funds for...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Antrim firm win UK Innovation award
An Antrim based logistics company has won an award for export innovation at an international awards ceremony in London. IFS Global Logistics picked up the prestigious award for 'Innovation in Export'...
Antrim firm win UK Innovation award
An Antrim based logistics company has won an award for export innovation at an international awards ceremony in London. IFS Global Logistics picked up the prestigious award for 'Innovation in Export'...
Business News, Nov 12, 2003
UK microprocessor design company is 'best place to work'
ARM Holdings have emerged as the best place to work in the UK when the microprocessor design firm walked away with the Employer of the Year Award at the prestigious The National Business Awards for 20...
UK microprocessor design company is 'best place to work'
ARM Holdings have emerged as the best place to work in the UK when the microprocessor design firm walked away with the Employer of the Year Award at the prestigious The National Business Awards for 20...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
New schools project launched in Belfast
A new schools project, which aims to "showcase the creativity, innovation and talent of young people throughout Northern Ireland", was launched in Belfast today. The Adream Project for Schools is an ...
New schools project launched in Belfast
A new schools project, which aims to "showcase the creativity, innovation and talent of young people throughout Northern Ireland", was launched in Belfast today. The Adream Project for Schools is an ...
Recruitment News, Nov 11, 2003
FE training courses are 'failing' teachers
Further education teacher training courses are failing to provide trainee teachers with a satisfactory foundation in the professional skills needed at the start of their careers, according to a report...
FE training courses are 'failing' teachers
Further education teacher training courses are failing to provide trainee teachers with a satisfactory foundation in the professional skills needed at the start of their careers, according to a report...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Two men appear in court over fireman death
Two men have appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of firefighter Joe McCloskey who died in a hotel fire 10 days ago. Aiden Higgins, 32, from Belraugh Road and Nigel Robert Higgins, 39, fro...
Two men appear in court over fireman death
Two men have appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of firefighter Joe McCloskey who died in a hotel fire 10 days ago. Aiden Higgins, 32, from Belraugh Road and Nigel Robert Higgins, 39, fro...
Business News, Nov 11, 2003
BAA reports 4% rise in passenger numbers
Passenger growth in October has upped 4% on the same period last year, representing the industries "strongest performance since before the Iraq war", according to the British Airports Association. B...
BAA reports 4% rise in passenger numbers
Passenger growth in October has upped 4% on the same period last year, representing the industries "strongest performance since before the Iraq war", according to the British Airports Association. B...
Business News, Nov 11, 2003
Record number of women on FTSE boards
The number of female directorships in the FTSE 100 has topped 100 for the first time, according to new research. The report, by Cranfield School of Management's Centre for Developing Women Business ...
Record number of women on FTSE boards
The number of female directorships in the FTSE 100 has topped 100 for the first time, according to new research. The report, by Cranfield School of Management's Centre for Developing Women Business ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Mayor of Derry targeted in hoax bomb attack
The Mayor of Derry has been targeted by dissident republicans after participating in this year's Remembrance Day ceremony in the city. A hoax bomb was placed at the rear of the house of SDLP councill...
Mayor of Derry targeted in hoax bomb attack
The Mayor of Derry has been targeted by dissident republicans after participating in this year's Remembrance Day ceremony in the city. A hoax bomb was placed at the rear of the house of SDLP councill...
UK National News, Nov 11, 2003
Blunkett unveils ID card proposals
Eight-out-of-10 people in the UK can expect to have been issued with an ID card by 2013, under plans unveiled today by the government. Home Secretary David Blunkett said today that plans an ID card ...
Blunkett unveils ID card proposals
Eight-out-of-10 people in the UK can expect to have been issued with an ID card by 2013, under plans unveiled today by the government. Home Secretary David Blunkett said today that plans an ID card ...
UK National News, Nov 11, 2003
20,000 Iraqi civilians killed as result of hostilities: report
A new report into the effect of recent hostilities on Iraqis has claimed that around 20,000 civilians may have died as a result of the conflict. The health charity Medact's report, 'Continuing Colla...
20,000 Iraqi civilians killed as result of hostilities: report
A new report into the effect of recent hostilities on Iraqis has claimed that around 20,000 civilians may have died as a result of the conflict. The health charity Medact's report, 'Continuing Colla...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Secretary of State urges NI public to exercise vote
Everyone should play their part and exercise their democratic right to vote in the forthcoming Assembly Elections. This was the message from Secretary of State, Paul Murphy during a visit to the Elec...
Secretary of State urges NI public to exercise vote
Everyone should play their part and exercise their democratic right to vote in the forthcoming Assembly Elections. This was the message from Secretary of State, Paul Murphy during a visit to the Elec...
UK National News, Nov 11, 2003
Howard appoints downsized shadow cabinet
Michael Howard's vision of broad church conservatism survived his first frontbench selection yesterday as both wings of the party found representation in a reduced shadow cabinet of 12 portfolios. T...
Howard appoints downsized shadow cabinet
Michael Howard's vision of broad church conservatism survived his first frontbench selection yesterday as both wings of the party found representation in a reduced shadow cabinet of 12 portfolios. T...
UK National News, Nov 11, 2003
Iran agrees to IAEA demands on nuclear inspections
Iran has acceded to demands by the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency to allow on-the-spot inspections and to suspend all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities following concerns ...
Iran agrees to IAEA demands on nuclear inspections
Iran has acceded to demands by the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency to allow on-the-spot inspections and to suspend all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities following concerns ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Police deny fraud phone calls
Police in Dungannon have denied allegations that an officer is making calls to local businesses in an attempt to defraud them. Detectives at the station say a man is making phone calls to businesses ...
Police deny fraud phone calls
Police in Dungannon have denied allegations that an officer is making calls to local businesses in an attempt to defraud them. Detectives at the station say a man is making phone calls to businesses ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Cost of TV licence set to rise
The cost of a TV licence is set to rise by £5 from next April, the Government announced today. From 1 April 2004, a TV licence will now cost £121 while a black and white licence will go up from £38.5...
Cost of TV licence set to rise
The cost of a TV licence is set to rise by £5 from next April, the Government announced today. From 1 April 2004, a TV licence will now cost £121 while a black and white licence will go up from £38.5...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Trimble takes election campaign to Shankill
Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble took his party's Assembly election campaign to the Shankill Road yesterday. Accompanied by UUP candidate for west Belfast, Chris McGimpsey, Mr Trimble set out hi...
Trimble takes election campaign to Shankill
Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble took his party's Assembly election campaign to the Shankill Road yesterday. Accompanied by UUP candidate for west Belfast, Chris McGimpsey, Mr Trimble set out hi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Portadown man pleads guilty to tax evasion
In one of the first cases of its kind in Northern Ireland at Craigavon Magistrates Court on November 10, a self-employed painter and decorator from Portadown has pleaded guilty to "knowing being conce...
Portadown man pleads guilty to tax evasion
In one of the first cases of its kind in Northern Ireland at Craigavon Magistrates Court on November 10, a self-employed painter and decorator from Portadown has pleaded guilty to "knowing being conce...
UK National News, Nov 11, 2003
Guidance on Down's syndrome testing published
Guidance for health professionals on more accurate tests for Down's syndrome screening has been published by the Department of Health today. It is hoped that the guidance will benefit pregnant women ...
Guidance on Down's syndrome testing published
Guidance for health professionals on more accurate tests for Down's syndrome screening has been published by the Department of Health today. It is hoped that the guidance will benefit pregnant women ...
Business News, Nov 11, 2003
Britain slips to worst-ever EU trade deficit
In September, Britain slipped into its worst-ever trade deficit against the European Union. According to figures released today by the Office of National Statistics the gap with EU countries which ta...
Britain slips to worst-ever EU trade deficit
In September, Britain slipped into its worst-ever trade deficit against the European Union. According to figures released today by the Office of National Statistics the gap with EU countries which ta...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Glanbia fined for polluting River Lagan
A Craigavon cheese company has been fined £2,500 after being found guilty of polluting the River Lagan. Glanbia Cheese Ltd was found guilty at Craigavon Magistrates Court on Monday of after an invest...
Glanbia fined for polluting River Lagan
A Craigavon cheese company has been fined £2,500 after being found guilty of polluting the River Lagan. Glanbia Cheese Ltd was found guilty at Craigavon Magistrates Court on Monday of after an invest...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Boost for biodiversity and conservation biology research
Researchers in the fields of biodiversity and conservation biology were given a boost last night after a new centre was officially opened at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). The centre, called QUERC...
Boost for biodiversity and conservation biology research
Researchers in the fields of biodiversity and conservation biology were given a boost last night after a new centre was officially opened at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). The centre, called QUERC...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 11, 2003
Galen post better than expected full year figures
Northern Ireland based pharmaceuticals company Galen has posted better than expected end of year figures. Total operating profit for the company was up 79% at US$187 million, from almost US$105 milli...
Galen post better than expected full year figures
Northern Ireland based pharmaceuticals company Galen has posted better than expected end of year figures. Total operating profit for the company was up 79% at US$187 million, from almost US$105 milli...
UK National News, Nov 11, 2003
Rare farmland bird saved from extinction
One of the UK’s rarest and most threatened birds has come back from the brink having achieved almost a six-fold increase in numbers in just 14 years, according to a survey from the Royal Society for t...
Rare farmland bird saved from extinction
One of the UK’s rarest and most threatened birds has come back from the brink having achieved almost a six-fold increase in numbers in just 14 years, according to a survey from the Royal Society for t...
Recruitment News, Nov 10, 2003
Teachers gain 2.5% pay rise
Teachers are set to get a 2.5% pay rise from April 2004, under proposals unveiled today by Education Secretary Charles Clarke. Under the proposals – 2.5% will be paid from April 2004, and in Septemb...
Teachers gain 2.5% pay rise
Teachers are set to get a 2.5% pay rise from April 2004, under proposals unveiled today by Education Secretary Charles Clarke. Under the proposals – 2.5% will be paid from April 2004, and in Septemb...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 10, 2003
Three people charged with arms offences in Londonderry
A man and two women have appeared before Londonderry Magistrates Court today on firearms charges. John Hugh Bradey, 34, from Lisnafin Park, Strabane, Diane McGlinchy, 26, from Ballycolman Estate, Str...
Three people charged with arms offences in Londonderry
A man and two women have appeared before Londonderry Magistrates Court today on firearms charges. John Hugh Bradey, 34, from Lisnafin Park, Strabane, Diane McGlinchy, 26, from Ballycolman Estate, Str...
Business News, Nov 10, 2003
BA's quarterly pre-tax profits slip to £105m
British Airways has today announced a pre-tax profit of £105 million for the three months ended September 30 – down £140 million on last year's mark. As yields in the second quarter dipped 5.9% (dow...
BA's quarterly pre-tax profits slip to £105m
British Airways has today announced a pre-tax profit of £105 million for the three months ended September 30 – down £140 million on last year's mark. As yields in the second quarter dipped 5.9% (dow...
UK National News, Nov 10, 2003
May axed as Tory chairman role splits in two
The Tory leader Michael Howard has axed Teresa May as party chairman and installed former shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox and advertising guru Maurice Saatchi as co-chairman. Mr Howard said that...
May axed as Tory chairman role splits in two
The Tory leader Michael Howard has axed Teresa May as party chairman and installed former shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox and advertising guru Maurice Saatchi as co-chairman. Mr Howard said that...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 10, 2003
Algerian man denies charges over terrorist links
An Algerian national, Abbas Boutrab, who has denied three charges related to terrorist offences, has been remanded in custody. Mr Boutrab, 25, was charged with receiving instruction in the use of exp...
Algerian man denies charges over terrorist links
An Algerian national, Abbas Boutrab, who has denied three charges related to terrorist offences, has been remanded in custody. Mr Boutrab, 25, was charged with receiving instruction in the use of exp...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 10, 2003
'Shock and outrage' expressed over pensioner death
A Sinn Féin councillor has expressed his "shock and outrage" after a 73-year-old man died following the burglary of his home in Co Down at the weekend. Ted O'Hare, 73, was found dead by his three bro...
'Shock and outrage' expressed over pensioner death
A Sinn Féin councillor has expressed his "shock and outrage" after a 73-year-old man died following the burglary of his home in Co Down at the weekend. Ted O'Hare, 73, was found dead by his three bro...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:Staying cold. Any freezing fog that has formed overnight will slowly thin and disperse during the morning. Otherwise dry and bright much of the day with perhaps the odd coastal shower in the north and east. Maximum temperature 4 °C.Tonight:Dry at first with cloud thickening from the south through the evening. The odd shower, wintry over high ground, over northern counties, becoming more persistent rain over Down and Antrim. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
