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Northern Ireland News for November 2003 : Page 9
Recruitment News, Nov 13, 2003
'Restructuring' puts the brakes on UK recruitment
One-in-three employers expect to restructure their businesses over the next 12 months, according to research from the Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI). Many of those companies consequently expect t...
'Restructuring' puts the brakes on UK recruitment
One-in-three employers expect to restructure their businesses over the next 12 months, according to research from the Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI). Many of those companies consequently expect t...
Business News, Nov 13, 2003
'Operational changes' stressed as Royal Mail returns £3m profit
Royal Mail has declared a pre-tax profit of £3 million for the first half-year the financial year for the first time in five years. The company returned a £55 million profit on day-to-day operations,...
'Operational changes' stressed as Royal Mail returns £3m profit
Royal Mail has declared a pre-tax profit of £3 million for the first half-year the financial year for the first time in five years. The company returned a £55 million profit on day-to-day operations,...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2003
Shake up in university applications considered
The government has "agreed in principle" to a plan for students to know their A level results before they apply to university, but stipulated that "a lot more work was needed" for it to work in practi...
Shake up in university applications considered
The government has "agreed in principle" to a plan for students to know their A level results before they apply to university, but stipulated that "a lot more work was needed" for it to work in practi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Customs officers make fuel seizures
Three petrol stations in Northern Ireland have been closed after customs officers seized over 20,000 litres of fuel. At one of the stations in Ballymena, more than 10,000 litres of suspect diesel and...
Customs officers make fuel seizures
Three petrol stations in Northern Ireland have been closed after customs officers seized over 20,000 litres of fuel. At one of the stations in Ballymena, more than 10,000 litres of suspect diesel and...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Teenager beaten in paramilitary-style attack
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was beaten in a paramilitary-style attack in Londonderry last night. The 18-year-old man suffered injuries to his arms, legs and stomach after bein...
Teenager beaten in paramilitary-style attack
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was beaten in a paramilitary-style attack in Londonderry last night. The 18-year-old man suffered injuries to his arms, legs and stomach after bein...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Couple escape injury in 'suspicious' fire
A married couple have escaped injury after a suspicious fire seriously damaged their home in Antrim on Thursday. The blaze is thought to have spread from a heating oil tank and shed at the back of th...
Couple escape injury in 'suspicious' fire
A married couple have escaped injury after a suspicious fire seriously damaged their home in Antrim on Thursday. The blaze is thought to have spread from a heating oil tank and shed at the back of th...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Improvement needed for brain injury rehabilitation provision
Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Nigel Williams, today called for action to be taken to improve rehabilitation services for children with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI). ...
Improvement needed for brain injury rehabilitation provision
Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Nigel Williams, today called for action to be taken to improve rehabilitation services for children with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI). ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Minister opens Denver Invest NI centre
Enterprise Minister, Ian Pearson has opened Invest NI's new Technology and Development Centre in Denver. The new Centre, which is located in the World Trade Centre, was officially opened during a tra...
Minister opens Denver Invest NI centre
Enterprise Minister, Ian Pearson has opened Invest NI's new Technology and Development Centre in Denver. The new Centre, which is located in the World Trade Centre, was officially opened during a tra...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Coleraine scancentre provides lifesaving service
A privately owned MRI Scanner facility in Coleraine is helping to saves lives, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has said. Speaking after visiting the Province’s first independent MRI scanning cen...
Coleraine scancentre provides lifesaving service
A privately owned MRI Scanner facility in Coleraine is helping to saves lives, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has said. Speaking after visiting the Province’s first independent MRI scanning cen...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Belfast City Hall set for traditional arrival
One of the most famous Christmas trees in Northern Ireland is set to take up its traditional seasonal position this weekend. Each year, a tree measuring between 40 and 50 feet tall stands at the fron...
Belfast City Hall set for traditional arrival
One of the most famous Christmas trees in Northern Ireland is set to take up its traditional seasonal position this weekend. Each year, a tree measuring between 40 and 50 feet tall stands at the fron...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2003
Coastguards walk British coastline for charity
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Coastguards have been taking on Britain's coastline again today – but in far less threatening circumstances than usual as they continue their sponsored walk round ...
Coastguards walk British coastline for charity
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Coastguards have been taking on Britain's coastline again today – but in far less threatening circumstances than usual as they continue their sponsored walk round ...
Recruitment News, Nov 12, 2003
UK employment total rises by 300,000
Labour market statistics released today show the number of people in work is up by 300,000 over the last year. This month's Labour Force survey shows employment growing and unemployment on a downward...
UK employment total rises by 300,000
Labour market statistics released today show the number of people in work is up by 300,000 over the last year. This month's Labour Force survey shows employment growing and unemployment on a downward...
Recruitment News, Nov 12, 2003
NI Unemployment figures show slight increase
Unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have shown a slight increase, according to the latest Labour Force statistics. The unemployment rate for the period July - September 2003 was 5.6%, an increas...
NI Unemployment figures show slight increase
Unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have shown a slight increase, according to the latest Labour Force statistics. The unemployment rate for the period July - September 2003 was 5.6%, an increas...
Recruitment News, Nov 12, 2003
Clothing firm to axe 300 jobs
A leading clothing firm is to close its two remaining factory's in Co Londonderry with the loss of nearly 300 jobs. Desmond & Sons announced on Wednesday that it is to close its factory at Newbuildin...
Clothing firm to axe 300 jobs
A leading clothing firm is to close its two remaining factory's in Co Londonderry with the loss of nearly 300 jobs. Desmond & Sons announced on Wednesday that it is to close its factory at Newbuildin...
Recruitment News, Nov 12, 2003
Manufacturing optimism rises but job cuts to continue warn CBI
The latest CBI Regional Trends Survey has revealed that manufacturer optimism has risen in almost half the UK's regions, but warned that 36,000 manufacturing jobs could be axed over the next three mon...
Manufacturing optimism rises but job cuts to continue warn CBI
The latest CBI Regional Trends Survey has revealed that manufacturer optimism has risen in almost half the UK's regions, but warned that 36,000 manufacturing jobs could be axed over the next three mon...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Clothing firm to axe 300 jobs
A leading clothing firm is to close its two remaining factories in Co Londonderry with the loss of nearly 300 jobs. Desmond & Sons announced on Wednesday that it is to close its factory at Newbuildin...
Clothing firm to axe 300 jobs
A leading clothing firm is to close its two remaining factories in Co Londonderry with the loss of nearly 300 jobs. Desmond & Sons announced on Wednesday that it is to close its factory at Newbuildin...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
Three young girls die in Yorkshire blaze
Three young sisters have perished after a fierce blaze swept through their Humberside home in the early hours of this morning. The children, aged one, three and six, were found dead in an upstairs be...
Three young girls die in Yorkshire blaze
Three young sisters have perished after a fierce blaze swept through their Humberside home in the early hours of this morning. The children, aged one, three and six, were found dead in an upstairs be...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
Iraqi bomb death toll rises
Twenty-three people have now been reported killed following a huge explosion today which rocked the southern town of Nasiriya. Reports this afternoon suggest that 15 Italians – three soldiers, 11 po...
Iraqi bomb death toll rises
Twenty-three people have now been reported killed following a huge explosion today which rocked the southern town of Nasiriya. Reports this afternoon suggest that 15 Italians – three soldiers, 11 po...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
Baby gender selection should only be allowed on medical grounds
Using fertility techniques to choose the gender of one's offspring should only ever be made on medical grounds, a leading science authority has said today. The current policy of only allowing sex sel...
Baby gender selection should only be allowed on medical grounds
Using fertility techniques to choose the gender of one's offspring should only ever be made on medical grounds, a leading science authority has said today. The current policy of only allowing sex sel...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
Blunkett celebrates migrants' contribution to Britain
Effectively managed legal migration "is vital" to Britain's economic and social interests, the Home Secretary David Blunkett has said. Legal migrants make up 8% of the UK's population but generate 10...
Blunkett celebrates migrants' contribution to Britain
Effectively managed legal migration "is vital" to Britain's economic and social interests, the Home Secretary David Blunkett has said. Legal migrants make up 8% of the UK's population but generate 10...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
Bank of England predicts 'modest' UK recovery
The Bank of England's latest quarterly report has forecast both growth in the economy and a rise in inflationary pressures within the economy. However, The Bank of England's Governor Mervyn King has ...
Bank of England predicts 'modest' UK recovery
The Bank of England's latest quarterly report has forecast both growth in the economy and a rise in inflationary pressures within the economy. However, The Bank of England's Governor Mervyn King has ...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
Tory Central Office to move after 45 years
Conservatives are to move Central Office from Smith Square to a new party headquarters, Opposition Leader Michael Howard has announced. The decision to quit the building at 32 Smith Square after 45 y...
Tory Central Office to move after 45 years
Conservatives are to move Central Office from Smith Square to a new party headquarters, Opposition Leader Michael Howard has announced. The decision to quit the building at 32 Smith Square after 45 y...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Family flee home in arson attack
A family in north Belfast have escaped injury after their home was destroyed in an arson attack. The couple and their five-year-old son were treated for shock and smoke inhalation after fleeing from ...
Family flee home in arson attack
A family in north Belfast have escaped injury after their home was destroyed in an arson attack. The couple and their five-year-old son were treated for shock and smoke inhalation after fleeing from ...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
NHS to offer free nicotine gum to smokers
Products such as nicotine patches and gum will be given to the NHS for free under a new deal to help at least 10,000 more smokers quit. Agreements between the government and the major suppliers of sm...
NHS to offer free nicotine gum to smokers
Products such as nicotine patches and gum will be given to the NHS for free under a new deal to help at least 10,000 more smokers quit. Agreements between the government and the major suppliers of sm...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2003
First autumn storm expected
The first storm of autumn will hit northern and western parts of Britain on Thursday night and Friday morning Met Office forecasters warned today. The intense depression will blow in from the Atlant...
First autumn storm expected
The first storm of autumn will hit northern and western parts of Britain on Thursday night and Friday morning Met Office forecasters warned today. The intense depression will blow in from the Atlant...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Trimble brands DUP campaign a 'fraud'
Ulster Unionist Party leader, David Trimble today branded the DUP's election campaign as "the biggest fraud ever foisted on the Unionist people". Speaking after the DUP launched its 2003 manifesto on...
Trimble brands DUP campaign a 'fraud'
Ulster Unionist Party leader, David Trimble today branded the DUP's election campaign as "the biggest fraud ever foisted on the Unionist people". Speaking after the DUP launched its 2003 manifesto on...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Two injured in paramilitary-style attacks
Police are appealing information following two separate paramilitary-style attacks in Co Antrim. In the Revallagh area of Bushmills, a man was beaten with iron bars and baseball bats by five masked m...
Two injured in paramilitary-style attacks
Police are appealing information following two separate paramilitary-style attacks in Co Antrim. In the Revallagh area of Bushmills, a man was beaten with iron bars and baseball bats by five masked m...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
NI child poverty worse than England
Four out of 10 young people in Northern Ireland live in poverty, a leading charity has claimed. According to a new survey commissioned by children's charity Barnardo's, child poverty in the province ...
NI child poverty worse than England
Four out of 10 young people in Northern Ireland live in poverty, a leading charity has claimed. According to a new survey commissioned by children's charity Barnardo's, child poverty in the province ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Two die in road accidents
Two people have died following separate road accidents in Counties Antrim and Down. A 40-year-old man died after being hit by a car as he walked along the Hillsborough Road in Dromara shortly before ...
Two die in road accidents
Two people have died following separate road accidents in Counties Antrim and Down. A 40-year-old man died after being hit by a car as he walked along the Hillsborough Road in Dromara shortly before ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2003
Unemployment figures show slight increase
Unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have shown a slight increase, according to the latest Labour Force statistics. The unemployment rate for the period July - September 2003 was 5.6%, an increas...
Unemployment figures show slight increase
Unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have shown a slight increase, according to the latest Labour Force statistics. The unemployment rate for the period July - September 2003 was 5.6%, an increas...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A mostly dry day, rather cloudy, but some sunny spells, best of these in the afternoon. A few showers spread south from late morning, turning wintry in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.Tonight:A cold evening and night with a frost. It will be largely dry, but a few wintry showers towards the north coast overnight. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
