Northern Ireland News for June 2003 : Page 6

Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2003
FG Wilson secure £5m worth of Saudi Arabian contracts
Antrim-based engineering firm, FG Wilson have secured contracts worth nearly £5 million with a leading Saudi Arabian telecommunications company. Thanks to the company's Saudi Arabian dealer, Tamgo, t...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2003
Pension centre delivers 190 jobs for North West
A new Social Security Agency Pension Centre that will employ 190 people in Londonderry has been officially opened today. Speaking at the ceremony at Carlisle House, Hawkin Road, John Hunter, Permanen...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2003
More opportunities for people to ‘Actively Age Well'
A new survey has revealed that around half of Northern Ireland people aged between 65 and 74 still take little or no exercise despite the fact that older people can halve their risk of hip fracture th...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2003
No devolution leaves NI disenfranchised in EU says MEP
UUP MEP Jim Nicholson has warned that Northern Ireland could be "disenfranchised within Europe" if local devolved institutions are not restored. Speaking at a conference in Belfast on developing the ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2003
'Hogwarts Express' special in store for NI Guides
As Harry Potter mania reaches fever pitch for this Saturday's launch of Book five, Northern Ireland has its own band of Hogwart hopefuls who are planning their own magical event for the books launch. ...
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UK National News, Jun 19, 2003
Probe into huge overspend for Holyrood buildings launched
The First Minister of the Scottish Parliament Jack McConnell has made a statement on the spiralling cost of the parliament building. Mr McConnell told MSPs today that the independent investigation in...
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UK National News, Jun 19, 2003
Plans considered for civil defence corps
A new draft Bill has been launched setting out plans for civil protection in the UK which also aims to modernise the government's ability to deal with serious emergencies. The government is now askin...
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UK National News, Jun 19, 2003
Consultants threaten strike action
Following hard on the heels of health union Unison's strike threat yesterday, NHS consultants have today threatened to down tools if the government does not rethink its approach on pay negotiations. ...
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UK National News, Jun 19, 2003
So Solid Crew member gets four years
A member of one of the UK's most influential garage groups has been sent down for four years today after being convicted of possessing a loaded handgun. Twenty-four-year-old Jason Phillips, of So Sol...
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UK National News, Jun 19, 2003
Labour MP loses fight against cancer
Labour MP for Brent East, Paul Daisley, has died today having lost his battle against colon cancer. Mr Daisley, 45, who had been married to wife Lesley since 1984, was elected to Brent East with a ma...
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UK National News, Jun 19, 2003
Drug driving is not 'a safe trip'
Ahead of next week's Glastonbury Festival, drivers have been reminded that drug driving is "not a safe trip". Road Safety Minister David Jamieson warned that drugs can affect a driver's judgement, c...
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UK National News, Jun 19, 2003
Clarke announces closer UK/US school partnerships
An education partnership has been forged between England and the US following a meeting between Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke and US Secretary of Education Rod Paige. The two countrie...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
500 jobs go as BAT closes Darlington factory
British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced today that around 500 jobs are to go in what has been described a "restructuring process". It is proposed that the Darlington factory closes by the end of...
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Recruitment News, Jun 18, 2003
Ann Summers wins challenge against jobs ads ban
Lingerie and sex toys retail chain, Ann Summers, has won its legal fight against a ban preventing the company advertising its staff vacancies in UK Jobcentres. The Department of Works and Pensions (D...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
Donaldson no confidence motion dropped
The constituency association of Lagan Valley MP, Jeffrey Donaldson have withdrawn their motion of no confidence in the senior Ulster Unionist member in the "interests of party unity". It leaves the w...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Ex-ITV presenter faces two indecent assault charges
The television presenter John Leslie has been charged today with two counts of indecent assault. Mr Leslie, 38, appeared at Forest Gate police station, in east London, where he was charged with two a...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
Colombia trial adjourned as evidence rejected
The trial of the three men accused of training FARC guerrillas in Colombia has been adjourned. Judge Jairo Acosta refused to admit documentary evidence that the defence claim is crucial to the case a...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
Army family victims lobby Westminster
Families affected by the deaths of loved ones in suspicious circumstances in the British Army have been in Westminster, London today to lobby MPs. Among those at the gathering were the family of Nort...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
Alleged Real IRA leader appears in court
The trial of alleged Real IRA Michael McKevitt leader has begun in Dublin today. Mr McKevitt, 53, was due to appear at Dublin's Special Criminal Court charged with directing terrorism, the first pers...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Police investigate drug rape recorded on mobile phones
Police are investigating the rape of a woman in Brighton at the weekend in which a number of men are thought to have recorded images of the attack on their mobile phones. The 27-year-old woman was a...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Retailers pay high price for shop-lifting
The government is ignoring the £1.7 billion annual cost of retail crime faced by the nation’s shopkeepers, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has claimed. Figures released today in the BRC’s tenth A...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Plans unveiled to tackle domestic violence
The government set out plans today to tackle domestic violence – a crime which claims the lives of two women every week. Home Secretary David Blunkett said that violence is no more acceptable in the ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
Hopes for Shorts jobs fade
Any hopes of saving the 1,000 jobs under threat at Shorts were dashed today after workers seemingly rejected a new pay plan. Trade unions have been meeting for the past week to see if workers will re...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Unison chief threatens strike action over public service reform
The new general secretary of health union Unison has threatened strike action if the government fails to properly fund its public service reforms. Speaking on the first day of union's annual confere...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
New grant aid to target unfit housing
The Housing Executive today published proposals for the most radical shake-up in public grants for over a decade. Last year over 10,000 grants were approved at a cost of £40 millions. However, latest...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
Charities to benefit from local poker challenge
Poker players across Northern Ireland will be asked to lay their cards on the table for charity over the next few months in a specially organised Poker Challenge Championship. Organised by local spec...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2003
Sinn Féin launch new education policy
Sinn Fein has launched a new education policy aimed at transforming society across Northern Ireland for the better. Entitled `Educate that you may be free', former Education Minister Martin McGuinnes...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Beckham to sign for Real Madrid, at last!
England captain David Beckham has finally agreed to sign for Spanish giants Real Madrid for just under £25 million. The deal was confirmed last night by Manchester United and will see Beckham signing...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Stowaway plucked from English Channel
A stowaway from the Ivory Coast has been rescued from the English Channel today after he jumped overboard in the early hours of this morning. The 25-year-old man was discovered aboard the 'Patricia D...
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UK National News, Jun 18, 2003
Archer to be released next month
Lord Archer, the disgraced former chairman of the Conservative Party who was convicted of lying to a jury in 2001, has been told that he can leave prison on July 19. The Parole Board today ruled that...
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