Northern Ireland News for August 2003 : Page 3

UK National News, Aug 27, 2003
10% of people give to charity to 'avoid looking mean'
Around 1-in-10 people in Britain have confessed to giving to charity just to avoid looking mean in front of other people, according to a new survey for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The BHF car...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
NHS may offer free fertility treatment
Couples with infertility problems should not have to pay for fertility treatment from the NHS, according to recommendations from a government watchdog. The latest draft of clinical guideline on asses...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Israeli 'extra-judicial assassinations' condemned by UN
The senior UN envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, has condemned Israel's "extra-judicial assassination" on Sunday of four Palestinians, when helicopter gunships fired missiles into a car in ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Ambulance worker suffers eye injury in attack
A female ambulance worker has suffered an eye injury after being hit with a stone in Co Tyrone last night. The woman was attacked as she checked an ambulance at Castlederg station at around 11.30pm o...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Refugees continue to flood into Afghanistan
More than 400,000 Afghan refugees have returned home so far this year, bringing the number of returnees to more than 2.32 million since organized repatriation began in March 2002. Although well belo...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Sellafield clean-up not closure say BNFL
British Nuclear Fuels has rubbished speculation in today's papers that Sellafield’s Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) will close by 2010. According to several national newspapers including the...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Country estate manager killed by wasp sting
A 53-year-old manager of a country estate has died after being stung by wasps. Guy Canby was stung on the knee when he stood on a wasp nest while grouse shooting on an isolated moor in the Peak Distr...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Fleetwood Mac Belfast date no rumour
Rock giants, Fleetwood Mac are coming to Northern Ireland, it was announced today. Wonderland Promotions confirmed that the Anglo-American supergroup will play Belfast's Odyssey Arena on December 8. ...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Woman climber crawled for hours to get help
The woman climber who crawled for six hours with a broken leg in search of help, is being comforted today after learning that her father died on the Glencoe mountainside. The woman was discovered by ...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Warning issued after credit cards cloned at bank
Police are warning the public to be vigilant after reports of credit and debit card fraud were linked to a criminal operation in HSBC bank, Newbury. Police investigations into a report of debit card...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Paisley welcomes counterfeit success
North Antrim MP, Dr Ian Paisley has welcomed yesterday's counterfeit goods success by police at the annual Auld Lammas Fair in Ballycastle. A substantial amount of counterfeit CDs, DVDs and clothing ...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Review into £1.8bn catering sector launched
A major review of the way food and catering services are purchased by government and its agencies as well as schools, hospitals, prisons and local authorities was launched today. More than £1.8 billi...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Car buyers to spend £46bn in six months, says survey
According to the Sainsbury’s Bank Car Buying Index, which tracks the number of people planning to purchase a vehicle on a six-monthly basis, nearly 6.5 million people plan to buy a car between now and...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Report finds 'slight rise' in post-watershed TV nudity
The depiction of nudity and scenes of sexual activity on the UK's five main television channels have "increased slightly since 1999", according to research carried out by the Broadcasting Standards Co...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Car stolen in Co Down robbery
Police are appealing for information after a car was stolen from a house in Co Down early this morning. The incident occurred at a home in Creive Court, Newry in the early hours of Tuesday morning. T...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Benelux region targeted by NI firms
New support for companies to develop export business in the Benelux region of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg has been launched by government support agency, Invest NI. Sixteen Northern Irela...
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UK National News, Aug 26, 2003
Gap year gaining popularity among graduates
More than one in 10 of this summer's graduates are planning to follow in Prince William's footsteps and take time out to travel the world, according to new research commissioned by Graduate Prospects,...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Lorry in fuel tank spillage
Police are appealing for information after a steel fuel tank fell from a lorry in Newry last night. The incident occurred at the Clogue Roundabout at around 10pm. Prior to police arriving a number o...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
SDLP delegation meets Education Minister
Education Minister, Jane Kennedy has met an SDLP delegation to discuss a number of educational issues at Stormont today. Tommy Gallagher, Alban Maginness, John Fee and Nuala O’Neill discussed the Rev...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Peace II funding discussions held
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is holding a series of round table discussions on the Peace II Programme across Northern Ireland. The meetings, in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Council...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Newcastle to get new sewage system
The Water Service is set to start work on two sewer schemes in Co Down worth around £180,000 aimed at alleviating flooding. The scheme will target Newcastle which has suffered continuous flooding ove...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2003
Police in separate abduction appeals
Police are appealing for information following two separate abduction attempts in Belfast and Londonderry. In east Belfast, a 16-year-old girl was approached by a man in a white car which pulled up a...
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UK National News, Aug 25, 2003
At least 50 killed in Bombay bombings
Update: At least 50 people have been killed and around 120 wounded in two car bomb explosions, according to reports emerging today from the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay). It was originally believed ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2003
Police treat assault on Coleraine man as murder bid
Police are treating an attack on a man in Co Londonderry as attempted murder. The 41-year-old was found with severe head injuries as he lay in the doorway of business premises in Coleraine at around ...
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UK National News, Aug 25, 2003
Black woman offered white prosthetic foot
A black woman who is awaiting an operation to have her foot amputated was offered a white prosthetic replacement, as a cost saving measure by the NHS. Miss Ingrid Nicholls, from Calcot near Reading i...
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UK National News, Aug 25, 2003
Two die in Wigan house fire
The parents of a teenage boy and girl have died following a fire in the early hours of this morning at their house in Wigan. John Mercer and his wife Sandra died when their semi-detached home was des...
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UK National News, Aug 25, 2003
Four-year-old dies in horse fall
A four-year-old girl has died after she was thrown from a horse on Sunday morning. The girl suffered serious injuries in the fall and died late last night in Leeds General Hospital. She had been r...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2003
Shankill families evacuated from homes due to nearby fire
Around 40 people have had to spend a night out of their homes following a fire at a lock-up garage in the Shankill area of west Belfast. The fire led to gas cylinders in the garage overheating to the...
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UK National News, Aug 25, 2003
Three RMPs killed in Basra named
The three Royal Military Policemen (RMPs) who were killed in an ambush in Basra on Saturday have been named. Major Matthew Titchener and Warrant Officer Colin Wall, both of 150 Provost Company, and ...
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Recruitment News, Aug 25, 2003
£10,000 settlement over 'obscene' e-mails
A woman who discovered nine of her colleagues had circulated obscene e-mails about her has received £10,000 compensation after settling her sexual harassment case against her former employer, Holden M...
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