Northern Ireland News for August 2003 : Page 7

UK National News, Aug 19, 2003
Rolling Stones catalogue goes online
Starting today, subscribers an internet website will be able to listen to streaming versions of more than 500 songs by the Stones, one of the last big-name rock acts. For an additional 79 cents a so...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2003
HRC rejects criticisms of its Bill proposals
The Human Rights Commission has hit out at its critics today following the publication of the summary of submissions cataloguing responses to the Bill of Rights consultation. Today’s publication of t...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2003
Trading Standards warn of credit ratings fraud
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment’s Trading Standards Service (TSS) has advised caution in relation to advertisements offering to clean credit reference files or restore credit rating...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2003
NTR Broadband boost NI provision
Northern Ireland is set to benefit from its own Broadband service after the opening of a new NTR Broadband office in Belfast today. NTR Broadband will launch its' fixed price, 'always-on', broadband ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2003
Minister unveils £1.6m bus system
NIO Minister John Spellar has unveiled a £1.6 million system which will supply passengers real-time information on bus arrivals. BUS TRAK is a hi-tech project jointly funded by Roads Service and Tran...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2003
Police appeal following house burglary in Derry
Police in Londonderry are appealing for information after a house was burgled shortly after midnight on Tuesday. The incident took place at the house on the Woodbrook Lower Galliagh Road when robbers...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2003
Driver ordered out of car in Newry hijacking
Police are appealing for information after a car was hijacked in Co Down last night. The incident occurred at around 10pm on Monday when two masked men approached the driver of a dark blue Renault Cl...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2003
Stop Notice issued in Fermanagh quarrying
The Department of Environment's (DoE) Planning Service has issued a Stop Notice to two quarrying projects in Co Fermanagh. The projects, at Fardrum and Roosky Turloughs, 7km north-west of Enniskillen...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
UK calls for sanctions against Libya to be lifted
The UK and US have told the Security Council that they are "ready to see sanctions lifted" against Libya following the North African country’s decision to pay compensation to relatives of the Lockerbi...
Recruitment News, Aug 18, 2003
Tuffers tells adults not to get stumped by their Gremlins
Former cricketer and celebrity 'King of the Jungle' Phil Tufnell marked the arrival of the new 'Get On' campaign TV adverts today by wrestling with his own Gremlin, played by Harry 'Potter' and 'Willo...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Arrests show tough anti-hooligan policies are working, says FA
The FA has welcomed the figures on football-related arrests and bans for last season released today by the Home Office. Today's figures showed that the total number of arrests rose by 19% from 4035 i...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Reuters journalist shot dead near Baghdad
US forces in Iraq have admitted that they mistakenly killed a Palestinian journalist as he filmed Abu Ghyriab prison, west of Baghdad, yesterday. US troops fired on 43-year-old Mazen Dana believing ...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Dublin man killed in gangland-style attack
A man has been shot dead in a gangland-style attack carried out by two masked men in a crowded Dublin pub. Singled out in the crowded Brockwood Inn in Corduff in the Blanchardstown area of west Dubli...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Soldiers save abandonded baby in Iraq
British soldiers in southern Iraq saved an abandoned baby whilst carrying out a search operation today. Troops from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment found the baby girl during a search in Basrah. Th...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Kirtley the hero as South Africa succumb at Trent Bridge
England today pulled off a spectacular victory in the second test against South Africa to level the series 1-1 – and give Michael Vaughn his first win as test captain. On an unpredictable Trent Bridg...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Call centres to create 250 new jobs
A Northern Ireland-owned call centre operator has announced a £2.6 million investment which is expected to create 250 new jobs at its bases in counties Londonderry and Down. Anderson Manning Associat...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Scappaticci fails in court bid
The west Belfast man alleged in numerous Sunday newspapers to be the army spy 'Stakeknife' has failed in his court bid to have his name cleared through Security Minister, Jane Kennedy. Freddie Scappa...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Iceland's whale ships return with empty holds
Three Icelandic ships which were sent on a whaling mission following the country's controversial decision to begin the practice after a 14-year hiatus have returned to port today with empty holds. T...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Price cuts fuels boom in album sales
Albums are leaving the shelves in record numbers, according to quarterly data released today by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). A 12% rise in unit sales lifted the album market to record le...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Dissident republicans thought to be behind killing
Dissident republicans are believed to have been behind the killing of a west Belfast man on Sunday. Daniel McGurk, 35, was shot several times after answering the front door of his Ross Road home in t...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Police investigate death of man struck by car
A 28-year-old man has died after being struck by a car in Co Down. The incident occurred on the Thornhill Drive in Dromore at around 11pm on Sunday night. A woman was subsequently arrested and is he...
UK National News, Aug 18, 2003
Quality of life not consumption should be government focus
The government should focus on quality of life and sustainability, not economic growth and consumption, says a new report published today by the Fabian Society. The report – 'A Better Choice of Choic...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Castlederg man 'shaken' following robbery
A man in his 60's has been left "shocked and shaken" after being assaulted during a robbery at his home in Co Tyrone. The man was confronted by two masked men at his home on the Ednagee Road in Castl...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Judicial appointments under scrutiny
The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, has received a report that lists more than 100 ways in which the procedure for the appointment of judges and Queen...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
SDLP call for all-Ireland Criminal Assets Bureau
The SDLP has called for the creation of an all-Ireland Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) following a meeting with the Northern Ireland-based Assets Recovery Agency (ARA). Launching a six-point-plan for th...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Report aims to improve Derry architecture
Social Development Minister, John Spellar has launched a new report into improving urban design and higher quality architecture within the city centre of Londonderry. The study, 'Heart of the City - ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Homeless women get boost from EU programme
A special programme aimed at helping homeless women has been launched by the Simon Community, thanks to a grant of nearly £110,000 from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (Peace II). Deliv...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 18, 2003
Dale Farm gives record a good 'licking'
While temperatures in Northern Ireland didn't quite reach record-breaking highs during the August heat wave, one record that has been broken is the sale of Dale Farm Ice Cream lollies. The company, w...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2003
Remembrance service held for Omagh bomb victims
A remembrance service was held in Omagh today to mark the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the town centre in 1998. Over 300 people were injured and 29 people killed when in the Real IRA car bomb ...
UK National News, Aug 15, 2003
Pensions complaints at an all-time high, says ombudsman
Complaints about pensions have increased by almost one third in the last financial year and are at an all time high, the Pensions Ombudsman has revealed in his Annual Report. In his report released t...