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Northern Ireland News for August 2003 : Page 9
UK National News, Aug 14, 2003
Tories claims student debt will 'triple' under Labour
The Tory Party has said today that student debt looks set to triple between now and 2010, with those leaving university in seven years time likely to be £33,708 in the red. According to research by ...
Tories claims student debt will 'triple' under Labour
The Tory Party has said today that student debt looks set to triple between now and 2010, with those leaving university in seven years time likely to be £33,708 in the red. According to research by ...
UK National News, Aug 14, 2003
Extra £21m ploughed into deprived communities funding
A £21 million expansion of the government's drive to revitalise some of our most deprived communities, was announced today by the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Up to £19 million will extend th...
Extra £21m ploughed into deprived communities funding
A £21 million expansion of the government's drive to revitalise some of our most deprived communities, was announced today by the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Up to £19 million will extend th...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2003
Fears grow of strike as postal talks breakdown
A breakdown in talks to resolve a postal workers pay dispute has raised fears of the first postal workers strike in seven years. Discussions between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the mana...
Fears grow of strike as postal talks breakdown
A breakdown in talks to resolve a postal workers pay dispute has raised fears of the first postal workers strike in seven years. Discussions between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the mana...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2003
Man suffers stab wounds to arms
A 27-year-old man has suffered stab wounds to both arms during an incident in Belfast last night. Police were called to a flat at St John's Close on the Lagan Bank Road at around 11.30pm following re...
Man suffers stab wounds to arms
A 27-year-old man has suffered stab wounds to both arms during an incident in Belfast last night. Police were called to a flat at St John's Close on the Lagan Bank Road at around 11.30pm following re...
UK National News, Aug 14, 2003
NHS Plan's GP targets met ahead of schedule
There are now more than 1000 GPs with a special interest treating patients in England, achieving the target set in the NHS Plan one year ahead of schedule, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced to...
NHS Plan's GP targets met ahead of schedule
There are now more than 1000 GPs with a special interest treating patients in England, achieving the target set in the NHS Plan one year ahead of schedule, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced to...
UK National News, Aug 14, 2003
Scottish Executive urges health MOT for men
Plans for a national network of health MOTs for men in Scotland, were unveiled today by the Executive. The Scottish government intends to have health check services for men available in every part of...
Scottish Executive urges health MOT for men
Plans for a national network of health MOTs for men in Scotland, were unveiled today by the Executive. The Scottish government intends to have health check services for men available in every part of...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2003
NIE condemn vandalism of substation
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has today condemned vandals who damaged electricity equipment at Killyclogher on Tuesday. A number of customers lost electricity supply and further customers had to...
NIE condemn vandalism of substation
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has today condemned vandals who damaged electricity equipment at Killyclogher on Tuesday. A number of customers lost electricity supply and further customers had to...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2003
Pat Finucane Centre slams intimidation of DPP members
The Pat Finucane Centre in Londonderry has described this week's intimidation of a member of the District Policing Partnership (DPPs) and the vice Chair of the Policing Board as "wrong, dangerous and ...
Pat Finucane Centre slams intimidation of DPP members
The Pat Finucane Centre in Londonderry has described this week's intimidation of a member of the District Policing Partnership (DPPs) and the vice Chair of the Policing Board as "wrong, dangerous and ...
UK National News, Aug 14, 2003
10-year celebration for Lake District environment scheme
The wild open fells, rugged mountain peaks, and sheltered valleys of the Lake District were in the spotlight today, as representatives of the Cumbrian farming community, government, and key rural orga...
10-year celebration for Lake District environment scheme
The wild open fells, rugged mountain peaks, and sheltered valleys of the Lake District were in the spotlight today, as representatives of the Cumbrian farming community, government, and key rural orga...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
FBI arrests Briton in missile sale sting
A British man has been arrested by security services in the US after he allegedly smuggled a surface-to-air missile into the US and attempted to sell it to what he believed to be an Islamic extremist....
FBI arrests Briton in missile sale sting
A British man has been arrested by security services in the US after he allegedly smuggled a surface-to-air missile into the US and attempted to sell it to what he believed to be an Islamic extremist....
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
Minister meets with families of Omagh bomb victims
A government minister has met with the families of those killed in the Omagh bombing today. Lord Filkin, Minister at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, will discuss the provision of £800,000 ...
Minister meets with families of Omagh bomb victims
A government minister has met with the families of those killed in the Omagh bombing today. Lord Filkin, Minister at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, will discuss the provision of £800,000 ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
Loyalists thought to be behind pipe bomb attacks
Loyalist paramilitaries are thought to have been behind two separate, but connected, pipe bomb attacks in Londonderry early this morning. In the first attack five people, all Protestants, escaped inj...
Loyalists thought to be behind pipe bomb attacks
Loyalist paramilitaries are thought to have been behind two separate, but connected, pipe bomb attacks in Londonderry early this morning. In the first attack five people, all Protestants, escaped inj...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
Hutton Inquiry hears of ‘significant differences’ between BBC reports
On the third day of the Hutton Inquiry, BBC journalist Susan Watts has said that there were "significant differences" between what Dr Kelly had said to her and what he was reported to have said to Tod...
Hutton Inquiry hears of ‘significant differences’ between BBC reports
On the third day of the Hutton Inquiry, BBC journalist Susan Watts has said that there were "significant differences" between what Dr Kelly had said to her and what he was reported to have said to Tod...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
Adair's wife takes Bolton Council to court
The wife of jailed loyalist, Johnny Adair has taken an English council to court today after it refused her a house. Gina Adair fled to Bolton in England alongside a number of her husband's supporters...
Adair's wife takes Bolton Council to court
The wife of jailed loyalist, Johnny Adair has taken an English council to court today after it refused her a house. Gina Adair fled to Bolton in England alongside a number of her husband's supporters...
Business News, Aug 13, 2003
Businesses encouraged to help tackle crime
Regional business crime reduction advisers will be employed throughout England and Wales, under the government's new business crime strategy launched today. The initiative will focus on encouraging ...
Businesses encouraged to help tackle crime
Regional business crime reduction advisers will be employed throughout England and Wales, under the government's new business crime strategy launched today. The initiative will focus on encouraging ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
Police offer reward into NI man's murder
Police in England are offering a £10,000 reward for information into the murder of a Northern Ireland man one year ago. Thomas Breen, 50, was stabbed outside the Elephant's Head pub in Camden, north ...
Police offer reward into NI man's murder
Police in England are offering a £10,000 reward for information into the murder of a Northern Ireland man one year ago. Thomas Breen, 50, was stabbed outside the Elephant's Head pub in Camden, north ...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
BA suspends flights to Saudi Arabia over 'security concerns'
British Airways has announced that it is to suspend all flights to Saudi Arabia "due to heightened security concerns in the region". BA said that it would suspend flights until further notice follows...
BA suspends flights to Saudi Arabia over 'security concerns'
British Airways has announced that it is to suspend all flights to Saudi Arabia "due to heightened security concerns in the region". BA said that it would suspend flights until further notice follows...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
Talks continue on future of British Camp X-Ray detainees
The future of two Britons among "enemy combatants" being held at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray was on the table today following another day of negotiations between US and British officials. According ...
Talks continue on future of British Camp X-Ray detainees
The future of two Britons among "enemy combatants" being held at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray was on the table today following another day of negotiations between US and British officials. According ...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
US soldier dies in Iraq ambush
A US soldier was killed and another two were injured when three improvised bombs exploded amid a convoy in Iraq yesterday. The incident occurred near Ar Ramadi in central Iraq. The wounded soldiers w...
US soldier dies in Iraq ambush
A US soldier was killed and another two were injured when three improvised bombs exploded amid a convoy in Iraq yesterday. The incident occurred near Ar Ramadi in central Iraq. The wounded soldiers w...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
Central Station device declared a hoax
A suspect package found at Belfast's Central Station this morning has been declared a hoax. Army technical experts examined the device which was found on a train close to platform four at around 11.2...
Central Station device declared a hoax
A suspect package found at Belfast's Central Station this morning has been declared a hoax. Army technical experts examined the device which was found on a train close to platform four at around 11.2...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
UN team moves in to coordinate Liberian aid lift
The UN has sent an 11-person team into the Liberian capital Monrovia to help efforts to get food and clean water to thousands of people crowding the capital's streets. Delivering food to needy people...
UN team moves in to coordinate Liberian aid lift
The UN has sent an 11-person team into the Liberian capital Monrovia to help efforts to get food and clean water to thousands of people crowding the capital's streets. Delivering food to needy people...
Recruitment News, Aug 13, 2003
Learning fatigue hits degree ambitions
A quarter of a million 18-year-olds will wake up to a new future with the arrival of their A-level results, on Thursday morning. However, survey results released today have revealed that this generat...
Learning fatigue hits degree ambitions
A quarter of a million 18-year-olds will wake up to a new future with the arrival of their A-level results, on Thursday morning. However, survey results released today have revealed that this generat...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
Unemployment dips to two-year low in UK
The UK’s unemployment rate is now at a two-year low, according to the latest figures released from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Data for the three months to June showed that the unemploym...
Unemployment dips to two-year low in UK
The UK’s unemployment rate is now at a two-year low, according to the latest figures released from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Data for the three months to June showed that the unemploym...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
First UK human stem cell line generated
Researchers at King's College London have made a major breakthrough in the generation of new human embryonic stem (hES) cells. The potential therapeutic value of hES in the treatment of many chronic ...
First UK human stem cell line generated
Researchers at King's College London have made a major breakthrough in the generation of new human embryonic stem (hES) cells. The potential therapeutic value of hES in the treatment of many chronic ...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
Hospitals 'getting cleaner' according to survey
Hospitals are getting cleaner and their food is getting better, according to independent inspection results released today. The number of acute and community hospitals achieving the highest 'green' r...
Hospitals 'getting cleaner' according to survey
Hospitals are getting cleaner and their food is getting better, according to independent inspection results released today. The number of acute and community hospitals achieving the highest 'green' r...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2003
MSBlaster Windows worm wriggles through net
A Windows worm has found yet another way to wriggle through a security hole in many computers running certain versions of Microsoft Windows. The MSBlaster worm currently loose on the world-wide web l...
MSBlaster Windows worm wriggles through net
A Windows worm has found yet another way to wriggle through a security hole in many computers running certain versions of Microsoft Windows. The MSBlaster worm currently loose on the world-wide web l...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
Two men arrested following pensioner robbery
Two men have been arrested in connection to the robbery of a pensioner's home in Co Down yesterday. The 93-year-old man suffered cuts to his ear and an arm injury when he confronted two men who had c...
Two men arrested following pensioner robbery
Two men have been arrested in connection to the robbery of a pensioner's home in Co Down yesterday. The 93-year-old man suffered cuts to his ear and an arm injury when he confronted two men who had c...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
Unemployment figures fall despite recent jobs cuts
The number of people unemployed in Northern Ireland has fallen, according to latest Labour Force Figures. Seasonally adjusted figures released this morning for the period April – June 2003 show there...
Unemployment figures fall despite recent jobs cuts
The number of people unemployed in Northern Ireland has fallen, according to latest Labour Force Figures. Seasonally adjusted figures released this morning for the period April – June 2003 show there...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
£9m funding to battle NI's biggest killers
The battle against three of Northern Ireland’s biggest killers is being boosted today thanks to a £9 million investment from the New Opportunities Fund. The National Lottery ‘good cause’ distributor ...
£9m funding to battle NI's biggest killers
The battle against three of Northern Ireland’s biggest killers is being boosted today thanks to a £9 million investment from the New Opportunities Fund. The National Lottery ‘good cause’ distributor ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2003
NI exam results helpline launched
A helpline has been set up by Northern Ireland’s exams body to deal with exams results concerns from students. With the issue of this year’s GCE and GCSE results just around the corner, the Council f...
NI exam results helpline launched
A helpline has been set up by Northern Ireland’s exams body to deal with exams results concerns from students. With the issue of this year’s GCE and GCSE results just around the corner, the Council f...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:Early mist and fog clearing to leave a dry and mainly sunny day, although patchy cloud possible through County Down. Warmest in the west with light east or northeast winds. Maximum temperature 20 °C.Tonight:Dry and bright at first but some areas of low cloud developing through the evening and overnight, particularly over southern counties and the north Antrim hills. Minimum temperature 10 °C.
