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Northern Ireland News for January 2004 : Page 11
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2004
Consumerline promises advice for customers in NI
NIO Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Ian Pearson has launched ‘Consumerline’, a telephone helpline offering low-cost access to high quality, practical consumer advice. Speaking at the launc...
Consumerline promises advice for customers in NI
NIO Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Ian Pearson has launched ‘Consumerline’, a telephone helpline offering low-cost access to high quality, practical consumer advice. Speaking at the launc...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2004
Strong trading feeds further Tesco expansion plans
Tesco has fired yet another broadside in the supermarket wars saga as the company today unveiled plans for a £810 million expansion. Supermarket leader Tesco, which already holds a 27% share of the U...
Strong trading feeds further Tesco expansion plans
Tesco has fired yet another broadside in the supermarket wars saga as the company today unveiled plans for a £810 million expansion. Supermarket leader Tesco, which already holds a 27% share of the U...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2004
NI Economic Research Institute swings into operation
The new Economic Research Institute will play an important role in contributing to economic debate and understanding in Northern Ireland and in the development of the local economy", according to Ian ...
NI Economic Research Institute swings into operation
The new Economic Research Institute will play an important role in contributing to economic debate and understanding in Northern Ireland and in the development of the local economy", according to Ian ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 13, 2004
Minister seeks further responses to RPA consultation
Seeking more responses to the Review of Public Administration (RPA) consultation document issued last October, NIO Minister Ian Pearson has issued a reminder that the response deadline has been extend...
Minister seeks further responses to RPA consultation
Seeking more responses to the Review of Public Administration (RPA) consultation document issued last October, NIO Minister Ian Pearson has issued a reminder that the response deadline has been extend...
Recruitment News, Jan 12, 2004
Work recommences at Carpets International
Enterprise Minister, Ian Pearson has welcomed the announcement that carpet production at the former Carpets International factory in Donaghadee has resumed, following the establishment of a new compan...
Work recommences at Carpets International
Enterprise Minister, Ian Pearson has welcomed the announcement that carpet production at the former Carpets International factory in Donaghadee has resumed, following the establishment of a new compan...
Business News, Jan 12, 2004
Record 'double-take' of £1.17bn for UK film industry
Several top-drawer big-budget films including the latest Harry Potter, a Bridgit Jones follow-up and a remake of 'Alfie' helped the UK film production industry towards a record year. Figures produced...
Record 'double-take' of £1.17bn for UK film industry
Several top-drawer big-budget films including the latest Harry Potter, a Bridgit Jones follow-up and a remake of 'Alfie' helped the UK film production industry towards a record year. Figures produced...
Business News, Jan 12, 2004
House price inflation falls in November
House price inflation dropped by 1.1% in the October to November period compared to an increase of 1% in the same period last year, according to the government's latest House Price Index (HPI) figures...
House price inflation falls in November
House price inflation dropped by 1.1% in the October to November period compared to an increase of 1% in the same period last year, according to the government's latest House Price Index (HPI) figures...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2004
Internet to blame for rise in child abuse, says study
The widespread use of the internet is to blame for a 1,500% rise in child pornography convictions in the UK since 1988, according to a leading children's charity. In a report published today, childr...
Internet to blame for rise in child abuse, says study
The widespread use of the internet is to blame for a 1,500% rise in child pornography convictions in the UK since 1988, according to a leading children's charity. In a report published today, childr...
Business News, Jan 12, 2004
Unions seize on 'inferior' offshore call centres report
A report commissioned to research Indian call centre services, and which is due to be published tomorrow, has shown that Indian call centre workers fail to answer queries properly, according to financ...
Unions seize on 'inferior' offshore call centres report
A report commissioned to research Indian call centre services, and which is due to be published tomorrow, has shown that Indian call centre workers fail to answer queries properly, according to financ...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2004
Three in court charged with airport murder
Three men have appeared in court today charged with the murder of a 57-year-old man outside Liverpool airport last Tuesday. At Liverpool Magistrate's Court today, Craig Abbott, 21, from Carley Walk,...
Three in court charged with airport murder
Three men have appeared in court today charged with the murder of a 57-year-old man outside Liverpool airport last Tuesday. At Liverpool Magistrate's Court today, Craig Abbott, 21, from Carley Walk,...
Business News, Jan 12, 2004
Sainsbury's claim Q3 'encouraging' but sales growth weak
Sainsbury's has posted "encouraging" third quarter sales today, but pointed to "the scale of change affecting stores" and the adoption of an automated distribution system for having a negative impact ...
Sainsbury's claim Q3 'encouraging' but sales growth weak
Sainsbury's has posted "encouraging" third quarter sales today, but pointed to "the scale of change affecting stores" and the adoption of an automated distribution system for having a negative impact ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Hopes fade as search for missing boy is scaled down
The Coastguard have scaled down their search for a 14-year-old boy who was swept out to sea at the weekend. It is now over 24 hours since teenager Jordan Murdoch fell from a pier in Killough, Co Down...
Hopes fade as search for missing boy is scaled down
The Coastguard have scaled down their search for a 14-year-old boy who was swept out to sea at the weekend. It is now over 24 hours since teenager Jordan Murdoch fell from a pier in Killough, Co Down...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2004
Private SA health company contracted to treat NHS patients
A South Africa-based private health company has been awarded a contract by the government to treat certain NHS patients where waiting lists are longest, it has been announced today. Health Secretary...
Private SA health company contracted to treat NHS patients
A South Africa-based private health company has been awarded a contract by the government to treat certain NHS patients where waiting lists are longest, it has been announced today. Health Secretary...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2004
£25m Victims Fund under consideration
The Commons is considering new legislation that could see the setting up of a national Victims Fund worth £25 million, it has been revealed today. According to the consultation paper, offenders could...
£25m Victims Fund under consideration
The Commons is considering new legislation that could see the setting up of a national Victims Fund worth £25 million, it has been revealed today. According to the consultation paper, offenders could...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Teenager shot in paramilitary-style attack
A 14-year-old boy has been treated in hospital following a paramilitary style shooting. The boy was shot in the leg by a gang of men after being kidnapped in north Belfast at around 7.15pm on Friday ...
Teenager shot in paramilitary-style attack
A 14-year-old boy has been treated in hospital following a paramilitary style shooting. The boy was shot in the leg by a gang of men after being kidnapped in north Belfast at around 7.15pm on Friday ...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2004
Ash warns on actionable secondhand smoking
The hospitality trade faces a rising threat of legal action from employees whose health is damaged by secondhand smoke, Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) and personal injury and trade union law firm ...
Ash warns on actionable secondhand smoking
The hospitality trade faces a rising threat of legal action from employees whose health is damaged by secondhand smoke, Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) and personal injury and trade union law firm ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Republican plot gravestones damaged
A number of graves have been destroyed at the newly refurbished Republican Plot at Milltown cemetery on Sunday night. Around 16 individual graves were destroyed in the attacks which have been condemn...
Republican plot gravestones damaged
A number of graves have been destroyed at the newly refurbished Republican Plot at Milltown cemetery on Sunday night. Around 16 individual graves were destroyed in the attacks which have been condemn...
UK National News, Jan 12, 2004
Deodorant sprays linked to breast tumour growth: study
Chemicals commonly found in antiperspirants could be linked to the growth of breast tumours, according to new research published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology. The University of Reading resear...
Deodorant sprays linked to breast tumour growth: study
Chemicals commonly found in antiperspirants could be linked to the growth of breast tumours, according to new research published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology. The University of Reading resear...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Jobs saved at Carpets International
Enterprise Minister, Ian Pearson has welcomed the announcement that carpet production at the former Carpets International factory in Donaghadee has resumed, following the establishment of a new compan...
Jobs saved at Carpets International
Enterprise Minister, Ian Pearson has welcomed the announcement that carpet production at the former Carpets International factory in Donaghadee has resumed, following the establishment of a new compan...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Burnside and Smyth resume UUP Whip
David Burnside and the Rev. Martin Smyth have resumed the Westminster Parliamentary Whip, according to the Ulster Unionist Party. In a statement made of Friday, the party said the two MP's had resume...
Burnside and Smyth resume UUP Whip
David Burnside and the Rev. Martin Smyth have resumed the Westminster Parliamentary Whip, according to the Ulster Unionist Party. In a statement made of Friday, the party said the two MP's had resume...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Beggs presses for lower VAT on tourism
Ulster Unionist MP, Roy Beggs is mounting a UK-wide campaign to reduce the level of VAT on tourism. With Northern Ireland’s tourism industry struggling to compete with the rest of the EU because the ...
Beggs presses for lower VAT on tourism
Ulster Unionist MP, Roy Beggs is mounting a UK-wide campaign to reduce the level of VAT on tourism. With Northern Ireland’s tourism industry struggling to compete with the rest of the EU because the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Community Groups to get £120K funding
Community Relations Minister, John Spellar today announced that a further £120,000 is to be allocated to community organisations in north Belfast. The funding is being allocated under an extension to...
Community Groups to get £120K funding
Community Relations Minister, John Spellar today announced that a further £120,000 is to be allocated to community organisations in north Belfast. The funding is being allocated under an extension to...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Ulster blitz Leicester Tigers in Heineken Cup win
Ulster stormed to the top of their Heineken Cup group yesterday after thumping Leicester Tigers 33-0 at Ravenhill Road. Alan Solomon's men took advantage of the windy conditions to pummel the two tim...
Ulster blitz Leicester Tigers in Heineken Cup win
Ulster stormed to the top of their Heineken Cup group yesterday after thumping Leicester Tigers 33-0 at Ravenhill Road. Alan Solomon's men took advantage of the windy conditions to pummel the two tim...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Top experts to attend Belfast Disability Awareness Conference
A number of international speakers are set to converge on Belfast next month to address a major conference to mark the European Year for People with Disabilities. ‘Breaking the Barriers’, which will ...
Top experts to attend Belfast Disability Awareness Conference
A number of international speakers are set to converge on Belfast next month to address a major conference to mark the European Year for People with Disabilities. ‘Breaking the Barriers’, which will ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 12, 2004
Lottery funding aids schools' WWII history lessons
The New Opportunities Fund today launched National Lottery funding to enable Northern Ireland pupils to learn about the experiences of veterans of the Second World War. The scheme, 'Their Past – Your...
Lottery funding aids schools' WWII history lessons
The New Opportunities Fund today launched National Lottery funding to enable Northern Ireland pupils to learn about the experiences of veterans of the Second World War. The scheme, 'Their Past – Your...
Recruitment News, Jan 11, 2004
HR Professionals Reject UK Working Time 'Opt Out'
According to a survey by a leading business consultancy group, around three in five human resource professionals would back EU measures to restrict company employees' working to a maximum of 48 hours ...
HR Professionals Reject UK Working Time 'Opt Out'
According to a survey by a leading business consultancy group, around three in five human resource professionals would back EU measures to restrict company employees' working to a maximum of 48 hours ...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2004
BBC takes 'Kilroy' off air following Arab article
The BBC has suspended the weekday morning television programme 'Kilroy', following outrage caused by an article Mr Kilroy-Silk wrote for a Sunday newspaper. In a statement released today, the corpora...
BBC takes 'Kilroy' off air following Arab article
The BBC has suspended the weekday morning television programme 'Kilroy', following outrage caused by an article Mr Kilroy-Silk wrote for a Sunday newspaper. In a statement released today, the corpora...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2004
Hope for repatriation of Guantanamo Bay detainees
British citizens being held in Guantanamo Bay's Camp Delta are set to be released by the US government, it has been reported today. According to the Times newspaper, preparations are being made for ...
Hope for repatriation of Guantanamo Bay detainees
British citizens being held in Guantanamo Bay's Camp Delta are set to be released by the US government, it has been reported today. According to the Times newspaper, preparations are being made for ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2004
Belfast man denies terrorist articles charge
A Belfast man has denied charges of having articles likely to be of use to terrorists. Edwin Jones, 35, from Dunraven Court in east Belfast, who appeared before Belfast Magistrate's Court on Friday, ...
Belfast man denies terrorist articles charge
A Belfast man has denied charges of having articles likely to be of use to terrorists. Edwin Jones, 35, from Dunraven Court in east Belfast, who appeared before Belfast Magistrate's Court on Friday, ...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2004
Bombers kill five worshippers at Iraqi mosque
Five people have been killed following an explosion at a mosque in the town of Baquba today. The bombers struck as worshippers concluded prayers at the Shia mosque this afternoon. Around 40 people h...
Bombers kill five worshippers at Iraqi mosque
Five people have been killed following an explosion at a mosque in the town of Baquba today. The bombers struck as worshippers concluded prayers at the Shia mosque this afternoon. Around 40 people h...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:It will be rather cloudy with scattered sleet and snow showers but mostly rain near the North coast. Feeling bitterly cold in fresh or strong northerly wind. Maximum temperature 4 °C.Tonight:Clear intervals and wintry showers, most frequent in the north but mostly of rain along the North Coast. A cold night with risk of icy stretches. Minimum temperature -1 °C.
