Northern Ireland News for October 2004 : Page 10

Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
Mother and two sons attacked at home
A mother and her two sons have been attacked at their house in Co Antrim on Thursday. Two masked men attacked the 46-year-old woman and her sons outside their Moss Side Gardens home, near Ballymoney,...
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UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
UK scientists handed £147.5m cash boost
UK scientists involved in medical research, super-fast computers and clean energy technology have been handed a £147.5 million cash boost today. A multi-million pound cash injection will go into two...
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UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
Government help needed for poorer water customers
The government has today been urged to make "radical improvements" to the way customers on low and fixed incomes receive help with their water bills. In an article by Andrea Cook, a member of the nat...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
Portrush residents evacuated as building catches fire
Around 20 people have been evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out at a four-storey building in Co Antrim. The building at Lansdowne Crescent in Portrush caught fire at around 1am on Friday...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
UN Secretary-General to address UU lecture
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to visit Northern Ireland later this month to deliver a speech at the University of Ulster. Mr Annan will deliver the latest in the Tip O’Neill lecture series on th...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
Police issue fraud warning similar to ‘Canadian lottery’
Officers from the PSNI’s Fraud Squad are warning members of the public about a form of telephone fraud similar to recent ‘Canadian lottery’ fraud incidents. In the newest form of the fraud, callers a...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
M&S to recruit 550 new staff over Xmas
Marks & Spencer will recruit over 550 new staff in the run up to Christmas, it has been announced today. The company said it would be looking to employ 552 extra Customer Assistants to work in its st...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
Market Charter offers peace of mind to shoppers
Shoppers at Northern Ireland’s most popular weekly market can now have greater peace of mind, thanks to the publication of the St George’s Market Shoppers Charter. The new Charter was officially laun...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
New funding directory for historic buildings lauched
The DoE Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) has joined forces with the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (UAHS) to launch a new edition of the Directory of Funds for Historic Buildings in North...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
Doherty set to start for NI
Bristol City captain Tommy Doherty looks set to start for Northern Ireland in Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan in Baku. A favourite among fans despite only making six appearances for...
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UK National News, Oct 7, 2004
Grimsby factory closure sees 600 jobs axed
Around 600 jobs are to go at Unilever after the company revealed that it had failed to find a bidder for its Grimsby factory. The plant, part of Unilever Ice Cream & Frozen Food division which makes ...
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UK National News, Oct 7, 2004
Campaigners warn of big rise in UK's diabetes sufferers
The number of diabetes sufferers in Britain has leapt by 400,000 people in eight years, according to new statistics out today. The Diabetes UK study, 'Diabetes in the UK 2004', found that 3% of the U...
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UK National News, Oct 7, 2004
More AU monitors needed in Darfur, says Blair
The Prime Minister has called on the Sudanese government to help expand the number of UN-backed troops in Darfur. Speaking on the second day of his Africa mission, Tony Blair said that the EU was rea...
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UK National News, Oct 7, 2004
New plan to eradicate TB in Britain unveiled
New measures to tackle and eliminate tuberculosis in Britain have been announced today by the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson. The plan, 'Stopping Tuberculosis in England', envisions tackli...
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UK National News, Oct 7, 2004
Agency publishes its 'most comprehensive' flood map
The most comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible map of flood risk from rivers and the sea across England and Wales has been published by the Environmental Agency (EA) today. The new flood ma...
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UK National News, Oct 7, 2004
Agencies place nannies 'without proper checks', claims Which?
Agencies are prepared to take on "unqualified, inexperienced" nannies without proper references or thorough police checks, according to a Which? survey out today. Five agencies - a quarter of those c...
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UK National News, Oct 7, 2004
UK's 'illegal music downloaders' targeted by BPI
People who illegally make copyright music available to millions of people across the world on peer-to-peer web networks are being targeted for a "rolling programme of legal action", it has been reveal...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
Shorts to axe 560 jobs by next July
Belfast aerospace company Shorts have today confirmed that 560 jobs are to be axed over the next year. In a statement from parent company Bombardier Aerospace, management said the first wave of job c...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
Wife charged with husband's murder
The wife of a Co Armagh man found dead in June has today been charged with his murder. Jacqueline Crymble, 33, of Edenkennedy Way, Markethill, and accomplice Roger Ferguson, 29, of Cabragh Road also ...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
First-ever direct Belfast-New York air route announced
The first-ever direct air route between Belfast and New York has been announced today. The new route will be operated by Continental Airlines between Belfast International Airport and New York’s Newa...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
Family's autism funding victory could be ‘turning point’
The decision to fund Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) in Northern Ireland marks a turning point in the services available to families with autistic children in the province, a University of Ulster beh...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
Belfast solicitor jailed in drug money case
A Belfast solicitor who failed to tell police about his suspicions that a client was laundering drug money has been jailed for six months. Belfast Crown Court heard that 46-year-old Gavin David McCar...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
Agencies must work together to put children first, says Gardiner
Education Minister Barry Gardiner has challenged the education sector to help make a difference in the lives of children, by working together to put children first. Speaking at the Annual Conference ...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
Derry project aims to create jobs
An innovative project that aims to create ‘social economy’ jobs in Londonderry has been launched today by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI). The project promoted by Creggan En...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
NI hotel visitor numbers increase
The number of people staying in Northern Ireland’s hotels over the past year has increased, according to latest figures. Last year, there were record visitor figures of 1.95 million and last July hot...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 7, 2004
Belfast Lough 'mussels' in on export market
Belfast Lough is 'mussel-ing' in on the international seafood market by exporting blue mussels to the continent. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) and Northern Ireland Seafoo...
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UK National News, Oct 6, 2004
Hutton devolves more power to frontline NHS
More decision-making will be devolved to the frontline of the NHS, with GP practices directly commissioning care and services tailored to the specific needs of their patients, Health Minister John Hut...
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UK National News, Oct 6, 2004
Pensioners receiving £2 billion extra per year, says Minister
The first year of Pension Credit has made a real difference to the lives of Britain's pensioners, Pensions Minister Malcolm Wicks said today. Since its introduction in October last year £2 billion ex...
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UK National News, Oct 6, 2004
Sedentary children face higher risk of ME than more active peers
Sedentary children have a higher risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome in later life than children who regularly play sport in their spare time, new research published by the British Medical Jou...
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UK National News, Oct 6, 2004
New awards to honour community regeneration workers launched
Local people who are actively involved in the regeneration of disadvantaged communities were honoured today at a new awards ceremony hosted by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The inaugural N...
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