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Northern Ireland News for October 2004 : Page 9
UK National News, Oct 12, 2004
MoD drives through £1.1bn army truck contract
Britain's troops will get thousands of state-of-the-art new vehicles as part of the biggest military truck procurement for 25 years, it has been announced today. The project will provide the armed f...
MoD drives through £1.1bn army truck contract
Britain's troops will get thousands of state-of-the-art new vehicles as part of the biggest military truck procurement for 25 years, it has been announced today. The project will provide the armed f...
UK National News, Oct 12, 2004
Train operator unveils plan to deal with 'leaf blackposts'
A rail company has prepared a contingency plan for the autumn to deal with that hoary chestnut of transport complaints – leaves on the line. Central Trains, which operates in the Midlands, announced...
Train operator unveils plan to deal with 'leaf blackposts'
A rail company has prepared a contingency plan for the autumn to deal with that hoary chestnut of transport complaints – leaves on the line. Central Trains, which operates in the Midlands, announced...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 12, 2004
Driving disqualifications to follow you home
Driving disqualifications imposed by any court in the UK will be recognised in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain from today. The DoE Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland (DVLNI) has jo...
Driving disqualifications to follow you home
Driving disqualifications imposed by any court in the UK will be recognised in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain from today. The DoE Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland (DVLNI) has jo...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 12, 2004
Ministers launch Unlocking Creativity initiative
Culture Minister Angela Smith together with Minister Barry Gardiner have launched a new action plan for the Interdepartmental Unlocking Creativity initiative. Announcing the new action plan, at the C...
Ministers launch Unlocking Creativity initiative
Culture Minister Angela Smith together with Minister Barry Gardiner have launched a new action plan for the Interdepartmental Unlocking Creativity initiative. Announcing the new action plan, at the C...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 12, 2004
Queen’s unveil £2m arts investment
Queen's University has today unveiled a major new drama facility - the result of a £2 million investment in the arts department. The new Drama and Film Centre at Queen's, which has just opened its do...
Queen’s unveil £2m arts investment
Queen's University has today unveiled a major new drama facility - the result of a £2 million investment in the arts department. The new Drama and Film Centre at Queen's, which has just opened its do...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 12, 2004
City Hall prepares for bookworm invasion
Belfast City Hall is preparing itself for an invasion of young bookworms later this month. Belfast City Council is teaming up with two major cultural festivals, Young at Art and the Belfast Festival ...
City Hall prepares for bookworm invasion
Belfast City Hall is preparing itself for an invasion of young bookworms later this month. Belfast City Council is teaming up with two major cultural festivals, Young at Art and the Belfast Festival ...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
Insurance firm moves 1,200 UK jobs to India
Up to 1,200 UK jobs at the Royal & SunAlliance will be cut and moved to India over the next two years, the insurer has announced today. The company said that the move was part of its "UK business tr...
Insurance firm moves 1,200 UK jobs to India
Up to 1,200 UK jobs at the Royal & SunAlliance will be cut and moved to India over the next two years, the insurer has announced today. The company said that the move was part of its "UK business tr...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
Global cooperation needed to stop spam scams, says OFT
Global cooperation on network security, law enforcement and heightened consumer awareness is needed to help shield internet users from spam, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Bulk unsol...
Global cooperation needed to stop spam scams, says OFT
Global cooperation on network security, law enforcement and heightened consumer awareness is needed to help shield internet users from spam, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Bulk unsol...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
One-in-seven Britons 'have no religion'
One-in-seven Britons do not consider themselves to be part of any religion, figures from the 2001 census have revealed. According to the study, 'Focus on Religion' published today by the Office for ...
One-in-seven Britons 'have no religion'
One-in-seven Britons do not consider themselves to be part of any religion, figures from the 2001 census have revealed. According to the study, 'Focus on Religion' published today by the Office for ...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
Audit slams 80% of new build homes as 'mediocre'
Four-out-of-five buyers of new build houses and flats have to settle for "mediocre properties", according to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe). The commission also cal...
Audit slams 80% of new build homes as 'mediocre'
Four-out-of-five buyers of new build houses and flats have to settle for "mediocre properties", according to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe). The commission also cal...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Decision time coming for DUP: McGuinness
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has said that political negotiations in the province are “fast coming to decision time”, particularly for the DUP. Speaking at Stormont on Monday, the Mid Ulster MP ques...
Decision time coming for DUP: McGuinness
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has said that political negotiations in the province are “fast coming to decision time”, particularly for the DUP. Speaking at Stormont on Monday, the Mid Ulster MP ques...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Two pensioners targeted in separate robberies
Two elderly women are recovering today after separate robbery attacks in counties Down and Antrim at the weekend. In the first incident in Co Down, a woman in her eighties was awoken at around 4am on...
Two pensioners targeted in separate robberies
Two elderly women are recovering today after separate robbery attacks in counties Down and Antrim at the weekend. In the first incident in Co Down, a woman in her eighties was awoken at around 4am on...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
Comical stereotypes reinforce ageism, says report
Stereotypes of older people as sick and vulnerable, heroically young and active or just comically grumpy like TV’s Victor Meldrew are "major barriers" preventing their needs from being heard or acted ...
Comical stereotypes reinforce ageism, says report
Stereotypes of older people as sick and vulnerable, heroically young and active or just comically grumpy like TV’s Victor Meldrew are "major barriers" preventing their needs from being heard or acted ...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
New employers guide to tackle stigma of mental ill-health
A new guide calling on employers and public and voluntary organisations to tackle the stigma of mental health problems – conditions which affect one-in-six British adults – has been published by the g...
New employers guide to tackle stigma of mental ill-health
A new guide calling on employers and public and voluntary organisations to tackle the stigma of mental health problems – conditions which affect one-in-six British adults – has been published by the g...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Travelling Community targeted by new law
Northern Ireland’s Traveller community has been targeted by a new law introduced by the government today. The draft ‘Unauthorised Encampments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004’ gives the police power to ...
Travelling Community targeted by new law
Northern Ireland’s Traveller community has been targeted by a new law introduced by the government today. The draft ‘Unauthorised Encampments (Northern Ireland) Order 2004’ gives the police power to ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Officer injured in brick attack
A police officer has been injured after being attacked in Londonderry at the weekend. The officer was responding to a call at a house in the Shantallow area of the city on Sunday when he was struck f...
Officer injured in brick attack
A police officer has been injured after being attacked in Londonderry at the weekend. The officer was responding to a call at a house in the Shantallow area of the city on Sunday when he was struck f...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
Headteachers press Miliband to cut 'tangle of bureaucracy'
A network of some of the country's top heads will ask the government to cut through a "tangled bureaucracy of accountability" faced by school leaders so that they can be freed to create a personalised...
Headteachers press Miliband to cut 'tangle of bureaucracy'
A network of some of the country's top heads will ask the government to cut through a "tangled bureaucracy of accountability" faced by school leaders so that they can be freed to create a personalised...
UK National News, Oct 11, 2004
New motorway signs pilot urges drivers to 'keep left'
The Highways Agency has begun a week-long pilot for two new motorway message signs which are designed to urge safer and better use of road capacity. Two new safety messages - urging motorway drivers...
New motorway signs pilot urges drivers to 'keep left'
The Highways Agency has begun a week-long pilot for two new motorway message signs which are designed to urge safer and better use of road capacity. Two new safety messages - urging motorway drivers...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
M2 bus lane aims to alleviate traffic congestion
A fasttrack for city-bound buses has been created at the M2’s Sandyknowes on-slip, it has been announced today. The new facility will operate from 7.30am to 9.30am every weekday morning, helping bus ...
M2 bus lane aims to alleviate traffic congestion
A fasttrack for city-bound buses has been created at the M2’s Sandyknowes on-slip, it has been announced today. The new facility will operate from 7.30am to 9.30am every weekday morning, helping bus ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Shop assistant held at gunpoint during robbery
Police in south Belfast are appealing for information following a robbery at a supermarket in the city centre on Sunday afternoon. At around 1.30pm a member of staff in an Iceland store at Castle St...
Shop assistant held at gunpoint during robbery
Police in south Belfast are appealing for information following a robbery at a supermarket in the city centre on Sunday afternoon. At around 1.30pm a member of staff in an Iceland store at Castle St...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Middle-East to get peace talk NI style
Experts from the University of Ulster’s Magee campus are in Ramallah in the heart of the Middle East’s trouble-torn West Bank for a seminar that draws on peace-building - Northern Ireland-style. The ...
Middle-East to get peace talk NI style
Experts from the University of Ulster’s Magee campus are in Ramallah in the heart of the Middle East’s trouble-torn West Bank for a seminar that draws on peace-building - Northern Ireland-style. The ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Injured man cut free from overturned car
A man is being treated in hospital today after his car overturned in the early hours of Sunday morning. The 25-year-old victim was driving along the Stewartstown Road, near Twinbrook, at about 5.15am...
Injured man cut free from overturned car
A man is being treated in hospital today after his car overturned in the early hours of Sunday morning. The 25-year-old victim was driving along the Stewartstown Road, near Twinbrook, at about 5.15am...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 11, 2004
Healy boost for NI ahead of Austria game
Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez looks set to recall striker David Healy to his 11-man line up for this Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Austria at Windsor Park. The Preston North End h...
Healy boost for NI ahead of Austria game
Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez looks set to recall striker David Healy to his 11-man line up for this Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Austria at Windsor Park. The Preston North End h...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
Ken Bigley has been executed, reports claim
Ken Bigley, the British man being held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, has been murdered, reports emerging today have claimed. Reuters have quoted a source claiming to have seen video footage ...
Ken Bigley has been executed, reports claim
Ken Bigley, the British man being held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, has been murdered, reports emerging today have claimed. Reuters have quoted a source claiming to have seen video footage ...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
27 die in Egyptian holiday resort bombings
Up to 27 people have been killed following bombings at three Egyptian holiday resorts popular with Israeli tourists. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned the attacks which occurred close to the Is...
27 die in Egyptian holiday resort bombings
Up to 27 people have been killed following bombings at three Egyptian holiday resorts popular with Israeli tourists. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned the attacks which occurred close to the Is...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
AA cuts 1,300 jobs
Up to 1,300 jobs are to go at the AA following the motoring organisation's decision to close its service centres and some key business interests. The AA said that it would walk away from its 122 serv...
AA cuts 1,300 jobs
Up to 1,300 jobs are to go at the AA following the motoring organisation's decision to close its service centres and some key business interests. The AA said that it would walk away from its 122 serv...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2004
Gault cleared of murdering husband
A woman convicted of murdering her husband has been found not guilty following a new trial at Omagh Crown Court. After three trials spanning two years, Lesley Gault, 35, who has always denied the cha...
Gault cleared of murdering husband
A woman convicted of murdering her husband has been found not guilty following a new trial at Omagh Crown Court. After three trials spanning two years, Lesley Gault, 35, who has always denied the cha...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
World's focus must be to support Africa, says Blair
During his visit to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the international community it must turn its attention towards Africa as the time for excuses is over. Mr Bl...
World's focus must be to support Africa, says Blair
During his visit to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the international community it must turn its attention towards Africa as the time for excuses is over. Mr Bl...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
Pay gap between boardroom and shopflor widens: study
The pay gap between the boardroom and shopfloor has widened again, after a new study found that the average pay for executives rose by 16% compared just 4.3% for ordinary workers. The study of total...
Pay gap between boardroom and shopflor widens: study
The pay gap between the boardroom and shopfloor has widened again, after a new study found that the average pay for executives rose by 16% compared just 4.3% for ordinary workers. The study of total...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2004
Inquiry panel to probe Darfur genocide allegations
A commission of inquiry has been set up by the UN to determine whether acts of genocide have occurred in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region. The five-member commission will also investigate reports o...
Inquiry panel to probe Darfur genocide allegations
A commission of inquiry has been set up by the UN to determine whether acts of genocide have occurred in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region. The five-member commission will also investigate reports o...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A mostly dry day, rather cloudy, but some sunny spells, best of these in the afternoon. A few showers spread south from late morning, turning wintry in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.Tonight:A cold evening and night with a frost. It will be largely dry, but a few wintry showers towards the north coast overnight. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
