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Northern Ireland News for November 2004 : Page 11
UK National News, Nov 9, 2004
Reforms for customer-focused neighbourhood policing unveiled
New police reform proposals designed to increase neighbourhood policing, ensure that the police service has a stronger customer focus, and increase the visibility, accessibility and accountability of ...
Reforms for customer-focused neighbourhood policing unveiled
New police reform proposals designed to increase neighbourhood policing, ensure that the police service has a stronger customer focus, and increase the visibility, accessibility and accountability of ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
Campaign highlights organised crime link to DVD piracy
The links between DVD piracy and organised crime have been highlighted at the launch of Northern Ireland's biggest ever DVD piracy consumer awareness campaign. The campaign is part of a national pre-...
Campaign highlights organised crime link to DVD piracy
The links between DVD piracy and organised crime have been highlighted at the launch of Northern Ireland's biggest ever DVD piracy consumer awareness campaign. The campaign is part of a national pre-...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
£12m investment programme aims to create 3,000 jobs
Invest NI today unveiled a £12 million programme of support for business start ups which could lead to the creation of up to 3,000 new jobs. The programme, which incorporates phase two of the ‘Go For...
£12m investment programme aims to create 3,000 jobs
Invest NI today unveiled a £12 million programme of support for business start ups which could lead to the creation of up to 3,000 new jobs. The programme, which incorporates phase two of the ‘Go For...
Business News, Nov 9, 2004
Marks & Spencer trims down board
In a major management shake-up Marks & Spencer have announced that three members of the board are to go, along with a number of senior executives. Announcing a fall in UK retail sales of 4%, the comp...
Marks & Spencer trims down board
In a major management shake-up Marks & Spencer have announced that three members of the board are to go, along with a number of senior executives. Announcing a fall in UK retail sales of 4%, the comp...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
Drink driving message not getting through
A hard-hitting anti-drink driving campaign launched across Northern Ireland today has said that the ‘don’t drink and drive’ message is not getting through to local drivers. The national road safety c...
Drink driving message not getting through
A hard-hitting anti-drink driving campaign launched across Northern Ireland today has said that the ‘don’t drink and drive’ message is not getting through to local drivers. The national road safety c...
UK National News, Nov 9, 2004
Dockside crane collapses onto deck of HMS Invincible
A crane driver is being treated in hospital for injuries sustained following the collapse of a large dockside crane onto the deck of HMS Invincible. The aircraft carrier was undergoing a routine main...
Dockside crane collapses onto deck of HMS Invincible
A crane driver is being treated in hospital for injuries sustained following the collapse of a large dockside crane onto the deck of HMS Invincible. The aircraft carrier was undergoing a routine main...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
Staff evacuated from burning Newtownabbey factory
Staff at an engineering factory in Co Antrim have been evacuated after a fire took hold early this morning. The blaze at the FG Wilson factory in Newtownabbey broke out at about 4am on Tuesday releas...
Staff evacuated from burning Newtownabbey factory
Staff at an engineering factory in Co Antrim have been evacuated after a fire took hold early this morning. The blaze at the FG Wilson factory in Newtownabbey broke out at about 4am on Tuesday releas...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
Nothing passive about second hand smoke: report
The Health Promotion Agency (HPA) today launched a hard hitting public information campaign tackling the subject of passive smoking in Northern Ireland. The campaign is the first such scheme in the p...
Nothing passive about second hand smoke: report
The Health Promotion Agency (HPA) today launched a hard hitting public information campaign tackling the subject of passive smoking in Northern Ireland. The campaign is the first such scheme in the p...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
Sinn Fein to hold ‘Day of Reflection’ memorials
Sinn Fein have confirmed they plan to hold a ‘Day of Reflection’ aimed at promoting reconciliation and equality in the west Tyrone area next month. Tree planting ceremonies will be held at council of...
Sinn Fein to hold ‘Day of Reflection’ memorials
Sinn Fein have confirmed they plan to hold a ‘Day of Reflection’ aimed at promoting reconciliation and equality in the west Tyrone area next month. Tree planting ceremonies will be held at council of...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
Wheelchair stolen from outside Co Armagh house
Police are appealing for information after a wheelchair worth an estimated £4,500 was stolen from outside a house in Co Armagh. The Trekka electric wheelchair was stolen from outside the house in Ros...
Wheelchair stolen from outside Co Armagh house
Police are appealing for information after a wheelchair worth an estimated £4,500 was stolen from outside a house in Co Armagh. The Trekka electric wheelchair was stolen from outside the house in Ros...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 9, 2004
Exercise a success for Belfast City Council
Delegates at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall are exercising their minds today on how to get more young people to be physically active and so reduce childhood obesity. Educationalists, sports personalities,...
Exercise a success for Belfast City Council
Delegates at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall are exercising their minds today on how to get more young people to be physically active and so reduce childhood obesity. Educationalists, sports personalities,...
UK National News, Nov 9, 2004
New joint taskforce to target London's drug gangs
The supply of Class A drugs by organised criminal networks in London is to be targeted through a new joint venture between the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and HM Customs & Excise launched today....
New joint taskforce to target London's drug gangs
The supply of Class A drugs by organised criminal networks in London is to be targeted through a new joint venture between the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and HM Customs & Excise launched today....
Business News, Nov 8, 2004
Pressure on firms to ‘off-shore’ growing, says CBI
A CBI survey has revealed that many companies feel under growing pressure to relocate parts of their business overseas. Opening the CBI annual conference in Birmingham, employers boss Digby Jones arg...
Pressure on firms to ‘off-shore’ growing, says CBI
A CBI survey has revealed that many companies feel under growing pressure to relocate parts of their business overseas. Opening the CBI annual conference in Birmingham, employers boss Digby Jones arg...
Business News, Nov 8, 2004
UK businesses increasingly linked to e-commerce
E-commerce Minister Mike O'Brien has today announced that an international study shows UK businesses are at the forefront of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Comparing favou...
UK businesses increasingly linked to e-commerce
E-commerce Minister Mike O'Brien has today announced that an international study shows UK businesses are at the forefront of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Comparing favou...
UK National News, Nov 8, 2004
Fallujah attack underway by US-led forces
The insurgent-held Iraqi city of Fallujah has come under heavy assault by US-led coalition forces and Iraqi government forces. The attack was preceeded by an artillery and aerial gunship barrage on s...
Fallujah attack underway by US-led forces
The insurgent-held Iraqi city of Fallujah has come under heavy assault by US-led coalition forces and Iraqi government forces. The attack was preceeded by an artillery and aerial gunship barrage on s...
UK National News, Nov 8, 2004
Police investigate suicide cause for rail crash
The high-speed train crash that killed seven and injured scores of passengers may have been as a result of the car driver’s attempt to commit suicide. All the carriages of the train which was carryin...
Police investigate suicide cause for rail crash
The high-speed train crash that killed seven and injured scores of passengers may have been as a result of the car driver’s attempt to commit suicide. All the carriages of the train which was carryin...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
Ahern calls on parties not to delay political process
Following behind-the-scenes talks between both governments, the DUP and Sinn Féin, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has described reports of possible IRA decommissioning by the end of the year as "very near the...
Ahern calls on parties not to delay political process
Following behind-the-scenes talks between both governments, the DUP and Sinn Féin, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has described reports of possible IRA decommissioning by the end of the year as "very near the...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
SF blame loyalists for weekend trouble
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Kelly has blamed loyalists following a confrontation between rival gangs and police in north Belfast at the weekend. There were clashes in the Westland Road area of the city on Satu...
SF blame loyalists for weekend trouble
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Kelly has blamed loyalists following a confrontation between rival gangs and police in north Belfast at the weekend. There were clashes in the Westland Road area of the city on Satu...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
Police treat teenager's stabbing as attempted murder
Police are treating the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy at the weekend as attempted murder. The victim was walking through Laburnum playing fields in east Belfast early on Saturday when he was set upon...
Police treat teenager's stabbing as attempted murder
Police are treating the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy at the weekend as attempted murder. The victim was walking through Laburnum playing fields in east Belfast early on Saturday when he was set upon...
UK National News, Nov 8, 2004
Suicide bomb attack injures two British soldiers in Iraq
Two British soldiers are being treated in Germany for injuries sustained following a suicide car-bomb attack on an armoured vehicle near to Camp Dogwood. The two army technical officers who were on a...
Suicide bomb attack injures two British soldiers in Iraq
Two British soldiers are being treated in Germany for injuries sustained following a suicide car-bomb attack on an armoured vehicle near to Camp Dogwood. The two army technical officers who were on a...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
Man to appear in court following NI student's death
A 21-year-old man is expected to appear in court in Scotland on charges relating to the death of a Co Down student last week. Andrew Couser, who was studying at university in Edinburgh, was discovere...
Man to appear in court following NI student's death
A 21-year-old man is expected to appear in court in Scotland on charges relating to the death of a Co Down student last week. Andrew Couser, who was studying at university in Edinburgh, was discovere...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
South African man charged over road collision
A South African man has been charged following a road collision last week in which a Co Fermanagh father and daughter were killed. John Gillece, 60, from Kinawley, and his daughter Fiona Ronaghan, 33...
South African man charged over road collision
A South African man has been charged following a road collision last week in which a Co Fermanagh father and daughter were killed. John Gillece, 60, from Kinawley, and his daughter Fiona Ronaghan, 33...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
Police renew murder investigation appeal
Police have renewed an appeal for information on the murder of a Co Down pensioner exactly a year ago. Ted O’Hare, 73, was discovered dead by his three brothers at their farmhouse on the Tullymore Ro...
Police renew murder investigation appeal
Police have renewed an appeal for information on the murder of a Co Down pensioner exactly a year ago. Ted O’Hare, 73, was discovered dead by his three brothers at their farmhouse on the Tullymore Ro...
UK National News, Nov 8, 2004
Punishment for murder should reflect the crime: Blunkett
Home Secretary David Blunkett has today re-stated his commitment to upholding new principles for setting murder tariffs to ensure those convicted of murder receive a punishment that reflects the uniqu...
Punishment for murder should reflect the crime: Blunkett
Home Secretary David Blunkett has today re-stated his commitment to upholding new principles for setting murder tariffs to ensure those convicted of murder receive a punishment that reflects the uniqu...
UK National News, Nov 8, 2004
Blears promises blitz on ‘drunk and disorderly’
In the run up to Christmas, Home Office Minister Hazel Blears has pledged a blitz on alcohol fuelled disorder and underage drinking. Following a crackdown in many town centres this summer, a further ...
Blears promises blitz on ‘drunk and disorderly’
In the run up to Christmas, Home Office Minister Hazel Blears has pledged a blitz on alcohol fuelled disorder and underage drinking. Following a crackdown in many town centres this summer, a further ...
UK National News, Nov 8, 2004
Jobshop builds on Jobcentre Plus partnership
A partnership between Jobcentre Plus and a Norwich developer has been hailed as a real success in the recruitment of construction workers in the local area. Lend Lease, developer for the new Chapelfi...
Jobshop builds on Jobcentre Plus partnership
A partnership between Jobcentre Plus and a Norwich developer has been hailed as a real success in the recruitment of construction workers in the local area. Lend Lease, developer for the new Chapelfi...
UK National News, Nov 8, 2004
Littering drivers targeted by ‘dirty’ campaign
Posters featuring a man spitting out of his car window and a woman picking her nose at the wheel will confront motorists across the UK, as a campaign gets underway to target littering from vehicles. ...
Littering drivers targeted by ‘dirty’ campaign
Posters featuring a man spitting out of his car window and a woman picking her nose at the wheel will confront motorists across the UK, as a campaign gets underway to target littering from vehicles. ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
HSENI tackle risks from work-related stress
HSENI has endorsed a new approach from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Great Britain to help employers work with their employees to manage the risks from work-related stress. Work-related st...
HSENI tackle risks from work-related stress
HSENI has endorsed a new approach from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Great Britain to help employers work with their employees to manage the risks from work-related stress. Work-related st...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
Northern Irish language film sector outperforms Southern
Northern Ireland’s Irish language film production sector will continue to out perform its Southern counterpart's output unless a number of measures are implemented by the Irish Government, a producer’...
Northern Irish language film sector outperforms Southern
Northern Ireland’s Irish language film production sector will continue to out perform its Southern counterpart's output unless a number of measures are implemented by the Irish Government, a producer’...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 8, 2004
Queen’s talk to discuss asteroid impact threat
The prospects and implications of an asteroid impact on Earth will be the topic of the November meeting of the Café Scientifique at Queen’s University. Dr Alan Fitzsimmons, Reader in the Department o...
Queen’s talk to discuss asteroid impact threat
The prospects and implications of an asteroid impact on Earth will be the topic of the November meeting of the Café Scientifique at Queen’s University. Dr Alan Fitzsimmons, Reader in the Department o...
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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.
