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Northern Ireland News for March 2005 : Page 11
UK National News, Mar 4, 2005
Fossett completes record-breaking flight
American millionaire Steve Fossett has set the aviation world record for a round-the-world solo, non-stop flight, without re-fuelling. Mr Fossett returned to Salina Municipal Airport in Kansas, landi...
Fossett completes record-breaking flight
American millionaire Steve Fossett has set the aviation world record for a round-the-world solo, non-stop flight, without re-fuelling. Mr Fossett returned to Salina Municipal Airport in Kansas, landi...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Four life sentences for man behind hostel fire deaths
A man has received four life sentences for starting a hostel fire in which four people died. At the Old Bailey today, Mr Justice Fulford told Dudley, 31, that he must serve at least 28 years in priso...
Four life sentences for man behind hostel fire deaths
A man has received four life sentences for starting a hostel fire in which four people died. At the Old Bailey today, Mr Justice Fulford told Dudley, 31, that he must serve at least 28 years in priso...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Three people arrested in terrorist investigation
Scotland Yard have confirmed that three people have been arrested in connection with an international terrorism investigation. Two men, aged 30 and 29, and a woman, aged 4, were arrested in Coventry ...
Three people arrested in terrorist investigation
Scotland Yard have confirmed that three people have been arrested in connection with an international terrorism investigation. Two men, aged 30 and 29, and a woman, aged 4, were arrested in Coventry ...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
More snow expected to affect UK overnight
The Highway Agency has warned motorists to take extra care on the roads tonight and tomorrow morning, as more snow and low temperatures have been forecast for many areas of the country. The Met Offic...
More snow expected to affect UK overnight
The Highway Agency has warned motorists to take extra care on the roads tonight and tomorrow morning, as more snow and low temperatures have been forecast for many areas of the country. The Met Offic...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Release date set for Jonathan King
Pop producer Jonathan King will be released from prison on parole at the end of the month. Mr King, 60, who was jailed for seven years in November 2001 for a series of sex offences against teenage bo...
Release date set for Jonathan King
Pop producer Jonathan King will be released from prison on parole at the end of the month. Mr King, 60, who was jailed for seven years in November 2001 for a series of sex offences against teenage bo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
Hospital waiting lists continue to fall
The number of people on hospital waiting lists has fallen over the past year, the Department of Health has said. Figures released today by the Department showed that the number of people waiting for ...
Hospital waiting lists continue to fall
The number of people on hospital waiting lists has fallen over the past year, the Department of Health has said. Figures released today by the Department showed that the number of people waiting for ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
Three people escape injury in gun attack
Three people have escaped injury following a gun attack on a house in Craigavon on Wednesday. Shortly before 9.45pm, a man and woman, both aged 53, and another 22-year-old man were in a house in the ...
Three people escape injury in gun attack
Three people have escaped injury following a gun attack on a house in Craigavon on Wednesday. Shortly before 9.45pm, a man and woman, both aged 53, and another 22-year-old man were in a house in the ...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Labour education plan promises 'tailored support'
Labour have launched their five-year education plan with promises to provide 'tailored support' for school children. Plans unveiled by Prime Minister Tony Blair and Education Secretary Ruth Kelly inc...
Labour education plan promises 'tailored support'
Labour have launched their five-year education plan with promises to provide 'tailored support' for school children. Plans unveiled by Prime Minister Tony Blair and Education Secretary Ruth Kelly inc...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Prisoner on the run following taxi escape
Police are searching for a convicted robber who escaped from a taxi in which he was being transported to hospital. Neil Brennan, 21, had been in the taxi with two prison guards, who were accompanying...
Prisoner on the run following taxi escape
Police are searching for a convicted robber who escaped from a taxi in which he was being transported to hospital. Neil Brennan, 21, had been in the taxi with two prison guards, who were accompanying...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
Post-Primary 'focus' on children's needs, Gardiner
Education Minister Barry Gardiner has again emphasised that the focus of new post-primary arrangements must be on the needs of the child. The Minister was responding to a motion about new admissions ...
Post-Primary 'focus' on children's needs, Gardiner
Education Minister Barry Gardiner has again emphasised that the focus of new post-primary arrangements must be on the needs of the child. The Minister was responding to a motion about new admissions ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
PSNI urges community to help in fight against car crime
Police in west Belfast have urged local people to work in partnership with officers to help defeat car crime. Following a weekend which saw nine arrests made by the specialist Auto Crime Team and nin...
PSNI urges community to help in fight against car crime
Police in west Belfast have urged local people to work in partnership with officers to help defeat car crime. Following a weekend which saw nine arrests made by the specialist Auto Crime Team and nin...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
Work related asthma can be avoided says HSENI
Work related asthma can be avoided, the Chair of the Northern Ireland Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) said today. Liam McBrinn was addressing delegates at a Conference for employers, employees an...
Work related asthma can be avoided says HSENI
Work related asthma can be avoided, the Chair of the Northern Ireland Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) said today. Liam McBrinn was addressing delegates at a Conference for employers, employees an...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
British diplomat charged over plane disturbance
A British diplomat who was arrested following a disturbance on a flight has been charged with being drunk on an aircraft and using threatening behaviour. Defence attaché Colonel Peter Roberts MBE, wa...
British diplomat charged over plane disturbance
A British diplomat who was arrested following a disturbance on a flight has been charged with being drunk on an aircraft and using threatening behaviour. Defence attaché Colonel Peter Roberts MBE, wa...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Laws to protect against religious discrimination announced
The government has announced plans for new laws to boost protection against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief. The new proposals, included in the Equality Bill, would ban both direc...
Laws to protect against religious discrimination announced
The government has announced plans for new laws to boost protection against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief. The new proposals, included in the Equality Bill, would ban both direc...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Identity fraud rising in the UK
A quarter of British adults have had their identity stolen or know someone who has been a victim of identity fraud, a survey by consumer watchdog Which? has revealed. As part of the survey a Which? r...
Identity fraud rising in the UK
A quarter of British adults have had their identity stolen or know someone who has been a victim of identity fraud, a survey by consumer watchdog Which? has revealed. As part of the survey a Which? r...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
Belfast's first neighbourhood watch scheme gets underway
Police in Castlereagh today launched their first ever Neighbourhood Watch scheme in the Greater Belfast area. The scheme, in conjunction with the Ballyhanwood and Mann's Road Schemes, aim to bring “g...
Belfast's first neighbourhood watch scheme gets underway
Police in Castlereagh today launched their first ever Neighbourhood Watch scheme in the Greater Belfast area. The scheme, in conjunction with the Ballyhanwood and Mann's Road Schemes, aim to bring “g...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
Community waste fund to reduce landfill burden
Environment Minister Angela Smith has launched the new ‘Community Waste Innovation Fund’ which will fund sustainable waste management projects in the community and voluntary sector. The fund replaces...
Community waste fund to reduce landfill burden
Environment Minister Angela Smith has launched the new ‘Community Waste Innovation Fund’ which will fund sustainable waste management projects in the community and voluntary sector. The fund replaces...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2005
Councils begin ‘Kerbie’ cleanup across NI
Local councils have begun the biggest ever simultaneous rollout of kerbside recycling schemes ever undertaken in Northern Ireland. More than 100,000 households across five council areas – Armagh, Bal...
Councils begin ‘Kerbie’ cleanup across NI
Local councils have begun the biggest ever simultaneous rollout of kerbside recycling schemes ever undertaken in Northern Ireland. More than 100,000 households across five council areas – Armagh, Bal...
UK National News, Mar 3, 2005
Defra launches farmland conservation scheme
A new scheme enabling English farmers to be paid for environmental work on their farms is to be launched in the spring. The Environmental Stewardship Scheme, which is funded by the European Union (EU...
Defra launches farmland conservation scheme
A new scheme enabling English farmers to be paid for environmental work on their farms is to be launched in the spring. The Environmental Stewardship Scheme, which is funded by the European Union (EU...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
Governors face axe but BBC licence fee remains
The publishing of the Government's Green Paper today signalled the abolition of the 77-year institution of the BBC's Board of Governors. The Green Paper confirmed that the licence fee arrangements wi...
Governors face axe but BBC licence fee remains
The publishing of the Government's Green Paper today signalled the abolition of the 77-year institution of the BBC's Board of Governors. The Green Paper confirmed that the licence fee arrangements wi...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
Muslim schoolgirl wins court case
The Appeal Court has ruled that a Muslim schoolgirl was unlawfully excluded from school because she wore traditional Muslim dress instead of the school uniform. Shabina Begum was sent home from Denbi...
Muslim schoolgirl wins court case
The Appeal Court has ruled that a Muslim schoolgirl was unlawfully excluded from school because she wore traditional Muslim dress instead of the school uniform. Shabina Begum was sent home from Denbi...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
Saddam tribunal judge murdered
A judge and lawyer working on the tribunal panel that will try former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, has been murdered in Baghdad. Iraqi officials confirmed that Judge Barwez Mohammed Mahmoud al-Mer...
Saddam tribunal judge murdered
A judge and lawyer working on the tribunal panel that will try former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, has been murdered in Baghdad. Iraqi officials confirmed that Judge Barwez Mohammed Mahmoud al-Mer...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
Man in critical condition following hit and run incident
Police in south Belfast are appealing for information following the theft of a vehicle and subsequent hit and run incident in Belfast city centre on Tuesday that has left one man in hospital in a crit...
Man in critical condition following hit and run incident
Police in south Belfast are appealing for information following the theft of a vehicle and subsequent hit and run incident in Belfast city centre on Tuesday that has left one man in hospital in a crit...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
British top in heroin seizures, says UN report
Britain had the largest rate of heroin seizures in Europe last year, a report by UN drugs watchdog, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) found. The report also found that the UK had the t...
British top in heroin seizures, says UN report
Britain had the largest rate of heroin seizures in Europe last year, a report by UN drugs watchdog, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) found. The report also found that the UK had the t...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
Lord Mayor issues interface ‘cool it’ plea
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tom Ekin, today issued a ‘cool it’ message to political and community leaders for the sake of people who live in interface areas across the city. He said he was ...
Lord Mayor issues interface ‘cool it’ plea
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tom Ekin, today issued a ‘cool it’ message to political and community leaders for the sake of people who live in interface areas across the city. He said he was ...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
More wintry weather ahead in parts of England
The Met Office has issued more warnings as the southeast and northeast of England has once again been hit by severe winter weather. Met Office forecasters have issued flash warnings of severe weather...
More wintry weather ahead in parts of England
The Met Office has issued more warnings as the southeast and northeast of England has once again been hit by severe winter weather. Met Office forecasters have issued flash warnings of severe weather...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
SF abstains from City Council's McCartney police motion
Sinn Fein has been criticised for not backing a motion at Belfast City Council which called for anyone with information in regard to the murder of Robert McCartney to go to the police. The SDLP motio...
SF abstains from City Council's McCartney police motion
Sinn Fein has been criticised for not backing a motion at Belfast City Council which called for anyone with information in regard to the murder of Robert McCartney to go to the police. The SDLP motio...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
Several people escape injury in gun attack
Several people have escaped injury following a gun attack on a flat in Co Down overnight. Three shots were fired into the flat in the Hillcrest area of Bangor at about 10pm on Tuesday. Police say tw...
Several people escape injury in gun attack
Several people have escaped injury following a gun attack on a flat in Co Down overnight. Three shots were fired into the flat in the Hillcrest area of Bangor at about 10pm on Tuesday. Police say tw...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
MPs recommend changes for child access system
A report by the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee has called for more child access cases to be dealt with through mediation, not through the court system. The report, the result of a five month...
MPs recommend changes for child access system
A report by the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee has called for more child access cases to be dealt with through mediation, not through the court system. The report, the result of a five month...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
LG Philips plant closure to put 760 out of work
LG Philips Displays has announced that its factory in Durham is to close with the loss of 761 jobs. The firm, which produces cathode ray tubes for use in televisions and computer monitors, cited pric...
LG Philips plant closure to put 760 out of work
LG Philips Displays has announced that its factory in Durham is to close with the loss of 761 jobs. The firm, which produces cathode ray tubes for use in televisions and computer monitors, cited pric...
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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.
