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Northern Ireland News for March 2005 : Page 12
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
Passive smoking kills 30 a day in UK, claims study
Passive smoking kills at least 30 people every day, both at work and at home, in the UK, a study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has claimed. Research conducted by Professor Konrad Jamrozik fro...
Passive smoking kills 30 a day in UK, claims study
Passive smoking kills at least 30 people every day, both at work and at home, in the UK, a study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has claimed. Research conducted by Professor Konrad Jamrozik fro...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
Illegal rubbish dumped 'every 35 seconds'
Rubbish is illegally dumped somewhere in England every 35 seconds – and it is costing authorities almost £100 a minute to clear it up, new research has shown. The information came from Flycapture, a ...
Illegal rubbish dumped 'every 35 seconds'
Rubbish is illegally dumped somewhere in England every 35 seconds – and it is costing authorities almost £100 a minute to clear it up, new research has shown. The information came from Flycapture, a ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
HRC call for improved investigations of security force killings
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (HRC) today called on the government to improve the way it investigates deaths caused by the police and security forces. The call came as a critical revie...
HRC call for improved investigations of security force killings
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (HRC) today called on the government to improve the way it investigates deaths caused by the police and security forces. The call came as a critical revie...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
Minister welcomes renewable energy initiative
Enterprise Minister Barry Gardiner has welcomed funding for two innovative cross border renewable energy projects under a European Union funding programme. In the first project £750,000 will enable a...
Minister welcomes renewable energy initiative
Enterprise Minister Barry Gardiner has welcomed funding for two innovative cross border renewable energy projects under a European Union funding programme. In the first project £750,000 will enable a...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
UTV's 'Insight' scoops top national TV award
The makers of UTV’s 'Insight' programme have been awarded the prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) National and Regional Current Affairs Award for an investigation into the deaths of four childr...
UTV's 'Insight' scoops top national TV award
The makers of UTV’s 'Insight' programme have been awarded the prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) National and Regional Current Affairs Award for an investigation into the deaths of four childr...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 2, 2005
Log cabin firm to create 10 new jobs
An enterprising Londonderry company has created 10 new jobs by helping breath life into the market for traditional log cabins. Oakgrove Cabins, based at Maydown Industrial Estate, is designing and ma...
Log cabin firm to create 10 new jobs
An enterprising Londonderry company has created 10 new jobs by helping breath life into the market for traditional log cabins. Oakgrove Cabins, based at Maydown Industrial Estate, is designing and ma...
UK National News, Mar 2, 2005
Microsoft boss receives honorary knighthood
Bill Gates, head of computer software giant Microsoft, will receive an honorary knighthood from the Queen today. Mr Gates, who is the world's wealthiest man with an estimated fortune of £28 billion, ...
Microsoft boss receives honorary knighthood
Bill Gates, head of computer software giant Microsoft, will receive an honorary knighthood from the Queen today. Mr Gates, who is the world's wealthiest man with an estimated fortune of £28 billion, ...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Government prepares plan for flu pandemic
Health Secretary John Reid has announced plans to purchase nearly 15 million courses of an anti-viral drug, in order to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic. The plans were announced as part of ...
Government prepares plan for flu pandemic
Health Secretary John Reid has announced plans to purchase nearly 15 million courses of an anti-viral drug, in order to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic. The plans were announced as part of ...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Abbas pledges reforms at Middle-East conference
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told delegates at a high level conference in London that he is committed to reforms. The conference, which is dedicated to demonstrate international suppor...
Abbas pledges reforms at Middle-East conference
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told delegates at a high level conference in London that he is committed to reforms. The conference, which is dedicated to demonstrate international suppor...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
Man arrested in connection with McCartney murder
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney. The 33-year-old father of two was stabbed to death during a "bar brawl" in Belfast city centre last ...
Man arrested in connection with McCartney murder
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney. The 33-year-old father of two was stabbed to death during a "bar brawl" in Belfast city centre last ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
Government announce new Victims’ and Survivors’ Commissioner for NI
The Government has confirmed it is to put in a place a new Victims’ and Survivors’ Commissioner for Northern Ireland. Speaking on Tuesday, Secretary of State Paul Murphy said he believed such a role ...
Government announce new Victims’ and Survivors’ Commissioner for NI
The Government has confirmed it is to put in a place a new Victims’ and Survivors’ Commissioner for Northern Ireland. Speaking on Tuesday, Secretary of State Paul Murphy said he believed such a role ...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Passengers evacuated in plane emergency
Over 300 passengers had to be evacuated from a Pakistani Airlines flight at Manchester Airport this morning, after reports that it had caught fire. The Boeing 777, flight 789, had landed just after 9...
Passengers evacuated in plane emergency
Over 300 passengers had to be evacuated from a Pakistani Airlines flight at Manchester Airport this morning, after reports that it had caught fire. The Boeing 777, flight 789, had landed just after 9...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Alzheimer's drugs could be withdrawn
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended the withdrawal of three drugs frequently used to help treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Following an assessment of the dr...
Alzheimer's drugs could be withdrawn
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended the withdrawal of three drugs frequently used to help treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Following an assessment of the dr...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
West Belfast workspace project gets funding boost
Enterprise Minister Barry Gardiner today announced plans for a £373,000 investment to develop new workspace units at Lanark Way in Belfast. The project, by Impact Enterprises, is the first in the Wes...
West Belfast workspace project gets funding boost
Enterprise Minister Barry Gardiner today announced plans for a £373,000 investment to develop new workspace units at Lanark Way in Belfast. The project, by Impact Enterprises, is the first in the Wes...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Average council tax rise dips to 4%
Average council tax will rise by 4% in England this year, the lowest percentage increase since 1994, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has reported. CIPFA research pre...
Average council tax rise dips to 4%
Average council tax will rise by 4% in England this year, the lowest percentage increase since 1994, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has reported. CIPFA research pre...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
Priest treated for shock following robbery
An armed man in Armagh robbed a Roman Catholic priest on Monday. The clergyman was leaving the Parochial Hall at Cathedral Road, Armagh just before 9.45pm when a man armed with a claw hammer and repl...
Priest treated for shock following robbery
An armed man in Armagh robbed a Roman Catholic priest on Monday. The clergyman was leaving the Parochial Hall at Cathedral Road, Armagh just before 9.45pm when a man armed with a claw hammer and repl...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Clarke threatens to 'name and shame' ASBO offenders
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has warned that people served anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) will face having their personal details made public knowledge, under new Home Office guidance to "name ...
Clarke threatens to 'name and shame' ASBO offenders
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has warned that people served anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) will face having their personal details made public knowledge, under new Home Office guidance to "name ...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Gang culture 'widespread', schools report finds
Gang culture is 'perceived to be widespread' in England's schools, a report by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has found. The education watchdog said that one in five of the secondary ...
Gang culture 'widespread', schools report finds
Gang culture is 'perceived to be widespread' in England's schools, a report by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has found. The education watchdog said that one in five of the secondary ...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
UN reports fall in global asylum figures
The UN has reported that the number of asylum seekers arriving in industrialised countries has fallen for the third year in a row to reach the lowest level in 16 years. In many countries, the total n...
UN reports fall in global asylum figures
The UN has reported that the number of asylum seekers arriving in industrialised countries has fallen for the third year in a row to reach the lowest level in 16 years. In many countries, the total n...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
Belfast prepares to honour ‘Titanic’ achievement
Just over nine decades after the world’s most famous ocean liner sailed gracefully off for her tragic maiden trans-Atlantic voyage, the City of Belfast once more is preparing to celebrate and commemor...
Belfast prepares to honour ‘Titanic’ achievement
Just over nine decades after the world’s most famous ocean liner sailed gracefully off for her tragic maiden trans-Atlantic voyage, the City of Belfast once more is preparing to celebrate and commemor...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
UK marine life under threat, report claims
Fishing and climate are having an adverse effect on marine life in the UK, a report by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has found. The study said that pollution did ...
UK marine life under threat, report claims
Fishing and climate are having an adverse effect on marine life in the UK, a report by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has found. The study said that pollution did ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
Work begins on £84m cross border dual carriageway
Work has begun on a new £84 million cross border dual carriageway scheme between Newry and Dundalk. The scheme involves the provision of approximately 14 km of high standard dual carriageway between ...
Work begins on £84m cross border dual carriageway
Work has begun on a new £84 million cross border dual carriageway scheme between Newry and Dundalk. The scheme involves the provision of approximately 14 km of high standard dual carriageway between ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
Belfast to host diabetes and public health conference
A joint conference to highlight the links between public health and diabetes is being organised by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and Diabetes UK Northern Ireland. The ai...
Belfast to host diabetes and public health conference
A joint conference to highlight the links between public health and diabetes is being organised by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and Diabetes UK Northern Ireland. The ai...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 1, 2005
Prescribed medicines can make you ill says academic
A leading academic has claimed that around one in every 20 emergency admissions to hospital A&E units are due to people suffering adverse reactions to prescribed medicines. Professor Hugh McGavock, V...
Prescribed medicines can make you ill says academic
A leading academic has claimed that around one in every 20 emergency admissions to hospital A&E units are due to people suffering adverse reactions to prescribed medicines. Professor Hugh McGavock, V...
UK National News, Mar 1, 2005
Badger cull considered in plans to tackle bovine TB
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has warned that badgers could be culled in order to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB). Defra stressed that scientific, as ...
Badger cull considered in plans to tackle bovine TB
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has warned that badgers could be culled in order to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB). Defra stressed that scientific, as ...
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