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Northern Ireland News for March 2005 : Page 3
UK National News, Mar 24, 2005
IVF patients could choose baby’s sex
A Science & Technology Committee report suggests parents undergoing IVF treatment may be able to choose the sex of their baby. MP’s have called for the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFE...
IVF patients could choose baby’s sex
A Science & Technology Committee report suggests parents undergoing IVF treatment may be able to choose the sex of their baby. MP’s have called for the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFE...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2005
Teenager rescued from burning building
A teenager has been rescued from a fire in a derelict building in north Belfast on Wednesday. The 14-year-old boy was discovered trapped on the first floor of the house on the Cavehill Road late last...
Teenager rescued from burning building
A teenager has been rescued from a fire in a derelict building in north Belfast on Wednesday. The 14-year-old boy was discovered trapped on the first floor of the house on the Cavehill Road late last...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2005
Concern grows over missing Lisburn man
Police in Lisburn have said they are “extremely concerned” for the well being of a 51-year-old local man, who went missing from a local hospital nearly two weeks ago. Wilbert Scott, who is described ...
Concern grows over missing Lisburn man
Police in Lisburn have said they are “extremely concerned” for the well being of a 51-year-old local man, who went missing from a local hospital nearly two weeks ago. Wilbert Scott, who is described ...
UK National News, Mar 24, 2005
Schiavo’s parents appeal to Supreme Court
Terri Schiavo’s parents have asked the US Supreme Court to order the re-insertion of their severely brain-damaged daughter’s feeding tube. The appeal by Bob and Mary Schindler came after Mrs Schiavo,...
Schiavo’s parents appeal to Supreme Court
Terri Schiavo’s parents have asked the US Supreme Court to order the re-insertion of their severely brain-damaged daughter’s feeding tube. The appeal by Bob and Mary Schindler came after Mrs Schiavo,...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2005
City of Derry airport attracts £10m in funding
The British and Irish Government’s have confirmed that they are to provide £10 million towards the redevelopment of the City of Derry airport. Regional Development Minister, John Spellar and Irish Fo...
City of Derry airport attracts £10m in funding
The British and Irish Government’s have confirmed that they are to provide £10 million towards the redevelopment of the City of Derry airport. Regional Development Minister, John Spellar and Irish Fo...
UK National News, Mar 24, 2005
Protestors storm presidential palace in Kyrgyzstan
Hundreds of opposition activists have stormed the presidential palace, the White House, in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishek. The storming is the latest in a wave of angry protests aimed at forcing Preside...
Protestors storm presidential palace in Kyrgyzstan
Hundreds of opposition activists have stormed the presidential palace, the White House, in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishek. The storming is the latest in a wave of angry protests aimed at forcing Preside...
UK National News, Mar 24, 2005
Ethiopian army branded ‘murderers and rapists’
The Ethiopian military has committed widespread murder, rape and torture against the Anuak population since December 2003, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released today. In ‘Targeting the ...
Ethiopian army branded ‘murderers and rapists’
The Ethiopian military has committed widespread murder, rape and torture against the Anuak population since December 2003, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released today. In ‘Targeting the ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2005
PSNI issue crime prevention appeal to NI fans
Police have warned thousands of Northern Ireland supporters travelling to Saturday’s game against England in Manchester to take extra caution with regard to crime prevention. Officers said that by se...
PSNI issue crime prevention appeal to NI fans
Police have warned thousands of Northern Ireland supporters travelling to Saturday’s game against England in Manchester to take extra caution with regard to crime prevention. Officers said that by se...
UK National News, Mar 24, 2005
Fischer flies to Iceland as national
Former world chess legend Bobby Fischer has walked free from a Japanese detention centre and is set to fly to Iceland today. Mr Fischer spent eight months behind bars and is wanted in the US for viol...
Fischer flies to Iceland as national
Former world chess legend Bobby Fischer has walked free from a Japanese detention centre and is set to fly to Iceland today. Mr Fischer spent eight months behind bars and is wanted in the US for viol...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2005
Derry deprivation relief plan unveiled
A plan to tackle deprivation in Derry was launched today by the Minister for Social Development, John Spellar. Announcing the publication of the Final Implementation Plan and Equality Impact Assessme...
Derry deprivation relief plan unveiled
A plan to tackle deprivation in Derry was launched today by the Minister for Social Development, John Spellar. Announcing the publication of the Final Implementation Plan and Equality Impact Assessme...
UK National News, Mar 24, 2005
Gerrard expects maximum World Cup points
England midfielder Steven Gerrard has called on his team to make sure they collect six points from their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan. The Liverpool skippe...
Gerrard expects maximum World Cup points
England midfielder Steven Gerrard has called on his team to make sure they collect six points from their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan. The Liverpool skippe...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2005
Spellar proposes new powers for a safer society
Enhanced powers to tackle anti-social behaviour and drink driving have been included in new proposed legislation announced today by Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar. Increased support for the v...
Spellar proposes new powers for a safer society
Enhanced powers to tackle anti-social behaviour and drink driving have been included in new proposed legislation announced today by Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar. Increased support for the v...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
Foreign Secretary announces intelligence changes
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced plans to improve government use of intelligence, following the failings in the run-up to the war in Iraq. The reforms follow the publication of Lord Butler'...
Foreign Secretary announces intelligence changes
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced plans to improve government use of intelligence, following the failings in the run-up to the war in Iraq. The reforms follow the publication of Lord Butler'...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
BBC unions to ballot on strike action over job cuts
Bectu, Amicus and the NUJ have announced plans to ballot BBC members over possible strike action if plans to axe thousands of jobs go ahead. The unions have requested a three month 'pause' before 400...
BBC unions to ballot on strike action over job cuts
Bectu, Amicus and the NUJ have announced plans to ballot BBC members over possible strike action if plans to axe thousands of jobs go ahead. The unions have requested a three month 'pause' before 400...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Gun attack was attempted murder say police
Police are treating a gun attack on a house in Co Armagh as attempted murder. A couple and their 17-year-old son were in the property in the Meadow Brook area of Craigavon when three shots were fired...
Gun attack was attempted murder say police
Police are treating a gun attack on a house in Co Armagh as attempted murder. A couple and their 17-year-old son were in the property in the Meadow Brook area of Craigavon when three shots were fired...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
IRA again deny involvement in McCartney murder
The IRA has again reiterated its stance that it was not behind the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney in January. In its Easter statement published in the republican paper An Phoblacht on Tuesday...
IRA again deny involvement in McCartney murder
The IRA has again reiterated its stance that it was not behind the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney in January. In its Easter statement published in the republican paper An Phoblacht on Tuesday...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
UK-born paedophile to be deported from Australia
A British-born paedophile, who has spent over thirty years in prison, is to be freed from prison in Australia and deported back to the UK. Robert Excell, 66, who emigrated to Australia as a child, is...
UK-born paedophile to be deported from Australia
A British-born paedophile, who has spent over thirty years in prison, is to be freed from prison in Australia and deported back to the UK. Robert Excell, 66, who emigrated to Australia as a child, is...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Universities to hold Holyland meeting with SDLP
Northern Ireland’s two universities are to hold a meeting with the SDLP to discuss ongoing community relation issues in the Holyland area of south Belfast. The meeting comes a week after disturbances...
Universities to hold Holyland meeting with SDLP
Northern Ireland’s two universities are to hold a meeting with the SDLP to discuss ongoing community relation issues in the Holyland area of south Belfast. The meeting comes a week after disturbances...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Five arrests follow customs fuel operations
Five arrests have been made relating to two separate customs fuel operations in the past week. In the first operation last Wednesday investigators assisted by police uncovered around 18,500 litres of...
Five arrests follow customs fuel operations
Five arrests have been made relating to two separate customs fuel operations in the past week. In the first operation last Wednesday investigators assisted by police uncovered around 18,500 litres of...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
Sons to be witnesses at Royal Wedding
Prince William and Tom Parker-Bowles are to be witnesses at the civil marriage ceremony between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, Clarence House has announced. The couple's other childre...
Sons to be witnesses at Royal Wedding
Prince William and Tom Parker-Bowles are to be witnesses at the civil marriage ceremony between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, Clarence House has announced. The couple's other childre...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
Skin cancer could triple, experts warn
Children could be three times more likely to develop deadly skin cancer than their grandparents, experts have warned. Launching Cancer Research UK's SunSmart campaign, Professor Brian Diffey, from Ne...
Skin cancer could triple, experts warn
Children could be three times more likely to develop deadly skin cancer than their grandparents, experts have warned. Launching Cancer Research UK's SunSmart campaign, Professor Brian Diffey, from Ne...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Minister announces neighbourhood renewal plan for Belfast
The need for integrated regeneration initiatives to tackle concentrations of multiple deprivation and social exclusion has never been greater, Social Development Minister, John Spellar has said. Spea...
Minister announces neighbourhood renewal plan for Belfast
The need for integrated regeneration initiatives to tackle concentrations of multiple deprivation and social exclusion has never been greater, Social Development Minister, John Spellar has said. Spea...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Lock out crime scheme reaches 1000 homes
Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar today announced the expansion of the Government’s Lock Out Crime Scheme when he visited the Belfast home of the one thousandth recipient. The initiative, which ...
Lock out crime scheme reaches 1000 homes
Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar today announced the expansion of the Government’s Lock Out Crime Scheme when he visited the Belfast home of the one thousandth recipient. The initiative, which ...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
Diabetes care improving, government claims
Care for people with diabetes is showing "good signs of improvement", a new report has claimed. The report charts the progress made in improving the care of England's 1.4 million diabetes sufferers, ...
Diabetes care improving, government claims
Care for people with diabetes is showing "good signs of improvement", a new report has claimed. The report charts the progress made in improving the care of England's 1.4 million diabetes sufferers, ...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
4.1% council tax rise announced
Council tax rises in England next year will be the lowest in over a decade, Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford has announced. According to new figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minist...
4.1% council tax rise announced
Council tax rises in England next year will be the lowest in over a decade, Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford has announced. According to new figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minist...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Clyde withdraws from NI squad
Wolves defender Mark Clyde has been withdrawn from the Northern Ireland squad for the upcoming qualifiers against England and Poland. The 22-year-old has been suffering from a knee injury and followi...
Clyde withdraws from NI squad
Wolves defender Mark Clyde has been withdrawn from the Northern Ireland squad for the upcoming qualifiers against England and Poland. The 22-year-old has been suffering from a knee injury and followi...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Friends of the Earth target NI pollution
Owners of polluting factories and landfill sites across Northern Ireland were put on notice this week as Friends of the Earth published a new guide to fighting pollution. The briefing which is free of...
Friends of the Earth target NI pollution
Owners of polluting factories and landfill sites across Northern Ireland were put on notice this week as Friends of the Earth published a new guide to fighting pollution. The briefing which is free of...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 23, 2005
Gardiner calls for creative content for broadband
Enterprise Minister Barry Gardiner has urged companies with expertise in developing broadband content to register their interest with DETI in contributing to a new initiative that is expected to lead ...
Gardiner calls for creative content for broadband
Enterprise Minister Barry Gardiner has urged companies with expertise in developing broadband content to register their interest with DETI in contributing to a new initiative that is expected to lead ...
UK National News, Mar 23, 2005
Government Bill to tackle corporate manslaughter
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has unveiled plans to make it easier to prosecute companies when fatal accidents occur. Under the proposed Corporate Manslaughter Bill, it would become a criminal offenc...
Government Bill to tackle corporate manslaughter
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has unveiled plans to make it easier to prosecute companies when fatal accidents occur. Under the proposed Corporate Manslaughter Bill, it would become a criminal offenc...
UK National News, Mar 22, 2005
Ten dead in Minnesota high school massacre
Ten people have been killed and at least a dozen others injured after a gun attack by a teenage boy at a high school in the US state of Minnesota. The shootings, which is the worst school shooting in...
Ten dead in Minnesota high school massacre
Ten people have been killed and at least a dozen others injured after a gun attack by a teenage boy at a high school in the US state of Minnesota. The shootings, which is the worst school shooting in...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A cloudy day with outbreaks of mainly light rain at times, although there may be the odd heavier burst. Driest in the south and east during the afternoon. Moderate southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 11 °C.Tonight:Staying cloudy throughout the evening and overnight period with a little rain or drizzle at times. Mild overnight with light winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
