Northern Ireland News for September 2005 : Page 6

Northern Ireland News, Sep 20, 2005
Beverage company toast £1M turnover boost
A successful Co. Antrim bottling firm is to increase turnover by more than £1 million in six months thanks to its participation in a pilot business improvement programme. Ballymena-based Norbev, whic...
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UK National News, Sep 20, 2005
Tesco reports profits rise
Britain’s leading supermarket group, Tesco, has reported an 18.7% rise in profits in their first-half sales figures. The supermarket giant saw pre-tax profits rise to £908 million for the 24 weeks to...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Two soldiers arrested in Iraq
Two British soldiers are understood to have been arrested in Iraq, over allegations that they opened fire on police in Basra in southern Iraq. According to reports, a senior Iraqi official claimed th...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Jeweller’s killer was not properly supervised
A teenager who was sentenced to life for the killing of jeweller Marion Bates was not properly supervised in the weeks leading up to her death, a report has found. A Probation Inspectors report found...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Clarke calls for policing reform
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has called on the police service to make proposals for the creation of regional ‘strategic forces’. Mr Clarke’s call follows last week’s publication of a report by HM In...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
Boomer Industries to create jobs in Lisburn
Following a relocation to new premises in Lisburn, Boomer Industries has announced that the company expects to create around 13 new jobs, raising the total number of company employees to 53. Set up i...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Explosion hits British embassy in Croatia
There has been a small explosion in the UK embassy in Croatia. The device, believed to be a letter bomb, exploded in the mail room of the embassy in the capital, Zagreb, around 06:30 BST. One person...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
Protestors heckle Hain in Lisburn
Secretary of State, Peter Hain was out today in Lisburn with a message that "partnership in urban regeneration can bring real prosperity to local communities." However, Mr Hain, confronted by a numbe...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Quarter of diabetes cases ‘undiagnosed’
A quarter of all people in England who may have diabetes have not been identified, a report has suggested. The Healthcare Commission report, Europe’s largest national audit of diabetes care, examined...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
Police appeal over murder of doorman
Detectives investigating the murder of a doorman at the Chimney Corner Hotel last September have re-issued an appeal for information. Stephen Nelson, 55, who had worked at the hotel for several years...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
Home damaged in petrol bomb attack
A man and a woman have escaped injury in a petrol bomb attack on a house in County Armagh on Sunday evening. Two petrol bombs were thrown at the house in Festival Road in Portadown. One device was th...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
Enniskillen rider dies in Ballybunion crash
On Sunday morning, Enniskillen rider Richard Britton was killed after his 250cc bike crashed during the Ballybunion Road Race in County Kerry. Mr Britton, 34, who was married with a five-year-old son...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Teachers call for clear discipline codes
Clear discipline codes are needed to deal with unruly school pupils, Britain’s biggest teachers’ union has warned. The National Union of Teachers has launched its charter on pupil behaviour, which is...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
Violence threatens NI's economic potential
Scenes of violence and destruction in and around Belfast are viewed as a major setback the bid to achieve the full economic potential for Northern Ireland. That was the message from the Economic Deve...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Calls for ‘smart’ meters following energy bills rise
Consumers should be allowed to use new ‘smart’ meter technology to help reduce their gas and electricity bills, the energy watchdog has said. Energywatch said that ‘smart meters’, which give half-hou...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
Irish Ferries offer severance package to workers
Over 540 employees working for Irish Ferries have been offered a voluntary severance package. Chief Executive, Eamonn Rothwell told staff he regretted having to make the offer but said that there was...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 19, 2005
'Belfast Remembers' event marks wartime role
Belfast is to pay tribute today to the contribution made by the city and the experiences of its people during the two World Wars. The special civic ceremony, ‘Belfast Remembers’ will pay tribute, in ...
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UK National News, Sep 19, 2005
Sainsbury’s launch major re-branding
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is set to launch a major re-branding campaign, replacing the existing ‘Making life taste better’ slogan, with ‘Try something new today’. The new slogan will feature on e...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 16, 2005
Patients to benefit from new GP contract
Health Minister Shaun Woodward has said that a system which gives GPs incentives to provide higher quality services to patients will significantly improve health care in Northern Ireland. Under the n...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 16, 2005
Unionists withdraw from Belfast DPPs
The Belfast District Policing Partnership was left reeling on Friday after unionists withdrew their support in protest at police handling of recent violence in loyalist areas. The North and West Belf...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 16, 2005
Loyalists clash with police for seventh successive day
Renewed Loyalist protests were reported on Friday as clashes again broke out with police in areas of Belfast and Lisburn. Yesterday trouble erupted as police officers arrested a man during a search o...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 16, 2005
Boat owners help sought in in Lisa probe
Police have appealed to boat owners on the Ards peninsula to help them in their search for the body of a missing Bangor woman. Detectives believe the body of Lisa Dorrian may have been hidden in wate...
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UK National News, Sep 16, 2005
Heathrow bullion 'ram-raiders' jailed
Eight robbers, whose ram raid attempt to steal £33 million of gold bullion, cash and diamonds at Heathrow Airport was foiled by police, were jailed for a total of 67 years today. The attempted robber...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 16, 2005
FBI among attendees at PSNI counter terrorism programme
A major counter terrorism programme held in Belfast this week was attended by some of the world's leading counter terrorism specialists, police said today. Hosted by the PSNI Police College in Belfas...
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UK National News, Sep 16, 2005
Bradford drugs gang sentenced
A gang of four drug smugglers were sentenced to a total of 79 years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday. The men – Michael Briggs, 52, from Lowmoore, Bradford; Russell Edward Crisp, 38, f...
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UK National News, Sep 16, 2005
Women warned of risks of late pregnancies
Women who delay having children until their late-thirties are storing up health risks for both themselves and their babies, experts have warned. A report, published in the British Medical Journal, by...
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UK National News, Sep 16, 2005
Fuel protest continues on motorway
A ‘go-slow’ crawl by fuel protestors on a Welsh motorway is continuing, despite disappointing turnout for other protests on Wednesday. A convoy, which consists of lorries, farm vehicles, vans and oth...
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UK National News, Sep 16, 2005
Jowell confirms digital TV switchover schedule
The government has announced details of the five-year phased switchover to digital television in the UK. Announcing the switchover at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention 2005, Culture S...
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UK National News, Sep 16, 2005
Willetts announces support for Davis
Shadow trade and industry secretary David Willetts has announced his intention to support David Davis’ bid for the Conservative party leadership, ruling himself out of the contest. In a statement rel...
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UK National News, Sep 16, 2005
Demand for home loans predicted to slow
The rate of homeowner loans is expected to slow over the next five years, analysts have predicted. A report by analyst firm Datamonitor predicted that the growth of the home loans market would increa...
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