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Northern Ireland News for January 2006 : Page 12
UK National News, Jan 9, 2006
Two Thai men held over tourist's murder
Two Thai fishermen have been linked to the rape and murder of British tourist Katherine Horton via DNA, local police said. The two men, Bualoy Kotsith, 23, and Vichai Suankhaoyai, 24, confessed to th...
Two Thai men held over tourist's murder
Two Thai fishermen have been linked to the rape and murder of British tourist Katherine Horton via DNA, local police said. The two men, Bualoy Kotsith, 23, and Vichai Suankhaoyai, 24, confessed to th...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2006
Kennedy resignation leads to Lib Dem leadership contest
The Liberal Democrats are set for a leadership battle, following Charles Kennedy's resignation on Saturday. The party's deputy leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, is the only candidate to announce his inte...
Kennedy resignation leads to Lib Dem leadership contest
The Liberal Democrats are set for a leadership battle, following Charles Kennedy's resignation on Saturday. The party's deputy leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, is the only candidate to announce his inte...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2006
Tributes paid to former MP Tony Banks
Prime Minister Tony Blair has led the tributes to former sports minister Tony Banks, who died yesterday in Florida, after suffering a massive stroke. Mr Blair described the former Labour MP for West ...
Tributes paid to former MP Tony Banks
Prime Minister Tony Blair has led the tributes to former sports minister Tony Banks, who died yesterday in Florida, after suffering a massive stroke. Mr Blair described the former Labour MP for West ...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2006
Second 24-hour strike on Tube
The London Underground has been hit by another 24-hour strike as a row over staff rotas continues. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union walked out at 6.30pm yesterday evening on 24-hour s...
Second 24-hour strike on Tube
The London Underground has been hit by another 24-hour strike as a row over staff rotas continues. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union walked out at 6.30pm yesterday evening on 24-hour s...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2006
Obese people 'unaware' of health risks
More than a quarter of obese and overweight people do not want to lose weight, a new survey has claimed. The study, conducted by Cancer Research UK, also suggested that many more were unaware of the ...
Obese people 'unaware' of health risks
More than a quarter of obese and overweight people do not want to lose weight, a new survey has claimed. The study, conducted by Cancer Research UK, also suggested that many more were unaware of the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2006
Man injured in South Belfast shooting
A 20-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary-style attack in South Belfast. The victim suffered two gunshot wounds to his left leg in the incident, which happened on Roden Street in the Donegal ...
Man injured in South Belfast shooting
A 20-year-old man has been shot in a paramilitary-style attack in South Belfast. The victim suffered two gunshot wounds to his left leg in the incident, which happened on Roden Street in the Donegal ...
UK National News, Jan 9, 2006
Call for ban on dogs' tails 'docking'
Vets and animal welfare groups have called on the government to ban the practice of ocking of dogs' tails for cosmetic purposes. Ahead of a parliamentary debate on the Animal Welfare Bill, the proced...
Call for ban on dogs' tails 'docking'
Vets and animal welfare groups have called on the government to ban the practice of ocking of dogs' tails for cosmetic purposes. Ahead of a parliamentary debate on the Animal Welfare Bill, the proced...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2006
Hain warns MLA salaries may be stopped
Secretary of State, Peter Hain, has warned that MLA pay may be stopped if no progress is made towards restoring devolution by summer 2006. He said: “We can’t have continued paralysis of the political...
Hain warns MLA salaries may be stopped
Secretary of State, Peter Hain, has warned that MLA pay may be stopped if no progress is made towards restoring devolution by summer 2006. He said: “We can’t have continued paralysis of the political...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2006
Four injured in crash
Four people have been injured following an accident in North Belfast at around 1am this morning. Eight people are believed to have been travelling in the Ford Focus, which crashed on the Woodvale Roa...
Four injured in crash
Four people have been injured following an accident in North Belfast at around 1am this morning. Eight people are believed to have been travelling in the Ford Focus, which crashed on the Woodvale Roa...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2006
Former SDLP councillor's home paint bombed
The home of a former SDLP councillor has suffered damage in an attack in County Tyrone last night. Anne Bell, who is also a former member of the Strabane District Policing Partnership, had three pain...
Former SDLP councillor's home paint bombed
The home of a former SDLP councillor has suffered damage in an attack in County Tyrone last night. Anne Bell, who is also a former member of the Strabane District Policing Partnership, had three pain...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2006
Strangford Lough body remains unidentified
The body of a man recovered from Strangford Lough in County Down last week has still not been identified. A post mortem examination has been carried out and has indicated that there were no suspiciou...
Strangford Lough body remains unidentified
The body of a man recovered from Strangford Lough in County Down last week has still not been identified. A post mortem examination has been carried out and has indicated that there were no suspiciou...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 9, 2006
Environmentally friendly lighting pilot in Belfast
A new innovative wind powered lighting system is being trialled in Belfast in an attempt to develop the uptake of renewable energy in homes and other locations. NIE and Action Renewables, have joined...
Environmentally friendly lighting pilot in Belfast
A new innovative wind powered lighting system is being trialled in Belfast in an attempt to develop the uptake of renewable energy in homes and other locations. NIE and Action Renewables, have joined...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Crack down on drink drivers nets 552 motorists
Police have warned that they are to be extra vigilant in a continuing crack down on drink driving in Northern Ireland. Figures for this year's winter anti-drink driving campaign have unveiled that a ...
Crack down on drink drivers nets 552 motorists
Police have warned that they are to be extra vigilant in a continuing crack down on drink driving in Northern Ireland. Figures for this year's winter anti-drink driving campaign have unveiled that a ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Closed power plant problems 'overstated'
NIE have today stated that it is essential that the Coolkeeragh power station in Londonderry is up and running again as soon as possible, and have played down reports of blackouts. The station, which...
Closed power plant problems 'overstated'
NIE have today stated that it is essential that the Coolkeeragh power station in Londonderry is up and running again as soon as possible, and have played down reports of blackouts. The station, which...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Mother charged with child cruelty
A mother who admittedly locked her son in a garage overnight has been given a two-and- a-half-year suspended jail sentence. The 35-year-old County Antrim woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons,...
Mother charged with child cruelty
A mother who admittedly locked her son in a garage overnight has been given a two-and- a-half-year suspended jail sentence. The 35-year-old County Antrim woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons,...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Body discovered on Strangford Lough
The badly decomposed body of a man has been discovered on a stretch of shoreline near Portaferry, County Down. Police were called to the scene after a member of the public who was walking on the beac...
Body discovered on Strangford Lough
The badly decomposed body of a man has been discovered on a stretch of shoreline near Portaferry, County Down. Police were called to the scene after a member of the public who was walking on the beac...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
Body found near abduction site identified
The body of a man, found in a house in the area where a six-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted last week, has been identified. Police found the body of Lee Stephen Bayley, 30, when the...
Body found near abduction site identified
The body of a man, found in a house in the area where a six-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted last week, has been identified. Police found the body of Lee Stephen Bayley, 30, when the...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Police appeal for information on missing man
Police in Belfast have reissued an appeal for information on a 21-year-old Holywood man missing since New Year's day. Martin Kelly, from Kinnegar Drive in Hollywood was last seen on January 1st after...
Police appeal for information on missing man
Police in Belfast have reissued an appeal for information on a 21-year-old Holywood man missing since New Year's day. Martin Kelly, from Kinnegar Drive in Hollywood was last seen on January 1st after...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
Kennedy faces increasing pressure from MPs
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy is facing increasing pressure from the party's MPs to step down, after he admitted having a drink problem yesterday. It emerged that eleven Lib Dem MPs had sig...
Kennedy faces increasing pressure from MPs
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy is facing increasing pressure from the party's MPs to step down, after he admitted having a drink problem yesterday. It emerged that eleven Lib Dem MPs had sig...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
Operation smashes Britain's biggest cocaine ring
Two Colombian drug dealers, who headed what is believed to be Britain's largest cocaine network, are serving sentences of 19 and 17 years, it has been revealed today. Jesus Anibal Ruiz-Henao, 45, and...
Operation smashes Britain's biggest cocaine ring
Two Colombian drug dealers, who headed what is believed to be Britain's largest cocaine network, are serving sentences of 19 and 17 years, it has been revealed today. Jesus Anibal Ruiz-Henao, 45, and...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Petrol bomb attack on home
The home of a Catholic family in Londonderry has been targeted in what police believe to be a sectarian attack. A petrol bomb was thrown at the house in the mainly Protestant Clooney Estate in the Wa...
Petrol bomb attack on home
The home of a Catholic family in Londonderry has been targeted in what police believe to be a sectarian attack. A petrol bomb was thrown at the house in the mainly Protestant Clooney Estate in the Wa...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
Terror suspect arrest in Sheffield
Police in Sheffield have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. The man was arrested at a house in Sheffield on Friday morning. He was taken to a South Yorkshire police ...
Terror suspect arrest in Sheffield
Police in Sheffield have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. The man was arrested at a house in Sheffield on Friday morning. He was taken to a South Yorkshire police ...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
Labour MP Rachel Squire dies
Rachel Squire, Labour MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, has died at the age of 51. Ms Squire had twice undergone surgery for brain tumours - once in 1993 and again in 2004 - and had suffered a stroke...
Labour MP Rachel Squire dies
Rachel Squire, Labour MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, has died at the age of 51. Ms Squire had twice undergone surgery for brain tumours - once in 1993 and again in 2004 - and had suffered a stroke...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
DNA tests conducted in Thai murder inquiry
Police in Thailand have been collecting DNA samples from a number of men as the search for the killer of British student Katherine Horton. The body of Miss Horton, 21, from Cardiff, was found off the...
DNA tests conducted in Thai murder inquiry
Police in Thailand have been collecting DNA samples from a number of men as the search for the killer of British student Katherine Horton. The body of Miss Horton, 21, from Cardiff, was found off the...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Armed robbery in Newtownabbey
Three men have been arrested following an armed robbery in North Belfast. It happened at a filling station on the Shore Road area of the city at around 9.35pm. A sum of cash and a quantity of cigare...
Armed robbery in Newtownabbey
Three men have been arrested following an armed robbery in North Belfast. It happened at a filling station on the Shore Road area of the city at around 9.35pm. A sum of cash and a quantity of cigare...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
Toddler kidnap suspect remanded
A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with kidnapping and sexual offences, following the abduction of a three-year-old girl earlier this week. Craig Sweeney, from Newport, was remanded at C...
Toddler kidnap suspect remanded
A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with kidnapping and sexual offences, following the abduction of a three-year-old girl earlier this week. Craig Sweeney, from Newport, was remanded at C...
UK National News, Jan 6, 2006
Private car sales decline in UK
Sales of new cars in the UK fell by 5% in December as private buyers avoided showrooms, according to latest figures from the industry body. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders described th...
Private car sales decline in UK
Sales of new cars in the UK fell by 5% in December as private buyers avoided showrooms, according to latest figures from the industry body. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders described th...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Suspected puppy farm discovered in County Down
Animal welfare officers have discovered 100 dogs in what is believed to be a puppy farm in the Katesbridge area of County Down. The animals were found during a joint operation between the USPCA and t...
Suspected puppy farm discovered in County Down
Animal welfare officers have discovered 100 dogs in what is believed to be a puppy farm in the Katesbridge area of County Down. The animals were found during a joint operation between the USPCA and t...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2006
Council to give GAA club free ground
Derry City Council has decided to give a plot of land worth around £250,000 to a local GAA club as part of a development plan to expand the club's facilities. The Council Development Committee decide...
Council to give GAA club free ground
Derry City Council has decided to give a plot of land worth around £250,000 to a local GAA club as part of a development plan to expand the club's facilities. The Council Development Committee decide...
Recruitment News, Jan 5, 2006
TUC claim millions work 'unpaid' overtime
Nearly five million UK employees worked an average of an extra day per week in unpaid overtime last year, the TUC has claimed. The TUC's research discovered that 4,759,000 employees worked an average...
TUC claim millions work 'unpaid' overtime
Nearly five million UK employees worked an average of an extra day per week in unpaid overtime last year, the TUC has claimed. The TUC's research discovered that 4,759,000 employees worked an average...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Clear intervals and occasional wintry showers this evening with local fresh snowfalls and some ice. Overnight as winds ease showers will die back to northern coastal areas. Frosty. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
