Northern Ireland News for November 2006 : Page 6

Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2006
Second knife amnesty gets underway
The PSNI has today welcomed the government's announcement to run a second knife amnesty across Northern Ireland and the change in legislation to raise the age for purchasing a knife from 16 to 18-year...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2006
Man injured in petrol station attack
A 21-year-old man has been taken to hospital following an attack in County Antrim. The incident happened at around 6pm yesterday, when three masked men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, approach...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2006
NICCY launches guide to stop bullying
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Barney McNeany, has today launched a ‘Stop Bullying’ guidance pack to help schools involve pupils in preventing bullying. The pack, ‘H...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2006
Belfast Linen Company ensures 007 is dressed to kill
Daniel Craig may not be licensed to kill as the new James Bond in the latest 007 movie, 'Casino Royale', but he is dressed to kill in a linen suit created with fabric provided by a Belfast company. T...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Father charged with family murders
A man has been charged with the murders of his two children, his former partner and her brother in Newcastle, police have confirmed. Neil Crampton, 33, was arrested in Gateshead several hours after t...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Crackdown on junk food advertising announced
The industry regulator has proposed a ban on the advertising of junk food during programmes aimed at children. Ofcom said that the restrictions would apply to all children's programmes and children's...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
Former Mayor given four month jail term
A former DUP Mayor of Coleraine has today been given a four month jail term for electoral fraud. Dessie Stewart, 57, from Parker Avenue in Coleraine, pleaded guilty to pretending to be someone else t...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Death Row Briton returning from Pakistan
A British man who has spent 18 years in jail in Pakistan has been released from jail, one day after his sentence was reduced from the death penalty to life imprisonment. Mirza Tahir Hussain, 36, from...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
Diamonds taken during Portadown robbery
Police in County Armagh have appealed for information following a robbery in the area yesterday evening. At around 6pm, two masked men, who were armed with handguns and a serrated edged knife, forced...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Website launched to track missing paedophiles
Some of Britain's most wanted child sex offenders have been identified on a new website. The site, which was set up by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre, has been established...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
Security alert in County Down
There is a security alert in County Down. Army Technical Officers were tasked to the scene at the B&Q store on the Armagh Road in Newry, shortly after 2pm today, after receiving reports of a suspicio...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
City fires treated as 'suspicious'
Police investigating the circumstances surrounding two fires in Belfast City Centre yesterday evening, are treating them as suspicious. Emergency services were alerted to the fires in the Corporation...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
Man arrested after north Belfast fire
A 35-year-old man has been arrested following a house fire in north Belfast. The incident happened at property in the Castleton Gardens area of Skegoneil at around 12pm today. Four police officers a...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
Secretary of State positive over political process
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain, has today said that the Programme for Government Committee in Northern Ireland will be able to resolve differences over policing and justice. The annou...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Man jailed for 'web-rage' attack
A man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for carrying out the first 'web-rage' attack in Britain. Paul Gibbons, 47, attacked John Jones, 43, after they exchanged insults in an internet chatroom...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Trial date set for newspaper's royal editor
The royal editor for the 'News of the World' is to stand trial next July charged with hacking into mobile phones belonging to the Royal Family. Clive Goodman, 48, from Putney, south-west London, was ...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
Private security industry to be regulated
The government is to introduce legislation to overhaul the regulation of the private security industry in Northern Ireland and bring it into line with the rest of Great Britain, Security Minister Paul...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Record ticket sales expected for Euromillions draw
Record ticket sales are expected ahead of Friday's Euromillions draw, which has an estimated jackpot of £120 million. Camelot said that if the jackpot is won by a single person, it will be the world'...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
New support brochure for rural enterprises launched
As part of National Enterprise Week 2006, a new support brochure designed specifically for rural businesses called, 'A look at opening your business to new prospects' was launched at Loughry College, ...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
Car buyers 'taken for a ride' over credit
A number of motorists are running up huge debts after being persuaded to take on high interest credit when buying a car, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment’s Trading Standards Service ...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2006
First underground water treatment facility opens
Regional Development Minister, David Cairns has today opened the award winning Fofanny Water Treatment Works – the only underground water treatment facility in Ireland. The £18 million treatment work...
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UK National News, Nov 17, 2006
Rail workers set to vote on strike action
Workers at rail operator GNER are to be balloted for strike action in a row over working hours, the RMT union has announced. The RMT said that it had notified GNER of its intention to hold the ballot...
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UK National News, Nov 16, 2006
Use of date-rape drugs 'not widespread'
The use of date-rape drugs may not be as widespread as previously thought, a study has warned. The report, conducted by the Association of Chief Police Officers, Forensic Science Service and Sexual A...
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UK National News, Nov 16, 2006
Heart cells 'can learn to heal'
Cells in the heart's outer layer can be guided deeper inside by a specific protein in order to help repair a failing adult heart, new research has revealed. A study by scientists at University Colleg...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2006
Assembly election likely in March
The Northern Ireland public is expected to face an assembly election next March, just weeks ahead of the date in which the restoration of devolution is due to take place. It is understood that the le...
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UK National News, Nov 16, 2006
Schizophrenic killing was 'avoidable'
The killing of a man by a paranoid schizophrenic with a history of violence could have been avoided if the patient had received better health care, a report has claimed. John Barrett, 43, attacked an...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2006
County Down man given 12-year sentence
A County Down man was today given a 12-year jail sentence at Downpatrick Magistrates Court after he was found guilty of stabbing two teenagers. Paul Stephen Bustard, 34, from Donard Avenue in Newtown...
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UK National News, Nov 16, 2006
Briton's death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
A British man sentenced to death for murder in Pakistan has had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Mirza Tahir Hussain, 36, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, was convicted of the murder of t...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2006
Pensioner injured in County Antrim collision
Police in County Antrim have appealed for information following a road traffic collision yesterday evening. The incident happened just before 6pm on the Old Glenarm Road area of Larne, when a blue co...
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Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2006
Three due in court over Bangor assault
Three men are due to appear at Downpatrick Magistrates Court later today charged with attempted murder. One of the men is also facing charges of aggravated burglary. The charges are connected to an...
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