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Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2006
Minister opens children's hospice
The Minister for Children and Young People, Jeff Rooker, has opened the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, Horizon House. The Minister toured the hospice's facilities in Newtownabbey, which include...
Minister opens children's hospice
The Minister for Children and Young People, Jeff Rooker, has opened the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, Horizon House. The Minister toured the hospice's facilities in Newtownabbey, which include...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2006
Sir Roy Meadow wins appeal
Paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow has won his appeal against being struck off the medical register at the High Court today. Sir Roy, 72, was struck off the register last year, after the General ...
Sir Roy Meadow wins appeal
Paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow has won his appeal against being struck off the medical register at the High Court today. Sir Roy, 72, was struck off the register last year, after the General ...
Recruitment News, Feb 17, 2006
Takeda Chemical Industries To Invest In Ireland
Mary Harney, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has confirmed that following its announcement in Japan in March Takeda Chemical Industries is to undertake a major new investmen...
Takeda Chemical Industries To Invest In Ireland
Mary Harney, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has confirmed that following its announcement in Japan in March Takeda Chemical Industries is to undertake a major new investmen...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2006
Entwistle denies family murder
Briton Neil Entwistle has pleaded not guilty in a US court to the murder of his American wife and nine-month-old daughter. Mr Entwistle, 27, was extradited from the UK on Wednesday. He had been stayi...
Entwistle denies family murder
Briton Neil Entwistle has pleaded not guilty in a US court to the murder of his American wife and nine-month-old daughter. Mr Entwistle, 27, was extradited from the UK on Wednesday. He had been stayi...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2006
Three arrested in connection with 'creeper' burglaries
Following a series of proactive police operations, three men have been arrested in connection with a number of "creeper" style burglaries in Belfast. The men are currently being held for questioning ...
Three arrested in connection with 'creeper' burglaries
Following a series of proactive police operations, three men have been arrested in connection with a number of "creeper" style burglaries in Belfast. The men are currently being held for questioning ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2006
Man attacked during armed robbery in Newtownabbey
Detectives in Newtownabbey have appealed for information following an armed robbery last night. Shortly after 8pm, a financial collection agent, who had just got into his car in a car park in the Bal...
Man attacked during armed robbery in Newtownabbey
Detectives in Newtownabbey have appealed for information following an armed robbery last night. Shortly after 8pm, a financial collection agent, who had just got into his car in a car park in the Bal...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2006
Police revisit scene of Ballymena sexual assault
Police in County Antrim have revisited the scene of a serious sexual assault on a man, which happened last week in Ballymena. The 20-year-old victim was out jogging on the Broughshane Road, close to ...
Police revisit scene of Ballymena sexual assault
Police in County Antrim have revisited the scene of a serious sexual assault on a man, which happened last week in Ballymena. The 20-year-old victim was out jogging on the Broughshane Road, close to ...
Recruitment News, Feb 17, 2006
New Job Opportunities In Ireland
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) is the new craze which seems to be taking Ireland by storm. With the increase of non-national workers into the country a huge job opportunity has becom...
New Job Opportunities In Ireland
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) is the new craze which seems to be taking Ireland by storm. With the increase of non-national workers into the country a huge job opportunity has becom...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2006
UN report calls for Guantanamo shutdown
A report from the UN has called for the closure of the United States' detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Five independent investigators of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights cal...
UN report calls for Guantanamo shutdown
A report from the UN has called for the closure of the United States' detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Five independent investigators of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights cal...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2006
Renewed appeal over last weekend's fatal hit-and-run
Police Officers investigating a fatal hit-and-run incident last weekend are set to revisit the scene in an attempt to learn more about what exactly happened prior to the crash. Last weekend, 38-year-...
Renewed appeal over last weekend's fatal hit-and-run
Police Officers investigating a fatal hit-and-run incident last weekend are set to revisit the scene in an attempt to learn more about what exactly happened prior to the crash. Last weekend, 38-year-...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2006
Herceptin manufacturer applies for license
The manufacturer of breast cancer drug Herceptin has applied for a license to allow the drug to be used to treat patients in the early stages of the disease. Herceptin is currently used to treat pati...
Herceptin manufacturer applies for license
The manufacturer of breast cancer drug Herceptin has applied for a license to allow the drug to be used to treat patients in the early stages of the disease. Herceptin is currently used to treat pati...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2006
Man falls victim to kidnapping hoax in County Tyrone
Police in Strabane are appealing for information following a hoax-kidnapping situation in the town yesterday afternoon. At around 2pm, a County Tyrone man received and anonymous phone call telling hi...
Man falls victim to kidnapping hoax in County Tyrone
Police in Strabane are appealing for information following a hoax-kidnapping situation in the town yesterday afternoon. At around 2pm, a County Tyrone man received and anonymous phone call telling hi...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2006
Emissions legacy threatens 'abrupt' climate change
New research suggests that the decisions of this generation will leave a legacy of increasingly abrupt climate change over the next millennium unless there is a major reduction in C02 emissions. The ...
Emissions legacy threatens 'abrupt' climate change
New research suggests that the decisions of this generation will leave a legacy of increasingly abrupt climate change over the next millennium unless there is a major reduction in C02 emissions. The ...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2006
Team GB pick up first medal
Britain's Shelley Rudman has won Team GB's first medal of the Games, with a silver in the skeleton bob. Rudman, 24, made a superb second run in the women's skeleton in Cesana Tariol to snatch the Oly...
Team GB pick up first medal
Britain's Shelley Rudman has won Team GB's first medal of the Games, with a silver in the skeleton bob. Rudman, 24, made a superb second run in the women's skeleton in Cesana Tariol to snatch the Oly...
Business News, Feb 16, 2006
Retail sales slow in January
The underlying rate of retail sales growth slowed in January compared with that seen towards the end of 2005. Analysis of monthly figures by the Office for National Statistics showed that the total s...
Retail sales slow in January
The underlying rate of retail sales growth slowed in January compared with that seen towards the end of 2005. Analysis of monthly figures by the Office for National Statistics showed that the total s...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2006
Hain announces Northern Ireland Bill
Secretary of State, Peter Hain, has today introduced new legislation to the House of Commons to help pave the way for future devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland. The Northern Irela...
Hain announces Northern Ireland Bill
Secretary of State, Peter Hain, has today introduced new legislation to the House of Commons to help pave the way for future devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland. The Northern Irela...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2006
Postal dispute edges closer to resolution
After 16 days of unofficial action striking postal workers could return to work. Representatives from the Communications Workers Union have asked for Royal Mail's guarantee that postal staff will be ...
Postal dispute edges closer to resolution
After 16 days of unofficial action striking postal workers could return to work. Representatives from the Communications Workers Union have asked for Royal Mail's guarantee that postal staff will be ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2006
Police pursue drugs motive in river murder inquiry
Police believe that the man whose body was recovered from the river Lagan on Tuesday may have been murdered because he was a drugs dealer. The body of father-of-two Ronald Todd, 30, was recovered fro...
Police pursue drugs motive in river murder inquiry
Police believe that the man whose body was recovered from the river Lagan on Tuesday may have been murdered because he was a drugs dealer. The body of father-of-two Ronald Todd, 30, was recovered fro...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2006
Wounded Pc requires more surgery
The young female Nottinghamshire Police Constable shot on Tuesday has had further surgery to investigate a setback in her condition. Pc Rachael Bown, 23, who was shot and seriously wounded in the abd...
Wounded Pc requires more surgery
The young female Nottinghamshire Police Constable shot on Tuesday has had further surgery to investigate a setback in her condition. Pc Rachael Bown, 23, who was shot and seriously wounded in the abd...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2006
Entwistle to appear in US court
A Briton extradited to face charges of murder will plead not guilty when he appears before a Massachusetts court later today. Neil Entwistle, 27, was handed over to US Marshals and taken back to the ...
Entwistle to appear in US court
A Briton extradited to face charges of murder will plead not guilty when he appears before a Massachusetts court later today. Neil Entwistle, 27, was handed over to US Marshals and taken back to the ...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2006
Gas platform evacuated as fire injures two
A fire on a North Sea gas storage platform has injured two people, who have been taken to Humberside Royal Infirmary, with one person suffering burns and another shock. The fire on the Rough Brave pl...
Gas platform evacuated as fire injures two
A fire on a North Sea gas storage platform has injured two people, who have been taken to Humberside Royal Infirmary, with one person suffering burns and another shock. The fire on the Rough Brave pl...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2006
Government makes late bid to avert firefighters' strike
Firefighters have been offered a late deal by the Government in a bid to avert industrial action over the issue of pensions. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has received new proposals ahead of a confer...
Government makes late bid to avert firefighters' strike
Firefighters have been offered a late deal by the Government in a bid to avert industrial action over the issue of pensions. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has received new proposals ahead of a confer...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2006
Petrol bomb attack on west Belfast home
Police in west Belfast have appealed for information following a petrol bomb attack on a house in Ballymurphy. The device was thrown at a house in the Glenalena Park area of the city at around 4.30 t...
Petrol bomb attack on west Belfast home
Police in west Belfast have appealed for information following a petrol bomb attack on a house in Ballymurphy. The device was thrown at a house in the Glenalena Park area of the city at around 4.30 t...
Recruitment News, Feb 16, 2006
Minister Welcomes Trade Statistics Released By The CSO
Minister for Trade and Commerce, Mr Michael Ahern, has welcomed the trade statistics released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The preliminary figures for December 2005 show that exports incre...
Minister Welcomes Trade Statistics Released By The CSO
Minister for Trade and Commerce, Mr Michael Ahern, has welcomed the trade statistics released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The preliminary figures for December 2005 show that exports incre...
Recruitment News, Feb 16, 2006
Chase Away The Winter Blue’s With Camp America’s Recritment Fairs
The organisation which successfully sent more than 8,000 people to work on US Summer Camps in 2005 is holding a recruitment fair in Belfast at the SAS Radison on Wednesday 1st March and is inviting an...
Chase Away The Winter Blue’s With Camp America’s Recritment Fairs
The organisation which successfully sent more than 8,000 people to work on US Summer Camps in 2005 is holding a recruitment fair in Belfast at the SAS Radison on Wednesday 1st March and is inviting an...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2006
Man shot in paramilitary style attack in east Belfast
Police in east Belfast are appealing for information after a man was shot in a paramilitary style attack last night. The 27-year-old victim was in the Victoria Park area of the city when the incident...
Man shot in paramilitary style attack in east Belfast
Police in east Belfast are appealing for information after a man was shot in a paramilitary style attack last night. The 27-year-old victim was in the Victoria Park area of the city when the incident...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2006
Toddler dies in fall from office building
A mother has seen her young son fall to his death from the office building in Edinburgh where she works. Toddler Ben McCreath fell 15ft to his death on Tuesday morning after crawling through a gap in...
Toddler dies in fall from office building
A mother has seen her young son fall to his death from the office building in Edinburgh where she works. Toddler Ben McCreath fell 15ft to his death on Tuesday morning after crawling through a gap in...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2006
Pay rise for UK's armed forces
The Defence Secretary John Reid has announced an above-inflation pay rise for every member of the British armed forces. The basic military salary for all privates, lance corporals and the equivalent ...
Pay rise for UK's armed forces
The Defence Secretary John Reid has announced an above-inflation pay rise for every member of the British armed forces. The basic military salary for all privates, lance corporals and the equivalent ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2006
Pensioner robbed and assaulted in Newtownabbey
Police have appealed for information following the attack and robbery of a 71-year-old woman in the Clonmore walk area of the town on Monday night. The pensioner got off a bus in Rathmore Drive at ar...
Pensioner robbed and assaulted in Newtownabbey
Police have appealed for information following the attack and robbery of a 71-year-old woman in the Clonmore walk area of the town on Monday night. The pensioner got off a bus in Rathmore Drive at ar...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2006
Brits recognise emerging talent
New talent dominated last night’s 2006 Brit Awards with the Kaiser Chiefs, James Blunt and KT Tunstall, all almost unknown 12 months ago, taking centre stage. Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs received three ...
Brits recognise emerging talent
New talent dominated last night’s 2006 Brit Awards with the Kaiser Chiefs, James Blunt and KT Tunstall, all almost unknown 12 months ago, taking centre stage. Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs received three ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A cloudy day with a little light rain or drizzle at times, but some spells of drier weather too. The north coast may become somewhat brighter later this afternoon. Maximum temperature 11 °C.Tonight:Cloudy and patchy light rain will slowly clear away this evening. Then the rest of the night will be dry with broken cloud. Westerly winds freshening in the early hours. Minimum temperature 6 °C.
