Northern Ireland News for September 2006

Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Leading loyalist cleared of attempted murder
Leading north Belfast loyalist Mark Haddock has today been cleared of the attempted murder of a nightclub doorman in December 2002. However, the former UVF commander originally from the Mount Vernon ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Police issue warning over sex offender
Police have issued a warning to the public after a convicted sex offender, described as 'high-risk', broke his probation conditions. Paul Hunter Redpath, 35, recently left his approved accommodation ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Taoiseach faces further pressure
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is facing further pressure after it emerged that he received a payment of €11,800 for a speech to Irish businessmen in Manchester in 1994, while serving as Finance Minister. Mr...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Stabbing incident in Derry
A man is in a “serious condition” in hospital following a stabbing incident in Londonderry in the early hours of this morning. The attack happened at a house in the Glenvale area of the city and was ...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
New age discrimination laws to come into force
New legislation outlawing age discrimination in the workplace are due to come into force on Sunday. The new laws, in what has been described as the biggest shake-up of workplace legislation for 30 ye...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
Downing Street aide quizzed on 'cash-for-honours' affair
A senior advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair has been questioned by police investigating the alleged cash-for-honours affair, according to reports. Ruth Turner, the director of government relations ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Man shot in 'paramilitary-style' attack
A 30-year-old man has been taken to hospital following a paramilitary-style shooting in County Londonderry yesterday evening. It is understood that the victim was attacked by three men in the Crescen...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
Teens injured in McDonalds shooting
Two teenagers have been injured in a shooting at a McDonalds restaurant in south London. The friends, who are both believed to be 17, are understood to have been outside the Brixton restaurant when t...
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Recruitment News, Sep 29, 2006
Busting The Myths About The New Age Regulations
With new laws coming into force this Sunday banning ageism in the workplace, the TUC has produced a ten-point online myth-buster in an attempt to debunk some of the myths surrounding the new age regul...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Attempted abduction in County Down
Police in County Down have appealed for information following the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old boy earlier in the week. The incident happened at around 7am on Wednesday morning, when the chil...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Orange Hall 'gutted' in fire
Police in County Down are appealing for information following a fire at an Orange Hall in the early hours of Friday morning. The blaze is understood to have started at the premises on the junction of...
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Recruitment News, Sep 29, 2006
Expansion Of NI’s Retail Sector Means 12,000 New Jobs By 2012
Tesco and Skillsmart Retail, the Sector Skills Council for Retail will this week join forces to promote careers in retail in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland’s largest retail employer and the gover...
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Recruitment News, Sep 29, 2006
Fantastic Work Opportunities In Hungary
One of the finest capitals in the world, Budapest has a lively arts, cafe and music scene, and is host to a range of cultural and sporting festivals. In the countryside you'll find majestic plains, r...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
Car burned in suspected 'racist' attack
Police in Antrim are investigating a suspected racial motive for an attack on a car in the town yesterday evening. The vehicle, which is owned by a Lithuanian national, was parked in the Corbally Par...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
Russell Watson undergoes surgery for brain tumour
Opera singer Russell Watson is recovering from emergency surgery to remove a brain tumour. According to a statement on his web-site, Watson was recording his new album in Capitol Studios in Los Angel...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2006
UCF host All-Ireland Lymphoma Conference
Leading consultants in lymphoma will be speaking about advances in the treatment of the disease at an all-Ireland conference organised by the Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF). The one day event, which ...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
Mental health services 'failing' patients
People with mental health problems are being failed due to poor access to key community services. a Healthcare Commission report has said. The report, which reviewed 174 mental health teams - known a...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
Lowry paintings stolen in art gallery raid
Fifteen paintings, including three works by Manchester-born artist LS Lowry have been stolen in a raid at a newly-opened art gallery. The raid at the Clark Art Gallery in Hale, Greater Manchester, to...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
More parents opting for MMR jabs
The number of children being given the combined mumps, measles and rubella vaccination has increased for the second year running, according to the latest figures. The figures from the government's In...
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UK National News, Sep 29, 2006
Working mums receive maternity pay boost
Hundreds of thousands of working mothers will receive an increase in paid maternity leave, as the first changes under the Work and Families Act are introduced. From October 1, statutory maternity pay...
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UK National News, Sep 28, 2006
September house prices 'unseasonably strong'
House prices were "unseasonably strong" in September, the Nationwide has reported. The building society's latest housing survey found that August's interest rate rise did little to cool house prices ...
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UK National News, Sep 28, 2006
Millions struggling to pay council tax
More than two million households are struggling to pay council tax bills, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The report found that those on low incomes were particularly badly a...
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UK National News, Sep 28, 2006
Prescott apologises at Labour conference
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has apologised for letting Labour down through a series of scandals over the past year. Speaking at the close of the party's conference in Manchester, Mr Prescott ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2006
Arson attack on Castlereagh home
A family have escaped injury following an arson attack on their east Belfast home in the early hours of this morning. The man, his 12-year-old daughter and his seven-year-old son, were asleep in thei...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2006
Funeral of Sinn Fein MLA takes place
The funeral of Sinn Fein assembly member Michael Ferguson has taken place today in west Belfast. Mr Ferguson, 53, who was an MLA for west Belfast since 2003, died suddenly on Sunday evening. Speakin...
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UK National News, Sep 28, 2006
Honda creates 700 UK jobs
Japanese car manufacturer Honda is to create an additional 700 jobs at its plant in Swindon, Wiltshire. The company said that it is planning to increase production from 190,000 cars to 250,000 per ye...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2006
'PSNI reforms could be undermined', report says
A new report published today by Police Oversight Commissioner Al Hutchinson, has warned that plans to reduce the number of policing districts in Northern Ireland could undermine efforts to tackle crim...
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UK National News, Sep 28, 2006
Second teen in court over Peter Woodhams murder
A second teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of Peter Woodhams. Mr Woodhams, 22, was shot dead near his home in Canning Town, east London, following a confrontation with a group of...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2006
Armed robbery in Newtownabbey
Police in Newtownabbey have appealed for information following an armed robbery earlier today. The incident happened at around 9.30am this morning, when a security guard making a delivery to a bank i...
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UK National News, Sep 28, 2006
Pentonville prison criticised in report
Pentonville prison, the busiest in London, is vermin-infested and is often unable to meet the basic requirements of prisoners, a new report has found. The report, which followed an unannounced inspec...
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