Northern Ireland News for September 2006 : Page 8

Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2006
New scheme to support NI foster carers
A new government scheme supporting foster parents to help fostered children to achieve their potential will be officially launched in Belfast today. The scheme, Fostering Achievement: supporting fost...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2006
Charity reveals high rate of death among elderly during winter
Help the Aged have announced that more than 1,500 elderly people in Northern Ireland have died over the winters from 2000. Around 290 people aged over 65 died between December and March last year, i...
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UK National News, Sep 13, 2006
Increase in drug 'speedballing'
A drugs charity has voiced concerns at the increase in the number of drug users using heroin and cocaine together in a potentially lethal combination known as a 'speedball'. A survey by Drugscope has...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2006
Man arrested after Fermanagh drugs find
A man has been arrested by police following a major drugs find in County Fermanagh yesterday evening. Detectives recovered around 200 suspected ecstasy tablets and suspected diazepam tablets from an ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2006
Hanson defends new capital value rating system
Finance Minister, David Hanson MP has defended the new capital value rating system and reaffirmed his decision not to introduce a maximum limit, explaining that a cap would have to be paid for by othe...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Paint bombs thrown at Harryville church
A Catholic church in County Antrim has been attacked by paint bombs. Two devices were thrown at the front door of the Church of Our Lady in the Harryville area of Ballymena in the early hours of this...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Stabbed PC - murder weapon found
The knife used to murder special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri has been found, police have revealed. Mrs Patel-Nasri, 29, was stabbed to death outside her home in Wembley, north-west London on May 11. ...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Aircraft crash victims' bodies return to UK
The bodies of 14 British servicemen killed in an RAF Nimrod crash in Afghanistan have been flown back to RAF Kinloss in Scotland. Air force chiefs and senior politicians have joined the families of t...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Sexual assault in County Antrim
Police in County Antrim have appealed for information after a woman was sexually assaulted at the weekend. At around 11pm on Saturday evening, a woman, aged in her 30's was walking from the Springfar...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Woman arrested after body find
Police in County Down have arrested a woman following the discovery of a man's body at the weekend. A murder investigation was launched yesterday, after a post mortem examination was carried out. Th...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Four men in court over terrorism charges
Four men have appeared in court charged with a number of terrorism offences following a series of raids by anti-terror police in London earlier this month. Yassin Mutegombwa, 22, his 20-year-old brot...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Children 'poisoned' by junk food
The childhood of UK children is being poisoned by a cocktail of junk food, marketing, school targets and video games, a groups of academics and children's experts have claimed. More than 100 teachers...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Motorists allowed to drive on M42 hard shoulder
Motorists are now being allowed to drive on the hard shoulder of a stretch of the M42 motorway in a bid to ease peak-hour congestion. Drivers will be directed to used the hard shoulder on an 11-mile ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Smacking laws in Northern Ireland under judicial review
An attempt to force the government to make smacking children illegal in Northern Ireland has gone through the first stage of judicial review in the High Court. Leave was granted for a judicial review...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Increase in UK inflation in August
Consumer Prices Index annual inflation rose to 2.5% in August, an increase from 2.4% in July, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics. The largest upward effect came fr...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Aldergrove to undergo massive expansion
Passenger numbers at Belfast International Airport could soar to more than 12 million per year by 2030 according to the airport's Master Plan 2005-2030. The report also states that 7,000 jobs could b...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Child car seat laws to come into force
Parents are being urged to ensure that they are familiar with the new child car seat laws which are due to come into force on September 18. The new law will require drivers to ensure that all childre...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Twinbrook fire "malicious"
Police in west Belfast have appealed for information following a malicious fire in which a number of houses were damaged. The blaze is understood to have been started in a dog kennel at the rear of ...
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UK National News, Sep 12, 2006
Blair faces union protesters
Tony Blair faced heckling from union activists as he made his last speech as Prime Minister to the TUC conference. Members of the RMT rail union held up banners calling for Mr Blair to resign and he ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Man assaulted in County Armagh
Police in County Armagh have appealed for information after a man was assaulted in the early hours of Monday morning. The incident happened in the William Street area of Lurgan at around 1.40am yeste...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2006
Promoting Healthy Prisons conference announces low literacy statistics
Recent statistics from England and Wales indicate that nine out ten prisoners have a diagnosable mental health problem, substance misuse problem or both, while four out of five prisoners smoke, in com...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2006
Man remanded over murder charge
A 22-year-old Latvian man has appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court charged with the murder of a man at a house in south Belfast last week. Kaspars Valters, of no fixed address, spoke through an inte...
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UK National News, Sep 11, 2006
London ceremony marks 9/11 anniversary
The UK has marked the fifth anniversary of 9/11 with a low-key ceremony in London. Families of the 67 Britons who perished in the September 11 attacks have attended a private service in the memorial ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2006
Serious assault in County Down
Detectives in County Down are appealing for information following a serious assault in Newry yesterday evening. Police received reports of an injured man being seen at the entrance of the Kilbroney F...
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UK National News, Sep 11, 2006
Blair defies protests to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister
Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in Beirut amid tight security to meet with Lebanese PM, Fouad Siniora, to find ways of resolving the current crisis in the region. Mr Blair is the first British ...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2006
Four appear in court after drugs find
Four men have appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court in connection with a major drugs find at the weekend. Over £50,000 of cocaine was seized during a raid at a house in the Ardoyne area of north Belf...
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UK National News, Sep 11, 2006
Man arrested following M6 crash
A German man has been arrested following a crash in Staffordshire in which four people have been killed. The 51-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after the incident, wh...
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Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2006
Arson attack on north Belfast Orange Hall
Police in north Belfast have appealed for information following an arson attack on an Orange Hall yesterday evening. Emergency Services were alerted to the blaze on the Whitewell Road shortly after 9...
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UK National News, Sep 11, 2006
Teenager's shooting a case of 'mistaken identity'
Police have described the murder of a 15-year-old boy, who was gunned down in Manchester's Moss Side area on Saturday, as a 'clear case' of mistaken identity. Jessie James was riding home on his BMX ...
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UK National News, Sep 11, 2006
Cash fraud counsellor receives five year sentence
A counsellor who conned one of her clients into handing over more than £200,000 has been jailed for five years. Mary McCullagh, 59, was found guilty of 12 counts of obtaining money by deception and o...
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