Northern Ireland News for May 2007 : Page 12

Northern Ireland News, May 2, 2007
Man charged over Turf Lodge knife attack
A 41-year-old man has appeared in court today in connection with a knife attack in the Turf Lodge area of Belfast. Appearing at Belfast Magistrates’ Court, James Valliday, from Agincourt Avenue in so...
UK National News, May 2, 2007
Child killed in playground accident
A three-year-old girl has died after accidentally hanging herself on a climbing frame in a playground in Scotland. It is understood that Charley McCraw became entangled in a rope attached to the clim...
Northern Ireland News, May 2, 2007
Annual statistics show reduction in crime
Annual statistics released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland have revealed that there has been a drop in crime. The figures, which cover the period 1 April 2006 to 31 April 2007, show that th...
UK National News, May 2, 2007
Man dies following town centre shooting
A man has died after shooting himself in a town centre in Sussex. The shooting took place in Southover High Street in Lewes around 7:20pm on Tuesday night. Police were called to the scene and found ...
Northern Ireland News, May 2, 2007
Current Policing Board holds final meeting
The current Northern Ireland Policing Board met in a public session for the last time at its Belfast headquarters today prior to its reconstitution. Opening the meeting Policing Board Chairman Profes...
Northern Ireland News, May 2, 2007
Ash return to Spring & Airbrake
Downpatrick based local lads Ash will be back to rock Belfast’s Spring & Airbrake, after 2005’s riotous sell-out show. Touring with a brand new album, and minus guitarist Charlotte Hatherley, the ban...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Man in court over Suffolk prostitute murders
A 49-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murders of five prostitutes in Suffolk last year. Steve Wright, a former forklift truck driver, appeared before Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Take That to play Diana concert
Take That have confirmed that they will play the Princess Diana memorial concert at Wembley Stadium on July 1. The band, who reunited last year, said that they were "very honoured" to play the show, ...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Blair - 'Brown to be PM within weeks'
Tony Blair has said that Chancellor Gordon Brown will, "in all probability", succeed him as Prime Minister in the next few weeks. Speaking to GMTV earlier in an interview to mark his tenth anniversar...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Bomb survivors press for July 7 inquiry
Survivors and relatives of victims of the July 7 bomb attacks have called for an inquiry into the revelation that MI5 had come across two of the suicide bombers a year before the attacks took place. ...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
Barroso declares 1Bn euro aid for NI
EC President Manuel Barroso has met with the future first and deputy first minister today to give his backing to a devolved government. He also declared plans for over 1 billion euro to be released t...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
Sinn Fein councillor killed by bull
A Sinn Fein councillor has been killed by a bull on a farm near his home in County Tyrone. Michael McAnespie, 63, died after being attacked on land at Loughmacrory near Omagh, close to Sixmilecross a...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Brother held over fatal shooting of sister
A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head at her house in Manchester has died in hospital. The girl had been left in a critical condition in hospital after the shooting at the house in Wembley Road...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
Teenager challenges HSE in abortion case
A pregnant 17-year-old girl has gone to the High Court in Dublin today to challenge the HSE for preventing her from travelling to Britain for an abortion. The girl, known as Miss D, is four months pr...
Recruitment News, May 1, 2007
Jobs Rise In Ireland Despite Euro Strength
The latest report Measuring Ireland's Progress, 2006, published by the Central Statistics Office, has revealed the advances made in Ireland in terms of economic, social and environmental indices. How...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
DPPs consider challenges for policing in a shared future
The Northern Ireland Policing Board will tonight hold a special event to reflect on the contribution of District Policing Partnerships (DPPs) to policing in Northern Ireland and consider the challenge...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
Two detained over knife attack
Detectives investigating a knife attack in west Belfast have detained two men. The suspects, aged 35 and 41, were arrested last night in Belfast city and are currently helping police with their enqui...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Trial begins to find childhood blindness cure
A clinical gene therapy trial has begun on order to test a revolutionary treatment for blindness in children. The trial, which has received £1 million funding from the Department of Health, is the fi...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
Hanson sees a clear route to a shared future
The transformation to a shared future in Northern Ireland is beginning to show results, Minister for State David Hanson said today. Speaking at 'Transformation to a Shared Society', the annual Commun...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
Planning applications in NI drop by 60%
The number of planning applications for single dwellings in Northern Ireland has dropped by nearly two-thirds, according to recent figures published. The website planningonline.co.uk has shown a 61% ...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Manchester fire search expected to take 'days'
It may take several days to discover if anyone died in a major fire in an office building in Manchester, the fire service has said. The fire broke out on Dale Street around 5:55am in a five-storey of...
UK National News, May 1, 2007
Police arrest 30 animal rights extremists
Thirty people have been arrested in connection with alleged animal rights extremism in a series of early morning raids carried out by police in the UK and at locations in Europe. Around 300 police of...
Northern Ireland News, May 1, 2007
UU students highlight soaring home prices
As house prices continue to soar in Northern Ireland, final year housing management students at the University of Ulster are holding a conference to debate the burning issue of affordability. Housing...