Northern Ireland News for June 2008

UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Other News In Brief
Two Die In 'Suspicious' Fire Two people have been killed in a 'suspicious' fire at a flat in south-east London. London fire brigade was called to a property in Sterling Gardens late on Sunday evening...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
British Soldier Dies In Afghanistan Mine Blast
A British soldier has died in Afghanistan after stepping on an anti-personnel mine, the Ministry of Defence has said. The soldier from B Compny 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland died when ...
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Recruitment News, Jun 30, 2008
Shannon IT Jobs Losses "Hammer Blow" Says TD
A Fine Gael TD has described an announcement of almost 60 job losses in Shannon as a "hammer blow" for the south west. The comment follows an announcement by IT company Avocent detailing the loss of ...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Judge Shows Mercy On 'Suicide Pact' Husband
A man who tried and failed in an attempted suicide pact with his wife has been spared jail. Gilbert Brown, 83, and wife Doris, 80, of Uxbridge, west London, survived a cocktail of pills and gas fumes...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
NHS Final Report To Coincide With 60th Anniversary
UK hospital patient's biggest fear is not of the surgeon's knife, or of a fiery matron, but these days focus on the possibility of picking up an infection. According to a BBC poll, of the 1,040 peopl...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Toddler Injured In Motorbike Collision
A toddler has been seriously injured in a collision involving two motorbikes in north Nottinghamshire. It is understood that the three-year-old boy was on the handlebars of one of the bikes when the ...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Bank Slammed For Kids Visa's
A leading bank has been criticised for sending visa debit cards to children as young as 11. It is understood a father has complained to Lloyds-TSB after his 15-year-old son, from South Wales, used hi...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Ards Fire Suspicious The police are investigating a case of suspected arson in Co Down. Fire crews tackled the suspicious blaze near Newtownards at the weekend. The fire was reported at business prem...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Police Treat Bolton House Fire Death As Murder
The death of an elderly woman who was killed in a house fire in Bolton is being treated as murder. Hameeda Begum, 71, perished and six others, including three firefighters, were injured in the fire o...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Public Accounts Committee Slams 'Scam'
The NI Executive's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has attacked the way a former employee of a 'shamed' trade body has since been appointed to public posts - despite outstanding questions over the way...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Man Jailed For 'Horrific' Trafficking Offences
A man has been jailed for human trafficking and prostitution offences. Imre Orsos, 40, of Chorley Old Road, was sentenced to five years and three month's imprisonment after pleading guilty to two co...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Shiels: One Freed - One Held
While police are continuing to question a 19-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of Emmett Shiels in Londonderry last week, another 19-year-old man has been released without charge. ...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Teenagers Released On Bail After Stab Death
Two teenagers arrested over the murder of Ben Kinsella, have been released on police bail. Ben was attacked during a row with youths in York Way, Holloway, north London in the early hours of Sunday m...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Police Vehicle Rammed In Dramatic Chase
There was high drama - Starsky & Hutch-style - when a police car was rammed by a stolen vehicle in Co Down on Saturday night. Two men have been arrested after the incident which saw police officers ...
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UK National News, Jun 30, 2008
Display Para Lands On Man
A man watching a parachute display got more than he bargained for when an off-target parachutist landed on him. The elderly spectator was watching the display when the incident happened in Teignmouth...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Man Remanded On Portrush 'Fire' Death
A suspect has been remanded in custody as an investigation into the alleged murder of a Newtownabbey man - since living in the seaside town of Portrush - continues. The 19-year-old has appeared in co...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
NI Road Trends Published By Department
The Northern Ireland Roads Department has published its latest transport figures, which highlight the key statistics and trends that affect, and reflect, Ulster drivers and commuters. Some of the d...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Securicor Robber To Be 'Stripped' Of Assets
A serial criminal who was jailed over an armed raid on a G4 Securicor van in Antrim is to be hit in his wallet too. Seamus Cunningham, 36, will forfeit a substantial interest in a domestic property a...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Food Price Initiative, 'Wrong Way': MLA
Local outlets of national food chains have started a price-cutting initiative that may see shoppers benefiting from a full scale supermarket price war - although one politician has urged a different a...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
Planning Appeals 'Meltdown': Paisley
Both jobs and commercial life in general are set to suffer from an apparent backlog of almost 3,000 planning appeals cases that has left the whole system on the verge of "meltdown", it has been claime...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 30, 2008
NI Innovation Gets Boost
It has been revealed that some 57% of Northern Ireland businesses were positively engaged in some form of business innovation activity during the period 2004-2006. That was the finding from the North...
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UK National News, Jun 27, 2008
Other News In Brief
Funeral Of Officer Shot In Training The funeral of a Lancashire policeman accidentally shot dead in a training exercise will take place today. Family, friends and colleagues will gather for the fina...
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Recruitment News, Jun 27, 2008
VHI to create 60 jobs at two new Swift-Care clinics
One of Ireland’s largest health insurance firms has announced plans to create 60 jobs at two new Swift-Care clinics in Waterford and Cork. The Voluntary Health Insurance Board (VHI) is the largest he...
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UK National News, Jun 27, 2008
Remand For Shopkeeper Murder Accused
A man has been charged with the murder of a Yemeni-born Liverpool shopkeeper. Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi, 53, was shot in the chest shortly after opening his newsagents in Huyton, on May 31. He was found m...
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UK National News, Jun 27, 2008
Bailed Drug Addict Pleads Guilty To Rape And Murder
A man has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of a young woman days after being released on bail over separate rape allegations. Christopher Braithwaite, of Bentworth Road, Shepherd's Bush, west Lo...
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UK National News, Jun 27, 2008
Babysitter Faces Sentencing For Toddler Murder
A teenage babysitter who was found guilty of murdering a toddler in his care is to be sentenced today. Joshua Cook, now 18, sexually abused a 22-month-old boy in his care and then killed him in a "su...
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UK National News, Jun 27, 2008
Teen Found Guilty Of Murdering 'Street Drinker'
A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a "street drinker" in an unprovoked attack in Hayes. Daryl O'Connor, 18, of Peal Gardens, West Ealing was found guilty this week of killing Tarsen Nahar ...
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UK National News, Jun 27, 2008
Missing Boy 'Safely Back Home'
A young teenage boy who had been missing for over a month has been found, according to reports. Daniel Whitehead, 13, was last seen at his home in Walsingham Avenue, Middleton, on May 21. Daniel was...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 27, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Four Held After Dissident Raids Several men are being questioned at the police's secure facility in Antrim after arrests in Co Armagh during several police raids against dissident republicans. The fo...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 27, 2008
McCartney Accused Innocent
The man accused of killing Belfast man Robert McCartney in a city centre pub has been acquitted. The trial ended at Belfast Crown Court earlier this month with a verdict announced today. The man acq...
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