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Northern Ireland News for June 2008 : Page 9
Northern Ireland News, Jun 13, 2008
'Yes' Vote Slumps As Ordinary Voters Make Voices Heard
Early indications in the Irish Republic show that the ongoing Lisbon count is suggesting the 'Yes' camp is in trouble. Warnings by Sinn Fein seem to have hit home as working class areas of the Iirsh ...
'Yes' Vote Slumps As Ordinary Voters Make Voices Heard
Early indications in the Irish Republic show that the ongoing Lisbon count is suggesting the 'Yes' camp is in trouble. Warnings by Sinn Fein seem to have hit home as working class areas of the Iirsh ...
UK National News, Jun 13, 2008
Oil Tanker Strike Fuels Shortage Fears
Hundreds of oil tanker drivers have gone on strike in a row over pay. The strike which will affect around one in 10 of Britain's petrol stations, has raised fears that there will be petrol shortages ...
Oil Tanker Strike Fuels Shortage Fears
Hundreds of oil tanker drivers have gone on strike in a row over pay. The strike which will affect around one in 10 of Britain's petrol stations, has raised fears that there will be petrol shortages ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 13, 2008
Derry Sex Assault Appeal
An appeal for information has been gone out after a young woman was indecently assaulted close to a community centre in the Galliagh area of Londonderry this week. The victim, who was pushing a pram ...
Derry Sex Assault Appeal
An appeal for information has been gone out after a young woman was indecently assaulted close to a community centre in the Galliagh area of Londonderry this week. The victim, who was pushing a pram ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 13, 2008
Welcome As Tobacco Consultation Extended to NI
A public consultation exercise on the future of tobacco control, launched by the Department of Health In London, has been extended to Northern Ireland. The consultation addresses the need to protect ...
Welcome As Tobacco Consultation Extended to NI
A public consultation exercise on the future of tobacco control, launched by the Department of Health In London, has been extended to Northern Ireland. The consultation addresses the need to protect ...
UK National News, Jun 13, 2008
Job Losses As Rescue Bid For Silverjet Crashes
At least 300 workers have lost their jobs after a rescue deal for blighted airline Silverjet fell through. Swiss investor Kingplace had provisionally agreed to take over the Luton-based airline after...
Job Losses As Rescue Bid For Silverjet Crashes
At least 300 workers have lost their jobs after a rescue deal for blighted airline Silverjet fell through. Swiss investor Kingplace had provisionally agreed to take over the Luton-based airline after...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 13, 2008
Queen To Honour Cruse Carers
A local voluntary organisation which supports those suffering bereavement is to be honoured by the Queen. Cruse Bereavement Care in Northern Ireland has been announced as one of 79 volunteering group...
Queen To Honour Cruse Carers
A local voluntary organisation which supports those suffering bereavement is to be honoured by the Queen. Cruse Bereavement Care in Northern Ireland has been announced as one of 79 volunteering group...
UK National News, Jun 13, 2008
Car Chase Man Jailed For Assaulting Police
A man has been sentenced to three years after threatening and assaulting police officers after a high-speed car chase. Keith Smith, 38, of Firbank Road, was found guilty of making threats to kill, as...
Car Chase Man Jailed For Assaulting Police
A man has been sentenced to three years after threatening and assaulting police officers after a high-speed car chase. Keith Smith, 38, of Firbank Road, was found guilty of making threats to kill, as...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 13, 2008
NI Music Crosses Border
Traditional Scots-Irish music featured at a major Co Clare music festival earlier this month. The Hounds of Ulster - formerly the Colonel Saunderson Corps of Drums - were in Ennis for the An Fleadh N...
NI Music Crosses Border
Traditional Scots-Irish music featured at a major Co Clare music festival earlier this month. The Hounds of Ulster - formerly the Colonel Saunderson Corps of Drums - were in Ennis for the An Fleadh N...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 13, 2008
Residents 'Furious' Over Plans To Demolish Country Pub
Residents of a County Antrim village are said to be "furious" over proposals to demolish a country pub and build apartments on the site. The Newtownabbey Times reported two applications were made to ...
Residents 'Furious' Over Plans To Demolish Country Pub
Residents of a County Antrim village are said to be "furious" over proposals to demolish a country pub and build apartments on the site. The Newtownabbey Times reported two applications were made to ...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
NEWS IN BRIEF
Man Dies After Supermarket Attack A man has died following an altercation at a supermarket, police have said. The 57-year-old man was pushed to the ground while queuing up inside Sainsbury's in Merto...
NEWS IN BRIEF
Man Dies After Supermarket Attack A man has died following an altercation at a supermarket, police have said. The 57-year-old man was pushed to the ground while queuing up inside Sainsbury's in Merto...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Killer Loses Shorter Sentence Plea In High Court
A four-times killer has had his appeal against a life sentence refused by the High Court. Donald Neilson, 71, labelled the infamous "Black Panther" was convicted of murdering Lesley Whittle in 1975 a...
Killer Loses Shorter Sentence Plea In High Court
A four-times killer has had his appeal against a life sentence refused by the High Court. Donald Neilson, 71, labelled the infamous "Black Panther" was convicted of murdering Lesley Whittle in 1975 a...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Cheltenham Man Charged With Woman's Murder
A 40-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Cheltenham. Jenny Young, 46, was found by emergency services at a house in Brunswick Street at the weekend. Ms Young, a mother of thr...
Cheltenham Man Charged With Woman's Murder
A 40-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Cheltenham. Jenny Young, 46, was found by emergency services at a house in Brunswick Street at the weekend. Ms Young, a mother of thr...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Detention Row Prompts Leading Tory Resignation
The terror suspect detention debate has prompted the resignation of a leading Tory. Shadow Home Secretary David Davis has quit as an MP as a protest to "the erosion of civil liberties" over the 42-da...
Detention Row Prompts Leading Tory Resignation
The terror suspect detention debate has prompted the resignation of a leading Tory. Shadow Home Secretary David Davis has quit as an MP as a protest to "the erosion of civil liberties" over the 42-da...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Official Suspended For Leaving Top Secret Files On Train
A senior Cabinet Office employee has been suspended after leaving top-secret files on a commuter train. An inquiry had been launched to establish how widely the files have been circulated. Prime Min...
Official Suspended For Leaving Top Secret Files On Train
A senior Cabinet Office employee has been suspended after leaving top-secret files on a commuter train. An inquiry had been launched to establish how widely the files have been circulated. Prime Min...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Stripping Teacher Shown The Door
A supply teacher has been banned for stripping of his clothes in front on his teenage students. The incident, which happened at Sudbury Upper School in Sudbury, Suffolk, in April was filmed by a pupi...
Stripping Teacher Shown The Door
A supply teacher has been banned for stripping of his clothes in front on his teenage students. The incident, which happened at Sudbury Upper School in Sudbury, Suffolk, in April was filmed by a pupi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
NI News In Brief
Documentary Course Students Awarded A Masters course at the University of Ulster recently won three awards in its first year of operation. Students on the Masters in Documentary Practice course - Ire...
NI News In Brief
Documentary Course Students Awarded A Masters course at the University of Ulster recently won three awards in its first year of operation. Students on the Masters in Documentary Practice course - Ire...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Tragic Helicopter Had Attempted Emergency Landing
An investigation into the deaths of four men in a helicopter crash has found that the pilot was attempting a landing when disaster struck. The Robinson R44 had been carrying out "low level circling m...
Tragic Helicopter Had Attempted Emergency Landing
An investigation into the deaths of four men in a helicopter crash has found that the pilot was attempting a landing when disaster struck. The Robinson R44 had been carrying out "low level circling m...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Italian Nuptials For Childhood Sweethearts Wayne And Coleen
Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has married his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin, according to reports. It is understood the Mayor of the Italian town of Portofino, Giorgio Devoto, has conf...
Italian Nuptials For Childhood Sweethearts Wayne And Coleen
Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has married his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin, according to reports. It is understood the Mayor of the Italian town of Portofino, Giorgio Devoto, has conf...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
DUP Backs Government's Detention Vote
The Government has cleared the first hurdle in the contentious terror suspect detention debate - but only by a small majority in the Commons - aided by the Democratic Unionist Party's nine MPs. Prim...
DUP Backs Government's Detention Vote
The Government has cleared the first hurdle in the contentious terror suspect detention debate - but only by a small majority in the Commons - aided by the Democratic Unionist Party's nine MPs. Prim...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
'Eye In The Sky' Maps Ulster Buildings
There's to be no hiding place for property rate's 'dodgers' as one of the UK's leading providers of aerial photography and digital mapping has announced the availability of new aerial imagery and mapp...
'Eye In The Sky' Maps Ulster Buildings
There's to be no hiding place for property rate's 'dodgers' as one of the UK's leading providers of aerial photography and digital mapping has announced the availability of new aerial imagery and mapp...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
Giant Step Forward As National Trust's Causeway Plans Unveiled
The National Trust has submitted plans for a £18m Giant's Causeway visitor centre. The proposed centre would attract a £6m direct investment from the Trust. The County Antrim world wonder, whose o...
Giant Step Forward As National Trust's Causeway Plans Unveiled
The National Trust has submitted plans for a £18m Giant's Causeway visitor centre. The proposed centre would attract a £6m direct investment from the Trust. The County Antrim world wonder, whose o...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
Gorse Fires And Attacks On Firefighters Slammed
After many hundreds of malicious fires in gorge areas over the last weeks of warm weather, the NI Public Safety Minister, Michael McGimpsey has called on members of the public to do their bit in reduc...
Gorse Fires And Attacks On Firefighters Slammed
After many hundreds of malicious fires in gorge areas over the last weeks of warm weather, the NI Public Safety Minister, Michael McGimpsey has called on members of the public to do their bit in reduc...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Fourth Man Arrested In Jersey
A fourth man has been arrested in Jersey in connection with an investigation into allegations of abuse. Former care home the Haut de la Garenne is at the centre of the investigation into historical c...
Fourth Man Arrested In Jersey
A fourth man has been arrested in Jersey in connection with an investigation into allegations of abuse. Former care home the Haut de la Garenne is at the centre of the investigation into historical c...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
Belfast Band To Shake Movie Scene?
Getting into the movie business looks like being 'no great shakes' for up-and-coming Belfast band, Delirium Tremens. The group has been approached to provide a rock track to introduce a new big scree...
Belfast Band To Shake Movie Scene?
Getting into the movie business looks like being 'no great shakes' for up-and-coming Belfast band, Delirium Tremens. The group has been approached to provide a rock track to introduce a new big scree...
UK National News, Jun 12, 2008
Government Narrowly Win Detention Vote
The Government has cleared the first hurdle in the contentious terror suspect detention debate - but only by a small majority in the Commons. Prime Minister Gordon Brown won the proposal to extend t...
Government Narrowly Win Detention Vote
The Government has cleared the first hurdle in the contentious terror suspect detention debate - but only by a small majority in the Commons. Prime Minister Gordon Brown won the proposal to extend t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
NI Nurses Celebrate
On foot of the NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey announcing an innovative scheme to invest £2 million each year to create new practice educators to support student nurses, the top student nurse in ...
NI Nurses Celebrate
On foot of the NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey announcing an innovative scheme to invest £2 million each year to create new practice educators to support student nurses, the top student nurse in ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
Good News On NI Jobs
The latest figures show that the number of jobs in Northern Ireland rose to the highest figure on record in March 2008. The unemployment rate has decreased over the quarter (February-April 2008) and...
Good News On NI Jobs
The latest figures show that the number of jobs in Northern Ireland rose to the highest figure on record in March 2008. The unemployment rate has decreased over the quarter (February-April 2008) and...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
'Audacious' Sustainable Rail Plans Submitted To Translink
A Dublin-based sustainable transport campaigner has approached Northern Ireland's public transport provider, Translink, with a £460m plan to enhance and expand the Province's rail network. The ambi...
'Audacious' Sustainable Rail Plans Submitted To Translink
A Dublin-based sustainable transport campaigner has approached Northern Ireland's public transport provider, Translink, with a £460m plan to enhance and expand the Province's rail network. The ambi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 12, 2008
Craigavon Investment Boosted
A £1 million investment which will open up additional industrial land for potential investors in the Craigavon area has been announced by Invest Northern Ireland. Three Invest NI business parks in th...
Craigavon Investment Boosted
A £1 million investment which will open up additional industrial land for potential investors in the Craigavon area has been announced by Invest Northern Ireland. Three Invest NI business parks in th...
UK National News, Jun 11, 2008
NEWS IN BRIEF
Garden Probed In Hunt Police investigating the death of a young mother are excavating a garden near to where she went missing. Eighteen-year-old Nicola Payne, from Coventry, has not been seen since l...
NEWS IN BRIEF
Garden Probed In Hunt Police investigating the death of a young mother are excavating a garden near to where she went missing. Eighteen-year-old Nicola Payne, from Coventry, has not been seen since l...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:It will be a cold evening and night with a frost. It will be largely dry, but a few wintry showers towards the north coast overnight. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
