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Northern Ireland News for July 2008 : Page 10
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
Three Further Deaths In Stab Epidemic
Three young men have died within hours of being stabbed in knife attacks in close proximity to each other in London. A 19-year-old, who has not been named, suffered multiple stab wounds in Edmonton, ...
Three Further Deaths In Stab Epidemic
Three young men have died within hours of being stabbed in knife attacks in close proximity to each other in London. A 19-year-old, who has not been named, suffered multiple stab wounds in Edmonton, ...
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
Couple Charged With Cruelty Offences
The mother and stepfather of a young girl who starved to death have been charged with cruelty to children offences. Seven-year-old Khyra Ishaq was found dead at her family home in Birmingham where sh...
Couple Charged With Cruelty Offences
The mother and stepfather of a young girl who starved to death have been charged with cruelty to children offences. Seven-year-old Khyra Ishaq was found dead at her family home in Birmingham where sh...
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
TB Scare At Manchester University
A health scare has broken out at Manchester Metropolitan University after a former student tested positive for TB. Students and staff are now being screened for the diseases and 150 others are urgent...
TB Scare At Manchester University
A health scare has broken out at Manchester Metropolitan University after a former student tested positive for TB. Students and staff are now being screened for the diseases and 150 others are urgent...
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
Landslide In Scotland To Cause Major Disruption
A landslide on a major route through southern Scotland is being assessed by transport bosses. The A7 was closed south of Langholm on Thursday, as heavy rain caused the road to partially cave in causi...
Landslide In Scotland To Cause Major Disruption
A landslide on a major route through southern Scotland is being assessed by transport bosses. The A7 was closed south of Langholm on Thursday, as heavy rain caused the road to partially cave in causi...
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
Preferred Bidder Announced For Sellafield Contract
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced Nuclear Management Partners Ltd is the preferred bidder for the contract to run Sellafield. The consortium consists of three firms from the US, UK ...
Preferred Bidder Announced For Sellafield Contract
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced Nuclear Management Partners Ltd is the preferred bidder for the contract to run Sellafield. The consortium consists of three firms from the US, UK ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Teenager Stabbed A young Co Tyrone man has been stabbed. The 18-year-old is being treated in hospital after he was injured in the early hours of Friday morning. It happened shortly before 1am at a ho...
Other NI News In Brief
Teenager Stabbed A young Co Tyrone man has been stabbed. The 18-year-old is being treated in hospital after he was injured in the early hours of Friday morning. It happened shortly before 1am at a ho...
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
Shakespeare 'National Treasure' Back In Safe Hands
A man has been arrested for the theft of a "priceless" edition of Shakespeare's works. Printed in 1623, the First Folio edition was among a number of books and manuscripts taken from the Durham Unive...
Shakespeare 'National Treasure' Back In Safe Hands
A man has been arrested for the theft of a "priceless" edition of Shakespeare's works. Printed in 1623, the First Folio edition was among a number of books and manuscripts taken from the Durham Unive...
Recruitment News, Jul 11, 2008
300 Irish Companies Gone Bust Since New Year
The economic turmoil has hit Ireland's private sector hard as the number of companies going bust has gone up by 76% for the first half of this year. More than 300 companies have been wound up, a 76% ...
300 Irish Companies Gone Bust Since New Year
The economic turmoil has hit Ireland's private sector hard as the number of companies going bust has gone up by 76% for the first half of this year. More than 300 companies have been wound up, a 76% ...
Recruitment News, Jul 11, 2008
State Of The Art Athlone Factory Opened
Mary O'Rourke TD has official opened the new, extended state-of-the-art pharmaceutical laboratory facility for Intertek BioClin at Monksland in Athlone. Intertek, a global company listed on the Londo...
State Of The Art Athlone Factory Opened
Mary O'Rourke TD has official opened the new, extended state-of-the-art pharmaceutical laboratory facility for Intertek BioClin at Monksland in Athlone. Intertek, a global company listed on the Londo...
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
Man Assaulted And Bentley Stolen
Three men threatened a man with a gun and assaulted him in order to steal his Bentley in Wigan, police say. At around 6.30pm on Wednesday, a woman at home noticed three men acting suspiciously at a b...
Man Assaulted And Bentley Stolen
Three men threatened a man with a gun and assaulted him in order to steal his Bentley in Wigan, police say. At around 6.30pm on Wednesday, a woman at home noticed three men acting suspiciously at a b...
UK National News, Jul 11, 2008
Other News In Brief
Two Killed In Car Collision Two motorists have been killed and two teenage passengers have been seriously injured in a crash in East Sussex. Police say a woman in her 40s and a man in his 60s were ki...
Other News In Brief
Two Killed In Car Collision Two motorists have been killed and two teenage passengers have been seriously injured in a crash in East Sussex. Police say a woman in her 40s and a man in his 60s were ki...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
11th Night Bonfire Alert
As the traditional '11th Night' Bonfires loom, there has been a call for 'Safety First'. A senior fire officer at the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) is this week urging people to 'Thi...
11th Night Bonfire Alert
As the traditional '11th Night' Bonfires loom, there has been a call for 'Safety First'. A senior fire officer at the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) is this week urging people to 'Thi...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
Women Seeking 'Online Abortions'
Women living in parts of the UK that were not included in the 1967 Abortion Act - which liberalised access to termination on the mainland - are using the internet to buy medication enabling them to pe...
Women Seeking 'Online Abortions'
Women living in parts of the UK that were not included in the 1967 Abortion Act - which liberalised access to termination on the mainland - are using the internet to buy medication enabling them to pe...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
Limavady Man Escapes 70th Arson Attack
Rural Limavady in Co Londonderry is still being targeted by fire-raisers with attacks escalating this week. A man was forced to put out a blaze at the back of his home following another arson attack ...
Limavady Man Escapes 70th Arson Attack
Rural Limavady in Co Londonderry is still being targeted by fire-raisers with attacks escalating this week. A man was forced to put out a blaze at the back of his home following another arson attack ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
City Centre Gas Alert Follows Irish Hospital Evacuation
Just hours after the evacuation of patients and staff in a Kilkenny hospital - following a reported gas leak on Thursday morning - part of Belfast city centre was also sealed off in a similar incident...
City Centre Gas Alert Follows Irish Hospital Evacuation
Just hours after the evacuation of patients and staff in a Kilkenny hospital - following a reported gas leak on Thursday morning - part of Belfast city centre was also sealed off in a similar incident...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
High Hopes Of Peaceful Twelfth Celebration
There are high hopes of a peaceful day tomorrow as the traditional 12th July parades are being held against a new background of compromise. Last weekend, Orangemen from throughout Northern Ireland an...
High Hopes Of Peaceful Twelfth Celebration
There are high hopes of a peaceful day tomorrow as the traditional 12th July parades are being held against a new background of compromise. Last weekend, Orangemen from throughout Northern Ireland an...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
Quarter Of Million Translink Train Seats Left Empty
Around a quarter of a million Northern Ireland train seats are left vacant each and every week. The figures were generated during a study of an average week over the last year. However, these stati...
Quarter Of Million Translink Train Seats Left Empty
Around a quarter of a million Northern Ireland train seats are left vacant each and every week. The figures were generated during a study of an average week over the last year. However, these stati...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
Economy Benefits From Higher Education: Survey
The latest survey of interaction between the Higher Education (HE) sector and business demonstrates the major role universities and colleges play in the UK economy - as long as the students remain to ...
Economy Benefits From Higher Education: Survey
The latest survey of interaction between the Higher Education (HE) sector and business demonstrates the major role universities and colleges play in the UK economy - as long as the students remain to ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
Jobs Cruise In
A major UK cruise company is to create a home working division and sales facility in Northern Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland has announced its support for the £400,000 investment by the firm, Crui...
Jobs Cruise In
A major UK cruise company is to create a home working division and sales facility in Northern Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland has announced its support for the £400,000 investment by the firm, Crui...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 11, 2008
Agri-College Conference Success
Among the hundreds of teenagers from Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and from Great Britain who turned out for the biggest ever 'Higher Education Choices' conference to held by the UK's leading p...
Agri-College Conference Success
Among the hundreds of teenagers from Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and from Great Britain who turned out for the biggest ever 'Higher Education Choices' conference to held by the UK's leading p...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
Other News In Brief
Woman Charged With Man's Murder A woman has been charged with the murder of a man in Salford. Gary White, 33, of no fixed abode, was attacked in Fir Street and again on Elm Street on 3 July. He was...
Other News In Brief
Woman Charged With Man's Murder A woman has been charged with the murder of a man in Salford. Gary White, 33, of no fixed abode, was attacked in Fir Street and again on Elm Street on 3 July. He was...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
Multiple Fatalities In Leicestershire Crash
Six people have died in a collision between a car and a lorry in Leicestershire, police have confirmed. The A607 near Melton Mowbray was closed in both directions following the crash. Police were ca...
Multiple Fatalities In Leicestershire Crash
Six people have died in a collision between a car and a lorry in Leicestershire, police have confirmed. The A607 near Melton Mowbray was closed in both directions following the crash. Police were ca...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
French Student Murder Accused Remanded
A man charged with the 'horrific' murders of two young French students has appeared in court as two other suspects are still being questioned. Nigel Farmer, 33, of no fixed abode, stands accused of k...
French Student Murder Accused Remanded
A man charged with the 'horrific' murders of two young French students has appeared in court as two other suspects are still being questioned. Nigel Farmer, 33, of no fixed abode, stands accused of k...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
'Yobs' Threaten Asian Man In Traffic With Knife
A man was racially abused and threatened with a knife while he was stuck in traffic in Salford, police have said. At around 4.45pm on Wednesday, a 29-year-old man, of Asian origin, was sitting in a s...
'Yobs' Threaten Asian Man In Traffic With Knife
A man was racially abused and threatened with a knife while he was stuck in traffic in Salford, police have said. At around 4.45pm on Wednesday, a 29-year-old man, of Asian origin, was sitting in a s...
Recruitment News, Jul 10, 2008
Agri-College Conference Success
Hundreds of teenagers from across Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and from Great Britain turned out earlier this month for the biggest ever 'Higher Education Choices' conference to held by the UK...
Agri-College Conference Success
Hundreds of teenagers from across Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and from Great Britain turned out earlier this month for the biggest ever 'Higher Education Choices' conference to held by the UK...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
BA Bosses Clear Sheridan Theft Allegations
BA bosses have cleared the wife of former Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan of theft allegations. Gail Sheridan, 44, was suspended from her job as British Airways cabin crew in February after acc...
BA Bosses Clear Sheridan Theft Allegations
BA bosses have cleared the wife of former Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan of theft allegations. Gail Sheridan, 44, was suspended from her job as British Airways cabin crew in February after acc...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
Deportation Woman Wins Battle For Future In The UK
A South African woman who faced deportation has won her fight to stay in the UK. Josie Pasane, 25, has been granted a visa allowing her to stay in the country indefinitely. Josie and her family arri...
Deportation Woman Wins Battle For Future In The UK
A South African woman who faced deportation has won her fight to stay in the UK. Josie Pasane, 25, has been granted a visa allowing her to stay in the country indefinitely. Josie and her family arri...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
Woman Suffers 'The Birds' Style Attack on Sea Front
A woman was treated in hospital after being attacked by a seagull. The 36-year-old was walking along the Esplanade, near the pier, at 8.45am when an adult gull swooped and started stabbing her head w...
Woman Suffers 'The Birds' Style Attack on Sea Front
A woman was treated in hospital after being attacked by a seagull. The 36-year-old was walking along the Esplanade, near the pier, at 8.45am when an adult gull swooped and started stabbing her head w...
UK National News, Jul 10, 2008
Woman Arrested Over Hit-And-Run Death
A woman has been arrested over a hit-and-run death in Scotland, police have said. Margaret Borris, 39, was knocked down while walking with her son Paul, 20, in King Street, Paisley at around 11am on ...
Woman Arrested Over Hit-And-Run Death
A woman has been arrested over a hit-and-run death in Scotland, police have said. Margaret Borris, 39, was knocked down while walking with her son Paul, 20, in King Street, Paisley at around 11am on ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2008
Sellafield Threat Will Linger Until 2120
The potential threat from the Sellafield nuclear site could last for another 100 years, according to a government report. The British government has suggested the toxic site, which overlooks the Iri...
Sellafield Threat Will Linger Until 2120
The potential threat from the Sellafield nuclear site could last for another 100 years, according to a government report. The British government has suggested the toxic site, which overlooks the Iri...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:Staying cold. Any freezing fog that has formed overnight will slowly thin and disperse during the morning. Otherwise dry and bright much of the day with perhaps the odd coastal shower in the north and east. Maximum temperature 4 °C.Tonight:Dry at first with cloud thickening from the south through the evening. The odd shower, wintry over high ground, over northern counties, becoming more persistent rain over Down and Antrim. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
