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Northern Ireland News for July 2008 : Page 4
UK National News, Jul 25, 2008
Man Jailed For 'Shaking' Baby
A man has been jailed for nine and a half years for shaking a baby so hard it was left with severe brain damage. Donald Loudon, 26, from Newmains, North Lanarkshire, had blamed the child's mother for...
Man Jailed For 'Shaking' Baby
A man has been jailed for nine and a half years for shaking a baby so hard it was left with severe brain damage. Donald Loudon, 26, from Newmains, North Lanarkshire, had blamed the child's mother for...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2008
Charges Dropped On North Sea Alert Woman
A woman charged after a security alert at an oil platform in the North Sea will not face trial. A total of 161 staff were airlifted from the Safe Scandinavia platform, 130 miles of the Aberdeen coast...
Charges Dropped On North Sea Alert Woman
A woman charged after a security alert at an oil platform in the North Sea will not face trial. A total of 161 staff were airlifted from the Safe Scandinavia platform, 130 miles of the Aberdeen coast...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2008
Man Jailed For Attempting To Smuggle Cocaine
A man has been jailed to 15 years for attempting to smuggle 10 kilos of cocaine into the UK. Police said that Rodrigo Fiuza, a Brazilian national of Mile End Road, was arrested on 25 February 2008 fo...
Man Jailed For Attempting To Smuggle Cocaine
A man has been jailed to 15 years for attempting to smuggle 10 kilos of cocaine into the UK. Police said that Rodrigo Fiuza, a Brazilian national of Mile End Road, was arrested on 25 February 2008 fo...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2008
Nanny Cleared Of Baby Death
A nanny accused of killing a baby in her care by shaking the boy has been freed by the court. Prosecutors had alleged that 47-year-old Linda Wise shook Isaac Rowlinson when he was 13-weeks-old and ca...
Nanny Cleared Of Baby Death
A nanny accused of killing a baby in her care by shaking the boy has been freed by the court. Prosecutors had alleged that 47-year-old Linda Wise shook Isaac Rowlinson when he was 13-weeks-old and ca...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Holiday Grief As Tragedy Strikes There has been a tragic holiday accident in a Portuguese holiday resort. A six-year-old boy from Claudy, Nathan Sharkey, has drowned while on holiday with his parents...
Other NI News In Brief
Holiday Grief As Tragedy Strikes There has been a tragic holiday accident in a Portuguese holiday resort. A six-year-old boy from Claudy, Nathan Sharkey, has drowned while on holiday with his parents...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
M5 Crash Man Dies
A 51-year-old man has died following an accident on the city-bound carriageway of the M5 motorway outside Belfast. The man - who was initially listed in a critical condition in hospital - was fatall...
M5 Crash Man Dies
A 51-year-old man has died following an accident on the city-bound carriageway of the M5 motorway outside Belfast. The man - who was initially listed in a critical condition in hospital - was fatall...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2008
British Toddler In 'Serious' Condition After Balcony Fall
A British toddler is in intensive care after falling from a hotel balcony at a popular resort in Spain. One-year-old Daniel Betley, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, fell 16ft from the first floor...
British Toddler In 'Serious' Condition After Balcony Fall
A British toddler is in intensive care after falling from a hotel balcony at a popular resort in Spain. One-year-old Daniel Betley, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, fell 16ft from the first floor...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2008
Woman Slashed Over Cigarette By Boy, 10
A woman suffered a knife attack after refusing to give a 10-year-old boy a cigarette. The woman, in her 50s, was confronted by two young boys outside Selhurst railway station, in south London on Wedn...
Woman Slashed Over Cigarette By Boy, 10
A woman suffered a knife attack after refusing to give a 10-year-old boy a cigarette. The woman, in her 50s, was confronted by two young boys outside Selhurst railway station, in south London on Wedn...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
Belfast Sex Attack Slammed
An attack on a woman in Belfast last night is just the latest in a series of such rapes and serious assaults to have blighted the fast-developing city, (pictured). This morning's incident, which happ...
Belfast Sex Attack Slammed
An attack on a woman in Belfast last night is just the latest in a series of such rapes and serious assaults to have blighted the fast-developing city, (pictured). This morning's incident, which happ...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2008
Commuter's Free Ticket To Ride As Oyster Card Crashes
London's Oyster card system has been shut down today for the second time in two weeks due to technical issues. The latest problem means that ticket barriers are being kept open at all stations until ...
Commuter's Free Ticket To Ride As Oyster Card Crashes
London's Oyster card system has been shut down today for the second time in two weeks due to technical issues. The latest problem means that ticket barriers are being kept open at all stations until ...
Recruitment News, Jul 25, 2008
Irish Businesses To Get Some 'Acumen'
An £8m business programme to help indigenous companies expand and develop their export potential was launched today by NI Economy Minister Arlene Foster. The four-year initiative is the new phase of...
Irish Businesses To Get Some 'Acumen'
An £8m business programme to help indigenous companies expand and develop their export potential was launched today by NI Economy Minister Arlene Foster. The four-year initiative is the new phase of...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
'Lift Off' As Mallusk Firm Secures Bombardier Contract
A £5.5million investment plans by Bombardier Aerospace looks set to put some 'wind beneath the wings' of an Antrim engineering firm. The aircraft giant has awarded six supply contracts to firms acro...
'Lift Off' As Mallusk Firm Secures Bombardier Contract
A £5.5million investment plans by Bombardier Aerospace looks set to put some 'wind beneath the wings' of an Antrim engineering firm. The aircraft giant has awarded six supply contracts to firms acro...
Recruitment News, Jul 25, 2008
Tunnel Workers Abort Strike
Workers at Dublin's Port Tunnel have called off strike action, which could have brought city centre traffic to a halt. Workers' union Siptu has said it came to an agreement with port operator Transr...
Tunnel Workers Abort Strike
Workers at Dublin's Port Tunnel have called off strike action, which could have brought city centre traffic to a halt. Workers' union Siptu has said it came to an agreement with port operator Transr...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
£3.1m Roads Investment For Antrim
NI Roads Minister Conor Murphy has unveiled a £3.1million investment plan for Antrim. Meeting with Antrim Borough Council, the Minister said: "It is planned to carry out a number of minor improvemen...
£3.1m Roads Investment For Antrim
NI Roads Minister Conor Murphy has unveiled a £3.1million investment plan for Antrim. Meeting with Antrim Borough Council, the Minister said: "It is planned to carry out a number of minor improvemen...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
Irish Businesses To Get Some 'Acumen'
An £8m business programme to help indigenous companies expand and develop their export potential was launched today by NI Economy Minister Arlene Foster. The four-year initiative is the new phase of...
Irish Businesses To Get Some 'Acumen'
An £8m business programme to help indigenous companies expand and develop their export potential was launched today by NI Economy Minister Arlene Foster. The four-year initiative is the new phase of...
Recruitment News, Jul 25, 2008
Axe Falls On 200 Irish Jobs
Almost 200 jobs will be going soon as pressures on Irish business and the economy mounts. Dublin and the Midlands will be most affected by the losses, which have been pinned on the ongoing economic ...
Axe Falls On 200 Irish Jobs
Almost 200 jobs will be going soon as pressures on Irish business and the economy mounts. Dublin and the Midlands will be most affected by the losses, which have been pinned on the ongoing economic ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
Internet Speeds Up Ulster Takeaways
A Co Antrim-based fastfood firm is to take to the digital world. Ballymoney's Takeaway2go is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to market technology that will make it easier to order takeaway ...
Internet Speeds Up Ulster Takeaways
A Co Antrim-based fastfood firm is to take to the digital world. Ballymoney's Takeaway2go is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to market technology that will make it easier to order takeaway ...
Recruitment News, Jul 25, 2008
Crossrail Engineering Project Given Green Light
Work on the largest civil engineering project in Europe is to get under way shortly. Crossrail, the largest addition to the transport network in London and the South East for more than 50 years, has ...
Crossrail Engineering Project Given Green Light
Work on the largest civil engineering project in Europe is to get under way shortly. Crossrail, the largest addition to the transport network in London and the South East for more than 50 years, has ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
Electrical Company Sparks £4.4m Investment
A Cookstown electrical engineering firm has announced a three-year £4.4 million investment plan, which could double jobs at its state-of-the-art plant. TES (NI) has said the workforce, at its Derryl...
Electrical Company Sparks £4.4m Investment
A Cookstown electrical engineering firm has announced a three-year £4.4 million investment plan, which could double jobs at its state-of-the-art plant. TES (NI) has said the workforce, at its Derryl...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2008
Beef Business Booming
The NI Economy Minister Arlene Foster has been getting a flavour of the best of local beef production. She praised Kettyle Foods in Lisnaskea, for its commitment to developing export markets. The Mi...
Beef Business Booming
The NI Economy Minister Arlene Foster has been getting a flavour of the best of local beef production. She praised Kettyle Foods in Lisnaskea, for its commitment to developing export markets. The Mi...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
Other News In Brief
Young Woman Dies In Car Collision A young woman has died in a car crash in Cumbria. Alice Brooks-Taylor, 19, of Newcastleton, died in a collision between a Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Mondeo on the A60...
Other News In Brief
Young Woman Dies In Car Collision A young woman has died in a car crash in Cumbria. Alice Brooks-Taylor, 19, of Newcastleton, died in a collision between a Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Mondeo on the A60...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
Father Charged Over Daughter's Quadbike Death
The father of a young girl who was killed while riding a quad bike has been charged with manslaughter. Seven-year-old Elizabeth Cooke died after a head-on collision with a Range Rover on Boxing Day l...
Father Charged Over Daughter's Quadbike Death
The father of a young girl who was killed while riding a quad bike has been charged with manslaughter. Seven-year-old Elizabeth Cooke died after a head-on collision with a Range Rover on Boxing Day l...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
'Canoe' Couple Assets Frozen
The assets of John and Anne Darwin have been frozen in the first stage of the asset recovery operation. The 'back-from-the-dead' canoeist and his wife were each sentenced to six years for fraud. The...
'Canoe' Couple Assets Frozen
The assets of John and Anne Darwin have been frozen in the first stage of the asset recovery operation. The 'back-from-the-dead' canoeist and his wife were each sentenced to six years for fraud. The...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
F1 Boss Wins Privacy Case Over 'Nazi Sex' Orgy
Formula One boss Max Mosley has won his High Court privacy action against a Sunday newspaper over an alleged "Nazi orgy". Mr Justice Eady has awarded Mr Mosley £60,000 in damages against News Group N...
F1 Boss Wins Privacy Case Over 'Nazi Sex' Orgy
Formula One boss Max Mosley has won his High Court privacy action against a Sunday newspaper over an alleged "Nazi orgy". Mr Justice Eady has awarded Mr Mosley £60,000 in damages against News Group N...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
Police Injured Saving Man Who Set Himself Alight
Two firearms officers have been injured after using their own bodies to save a man who set himself alight. Surrey Police said a 23-year-old man had been arrested on Wednesday night following a seriou...
Police Injured Saving Man Who Set Himself Alight
Two firearms officers have been injured after using their own bodies to save a man who set himself alight. Surrey Police said a 23-year-old man had been arrested on Wednesday night following a seriou...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
Plan Unveiled To Fight Online Piracy
The UK record label's association BPI has reached a "groundbreaking" agreement with major internet service providers and the Government to help significantly reduce illegal filesharing. Six of the UK...
Plan Unveiled To Fight Online Piracy
The UK record label's association BPI has reached a "groundbreaking" agreement with major internet service providers and the Government to help significantly reduce illegal filesharing. Six of the UK...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
Businessman Wins Facebook Libel Case
A businessman has been awarded damages after his personal details were disclosed on social networking website Facebook. Matthew Firsht was awarded £22,000 in damages against former school friend, Gra...
Businessman Wins Facebook Libel Case
A businessman has been awarded damages after his personal details were disclosed on social networking website Facebook. Matthew Firsht was awarded £22,000 in damages against former school friend, Gra...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 24, 2008
Road Accident Claims 100-Year-Old
A road accident has killed a 100-year-old man in Belfast. The victim - named as Grainger McIldoon - died in hospital on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred on Tuesday when a vehicle was in coll...
Road Accident Claims 100-Year-Old
A road accident has killed a 100-year-old man in Belfast. The victim - named as Grainger McIldoon - died in hospital on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred on Tuesday when a vehicle was in coll...
UK National News, Jul 24, 2008
Crossrail On Track For 2017
London is to enjoy a huge advance in city transportation. Work on the Crossrail project - which will be the largest civil engineering project in Europe - is to get under way shortly. Anticipated as ...
Crossrail On Track For 2017
London is to enjoy a huge advance in city transportation. Work on the Crossrail project - which will be the largest civil engineering project in Europe - is to get under way shortly. Anticipated as ...
Recruitment News, Jul 24, 2008
Cookstown Engineering Firm's £4.4m Investment
A Cookstown engineering firm has announced a three-year £4.4 million investment plan, which could double jobs at its state-of-the-art plant. TES (NI) has said the workforce, at its Derryloran Indust...
Cookstown Engineering Firm's £4.4m Investment
A Cookstown engineering firm has announced a three-year £4.4 million investment plan, which could double jobs at its state-of-the-art plant. TES (NI) has said the workforce, at its Derryloran Indust...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Apart from a little patchy drizzle it will be a dry evening and night with variable amounts of cloud. A few mist and fog patches forming. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
