Northern Ireland News for July 2008 : Page 6

UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Batman Star Arrested Over Alleged Assault
Batman actor Christian Bale has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault. The star, who is now in custody, allegedly assaulted his mother and sister at his suite at London's Dorchester Hot...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Triple Road Crash Tragedy For Family
A grandfather and his four-year-old granddaughter have been killed in a road accident while on their way to the funeral of a relative. Paul Anderson, 48 and Samantha Carr died on the A9 on Saturday a...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Schoolboy 'Hangs' In Woodland
A schoolboy has been found hanged by a rope swing in woodland in Lancashire. Joe Richardson, 12, of Up Holland, was reported missing on Monday night after he failed to return to his home in Dewberry ...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Shock Booze Figures Hide Tragic Reality
New Government figures released today have revealing that 811,000 people in England were admitted to hospital with alcohol misuse problems. According to medical professionals, though shocking in thei...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Reports Reveals Prison Overcrowding
Some prisoners are enduring poor conditions because of overcrowding, a new report has stated. The HM Inspectorate of Prisons has found that Doncaster jail had almost 200 more inmates than it could ca...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Man's Shock Death 'Urinating' On Railway Tracks
A man has been killed at a busy railway station - while urinating on the tracks. British Transport Police confirmed that the 41-year-old was electrocuted at Vauxhall station in south London at around...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
ATM Fraudster Jailed After Baby Cash Photo Found
An East Yorkshire fraudster has been jailed after a picture he took of his baby surrounded by bank notes as a boast was uncovered by police. Adu Bunu, of Wakefield, was convicted at Hull Court of mak...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Man Dies In London Stabbing
Police have launched a murder investigation following the fatal stabbing of a man in London. Police were called to the scene at around 2.50am on Saturday to reports of an injured man in Junction Road...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Other News In Brief
Woman Dies After Minibus Mounts Pavement A woman has died from her injuries after being hit by a minibus in Leeds. The 32-year-old, from Wakefield, became trapped between the Mercedes minibus and a s...
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UK National News, Jul 22, 2008
Two Men Die In Reservoir
Two men have been found dead in a reservoir in Greater Manchester. The pair, thought to be in their late teens, vanished in Knott Hill reservoir in Ashton-under-Lyne on Monday afternoon. A walker al...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Robinson Denies 'Child Abuse' Slur On Gays
Just weeks after DUP MP Iris Robinson insisted in a BBC radio interview that gay people could be "turned around" - and subsequently said she would defend her right to express her religious beliefs - t...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Asylum Seekers Report Welcomed
There has been a broad welcome at Stormont for a new report on the way asylum seekers are being treated. Junior Ministers Gerry Kelly and Jeffrey Donaldson yesterday praised the work of a Commission ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Foster Selected For 'Too Close To Call' By-Election
The DUP has chosen a leading party figure to contest the 'too-close to call' Fermanagh Council By-Election. NI Economy Minister Arlene Foster has been selected as the party's candidate, after much w...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Market Slowdown Saves 'Celeb' Haunt
A Belfast bar, which only narrowly survived the crash of the demolition ball, has become the city's latest 'celebrity' haunt. Weekend revellers at The Rotterdam Bar included Coleraine-born actor Jam...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Derry Housing Boost Likely
Around 25 apartments could soon boost the local property market in Londonderry if planning permission is granted. Plans for the apartment block - to be located at Duncreggan Road - were received at D...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Laundered Fuel Finds In Armagh
Two separate Customs swoops in Co Armagh have netted 16,000 litres of laundered fuel. A raid at commercial premises in Armagh city resulted in one man being bailed and instructed to appear at Armagh...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
NI Sesame Street Goes National
A Northern Ireland produced version of the world-class kids' programme Sesame Street has gone on national UK-wide television. Sesame Tree, the NI produced programme was broadcast on BBC Two - beginn...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Housing Minister Fact-Finding In Shannon
A fact-finding mission to examine housing and urban regeneration in the Republic of Ireland got underway this week when the NI Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie visited the Shannon area to meet with r...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2008
Apartments For Ards Welcomed
Local representatives have welcomed plans for 45 new BIH apartments in Newtownards. Proposals for new family housing in the town centre were discussed at a meeting between the housing association an...
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Recruitment News, Jul 21, 2008
16 Jobs At Galway Biomedical Plant
An additional 16 jobs are to be created at a Galway biomedical plant. Proxy Biomedical has announced plans to double its workforce over the next two years. The jobs will be at the firm's new An Sp...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
OTHER NEWS IN BRIEF
Man Charged With Death By Dangerous Driving Offence A 23-year-old has appeared in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a man was killed during a police chase. William Forrest, ...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
'Maddy' Parents Cleared As Case Winds Down
Portugal's Attorney-General, Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro, has announced that the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been shelved - even though there's still no trace of the ...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
Winehouse Husband Sentenced
The husband of singer Amy Winehouse has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison. Twenty-six-year-old Blake Fielder-Civil, of Camden, admitted grievous bodily harm and perverting the co...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Ritchie For Limerick NI's Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie (pictured) will spend the next two days examining housing and urban regeneration in the Republic of Ireland. The Minister will m...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
British Woman Charged With Baby Death In Crete
A young British woman has now been charged with the murder of her new born baby in a hotel room in Crete. The 20-year-old woman, from London, who has not been identified, was arrested in Malia after ...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
Europe's Largest Wind Farm Given Green Light
Plans to build Europe's largest onshore wind farm have been given the green light. Scottish Ministers have approved plans for the 152-turbine Clyde wind farm near Abington. It is reported that the m...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2008
Six RIR Soldiers Hit In Taleban Attack
As one of Northern Ireland's best-known newspapers, the Belfast Telegraph, began a series of 'war zone' reports today from Afghanistan, six Royal Irish Regiment soldiers have been injured in an attack...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
Caver Dies After Mineshaft Rescue
A caver who was rescued from a mineshaft has died in hospital. Thirty-seven-year-old Peter Ireson, from Livingston, died on Sunday evening after being pulled out of the shaft at the Wisp in the Newcr...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
Father Charged Over Landrover Crash Deaths
A father has been charged with causing the deaths of four of his seven children by driving dangerously. Nigel Gresham, 37, of Witham Drive, Chapel Hill, has been remanded in custody to appear before ...
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UK National News, Jul 21, 2008
Drug Dealers Jailed For 27 Years
Two drug dealers have been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison after storing £4.35 million worth of heroin in their cars. Mylton Demetriou and Sean Foster were arrested after police saw Demetr...
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