Northern Ireland News for October 2010 : Page 3

UK National News, Oct 27, 2010
Cancer Drugs Fund Is £200 Million
A cancer-fighting fund of £200 million a year to help cancer patients get greater access to cancer drugs that their doctors recommend for them was confirmed today by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. ...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 27, 2010
Westlife To Enliven BBC Children In Need
The BBC Children in Need gig at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast next month will feature Irish-bred former 'boy band' Westlife as well as The Script. Both pop groups will be flying into Belfast to perfor...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 27, 2010
QUB Library 'Most Sustainable Building'
A Belfast building's green credentials have been recognised by a panel of international judges. The McClay Library at Queen's University won the RICS Sustainability Award 2010 with the presentation t...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 27, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Antrim On Alert An NI town that has been plagued by loyalist pipe bomb attacks and hoaxes was again on alert today as the police evacuated homes in the Firmount Drive area and Army bomb experts exami...
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UK National News, Oct 27, 2010
Doctors Call For Out Of Hours Improvements
Scotland’s GPs have called for better coordination of out of hours services for patients today. 

In light of the Scottish Parliament’s debate on rural out of hours services, Scotland’s ...
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UK National News, Oct 27, 2010
Lifestyle Tips Could Prevent Bowel Cancer Cases
A new study, published today by the British Medical Association, reveals that almost a quarter of colorectal (bowel) cancer cases could be prevented if people followed healthy lifestyle advice in five...
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UK National News, Oct 27, 2010
S4C Changes 'Need Welsh Consultation'
There are fears this week over the future of broadcasting in the Welsh language. Plaid Cymru has called for an urgent rethink by the UK Government following the publication of their plans to put the ...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Bus Torched As Paramilitaries Rampage
Vehicles have been highjacked and a bus and several cars burnt out during paramilitary-orchestrated disorder in Newtownabbey last night. More than 150 police officers were drafted in from across Nort...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
British Economy Recovering Faster Than Expected
Official figures suggest the UK economy is recovering faster than expected. Between July and September the economy grew at 0.8%, following 1.2% growth in the second quarter of the year. This is doubl...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
Woman Arrested Over Tube Death
A 34-year-old woman has been arrested following the death of a person at King's Cross tube station on Monday evening. Following reports of a body under a Piccadilly line train, emergency services in ...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
'Not Guilty Plea' On Taxi Driver Death
A Belfast man has pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to the murder of a taxi driver in Belfast in 2007. Gerard Mackin, 28, from west Belfast originally but now with an ...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
Worboy's Inquiry Reaches 102 Women
Police have reported the number of suspected victims to contact them regarding a serial sex attacker has reached 102. In April 2009 John Worboys, a London taxi driver, was jailed after he was found g...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Ruane Says Underachievers 'Can Do Better'
Those who don't do well in the academic setting of NI schools need help to achieve more. That's according to NI Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, who has said educational underachievement must be ...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
City Airport Funds Romanian Project
George Best Belfast City Airport is supporting orphaned children in one of Europe's most impoverished regions. Belfast's city-based portal is sponsoring a life changing Romanian exchange programme T...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
Baby P 'Failed By All Agencies'
Official reports released have found the death of Baby Peter Connelly was due to the incompetence of all staff who came into contact with him. Toddler Peter died, in Haringey, north London in August ...
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Recruitment News, Oct 26, 2010
Newry Jobs And Roads Scheme Applauded
There was doubly good news this week from the Stormont Transport Minister Conor Murphy - one directly on new jobs and one on consolidating employment and improving infrastructure. He has welcomed Roa...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Irish Budget Cuts 'No Greater Than €5bn'
The Dáil Government's upcoming budget is to cut no deeper than €5 billion, it has emerged. Speculation was mounting that the upcoming budget would see cuts of anywhere between €4.5 billion and €7 bi...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
Ceiling Collapses On Bridgend Shoppers
Five people have been treated in hospital after a store ceiling in Bridgend town centre collapsed on shoppers. Retailer Home Bargains, located on Market Street, was evacuated after the ceiling fell d...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
NI Quarry Sector Crisis Tackled In EC
There has been a move to resolve a crisis that is facing the aggregates sector of quarrying in Northern Ireland. Diane Dodds, the DUP MEP, met with Vice-President of the European Commission, Joaquín ...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
Boys Questioned Over Aylward Murder
Two 15-year-old boys, arrested on suspicion of the murder of Rebecca Aylward, are continuing to be questioned by police. The teenagers body was discovered about 0900 BST on Sunday morning in woodland...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Belfast Traders Support Workplace Safety
The licensed trade has been saying cheers to safe working practices as businesses across Belfast were today backing the provision of a healthy environment for staff and customers. At a breakfast meet...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
Construction Firms Fined Over Worker's Death
Two Lancashire companies have been sentenced following the death of a construction worker in Altham near Accrington. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Howorth Scaffolding Services Ltd ...
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UK National News, Oct 26, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Iraqi Ex-Minister Sentenced To Death The Ex-Minister of Iraq has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court. Tariq Aziz, known for many years the international face of Iraq under Saddam Husse...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Foyle Film Festival Celebrates Classics
The schedule for this year's Foyle Film Festival has been launched at Londonderry's Nerve Centre. Those visiting the Derry-based festival this year will experience 'cinema flashback' as the festival...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Funders Celebrate Corrymeela Village
A milestone in the redevelopment of a new cross-community complex which will provide residential accommodation for groups and families visiting the Corrymeela Centre has been celebrated. Internationa...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Fermanagh Roads Scheme Is Applauded
There was doubly good news this week from the Stormont Transport Minister Conor Murphy. He welcomed Roads Service's progress on investment totalling £5.6m in the Fermanagh area and also commented on ...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Top Photographer Buried Award winning photographer, John Harrison, a father-of-three, who ran his own respected public relations photography agency, was buried yesterday. He had a career that spanned...
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Northern Ireland News, Oct 25, 2010
MLAs Quarrel Over Implementing Cuts
As MLAs who want the impact of the UK's Spending Review lessened for NI were warned they are "living in cloud-cuckoo land", Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has branded £4bn of NI cutbacks "unacceptabl...
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UK National News, Oct 25, 2010
Government Launches National Infrastructure Plan
The Prime Minister today announced the publication of the UK’s first ever infrastructure plan, identifying the scale of the infrastructure challenge and the major economic investment that is needed to...
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Business News, Oct 25, 2010
MLAs Quarrel Over Implementing Cuts
As MLAs who want the impact of the UK's Spending Review lessened for NI were today warned they are "living in cloud-cuckoo land", Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has branded over £4bn of NI cutbacks "...
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