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Northern Ireland News for April 2010 : Page 2
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Protest Follows Planning Service Cuts
Protest action takes place today as the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has become the latest body to criticise the NI Planning Service's bid to redeploy as many as one in three of its employees....
Protest Follows Planning Service Cuts
Protest action takes place today as the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has become the latest body to criticise the NI Planning Service's bid to redeploy as many as one in three of its employees....
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
House Price Inflation Hits Double Digits
The annual rate of house price inflation moved into double digits for the first time since June 2007, according to a report by Nationwide. The price of a typical UK property rose by a seasonally adju...
House Price Inflation Hits Double Digits
The annual rate of house price inflation moved into double digits for the first time since June 2007, according to a report by Nationwide. The price of a typical UK property rose by a seasonally adju...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Ford Meets DPP Chief
Victims' rights and providing a 'transparent' system of prosecution were on the agenda for a high level meeting this week. The newly installed Minister of Justice, David Ford has met with the Directo...
Ford Meets DPP Chief
Victims' rights and providing a 'transparent' system of prosecution were on the agenda for a high level meeting this week. The newly installed Minister of Justice, David Ford has met with the Directo...
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
British Girl Fights Off Dubai Sex Attack
A 10-year-old British girl, who was seized by two men in Dubai who then attempted to rape her, managed to escape her attackers. It has been reported that the girl was by herself in a sandy play area ...
British Girl Fights Off Dubai Sex Attack
A 10-year-old British girl, who was seized by two men in Dubai who then attempted to rape her, managed to escape her attackers. It has been reported that the girl was by herself in a sandy play area ...
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
Caver's Body 'Brought- up' After 39 Years
A caver's body has been brought to the surface after lying underground for more than 39 years. Paul Heinz Esser died while cave diving in Porth yr ogof in the south of the Brecon Beacons national par...
Caver's Body 'Brought- up' After 39 Years
A caver's body has been brought to the surface after lying underground for more than 39 years. Paul Heinz Esser died while cave diving in Porth yr ogof in the south of the Brecon Beacons national par...
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
British Man Undergoes World's First 'Robotic Arm' Assisted Heart Surgery
A British patient was part of a world first yesterday, when he underwent heart surgery that used a robotic arm. Kenneth Crocker, 70, had the successful operation to correct an irregular heartbeat at ...
British Man Undergoes World's First 'Robotic Arm' Assisted Heart Surgery
A British patient was part of a world first yesterday, when he underwent heart surgery that used a robotic arm. Kenneth Crocker, 70, had the successful operation to correct an irregular heartbeat at ...
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
Teenage Boy Killed Over Inheritance?
It has emerged that a vulnerable teenage student may have been murdered because of an inheritance. For the last two months, the disappearance of the student, Russell Bohling, has left police baffled,...
Teenage Boy Killed Over Inheritance?
It has emerged that a vulnerable teenage student may have been murdered because of an inheritance. For the last two months, the disappearance of the student, Russell Bohling, has left police baffled,...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Arson-Hit School Rebuilding In Doubt
There are doubts today over the rebuilding of an arson-hit Co Antrim primary school. The North-Eastern Education and Library Board (NEELB) is to press Northern Ireland Education Minister, Catriona Ru...
Arson-Hit School Rebuilding In Doubt
There are doubts today over the rebuilding of an arson-hit Co Antrim primary school. The North-Eastern Education and Library Board (NEELB) is to press Northern Ireland Education Minister, Catriona Ru...
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
Nursery Confiscate Toddler's Sandwich
Nursery staff have confiscated a child's cheese sandwich after they said it broke their healthy eating rules. Healthy eating is a priority for any parent and there are some things we know we'd never ...
Nursery Confiscate Toddler's Sandwich
Nursery staff have confiscated a child's cheese sandwich after they said it broke their healthy eating rules. Healthy eating is a priority for any parent and there are some things we know we'd never ...
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
Curry: 'Saltier Than Sea Water'
One of the nation's favourite foods, curry, in some cases can be saltier than Atlantic sea water, a study has revealed. Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) found that the nation was overdosing...
Curry: 'Saltier Than Sea Water'
One of the nation's favourite foods, curry, in some cases can be saltier than Atlantic sea water, a study has revealed. Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) found that the nation was overdosing...
UK National News, Apr 29, 2010
Scottish Teachers Set To Strike Over Cuts
Scottish schools may be facing the first teacher's strike in over 20 years because of spending cuts. Life at the chalk-face is forcing the EIS, Scotland's largest teaching union, to consider a one-da...
Scottish Teachers Set To Strike Over Cuts
Scottish schools may be facing the first teacher's strike in over 20 years because of spending cuts. Life at the chalk-face is forcing the EIS, Scotland's largest teaching union, to consider a one-da...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
'Stability Boosts Economy': McGuinness
Construction trade apprenticeships have been in focus as the Stormont Assembly's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness addressed local trade unionists. Speaking in the City Hotel in his home terri...
'Stability Boosts Economy': McGuinness
Construction trade apprenticeships have been in focus as the Stormont Assembly's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness addressed local trade unionists. Speaking in the City Hotel in his home terri...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Ireland-Wide Economy Highlighted
Leading international economic experts including US economist, Professor Barry Eichengreen of the University of California, Berkeley, has addressed delegates at the second annual InterTradeIreland Eco...
Ireland-Wide Economy Highlighted
Leading international economic experts including US economist, Professor Barry Eichengreen of the University of California, Berkeley, has addressed delegates at the second annual InterTradeIreland Eco...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Belfast Blitz Recalled
The WWII Easter Blitz will be recalled next week as a north Belfast community remembers the horrific death toll as German bombers left their mark on the city on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1...
Belfast Blitz Recalled
The WWII Easter Blitz will be recalled next week as a north Belfast community remembers the horrific death toll as German bombers left their mark on the city on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Belfast's Hidden Rivers 'Uncovered'
A new Belfast City Council supported arts project is to 'uncover' the hidden rivers that flow under Belfast's modern streets. 'Resounding Rivers' will draw attention to the importance of rivers such ...
Belfast's Hidden Rivers 'Uncovered'
A new Belfast City Council supported arts project is to 'uncover' the hidden rivers that flow under Belfast's modern streets. 'Resounding Rivers' will draw attention to the importance of rivers such ...
Business News, Apr 29, 2010
Construction 'Boosted By Stability': McGuinness
Construction trade apprenticeships have been in focus as the Stormont Assembly's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness addressed local trade unionists. Speaking in the City Hotel in his home terri...
Construction 'Boosted By Stability': McGuinness
Construction trade apprenticeships have been in focus as the Stormont Assembly's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness addressed local trade unionists. Speaking in the City Hotel in his home terri...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Film Festival Awards Presented
This year the Belfast Film Festival marked its 10th anniversary by launching the first ever 'Belfast Sink' Awards. Local ceramicist Steven Farnan was commissioned to produce a piece of ceramic art b...
Film Festival Awards Presented
This year the Belfast Film Festival marked its 10th anniversary by launching the first ever 'Belfast Sink' Awards. Local ceramicist Steven Farnan was commissioned to produce a piece of ceramic art b...
Recruitment News, Apr 29, 2010
Health Cuts Threatened Over Industrial Action
The Irish Health Minister Mary Harney has announced the Health Service Executive (HSE) may have to make "drastic" cuts to patient services if ongoing industrial action in the health service does not c...
Health Cuts Threatened Over Industrial Action
The Irish Health Minister Mary Harney has announced the Health Service Executive (HSE) may have to make "drastic" cuts to patient services if ongoing industrial action in the health service does not c...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Omagh Business Park Gets Go-Ahead
Planning permission has been granted for a 30-acre business park in Omagh. The green field site, just off the Omagh throughpass, is beside the existing Gortrush Industrial Estate. The developer of t...
Omagh Business Park Gets Go-Ahead
Planning permission has been granted for a 30-acre business park in Omagh. The green field site, just off the Omagh throughpass, is beside the existing Gortrush Industrial Estate. The developer of t...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
High Flyers Take-Off School children reached for the sky this week at the final of Bombardier's annual Flight Experience Challenge. Pictured receiving their winning certificates from Rory Galway, Man...
Other NI News In Brief
High Flyers Take-Off School children reached for the sky this week at the final of Bombardier's annual Flight Experience Challenge. Pictured receiving their winning certificates from Rory Galway, Man...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 28, 2010
Full Time Police Reserve Kept On
Just hours after scathing criticism of the PSNI's response to a bomb attack along the border, it has emerged that over 200 full-time reserve police officers are to be "retained for the foreseeable fut...
Full Time Police Reserve Kept On
Just hours after scathing criticism of the PSNI's response to a bomb attack along the border, it has emerged that over 200 full-time reserve police officers are to be "retained for the foreseeable fut...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
Main Parties Spending Plans 'Thin On Detail'
Political parties are today defending themselves as their spending plans are being deemed "thin on detail". The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has criticised Labour, the Conservatives and the Libe...
Main Parties Spending Plans 'Thin On Detail'
Political parties are today defending themselves as their spending plans are being deemed "thin on detail". The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has criticised Labour, the Conservatives and the Libe...
Recruitment News, Apr 28, 2010
€23m Injection Creates High Tech Jobs
Over €25m has been pledged by the Government for the 'smart economy' just as a number of high-tech ventures are announced. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Keeffe, said the ...
€23m Injection Creates High Tech Jobs
Over €25m has been pledged by the Government for the 'smart economy' just as a number of high-tech ventures are announced. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Keeffe, said the ...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
Britons Urged To Avoid Thailand
UK travellers have been warned against all but "non-essential visits" to the whole of Thailand in the midst of ongoing political demonstrations in the Thai capital, (pictured). This warning by The De...
Britons Urged To Avoid Thailand
UK travellers have been warned against all but "non-essential visits" to the whole of Thailand in the midst of ongoing political demonstrations in the Thai capital, (pictured). This warning by The De...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
2m Images Circulated By Paedophile Group
The amount of indecent images of children circulated on the internet by just 100 sex offenders convicted in the last 20 months would cover a football pitch twice, it has been revealed. The NSPCC inve...
2m Images Circulated By Paedophile Group
The amount of indecent images of children circulated on the internet by just 100 sex offenders convicted in the last 20 months would cover a football pitch twice, it has been revealed. The NSPCC inve...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
Lack Of Headsets 'Killed British Soldiers'
Three British servicemen were accidentally killed by a US bomb because the radio operator who called in the airstrike did not have a headset, an has inquest heard. British forward air controllers in ...
Lack Of Headsets 'Killed British Soldiers'
Three British servicemen were accidentally killed by a US bomb because the radio operator who called in the airstrike did not have a headset, an has inquest heard. British forward air controllers in ...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
Police 'Given Up' On Maddy McCann?
The parents of missing British toddler, Madeleine McCann, have accused the police of "giving up" the search. Gerry and Kate McCann have lashed out in an interview on ITV's GMTV breakfast show , just ...
Police 'Given Up' On Maddy McCann?
The parents of missing British toddler, Madeleine McCann, have accused the police of "giving up" the search. Gerry and Kate McCann have lashed out in an interview on ITV's GMTV breakfast show , just ...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
McQueen Taking Drugs Before Suicide
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself after taking a cocktail of drugs, an inquest has heard. The 40-year-old, who hanged himself in February of this year, had taken a mix of cocaine, tra...
McQueen Taking Drugs Before Suicide
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself after taking a cocktail of drugs, an inquest has heard. The 40-year-old, who hanged himself in February of this year, had taken a mix of cocaine, tra...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
Sexual Infection Testing Beats Normal Cancer Smear Detection Rates
A new study has revealed that a screening test for sexually transmitted infection detects more cervical severe pre-cancerous cells than conventional cancer screening tests. The relatively new test is...
Sexual Infection Testing Beats Normal Cancer Smear Detection Rates
A new study has revealed that a screening test for sexually transmitted infection detects more cervical severe pre-cancerous cells than conventional cancer screening tests. The relatively new test is...
UK National News, Apr 28, 2010
Misleading British Gas Advert Banned
A misleading British Gas advertisement has been banned by a watchdog authority. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned the TV advert that implied British Gas would attend same day call-outs...
Misleading British Gas Advert Banned
A misleading British Gas advertisement has been banned by a watchdog authority. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned the TV advert that implied British Gas would attend same day call-outs...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:It will be cloudy. Also mainly dry at first this evening but then occasional outbreaks of rain developing overnight. Light southwest winds, and staying mild. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
