Northern Ireland News for May 2004

UK National News, May 31, 2004
Travel warning issued following Saudi terror outrage
The Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to Saudi Arabia after 22 foreign nationals – including a British oil executive – were killed by Islamic militants at the weekend. Sixty...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Murderer Bamber 'lucky to be alive' after prison attack
Jeremy Bamber, the man who killed five members of his own family in 1986, is said to be "very lucky to be alive" after having his throat slashed in an attack by a fellow prisoner, it has been reported...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Four Britons escape Baghdad ambush
Four Britons travelling in a convoy in Baghdad have escaped uninjured after their vehicle was caught up in an ambush, it has been reported today. According to the BBC, two cars were raked by small ar...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
DUP and UUP at odds over correspondence
DUP deputy leader, Peter Robinson today accused David Trimble of “snake-like surreptitious slithering” over his party's call for the UUP to publish its October statement in relation to the restoration...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Mother and daughter escape injury in gun attack
A woman and her seven-year-old daughter have escaped injury following a gun attack at their home in Derry City. Around four shots were fired into the house in the Bond Street area shortly before 11pm...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Officer in 'serious condition' following hit-and-run incident
A police officer is in serious condition in hospital after being hit by a speeding car in south Armagh on Sunday. The officer was manning a routine check point on the Blayney Road in Crossmaglen in t...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Lockerbie bomber to appeal sentence
The man convicted of being behind the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, is challenging a court ruling which stated that he must spend at least 27 years in prison. Megrahi - who is ...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Toddler dies in 'tragic accident' at canal
A toddler has died after he fell into a canal while trying to retrieve a football, it has been reported today. Emergency crews were called to the Stoneyholme area of Burnley at around 7pm last night ...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
NI must deal with its past to secure a peaceful future: Murphy
Northern Ireland must deal with its past if the wounds of the past 30 years of violence are to be healed, Secretary of State Paul Murphy has said. Speaking before setting off to South Africa to talk...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Regulations needed to protect health of air travellers
Regulated standards of healthcare and medical advice must be brought in to protect the welfare of the two billion people who travel by air each year, the British Medical Association (BMA) has urged. ...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Man arrested in connection with stabbing
A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 29-year-old man in north Belfast at the weekend. The incident occurred on the Antrim Road in early hours of Sunday morning and resulted in...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Ireland's smoking ban a 'success' says report
Ireland's Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) has reported that 97% of premises are complying with legislation calling for a smoking ban in the workplace. The research has also shown that levels of visit...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Contingency plan for deadly mosquito-borne virus published
A contingency plan to protect the UK against the mosquito-borne disease West Nile Virus has been published by the Chief Medical Officer today. Although the risk of acquiring West Nile Virus infection...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Queen's to carry out national identity study
A major project into national identity along the border is to be carried out by researchers from Queen's University. The study, which is expected to begin later this year, will examine how the ident...
UK National News, May 31, 2004
Button third as Ferraris scoop top places
Ferrari scored their fourth one-two of the 2004 season in the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring on Sunday - with British driver Jenson Button settling for third place. By the first corner, Micha...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Motorcyclist dies in road collision
A motorcyclist has died following a road traffic collision in Co Londonderry. The victim named as 35-year-old Bryce Espie of Burnbrae Crescent in Cookstown was travelling along the Moneymore Road bet...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
University showcases new art and design talent
The University of Ulster is to showcase a new range of designer collections by Northern Ireland's brightest young fashion designers. 'Walk this Way', which takes place this Thursday in the NTL Studio...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Sanchez happy with NI draw
Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez has expressed satisfaction at his side's 1-1 draw against Barbados in Bridgetown on Sunday. Despite playing with ten men for the majority of the match followin...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Cavan pull out the stops to storm Down
Eamonn Coleman's gamble at Breffni Park was daring, but it worked against a Down side that looked set to send Cavan out of the Ulster Football Championship. Coleman sent in a partially fit Dermot McC...
Northern Ireland News, May 31, 2004
Meeting held over Enniskillen traffic congestion
NIO Minister, John Spellar has met councillors in Enniskillen to discuss concerns over traffic congestion. At an informal meeting with local councillors the Minister discussed the traffic congestion ...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2004
Man charged with murder
A 47-year-old unemployed builder has been charged with the murder of a man in Co Down early this year. James Clarke, of Stirling Avenue in Newtownards, was remanded in custody on Friday after being c...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2004
Offices of SDLP MLA targeted in bomb alert
The west Belfast office of SDLP MLA Alex Attwood has been targeted in a hoax bomb alert early this morning. Two controlled explosions were carried out on the device after it was discovered at Mr Attw...
UK National News, May 28, 2004
UN moves in after hundreds die in Caribbean storms
The death toll from severe flooding and storms in the Caribbean island of Hispanola may be as high 1,200 people, according to reports emerging today. Authorities in the Dominican Republic – which sh...
UK National News, May 28, 2004
Blunkett slammed over offenders tracking proposals
The Tories have slammed David Blunkett as a "man without ideas" after the Home Secretary unveiled plans to step up the use of electronic tagging, satellite tracking and lie detectors in an attempt to ...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2004
Quality of water at NI beaches improves
The quality the water at Northern Ireland's beaches has improved over the last year, a new survey has revealed. The Marine Conservation Society said that 8 out of 27 beaches in the province had met t...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2004
Ulster charity calls for workplace smoking ban
The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) has called on the Government to introduce smokefree workplaces in Northern Ireland. The charity have been campaigning for a ban on smoking in the workplace for 20 y...
UK National News, May 28, 2004
Three die in Kufa as Coalition clashes with militants
At least three people have been killed during fresh clashes between Coalition troops and militants in the holy city of Kufa, according to report emerging today. The BBC has reported that US army tank...
UK National News, May 28, 2004
Man dies in south Wales house fire
A man in south Wales has died in a house fire after he re-entered his blazing home to ensure his family had escaped safely. The 36-year-old's wife and four children managed to flee the fire in Matth...
Northern Ireland News, May 28, 2004
Petrol bomb thrown at restaurant
Police in Co Armagh are appealing for information following a petrol bomb attack early this morning. A restaurant in the Union Street area of Lurgan was the target of the attack shortly after midnigh...
UK National News, May 28, 2004
Taxpayers pay heavy price for Blair's 'indecision'
Taxpayers are paying a heavy price for Downing Street's botched and rudderless plans regarding the occupation of Iraq, according to the Lib Dems. Yesterday's announcement that an extra 370 troops wil...