Northern Ireland News for November 2008

Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
Second Teen Road Victim Dies
There was further tragedy today with news that the 14-year-old girl critically injured in last night's fatal accident in Co Fermanagh, which claimed the life of a teenage boy, has now died. The girl ...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
PM Denies Any Part In 'Astonished' Tory's Arrest
Gordon Brown has denied his government played any part in the arrest of a senior opposition MP, who was questioned by police last night over an alleged information leak. Police held the Tory immigr...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
Siege Ends At Mumbai Hotel
After over 24 agonising hours, scores of hostages have been freed from a luxury Mumbai hotel. Indian troops stormed the building, which was being occupied by armed terrorists, whose comrades led a c...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
Biker Gang Members Jailed For Life For M40 Motorway Murder
Seven members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang have been jailed for life for murdering Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin. Mr Tobin was shot dead on August 12 last year, as he travelled along the M40 motorway on...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
Inquiry Launched After Son Finds Parents Stabbed To Death
Police have launched an investigation after a young man found his parents stabbed to death at their home in southwest London. It is understood that the man, believed to be in his late teens or early ...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
Government To Buy RBS
The Government is to take up 57.9% ownership of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The government will pay about £15bn for the majority stake in RBS after shareholders failed to buy a large proportion of th...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
President Heals Division In Orange Hall Visit
Belfast-born Mary McAleese has made history as the first Irish President to make an official visit to an Orange hall. Yesterday, she was the special guest at Brakey Orange Hall in Bailieborough, Cava...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
Belfast Pumps Millions Into Titanic Project
A £10 million contribution to the ground-breaking Titanic Signature Project is expected to be ratified by Belfast City Council next month. Councillor Diane Dodds, Chairperson of the Strategic Policy ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
Stormont Ministers Announce £250m 'Titanic' Building Projects
After several months of bleak prospects for the Northern Ireland construction sector, the Stormont Executive has stepped in to bolster further development in Belfast's Titanic Quarter. Plans for a £...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
Festive Warning Over Cocaine Use
Festive party-goers across Scotland are being targeted in a seasonal campaign to warn about the dangers of taking cocaine. More than 200 pubs and clubs across the country are expected to participate ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
Council Reshuffle 'Challenge' By Minister
There has been a call for local government organisations to be ready to meet the challenges posed by the forthcoming radical changes in the NI's council structure. As the number of local councils fal...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
Down's Syndrome Screening Examined
A new screening strategy has halved the number of infants born with Down's syndrome and increased the number diagnosed before birth by 30%, according to a study published on the British Medical Journa...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
£5m Bloomfield Retail Development Welcomes New Tenants
A major extension scheme at a North Down shopping centre will welcome its first new tenant by Christmas, it has been announced. The £5m redevelopment at Bloomfield Retail Park will house Laura Ashle...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
Other NI News In Brief
Westlink Third Lane Opens On Monday The M1/Westlink third lane to traffic will be open next Monday (1 December). This is the next significant change in the management of the traffic through the works...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2008
Stephanie Beacham To Join 'Coronation Street'
Stephanie Beacham is set to join the cast of ITV soap 'Coronation Street', as a potential love interest for the Street's Ken Barlow (William Roache), it has been revealed. The 61-year-old is due to a...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
Budgets Are Healthy, Says Councils
Local council officials have defended this week's news of what appears to be major 'debts' right across the Province. It was revealed that councils in Northern Ireland owed almost £400 million altoge...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
International Focus For NI Healthcare Consultancy
Training in the medical world is in focus this week with news that a Co Londonderry consultancy is to develop its healthcare consultancy and training business in global markets. Calcara International...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2008
Cancer Charity Wins Excellence Award
A Northern Ireland charity has scooped a top award in the national 'Third Sector Excellence Awards'. The Ulster Cancer Foundation and cosmetic company, Clarins, scored a first at the awards held last...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2008
Last Of Tragic PSNI Officers Buried
It's another sad day for policing in Northern Ireland as the funeral of the fourth police officer killed in a crash in Co Down at the weekend has taken place. Hundred of mourners packed into St Colma...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2008
Derry Blaze Bar Scene Evacuated
Sackville Street and Little James Street in Londonderry have been evacuated after a suspicious object was found in the remains of a bar which burnt-down early on Wednesday morning. Army bomb experts ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2008
Shoukri Buried Despite Bomb Hoax
The funeral of north Belfast loyalist Ihab Shoukri was delayed earlier today because of security alerts. The PSNI said this afternoon that both the security scares, one near where the 34-year-old wa...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2008
One Briton Dead, Several Others Injured In Mumbai Attacks
A British woman is one of scores killed by Islamic extremists in Indian, it has been reported. At least seven other Britons have been injured in the Mumbai attacks, the British High Commissioner in ...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2008
Woolworths Enters Administration
High Street retailer Woolworths has entered administration, leaving thousands of jobs at risk. The chain, which has 815 stores in the UK and employs around 30,000 staff, had been struggling with debt...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2008
House Price Fall 'Beginning To Ease'
House prices are continuing to drop, but the rate at which they are falling is beginning to ease, with prices falling by just 0.4% in November, the latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society h...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2008
Executive Welcome For Southern Shoppers
With shoppers from the Irish Republic already heading north in droves to benefit from the strength of the Euro, and with the British Government plan to cut VAT in sight, a senior NI Executive politici...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2008
Woolworths Remains Open
There was better news today as crisis-hit Woolworths' administrators have begun efforts to rescue the troubled chain, which has 19 stores in Northern Ireland. About 200 Woolies' jobs are under threat...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2008
Three Men Due In Court Over Schoolgirl's Disappearance
Three men are due to appear in court charged with the disappearance of a schoolgirl in 1999. The men are charged with the disappearance of Tulay Goren, 15, who vanished from her home in Woodford Gree...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2008
MoD Payout For Lesbian Solider
A gay female soldier has been awarded almost £190,000 in compensation from the Ministry of Defence after she was sexually harassed by a male sergeant. Lance Bombardier Kerry Fletcher, 32, was awarded...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2008
Derry Grammar School Outlines Entrance Test Plans
A Londonderry grammar school has cemented its position within the ongoing debate on the future of academic selection by revealing details of the entrance test it will use to select future pupils. Foyl...
Business News, Nov 27, 2008
Woolworths Worth Saving
There was better news today as crisis-hit Woolworths' administrators have begun efforts to rescue the troubled chain, which has 19 stores in Northern Ireland. About 200 Woolies' jobs are under threat...