Northern Ireland News for September 2010

UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Applications Numbers Down For UK Asylum Recent figures indicate a substantial fall in the number of people who sought asylum in the UK this year. There has been a 23.6% fall between May and July, co...
UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
Police Recruits 'Could Be Unpaid'
In a bid to save money, the Metropolitan Police Authority are considering whether potential police officers should work as unpaid volunteers for 18 months before employment. Regardless of previous qu...
UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
Nurse Jailed For Life For Killing Parents
A Bournemouth nurse has been jailed for life for murdering her parents. Susan Toop, 54, killed her parents by stabbing them and hitting them with an iron. The couple, Arthur Toop, 82, and his wife J...
UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
Film-Maker Faults Funding Cuts
The UK Film Council's new funding plan has come under fire from Actor and Film-Maker Noel Clarke. The Doctor Who star has now joined a growing list of industry names, to criticise the Culture Secret...
UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
Lloyds Tops Bad Banking Ranking
Lloyds Banking Group has come top of the league for bank complaints, new research reveals. Findings by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) show almost 290,000 complaints in relation to charges, b...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
Sports Minister Aims For £110m 'Goal'
Funding that has been earmarked for a massive sports stadia rebuilding scheme may not be released yet, as it has emerged there are still ongoing problems at the Irish Football Association (IFA) to be ...
UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
My Door Is Always Open, Says Labour Leader
New Labour Leader Ed Miliband has described his brother David's decision to step down from frontline politics as both "thoughtful and gracious." The former Foreign Secretary announced he was standing...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
Rapist Returned To Jail Within Weeks
Belfast Crown Court has heard that just six weeks after being released from jail after he served time as a rapist, Michael Quinn, 21, was caught trying to burgle a house. The man, who was said to ha...
UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
Bids Close For Olympic Stadium
The deadline for bids to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Olympics, drew to a close at 12 noon today. West Ham are the favourites to win having submitted a joint proposal with Newham Coun...
UK National News, Sep 30, 2010
Bank Thieves Face Charges
Police investigating the theft from online bank accounts have charged ten people with conspiracy to defraud and laundering money. The charges follow the arrest of 19 people across the south east. Ov...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
Sex Attacks Get Ministers' Attention
A campaign to increase understanding and awareness in relation to consensual sex is to be re-launched by Stormont Ministers in Northern Ireland this autumn. Focussing on students in higher and furthe...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
Dáil's Anglo Bill 'At Least €29 Billion'
Ireland's financial regulator has revealed that the final cost of the taxpayer bailout of the Anglo Irish bank stands at €29.3billion, but could potentially rise to €34billion. The National Asset Man...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
House Prices Rising, But Trend Still Down
There has been conflicting evidence on local property prices - which rose 1.6% during the past three months - but was still not enough to offset previous falls. Nationwide said of Northern Ireland "t...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
Clinton Addresses UCD
Former US president Bill Clinton is to give a special address to students at University College Dublin tonight. Mr Clinton, will be speaking to 200 invited students and guests and answering question...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
Public Polled On Polling Places
The way in which NI's elections are run in the future is up for consultation. The Electoral Office has released a consultation document detailing the future location of polling stations in Northern I...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
A2 Bangor Ring Road Resurfaced
Work on a £125,000 resurfacing scheme at the Bloomfield Road Roundabout on the A2 Bangor Ring Road, Co Down will start next week. The work, carried out by the Department for Regional Development's (D...
Recruitment News, Sep 30, 2010
Ireland's 'Live Register' Falls In September
This month's Live Register has reported a monthly decrease of 5,400 for September. The seasonally adjusted official figures revealed today that the number of people on the Live Register now stands a...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 30, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Fireworks Alert Justice Minister David Ford has reminded those who use fireworks that they need a fireworks licence. He said that as the Halloween season approaches many people will be planning parti...
Business News, Sep 30, 2010
Parties War Over Job Creation
A war on jobs has sparked between the three main parties over the Irish Government's claim it would create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Yesterday the Taoiseach established a Government target to cr...
Business News, Sep 30, 2010
Wexford M-Way Plan Unchanged
There will not be no change in the planned building of a motorway for Wexford - but the much needed construction contract is likely to be delayed because of national cutbacks. The National Roads' Aut...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
Al-Qaeda Attack Plans Uncovered
Western intelligence agencies are tracking serious al-Qaeda attack plans on cities in Germany, France and Britain. The suspected plot is believed to be in its early stages and involves jihadists seiz...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Clinton Meets Robinson And McGuinness
The former US President Bill Clinton is visiting Londonderry today and is making a speech on how to build economic prosperity. This is the former president's first return trip since 2004 and he was t...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
David Miliband To Set Out Future Plans
Former Foreign Secretary, David Miliband is due to make a statement regarding his future, later today. He has until 5pm to make a decision on whether to serve under his brothers Labour's leadership ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Gerry Evans 'Disappeared' Search Ended
The cross-border organisation that was set up to recover long-buried IRA terror victims - known as 'The Disappeared' - has confirmed it is calling off a search for a man missing since 1979. The Dubli...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
Stem Cell Doctor Struck Off
A doctor, who offered unlicensed stem cell treatments to multiple sclerosis patients, has been struck off the medical register. The General Medical Council (GMC) struck off Dr Robert Trossel, who cha...
Recruitment News, Sep 29, 2010
Parties War Over Job Creation
A war on jobs has sparked between the three main parties over the Irish Government's claim it would create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Yesterday the Taoiseach established a Government target to cr...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
UK's Unsecured Debt Being Repaid
The Bank of England has said UK consumers repaid more unsecured debt than they took out in new loans during the month of August. Since November 2009, net consumer credit, including overdrafts, person...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
'Grave Consequences' Over Cuts, Warns Fox
The Prime Minister has been warned that spending cuts while the UK is "at war" will result in "grave consequences". Defence Secretary Liam Fox voiced his concern over "draconian" spending cuts in a p...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2010
Titanic Website Launched In New York
A Stormont Executive team has crossed the Atlantic to recall another - more infamous - trip, that of the ill-fated Titanic's maiden voyage. NI Tourism Minister Arlene Foster has launched a new Titani...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2010
Hunt Targets Local Broadcasting Boost
The Culture Secretary has been outlining his sometimes confused plans for decentralised TV services across the UK. In a speech to the Royal Television Society at the end of September, the Secretary o...