Daily updated National news for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland from http://www.4ni.co.uk http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp 10/05/2008 : 01:02:20 Two teenagers have been given life sentences for the murder of a schoolboy.Kodja Yenga, 16, was stabbed in the heart in a gang ambush in Hammersmith, west London, in March last year.Tirrel Davis, 17, and 14-year-old Brandon Richmond have been ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years behind bars.Three other youths, Michael Williams, 14, from West Kensington, Jamel Bridgeman, 15, and Kurtis Yemo..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75738 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75738 A house that was blown up in what was though initially to be a suspected gas explosion in Harrow had been targeted and vandalised, police have now said.Police were called to the residential property at 9.40 on Wednesday after an explosion.Twenty-six-year old Emad Qureshi was pronounced dead at the scene and a further two people were injured.A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital suffering f..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75740 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75740 Police are searching for a young woman who has escaped from a psychiatric unit in Bury.Carrie McCarten, 21, from Everton, went missing at around 12.30 on Wednesday on a visit to the dentists in Bury town centre. Merseyside Police said that she has links to the Merseyside area and "it's believed she headed back there".Police are carrying out enquiries to make sure she is safe and well.A Mer..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75729 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75729 A convicted rapist has been jailed for 35 years for the sexual assault, rape and murder of a young girl.Michael Clark, 40, was handed down the sentence at Sheffield Crown Court for the killing of 14-year-old Zuzanna Zommer in Leeds last October.Zuzanna's partly clothed body was found with her throat cut and a fractured skull by her parents at their home in Compton Row.The court heard that Cl..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75723 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75723 A man has been arrested in Finchley on suspicion of murder.A woman's body, believed to be in her 60's, was found in Station Road in the early hours of this morning.The man who is thought to be in his 20s was arrested at nearby Finchley Central Tube shortly before the discovery of the body.It is reported that the man was carrying a "blood soaked knife" and that tube workers spotted him and "w..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75718 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75718 Fresh from his 'sales-pitch' for bringing investment and jobs to Northern Ireland at this week's US-NI Investment Conference, the Prime Minister is now planning a scheme to boost home ownership.Using the forthcoming Queen's Speech for the announcement, he is hoping these measures will act as a fillip to a rapidly declining construction sector, and therefore secure jobs in the building industry a..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75728 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75728 Network Rail have been handed a £14 million fine for overrunning engineering work.The penalty has been imposed by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) for "systematic weaknesses" in NR's "planning and execution of engineering work".ORR said that this represented a "serious breach of its licence".NR said pending the fine imposition that the penalty was "unnecessary and excessive" and had asked..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75716 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75716 Police are appealing for witnesses following the murder of a man in Wood Green.Kemal Ozdemer, 42, found dead at his home in Gladstone Avenue on 2 May. Police forced entry into his home after it was reported that he had not been seen for some time.A post-mortem revealed the cause of his death as multiple traumas by a blunt instrument to his chest, neck and head.Detective Chief Inspector, St..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75710 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75710 Presenters Ant and Dec will return their television comedy award after it was revealed that they didn't actually win it.It has been a week of disgrace for ITV with a record fine of £5.68 million being handed down to the broadcaster yesterday by regulator Ofcom.The Catherine Tate Show should have been the winner for the People's Choice Award, according to an independent report.Olswang, a law ..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75706 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75706 An increasing number of homeowners struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments could soon be facing repossession.The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will publish figures today for repossession orders for homes in England and Wales made through the courts from January to April this year.In February, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reported the number of properties taken into repossession..... http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75690 09/05/2008 : 01:02:20 http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp?id=75690