Northern Ireland News for January 2003 : Page 8

Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Police launch probe into Coleraine death
Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for questioning in connection with the death of a man in Co Antrim in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A murder inquiry had been instigated following the dea...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Downing Street talks 'frank and useful' says Trimble
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has described as "frank and useful" talks held in Downing Street today with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The former First Minister of the Northern Ireland A...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Tough year for companies as insolvencies rise by 10%
A recent end-of-year report has revealed that the number of UK-based businesses failing in the fourth quarter of 2002 increased by 4.6% compared with the fourth quarter of 2001, bringing the total inc...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 7, 2003
Police appeal after north Belfast robberies
Police in north Belfast are appealing for information following two armed robberies in the area yesterday. At around 6.45pm a male entered a newsagents shop in the Ballysillan estate and pointed a gu...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Historic building loses battle for survival
Demolition work has started on one of Londonderry’s most historical buildings despite unanimous objections voiced by the city’s ruling council. A demolition company, which moved onto the site of the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Lisburn company wins £2m Network Rail contract
Lisburn-based company Kelman Ltd has won a £2 million contract to provide Network Rail, formerly Railtrack, with its Signet system which is designed to speed up detection and location of signal faults...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
BIA introduce new Scottish route
A new airline operator has stepped in to take over the Belfast to Aberdeen route after British Airways revealed that it was withdrawing the service. The newly formed Eastern Airways takes over the r...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Proposals to arm officers with CS spray considered
Unionists have reacted favourably to proposals currently being considered by the Northern Ireland Policing Board in which PSNI officers will be equipped with CS spray to control public order situation...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Government launch internet watchdog campaign
The government has launched a £1 million advertising campaign aimed at highlighting the danger of paedophiles on the internet. The campaign, which aims to stop paedophiles from contacting children on...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Omagh nets £9m regeneration package
It has been announced that Omagh town centre is set to benefit from a £9 million regeneration project which was officially launched today. The project, which will incorporate a new arts centre, comme...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Pipe bomb defused at Holy Cross school
Army technical officers have made safe a pipe bomb-type device which had been left outside a Catholic primary school in north Belfast. The suspect object was discovered shortly before 8.30am at the e...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Motorcyclist dies after road accident
A motorcyclist has been killed in a road accident in County Antrim. The victim was 29-year-old Gary Morrow from Fairymount in Carrickfergus. The police said the victim’s motorcycle was in collision ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Father and son injured during robbery
A father and son have been treated in hospital after they were injured during a robbery at their Monaghan Road home outside Armagh last night. Shortly after 8.30pm, three masked men who were armed wi...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 6, 2003
Two in court over north Belfast murder
Two men have appeared in court today charged with the murder of 25-year-old David Cupples in north Belfast two weeks ago. William Alan Hill, 20, is accused of the murder of Mr Cupples while his broth...