Northern Ireland News for February 2004 : Page 10
Recruitment News, Feb 11, 2004
Move to end workers' long hours slammed by CBI
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has strongly criticised the European Parliament today after MEPs voted to stop employees working more than 48 hours a week. The employers' association will...
Move to end workers' long hours slammed by CBI
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has strongly criticised the European Parliament today after MEPs voted to stop employees working more than 48 hours a week. The employers' association will...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2004
Moy firm secures £200,000 contract
A Moy manufacturing company has won an export contract worth over £200,000 for the supply of its unique ejector unit for waste transportation. BMI Trailers secured the contract with Cork County Counc...
Moy firm secures £200,000 contract
A Moy manufacturing company has won an export contract worth over £200,000 for the supply of its unique ejector unit for waste transportation. BMI Trailers secured the contract with Cork County Counc...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2004
New committee to allow greater scrutiny of European legislation
Parliament is to have more opportunity to scrutinise and debate European legislation, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said today. Mr Straw set out plans for a new parliamentary committee to debate E...
New committee to allow greater scrutiny of European legislation
Parliament is to have more opportunity to scrutinise and debate European legislation, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said today. Mr Straw set out plans for a new parliamentary committee to debate E...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2004
NI to get more pedestrian crossings
NIO Minister, John Spellar has announced the adoption of revised Roads Service procedures, which will improve facilities for walking, by providing more controlled pedestrian crossings throughout North...
NI to get more pedestrian crossings
NIO Minister, John Spellar has announced the adoption of revised Roads Service procedures, which will improve facilities for walking, by providing more controlled pedestrian crossings throughout North...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Up to 50 people feared dead after Iraq car bomb attack
Up to 50 people may have been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb attack in Iraq this morning, the BBC has reported. The massive explosion occurred outside a police station in the town of Isk...
Up to 50 people feared dead after Iraq car bomb attack
Up to 50 people may have been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb attack in Iraq this morning, the BBC has reported. The massive explosion occurred outside a police station in the town of Isk...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Ofsted proposes 'shorter, more frequent' school inspections
School inspections could be shorter, more frequent and carried out with little notification, according to proposals outlined by the schools' standards watchdog today. The Office for Standards in Educ...
Ofsted proposes 'shorter, more frequent' school inspections
School inspections could be shorter, more frequent and carried out with little notification, according to proposals outlined by the schools' standards watchdog today. The Office for Standards in Educ...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Man shot dead by armed robbers in Birmingham
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 28-year-old man was shot dead by armed robbers in Birmingham last night. At around 11.30pm, an armed robbery took place at the Nationwide building society o...
Man shot dead by armed robbers in Birmingham
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 28-year-old man was shot dead by armed robbers in Birmingham last night. At around 11.30pm, an armed robbery took place at the Nationwide building society o...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Minister introduces new measures to combat 'hate crime'
Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar has announced plans to introduce tough new measures to tackle so-called 'hate crime'. The legislative proposals that have been laid in Parliament today include...
Minister introduces new measures to combat 'hate crime'
Criminal Justice Minister John Spellar has announced plans to introduce tough new measures to tackle so-called 'hate crime'. The legislative proposals that have been laid in Parliament today include...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
NHS to exchange targets for greater patient choice, says Reid
The NHS will have fewer performance targets and a stronger emphasis on the quality of patient care from 2005-2006, Health Secretary John Reid announced today. Publishing a consultation paper about NH...
NHS to exchange targets for greater patient choice, says Reid
The NHS will have fewer performance targets and a stronger emphasis on the quality of patient care from 2005-2006, Health Secretary John Reid announced today. Publishing a consultation paper about NH...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Two bailed following deaths of cockle-pickers
Two people who were arrested following the deaths of 19 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay last week have been released on police bail today. The pair voluntarily attended a police station y...
Two bailed following deaths of cockle-pickers
Two people who were arrested following the deaths of 19 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay last week have been released on police bail today. The pair voluntarily attended a police station y...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Noose is tightening on Al Qaeda, says UN
UN sanctions are tightening the noose on Al Qaeda and the Taliban, according to a Security Council committee chairman. Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, head of the council committee monitoring the sanction...
Noose is tightening on Al Qaeda, says UN
UN sanctions are tightening the noose on Al Qaeda and the Taliban, according to a Security Council committee chairman. Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, head of the council committee monitoring the sanction...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Better management needed to reverse countryside decline: report
Integrated management of all the resources in the English countryside is needed if there is to be a reversal in the decline of wildlife and habitats, English Nature has said. According to the its lat...
Better management needed to reverse countryside decline: report
Integrated management of all the resources in the English countryside is needed if there is to be a reversal in the decline of wildlife and habitats, English Nature has said. According to the its lat...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Pension Credit uptake on the rise, government claims
The number of people receiving the Pension Credit went up by 83,000 last month, according to government figures. There are now 2.62 million people receiving the Credit, worth on average £11.80 extra...
Pension Credit uptake on the rise, government claims
The number of people receiving the Pension Credit went up by 83,000 last month, according to government figures. There are now 2.62 million people receiving the Credit, worth on average £11.80 extra...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Two men shot in separate paramilitary-style attacks
Two men have been shot in separate paramilitary-style attacks overnight. At around 9pm, a 35-year-old man was found by police on the hard shoulder of the M2 motorway near Glengormley. He had been sho...
Two men shot in separate paramilitary-style attacks
Two men have been shot in separate paramilitary-style attacks overnight. At around 9pm, a 35-year-old man was found by police on the hard shoulder of the M2 motorway near Glengormley. He had been sho...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Man appears in court over football takings theft
A 29-year-old man has appeared in court today in connection with the robbery of £20,000 of takings during a recent Belfast football fixture. Thomas Finlay, 29, from Gawn Street in east Belfast denied...
Man appears in court over football takings theft
A 29-year-old man has appeared in court today in connection with the robbery of £20,000 of takings during a recent Belfast football fixture. Thomas Finlay, 29, from Gawn Street in east Belfast denied...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Shipyard worker breaks leg in fall
A Harland and Wolff shipyard worker is being treated in hospital today after breaking his leg during a fall from a ship. The workman fell 15 feet into the hold of the ship at Queen's Island at around...
Shipyard worker breaks leg in fall
A Harland and Wolff shipyard worker is being treated in hospital today after breaking his leg during a fall from a ship. The workman fell 15 feet into the hold of the ship at Queen's Island at around...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Council backs MP’s call for rethink on cannabis law
Belfast City Council today backed an English MP’s call for the Government urgently to rethink its policy on the reclassification of cannabis. Speaking at an adjournment debate in Westminster this mor...
Council backs MP’s call for rethink on cannabis law
Belfast City Council today backed an English MP’s call for the Government urgently to rethink its policy on the reclassification of cannabis. Speaking at an adjournment debate in Westminster this mor...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Pupils offered 'Global Gateway' to learning
Saudi Arabia, Oman and Ghana are among the countries English pupils can now learn more about through a 'Global Gateway' launched by Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke today. The Global Gat...
Pupils offered 'Global Gateway' to learning
Saudi Arabia, Oman and Ghana are among the countries English pupils can now learn more about through a 'Global Gateway' launched by Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke today. The Global Gat...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2004
Volunteers 'crucial' to successful London Olympics
Volunteers could play a crucial role if the 2012 Olympics were held in London, Home Secretary David Blunkett said today. Around 10,000 volunteers aged from 16 to 87 were essential to the success of t...
Volunteers 'crucial' to successful London Olympics
Volunteers could play a crucial role if the 2012 Olympics were held in London, Home Secretary David Blunkett said today. Around 10,000 volunteers aged from 16 to 87 were essential to the success of t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
MOT centres fail to meet customer satisfaction targets
Nearly 90% of drivers in Northern Ireland are satisfied with their MOT centres, it was revealed today. However, according to results of the Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency's annual customer survey, t...
MOT centres fail to meet customer satisfaction targets
Nearly 90% of drivers in Northern Ireland are satisfied with their MOT centres, it was revealed today. However, according to results of the Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency's annual customer survey, t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Conflict journalists to visit Belfast
Journalists from the world’s most troubled conflict zones will gather together in Belfast tomorrow to share their experience of reporting in times of strife. The four-day conference, organised by the...
Conflict journalists to visit Belfast
Journalists from the world’s most troubled conflict zones will gather together in Belfast tomorrow to share their experience of reporting in times of strife. The four-day conference, organised by the...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Patients to get quicker access to primary care services
Patients across Northern Ireland will be able to get quicker access to primary care services under a new scheme outlined by NIO Minister Angela Smith today. Through the scheme, patients requiring pro...
Patients to get quicker access to primary care services
Patients across Northern Ireland will be able to get quicker access to primary care services under a new scheme outlined by NIO Minister Angela Smith today. Through the scheme, patients requiring pro...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Sanchez names first NI squad for friendly
Lawrie Sanchez has named his first ever side as Northern Ireland manager for next week's friendly with Norway at Windsor Park. The only surprise in the 24-man squad sees the return of Nottingham Fore...
Sanchez names first NI squad for friendly
Lawrie Sanchez has named his first ever side as Northern Ireland manager for next week's friendly with Norway at Windsor Park. The only surprise in the 24-man squad sees the return of Nottingham Fore...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2004
Amendments to building regulations emphasise energy efficiency
The forthcoming changes to Northern Ireland’s building regulations for 2005, which aim to enhance the conservation of fuel and power, have been outlined by NIO Minister Ian Pearson today. The governm...
Amendments to building regulations emphasise energy efficiency
The forthcoming changes to Northern Ireland’s building regulations for 2005, which aim to enhance the conservation of fuel and power, have been outlined by NIO Minister Ian Pearson today. The governm...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2004
Murphy chairs first GFA working sessions
Secretary of State Paul Murphy today chaired the first working sessions of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement review. The meeting, which took place at Stormont, follows last week's roundtable opening ses...
Murphy chairs first GFA working sessions
Secretary of State Paul Murphy today chaired the first working sessions of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement review. The meeting, which took place at Stormont, follows last week's roundtable opening ses...
UK National News, Feb 9, 2004
Five arrested following deaths of cockle pickers
Five people have been arrested by police investigating the deaths of 19 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay last week. Nineteen people – 17 men and two women – drowned in Morecambe Bay, Lanc...
Five arrested following deaths of cockle pickers
Five people have been arrested by police investigating the deaths of 19 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay last week. Nineteen people – 17 men and two women – drowned in Morecambe Bay, Lanc...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2004
SF to meet Maghaberry governor over asylum concerns
A Sinn Féin delegation is to meet the Governor of Maghaberry Prison tomorrow to discuss concerns about the conditions faced by asylum seekers held in detention. Since November 2000 the number of asyl...
SF to meet Maghaberry governor over asylum concerns
A Sinn Féin delegation is to meet the Governor of Maghaberry Prison tomorrow to discuss concerns about the conditions faced by asylum seekers held in detention. Since November 2000 the number of asyl...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2004
Elderly woman in shock following robbery
An elderly woman has been treated for shock after her south Belfast home was robbed on Sunday. The incident occurred at the woman's home at Rosetta Park at around 8pm last night. The 84-year-old was...
Elderly woman in shock following robbery
An elderly woman has been treated for shock after her south Belfast home was robbed on Sunday. The incident occurred at the woman's home at Rosetta Park at around 8pm last night. The 84-year-old was...
UK National News, Feb 9, 2004
Amnesty slams Home Office's 'unreasoned' asylum decisions
Home Office asylum decisions are based on inaccurate and out-of-date country information, unreasoned decisions about people's credibility and a failure to properly consider complex torture cases, acco...
Amnesty slams Home Office's 'unreasoned' asylum decisions
Home Office asylum decisions are based on inaccurate and out-of-date country information, unreasoned decisions about people's credibility and a failure to properly consider complex torture cases, acco...
UK National News, Feb 9, 2004
Plans for new UK-wide crime agency outlined
An elite squad of specialist investigators will be created to take on the new challenge of fighting modern organised crime, the Home Secretary announced today. The new UK-wide Serious Organised Crime...
Plans for new UK-wide crime agency outlined
An elite squad of specialist investigators will be created to take on the new challenge of fighting modern organised crime, the Home Secretary announced today. The new UK-wide Serious Organised Crime...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.