Northern Ireland News for July 2004 : Page 5

Recruitment News, Jul 23, 2004
START A BUSINESS PROGRAMME CHALKS UP 5,000TH NEW BUSINESS
Two Mallusk entrepreneurs have set up the 5000th new business to be started through the Start a Business programme, which has generated an estimated 8,250 new jobs across Northern Ireland. Oliver McE...
Business News, Jul 23, 2004
START A BUSINESS PROGRAMME CHALKS UP 5,000TH NEW BUSINESS
Two Mallusk entrepreneurs have set up the 5000th new business to be started through the Start a Business programme, which has generated an estimated 8,250 new jobs across Northern Ireland. Oliver McE...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
Recorded violent crime rises by 12%
Recorded violent crime in England and Wales rose by 12% in the past year and crime overall rose by 1% - however, the government's preferred method of assessing crime, the British Crime Survey (BCS), f...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
$200m funding shortfall threatens progress in Sudan crisis: UN
Humanitarian assistance for the crisis-hit Darfur region is under threat from a $200 million shortfall in funding, and a lack of will from the Sudanese government, the UN has said. The UN has receive...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Packages with white powder sent to SDLP members
Several packages containing white powder have been sent to members of the SDLP and the headquarters of the Policing Board. For the second time this week, SDLP assembly member, Pat Ramsey was targeted...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
Two jailed over multi-million pound gems heist
Two men have been jailed for robbing an exclusive London jewellery store and stealing several million pounds worth of gems. At the Old Bailey yesterday, Judge Gordon ordered that 34-year-old Nebojsa...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
Shootings in London fall by a third: Met
Shooting incidents in London have fallen by just over a third since the start of the year, the Metropolitan Police has reported today. A new team set up to tackle shootings in London, dubbed Operatio...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Asian family targeted in petrol-bomb attack
A couple and their five-year-old daughter have escaped injury after their south Belfast home was targeted by petrol bombers in the early hours of this morning. The family, who are of Asian origin, we...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
NI football legend dies
Northern Ireland football legend, Bertie Peacock, has died at a Belfast hospital following a short illness. The Coleraine-born star began his career at Irish League club Glentoran before joining Celt...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Man appears in court following tobacco seizure
A Londonderry man has been charged with the fraudulent evasion of excise duty following the seizure of over 30,000 duty free cigarettes at Belfast International Airport (BIA) on Monday. Officers from...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
'Love rat' Hewitt bailed after drugs arrest
Princess Diana's former lover, James Hewitt, has been arrested for possession of cocaine, the BBC has reported today. Mr Hewitt, 46, was arrested at a south west London bar on Wednesday night. He, a...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
BBC's Richard Sambrook takes up new post
Richard Sambrook, the man who headed BBC news when Andrew Gilligan broadcast his now notorious report claiming the government probably knew its '45-minute claim' over Iraq's WMDs was wrong, has moved ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Policing Board Chairman meets with Parades Forum
The Chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board, Professor Desmond Rea, has met representatives of the North and West Belfast Parades Forum. The private meeting, which took place on Tuesday, was ...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
UK car prices see 'sharp rise'
The average price for a new car in the UK has seen a "sharp rise" of 5.4% over the last 12 months, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers and eurocarprice.com Index of New Car Prices. The index show...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Two men escape injury in shooting
Two men have escaped injury following a gun attack in Co Antrim last night. The men were driving in a car along the Barnfield Road in Lisburn at around 8.30pm when two people on a red motorbike overt...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Hillary Clinton to make University speech
US Senator, and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton is to deliver a speech at the University of Ulster, it was announced today. Mrs Clinton will present the latest Tip O’Neill Lecture, with the theme ...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
MoD to buy billion-pound simulator for armoured corps
Following on from yesterday's planned reductions to Britain's tank force, the MoD has announced that it plans to buy a new £1 billion training programme for the armoured corps. Up to 380 jobs will be...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Co Down firm to close with loss of 53 jobs
A Co Down leather producer has announced it is to close its doors with the loss 53 jobs. International Leather, based in Killyleagh, near Downpatrick, said it was having to wind down its business bec...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
DETI begins search for new HSENI chief
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) has begun its search for a new Chairperson for the Board of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland. The process will see a succ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2004
Council make pledge in tackling litter problem
Belfast City Council has reiterated its pledge to tackle the city's litter problem. It follows the news that a Belfast restaurant was fined more than £800 after it was caught dumping rubbish on the s...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
Public views urged for future of political broadcasts
The public are being asked for their views on the future of Party Political Broadcasts. The consultation paper published today plans to ensure the current system is right for the multi-channel age. C...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2004
Kluivert completes switch from Nou Camp to Newcastle
Dutch international striker Patrick Kluivert has completed his move to Newcastle from Barcelona after signing a three-year deal at a press conference at St James' Park. Kluivert arrived at Newcaste A...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2004
'Transformation' of armed services sees 20,000 posts cut
The MoD's radical "transformation" of the armed services will mean fewer ships, fewer battalions, fewer aircraft and around 10,000 less military personnel, it has emerged today. Defence Secretary Ge...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2004
Armed police swoop in search for double murder suspect
Police searching for a man linked to four murders in north Yorkshire have raided two addresses in Selby, the BBC has reported today. Acting on information, armed police raided an address in New Millg...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2004
NHS' national targets to be cut by two-thirds
The number of national targets with which NHS providers must comply will be cut from 62 to 20, Health Secretary John Reid announced today. Existing national targets that will have been met by April 2...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2004
'Security document' stolen from Castlereagh, Minister confirms
Security Minister Ian Pearson has confirmed that a security document has been stolen from Castlereagh police station in east Belfast. Mr Pearson was responding to reports in the press in recent days ...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2004
£150m Aids fund to help children in developing world
The government has set up a £150 million fund to help children whose parents have died from Aids, as part of a new plan to tackle the disease in the developing world. Prime Minister Tony Blair launch...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2004
Police launch investigation into woman's death
The body of a woman has been found at house in west Belfast, police have confirmed. The body, which was found in a house in Cavendish Square shortly after midnight on Tuesday, is that of 47-year-old ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2004
Co Armagh family escape injury in shooting
A Co Armagh couple and their three-year-old daughter have escaped injury following a shooting at their home in Craigavon last night. Police believe a shotgun was used to fire shots at the home in the...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2004
Government's family justice plans unveiled
The government has set out plans aimed at creating a better family justice system for parents who separate, and their children. Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord Falconer said that 90% of separat...