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Northern Ireland News for August 2004 : Page 4
UK National News, Aug 25, 2004
Oxford plant hits Mini milestone
The new-look Mini celebrated a milestone today as the half-millionth vehicle rolled off the production line in Oxford today. Since production began at the BMW plant in 2001 more than 375,000 of the 5...
Oxford plant hits Mini milestone
The new-look Mini celebrated a milestone today as the half-millionth vehicle rolled off the production line in Oxford today. Since production began at the BMW plant in 2001 more than 375,000 of the 5...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2004
UK's live music scene is 'flourishing'
Live music is flourishing in the UK with an estimated 1.7 million live gigs staged in the past year alone, according to a new survey out today. The major survey for the Live Music Forum shows that al...
UK's live music scene is 'flourishing'
Live music is flourishing in the UK with an estimated 1.7 million live gigs staged in the past year alone, according to a new survey out today. The major survey for the Live Music Forum shows that al...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2004
Glens confident despite uphill struggle
Glentoran manager Roy Coyle feels his side can upset the odds and knock Elfsborg out of Thursday night's second round second leg Uefa Cup qualifying tie in Sweden. The Belfast side go into the game 1...
Glens confident despite uphill struggle
Glentoran manager Roy Coyle feels his side can upset the odds and knock Elfsborg out of Thursday night's second round second leg Uefa Cup qualifying tie in Sweden. The Belfast side go into the game 1...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2004
Home Office hails fall in asylum applications
The number of asylum applications fell by 11% between April and June this year, and is now at its lowest level since the same three months in 1997, according to government figures published today. Th...
Home Office hails fall in asylum applications
The number of asylum applications fell by 11% between April and June this year, and is now at its lowest level since the same three months in 1997, according to government figures published today. Th...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
West Belfast brewery set to close
One of Northern Ireland's most famous breweries is to close with the loss of 85 jobs, it has been announced today. Bass Ireland Ulster Brewery will cease production next January after management fail...
West Belfast brewery set to close
One of Northern Ireland's most famous breweries is to close with the loss of 85 jobs, it has been announced today. Bass Ireland Ulster Brewery will cease production next January after management fail...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2004
Missed appointments cost NHS £162m a year: survey
Missed appointments are costing the NHS throughout the UK over £162 million a year as more than 911,000 GP consultation slots and over 264,000 practice nurse appointments are wasted every year because...
Missed appointments cost NHS £162m a year: survey
Missed appointments are costing the NHS throughout the UK over £162 million a year as more than 911,000 GP consultation slots and over 264,000 practice nurse appointments are wasted every year because...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
Met Office issue weather warning
The Met Office has again issued a severe weather warning for Northern Ireland as heavy rain continued to batter the province. It follows a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Department for ...
Met Office issue weather warning
The Met Office has again issued a severe weather warning for Northern Ireland as heavy rain continued to batter the province. It follows a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Department for ...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2004
Crime on the Tube registers slight rise
There has been a slight rise in the number of crimes on the Tube this year, with 188 more offences recorded compared to the same period last year, the British Transport Police's (BTP) Annual Report ha...
Crime on the Tube registers slight rise
There has been a slight rise in the number of crimes on the Tube this year, with 188 more offences recorded compared to the same period last year, the British Transport Police's (BTP) Annual Report ha...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2004
Rail passengers 'kept in the dark' over ticket deals
Rail passengers are being kept in the dark over cheap ticket deals for the August bank holiday weekend because Network Rail timetables are published too late, according to research by the Rail Passeng...
Rail passengers 'kept in the dark' over ticket deals
Rail passengers are being kept in the dark over cheap ticket deals for the August bank holiday weekend because Network Rail timetables are published too late, according to research by the Rail Passeng...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
Couple escape injury in flat fire
A couple have escaped injury after their flat caught fire in north Belfast last night. The fire, which occurred at around 10pm at the flat in Fianna House in the New Lodge area of the city, was spott...
Couple escape injury in flat fire
A couple have escaped injury after their flat caught fire in north Belfast last night. The fire, which occurred at around 10pm at the flat in Fianna House in the New Lodge area of the city, was spott...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
GCSE results improve again
GCSE students across Northern Ireland were receiving their first batch of results today as it was revealed that grades had improved on last year. Grades from exams set by the Council for the Curricul...
GCSE results improve again
GCSE students across Northern Ireland were receiving their first batch of results today as it was revealed that grades had improved on last year. Grades from exams set by the Council for the Curricul...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
Teenage shop assistant threatened at gunpoint
A teenage shop assistant has been threatened at gunpoint during a robbery in west Belfast. The 16-year-old girl was working in a petrol station on Finaghy Road North when two men, one armed with a ha...
Teenage shop assistant threatened at gunpoint
A teenage shop assistant has been threatened at gunpoint during a robbery in west Belfast. The 16-year-old girl was working in a petrol station on Finaghy Road North when two men, one armed with a ha...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
Farm Waste Management Scheme to be launched in autumn
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Ian Pearson has confirmed that the Farm Waste Management Scheme is to be launched in the autumn. Speaking today, the Minister said he was pleased that ...
Farm Waste Management Scheme to be launched in autumn
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Ian Pearson has confirmed that the Farm Waste Management Scheme is to be launched in the autumn. Speaking today, the Minister said he was pleased that ...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2004
Government hails improvements in school standards
The government has hailed improvements in school standards following the publication of results for schoolchildren at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 showing further progress in the 3Rs. The results for 7, 11...
Government hails improvements in school standards
The government has hailed improvements in school standards following the publication of results for schoolchildren at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 showing further progress in the 3Rs. The results for 7, 11...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2004
Travellers urged to drive safe during Bank Holiday getaway
Drivers are being encouraged to drive safely this weekend as major roads and motorways in England are likely to be busy with August Bank Holiday travellers. To help the holiday getaway, the Highways ...
Travellers urged to drive safe during Bank Holiday getaway
Drivers are being encouraged to drive safely this weekend as major roads and motorways in England are likely to be busy with August Bank Holiday travellers. To help the holiday getaway, the Highways ...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2004
Polio outbreak spreads after Nigeria suspends immunisation
The polio outbreak that originated in northern Nigeria after suspension there of immunisation last year has now spread to 12 other countries, according to the UN's health agency. The Global Polio Era...
Polio outbreak spreads after Nigeria suspends immunisation
The polio outbreak that originated in northern Nigeria after suspension there of immunisation last year has now spread to 12 other countries, according to the UN's health agency. The Global Polio Era...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
Roads Service issue Bank Holiday Road closure warning
The Roads Service has issued travel advice to motorists planning to use the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast this coming Bank Holiday weekend. It follows the start of major road works currently...
Roads Service issue Bank Holiday Road closure warning
The Roads Service has issued travel advice to motorists planning to use the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast this coming Bank Holiday weekend. It follows the start of major road works currently...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2004
International students discuss medieval workings at Queen's
Students from across the world are arriving in Belfast this week to discuss issues relating to medieval friendship. Students of medieval friendship and friendship networks are gathering at Queen's Un...
International students discuss medieval workings at Queen's
Students from across the world are arriving in Belfast this week to discuss issues relating to medieval friendship. Students of medieval friendship and friendship networks are gathering at Queen's Un...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2004
Paula devastated over marathon agony
An emotional Paula Radcliffe said today that she is mystified as to why, despite her thorough preparations, she was unable to complete yesterday's marathon race. Radcliffe, the world record holder an...
Paula devastated over marathon agony
An emotional Paula Radcliffe said today that she is mystified as to why, despite her thorough preparations, she was unable to complete yesterday's marathon race. Radcliffe, the world record holder an...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2004
Straw begins two-day visit to crisis-hit Sudan
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has begun a two-day official visit to Sudan, to assess for himself the situation in the Darfur region – an area which the UN has described as the centre of the world's "wo...
Straw begins two-day visit to crisis-hit Sudan
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has begun a two-day official visit to Sudan, to assess for himself the situation in the Darfur region – an area which the UN has described as the centre of the world's "wo...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2004
Cancer of litigation must be removed from society: Tories
The Tories have called for the "cancer of litigation" to be cut out of Britain's public services, after claiming that compensation culture now costs schools and hospitals around £680 million a year. ...
Cancer of litigation must be removed from society: Tories
The Tories have called for the "cancer of litigation" to be cut out of Britain's public services, after claiming that compensation culture now costs schools and hospitals around £680 million a year. ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2004
Pearson condemns racist attacks
Security minister Ian Pearson has condemned a racist attacks in the Portadown area as "utterly deplorable" following an attack on a Portuguese family at the weekend. Three apartments in the Moeran Pa...
Pearson condemns racist attacks
Security minister Ian Pearson has condemned a racist attacks in the Portadown area as "utterly deplorable" following an attack on a Portuguese family at the weekend. Three apartments in the Moeran Pa...
Business News, Aug 23, 2004
Business dissatisfied with quality of school leavers: CBI
There is growing dissatisfaction with the quality of school leavers among British businesses and one-in-three firms have to give training to compensate for failures in the education system, the Confed...
Business dissatisfied with quality of school leavers: CBI
There is growing dissatisfaction with the quality of school leavers among British businesses and one-in-three firms have to give training to compensate for failures in the education system, the Confed...
Business News, Aug 23, 2004
Nanotech projects boosted by £15m funding
Twenty-five nanotechnology projects throughout the country - ranging from anti-corrosion coatings and electronics to water purification and printing – are set to receive £15 million worth of funding, ...
Nanotech projects boosted by £15m funding
Twenty-five nanotechnology projects throughout the country - ranging from anti-corrosion coatings and electronics to water purification and printing – are set to receive £15 million worth of funding, ...
UK National News, Aug 23, 2004
MSP among arrests at Trident naval base protest
A Green Party MSP is among a number of people arrested by Strathclyde police today as peace protesters attempted to blockade the home of Britain's nuclear deterrent. Police at Faslane naval base on t...
MSP among arrests at Trident naval base protest
A Green Party MSP is among a number of people arrested by Strathclyde police today as peace protesters attempted to blockade the home of Britain's nuclear deterrent. Police at Faslane naval base on t...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2004
Police raid home of Co Down priest
Police have raided the home of a Catholic priest in Co Down it was revealed at the weekend. Father John McCallum, the parish priest of Kilcoo, near Castlewellan, had computers and financial records r...
Police raid home of Co Down priest
Police have raided the home of a Catholic priest in Co Down it was revealed at the weekend. Father John McCallum, the parish priest of Kilcoo, near Castlewellan, had computers and financial records r...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2004
Fire crews work overnight to put out blaze
Fire crews have have worked through the night to put out a fire in Co Londonderry. The blaze began in a storage building of McKeefry's furniture store at Upperlands in Maghera on Sunday and at one ti...
Fire crews work overnight to put out blaze
Fire crews have have worked through the night to put out a fire in Co Londonderry. The blaze began in a storage building of McKeefry's furniture store at Upperlands in Maghera on Sunday and at one ti...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2004
Sister of IRA man shot dead meets Chief Constable
The sister of an IRA man shot dead during an SAS operation outside Loughall police station 16 years ago has met PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde today. Mairead Kelly said she was trying to find answers...
Sister of IRA man shot dead meets Chief Constable
The sister of an IRA man shot dead during an SAS operation outside Loughall police station 16 years ago has met PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde today. Mairead Kelly said she was trying to find answers...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2004
Four men due in court over drugs find
Four men have been charged with possession and possession with the intent to supply Class A drugs. The charges relate to the planned search of a house by police in Cookstown on Friday when drugs, inc...
Four men due in court over drugs find
Four men have been charged with possession and possession with the intent to supply Class A drugs. The charges relate to the planned search of a house by police in Cookstown on Friday when drugs, inc...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2004
Fermanagh prepare to take on Mayo in replay
Fermanagh prepare to face the might of Mayo in the replay of the Bank of Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final on Saturday. Following the nine point all draw with the Ernesiders, there are ...
Fermanagh prepare to take on Mayo in replay
Fermanagh prepare to face the might of Mayo in the replay of the Bank of Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final on Saturday. Following the nine point all draw with the Ernesiders, there are ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Any showers dying out this evening. Then the rest of the night will be dry with variable amounts of cloud. Low cloud and fog developing in the early hours. Minimum temperature 10 °C.
