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Northern Ireland News for December 2005 : Page 5
UK National News, Dec 7, 2005
Search continues for abandoned twins’ mother
Police have appealed for a mother, whose newborn twins were left in the car park of a Birmingham hospital, to come forward. The babies, a boy and a girl, were discovered by a security guard around 9:...
Search continues for abandoned twins’ mother
Police have appealed for a mother, whose newborn twins were left in the car park of a Birmingham hospital, to come forward. The babies, a boy and a girl, were discovered by a security guard around 9:...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2005
Canyon Europe investment promises jobs creation
A £9.8 million development project that has attracted support from Invest Northern Ireland will potentially create an additional 40 new jobs at Mallusk-based Canyon Europe. Invest NI’s £1.75 million ...
Canyon Europe investment promises jobs creation
A £9.8 million development project that has attracted support from Invest Northern Ireland will potentially create an additional 40 new jobs at Mallusk-based Canyon Europe. Invest NI’s £1.75 million ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2005
Jewellery worth thousands of pounds stolen from shop
Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery have been stolen from a shop in west Belfast. A gang of four or five men, armed with two weapons, one of which was a hand gun, entered the shop at the Westwood ...
Jewellery worth thousands of pounds stolen from shop
Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery have been stolen from a shop in west Belfast. A gang of four or five men, armed with two weapons, one of which was a hand gun, entered the shop at the Westwood ...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2005
Report identifies mental health inequality
Black people are three times more likely to be admitted to mental health hospitals as the rest of the population, a new report has found. The Healthcare Commission report, which covered almost 34,000...
Report identifies mental health inequality
Black people are three times more likely to be admitted to mental health hospitals as the rest of the population, a new report has found. The Healthcare Commission report, which covered almost 34,000...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2005
Northern Bank employee remanded in custody
The 24-year-old Northern Bank employee who appeared in court to face charges in connection with last year's £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery in Belfast has been remanded in custody. Appearing at L...
Northern Bank employee remanded in custody
The 24-year-old Northern Bank employee who appeared in court to face charges in connection with last year's £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery in Belfast has been remanded in custody. Appearing at L...
UK National News, Dec 7, 2005
No individual prosecutions over Ladbroke Grove crash
No individuals will face prosecution over the 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail crash, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. The CPS said there was “insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospec...
No individual prosecutions over Ladbroke Grove crash
No individuals will face prosecution over the 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail crash, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. The CPS said there was “insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospec...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2005
Queen's academic to reveal MI6 history
A Queen's University Belfast academic is to write the official history of one of the most famous intelligence services in the world, MI6. Professor Keith Jeffery's task will be to pen a history of th...
Queen's academic to reveal MI6 history
A Queen's University Belfast academic is to write the official history of one of the most famous intelligence services in the world, MI6. Professor Keith Jeffery's task will be to pen a history of th...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2005
Sports ground safety funding announced
Around £9 million is to be made available to sports grounds across Northern Ireland to improve safety standards. Sports Minister David Hanson announced the funding during a debate in Parliament on th...
Sports ground safety funding announced
Around £9 million is to be made available to sports grounds across Northern Ireland to improve safety standards. Sports Minister David Hanson announced the funding during a debate in Parliament on th...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2005
Listed Ormeau Road block gets £1.4m restoration
An historic Georgian terrace on Belfast's Ormeau Road has a new life as an office block. The building, opposite the former North of Ireland cricket grounds, was originally private housing but was lat...
Listed Ormeau Road block gets £1.4m restoration
An historic Georgian terrace on Belfast's Ormeau Road has a new life as an office block. The building, opposite the former North of Ireland cricket grounds, was originally private housing but was lat...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 7, 2005
Kingon appointed as head of inward investment agency
The next Chair of Invest Northern Ireland is Mr Stephen Kingon who will take over from Professor Fabian Monds. Mr Kingon, a Managing Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (NI) and an existing Invest NI...
Kingon appointed as head of inward investment agency
The next Chair of Invest Northern Ireland is Mr Stephen Kingon who will take over from Professor Fabian Monds. Mr Kingon, a Managing Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (NI) and an existing Invest NI...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Sex offenders ‘not properly supervised’
Some sex offenders living in the community are not being properly supervised, a report has warned. The joint report, by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Const...
Sex offenders ‘not properly supervised’
Some sex offenders living in the community are not being properly supervised, a report has warned. The joint report, by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Const...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
Minister announces aid package for beef industry
Agriculture Minister Jeff Rooker has announced new measures worth around £1.3 million to assist Northern Ireland's beef industry. The Minister explained that the package of measures announced for Eng...
Minister announces aid package for beef industry
Agriculture Minister Jeff Rooker has announced new measures worth around £1.3 million to assist Northern Ireland's beef industry. The Minister explained that the package of measures announced for Eng...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
Police urge householders to keep keys safe
Police are appealing for the public to keep their keys safe following two burglaries and two car thefts from houses in west Belfast in recent days. It is believed that both houses, situated in the St...
Police urge householders to keep keys safe
Police are appealing for the public to keep their keys safe following two burglaries and two car thefts from houses in west Belfast in recent days. It is believed that both houses, situated in the St...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Court case baby makes first visit home
Severely disabled Charlotte Wyatt has been allowed home from the hospital for the first time since she was born two years ago. Charlotte’s father, Darren Wyatt, collected her from St Mary’s hospital ...
Court case baby makes first visit home
Severely disabled Charlotte Wyatt has been allowed home from the hospital for the first time since she was born two years ago. Charlotte’s father, Darren Wyatt, collected her from St Mary’s hospital ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
Lawyers fail in bid to get bank worker released
Lawyers representing a Northern Bank worker arrested by police in connection with last year's £26.5 million heist have failed in a bid to have him released. Chris Ward, 24, was arrested on November 2...
Lawyers fail in bid to get bank worker released
Lawyers representing a Northern Bank worker arrested by police in connection with last year's £26.5 million heist have failed in a bid to have him released. Chris Ward, 24, was arrested on November 2...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Anti-terror police arrest three suspects
Police are questioning three men arrested yesterday on suspicion of involvement in international terrorism. Officers from Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist branch arrested the three men in the Worcester...
Anti-terror police arrest three suspects
Police are questioning three men arrested yesterday on suspicion of involvement in international terrorism. Officers from Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist branch arrested the three men in the Worcester...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
Pensioner attacked in robbery
A pensioner has been attacked in her south Belfast home on Monday. The 71-year-old woman was inside the house off Blacks Road in Dunmurry with her daughter and two grandchildren when the incident occ...
Pensioner attacked in robbery
A pensioner has been attacked in her south Belfast home on Monday. The 71-year-old woman was inside the house off Blacks Road in Dunmurry with her daughter and two grandchildren when the incident occ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
Northern Ireland £11.4m train care facility opens
A new multi-million-pound Train Care Facility to clean Northern Ireland’s new trains has opened in north Belfast. The Government-funded facility, which has been in operation since the end of October,...
Northern Ireland £11.4m train care facility opens
A new multi-million-pound Train Care Facility to clean Northern Ireland’s new trains has opened in north Belfast. The Government-funded facility, which has been in operation since the end of October,...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Cameron elected new party leader
David Cameron has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party. Mr Cameron will succeed Michael Howard to become the party’s fifth leader in eight years. The Shadow Education Secretary d...
Cameron elected new party leader
David Cameron has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party. Mr Cameron will succeed Michael Howard to become the party’s fifth leader in eight years. The Shadow Education Secretary d...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Plane crash in Tehran kills all aboard
An Iranian military flight has crashed in a built-up suburb of Tehran killing all 94 aboard. The explosion and resulting fire in the block of flats in the residential Yaftabad area of western Tehran ...
Plane crash in Tehran kills all aboard
An Iranian military flight has crashed in a built-up suburb of Tehran killing all 94 aboard. The explosion and resulting fire in the block of flats in the residential Yaftabad area of western Tehran ...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Government departments ‘squandering billions’, MPs claim
Government departments are wasting billions of pounds, a report by MPs has claimed. The report, by the Public Accounts Committee, said that departments had failed to learn lessons from the past. Cha...
Government departments ‘squandering billions’, MPs claim
Government departments are wasting billions of pounds, a report by MPs has claimed. The report, by the Public Accounts Committee, said that departments had failed to learn lessons from the past. Cha...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
DSD offers £3m volunteering incentive
Social Development Minister David Hanson today announced a £3 million investment to encourage more people to get involved in volunteering. Over the next three years, the Community Volunteering Scheme...
DSD offers £3m volunteering incentive
Social Development Minister David Hanson today announced a £3 million investment to encourage more people to get involved in volunteering. Over the next three years, the Community Volunteering Scheme...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Veteran presenter Wogan receives knighthood
TV and radio presenter Terry Wogan has received a knighthood from the Queen. The Irish-born presenter, who currently hosts a morning show on BBC Radio 2, recently obtained dual citizenship and will b...
Veteran presenter Wogan receives knighthood
TV and radio presenter Terry Wogan has received a knighthood from the Queen. The Irish-born presenter, who currently hosts a morning show on BBC Radio 2, recently obtained dual citizenship and will b...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
Smith signals future direction of NI economy
The future growth of the Northern Ireland economy lies in the development of the tradeable services sector. That was the message from Enterprise Minister, Angela Smith, who delivered the keynote addr...
Smith signals future direction of NI economy
The future growth of the Northern Ireland economy lies in the development of the tradeable services sector. That was the message from Enterprise Minister, Angela Smith, who delivered the keynote addr...
UK National News, Dec 6, 2005
Pre-Christmas retail boost for shops
Retail sales increased for the first time since March, last month, the British Retail Consortium has reported. Like-for-like sales increased by 0.8% n November, compared to 0.2% during the same perio...
Pre-Christmas retail boost for shops
Retail sales increased for the first time since March, last month, the British Retail Consortium has reported. Like-for-like sales increased by 0.8% n November, compared to 0.2% during the same perio...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 6, 2005
'Comet smasher' scientist visits Belfast
The scientist who realised his dream of hitting a comet this summer will give a public lecture next week at Queen's University. In July, the NASA Deep Impact mission achieved its primary goal of hitt...
'Comet smasher' scientist visits Belfast
The scientist who realised his dream of hitting a comet this summer will give a public lecture next week at Queen's University. In July, the NASA Deep Impact mission achieved its primary goal of hitt...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2005
Chancellor slashes UK growth prediction
The Chancellor blamed a bad year for the UK economy as he cut the forecast of UK growth to 1.75% for the year-end. In March, a more upbeat Gordon Brown had predicted UK economic growth of 3-3.5%, but...
Chancellor slashes UK growth prediction
The Chancellor blamed a bad year for the UK economy as he cut the forecast of UK growth to 1.75% for the year-end. In March, a more upbeat Gordon Brown had predicted UK economic growth of 3-3.5%, but...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2005
Relatives’ anger at tsunami inquest
Relatives of 91 Britons killed in the Asian tsunami have expressed anger at a coroner’s inquiry into their deaths. Liz Jones, whose 23-year-old daughter Charlotte died in the Boxing Day disaster, sai...
Relatives’ anger at tsunami inquest
Relatives of 91 Britons killed in the Asian tsunami have expressed anger at a coroner’s inquiry into their deaths. Liz Jones, whose 23-year-old daughter Charlotte died in the Boxing Day disaster, sai...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2005
‘Gay marriage’ becomes legal
Around a thousand gay couples are expected to register for the new civil partnerships, which became law today. The Civil Partnership Act allows gay couples to register their intent to form a civil pa...
‘Gay marriage’ becomes legal
Around a thousand gay couples are expected to register for the new civil partnerships, which became law today. The Civil Partnership Act allows gay couples to register their intent to form a civil pa...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2005
Minister outlines proposals for restorative justice
Criminal Justice Minister, David Hanson, has published draft guidelines intended to bring existing community-based restorative justice schemes into a relationship with the police and other statutory c...
Minister outlines proposals for restorative justice
Criminal Justice Minister, David Hanson, has published draft guidelines intended to bring existing community-based restorative justice schemes into a relationship with the police and other statutory c...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A dry but cloudy start. Rain will extend northeastwards to most places later this morning, becoming persistent and at times heavier this afternoon.The rain then clearing from many places later this evening. Maximum temperature 16 °C.Tonight:Mostly cloudy with a lot of dry weather during the night. Some rain lingering along north and east coasts, extending to inland parts of Country Down and Antrim by morning. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
