Northern Ireland News for July 2005 : Page 2

UK National News, Jul 28, 2005
Lennon memorabilia goes under the hammer
The largest auction of John Lennon memorabilia for two decades will take place in London on Thursday evening. The collection of memorabilia, which has taken more than 25 years to collect, includes th...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2005
Armagh firm to create 20 new jobs
Armagh based company ADL Group has announced the creation of 20 new jobs at their recently established sister company ADL Stoneworks. ADL Group is one of Northern Ireland’s leading tile and marble s...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2005
Arts Minister highlights NI as 'superb' film location
Arts Minister David Hanson turned the spotlight on Northern Ireland as a superb location for the film industry during a visit to the set of ‘Johnny Was’, a contemporary feature film currently being sh...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2005
Planning service procedures to be further streamlined
Environment Minister Jeff Rooker has announced the introduction of further measures to speed up the planning process in Northern Ireland. The Minister said the new measures were in response to acute ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2005
Roads Service freezes car park charges
There will be no increase to the cost of parking in 98% of Roads Service’s 374 car parks across Northern Ireland, the Department for Regional Development (DRD) has confirmed. This good news for motor...
UK National News, Jul 28, 2005
BBC launches 'soap' to help teach English
BBC World Service is to launch an online soap opera aimed at English language learners around the world. ‘The Flatmates’, which begins on August 1, features a multi-cultural cast of young people who ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
Families escape injury in separate loyalist attacks
Police are blaming loyalists for two separate attacks in Co Antrim overnight in which two families narrowly escaped injury. In the first incident, a family of four escaped injury in a gun attack on t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
Antrim flat damaged in bomb attack
Detectives in Antrim are investigating an attack on a flat during the early hours of Tuesday. At about 5.30am a device exploded at the front of a ground floor flat at Moss Drive. Police say it was a...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
Viagra-type drugs seized in Belfast raid
A major haul of almost 10,000 Viagra-type drugs have been seized in north Belfast today. The ‘Vigora’ tablets, which have a street value of around £50,000, were seized as part of a joint operation be...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
British soldier killed in avalanche
A British soldier has died and two others have been injured in an avalanche in the French Alps. The Ministry of Defence confirmed that the soldier, who has not yet been named, was killed during an ad...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
Tube ‘bomb suspect’ arrested in Birmingham
A man, believed to be one of the group involved in last week’s attempted bomb attacks in London, has been arrested in an early morning raid in Birmingham. The man was shot with a Taser stun gun befor...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
Cross border co-operation to combat crime
A new agreement to close the door on cross border crime such as sex offences and drug abuse has been signed in Belfast. Criminal Justice Minister David Hanson and the Irish Minister for Justice, Equa...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
Report reveals fewer hospitals receiving top rating
Fewer UK hospitals are receiving excellent ratings, according to the latest annual star ratings report from the Healthcare Commission. The latest figures showed that there was a drop in the number of...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
Second British aid flight leaves for Niger
A second aid flight is to leave the UK on Wednesday for Niger in West Africa, where millions of people are facing starvation. The Save the Children flight, which will carry specialist food and equipm...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
Staff strike at Asda distribution centre
Staff at Asda's Washington supermarket distribution centre in Tyne and Wear have begun a three-day strike action today. Around 500 members of the GMB union who are employed in the ASDA Washington dis...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
New financial services centre bound for Belfast
Over 40 jobs are to be created in Belfast after Grafton Recruitment confirmed the city as its location for a new financial shared services centre. Payzene Ltd, which is being supported by Invest NI, ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
London bombings could affect Belfast retail trade - UU academic
The London bombings could have a disastrous effect on the retail trade across the UK including Belfast, a leading academic has claimed. University of Ulster expert Donald McFetridge said that while t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
Positive 'New Deal' report welcomed by Minister
A programme encouraging unemployed people here to consider self-employment has been most successful according to a report published today. The New Deal Self-employment route was initially introduced ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 27, 2005
Sunblest bakery smashes current ‘hot cross’ record
Sunblest bakers at Allied Bakeries Ireland in Belfast have been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records for baking the world’s largest ever hot cross bun. The bakery, which produces over 1.8...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
Rural campaigners criticise ‘soaring’ roads cost
The increasing costs of building new roads has been criticised by countryside campaigners. The Campaign for Rural England (CPRE) said that the cost of 96 national and local road schemes have increase...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
Tiny PC closes doors
The future of one of the UK's largest computer manufacturing firms owned by Granville Technology Group is in serious doubt following a decision to call in the administrators and close all 78 of its Co...
UK National News, Jul 27, 2005
Concern focuses on damaged shuttle tile
Nasa astronauts will today focus on examining the thermal protection system of the space shuttle that was visibly damaged during lift-off. The inspections will be conducted as Discovery's crew make p...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2005
Road users urged to take care in heavy rain
Road users are being advised by the Highways Agency to take extra care when travelling over the next few days as heavy rain is set to continue in many parts of the country. The Met Office is warning ...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2005
Explosives found and car seized in hunt for bomb suspects
Police investigating last Thursday’s attempted bomb attacks in London have found chemicals in a London flat. The materials, believed to be explosives, were discovered at a flat in Curtis House, which...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2005
‘All parties’ work on anti-terror measures
Political parties are working together to examine a range of anti-terror measures in the wake of July’s bomb attacks in London, the Prime Minister has announced. Speaking after discussions with Oppos...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2005
Capital spend on key projects up by £290m
An extra £290 million was spent last year on schools, hospitals, roads and other capital projects compared to 2003-04, Finance Minister Jeff Rooker has announced. The figures were revealed in today's...
UK National News, Jul 26, 2005
Liverpool fan jailed for attempted murder
A Liverpool fan has been sentenced to 15 years in Bulgaria for the attempted murder of a barman, despite another man apparently confessing to the attack. Eighteen-year-old Michael Shields was found g...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2005
Ulster Museum to get £11.5m facelift
The Ulster Museum is to receive a £11.5 million facelift, Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, David Hanson, said today. Announcing his Department’s £7 million commitment towards the major develop...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2005
Young boy treated for severe burns in car explosion
A five-year-old boy has been treated in hospital for severe burns after the petrol tank of a burning car exploded in Londonderry on Monday. Fire crews were called to Temple Park in Galliagh at about ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2005
Two men shot in paramilitary style attack
Two men have been treated in hospital for gunshot wounds to their legs following a paramilitary style shooting in north Belfast on Monday. The victims, aged 41 and 42, are believed to have been attac...