Northern Ireland News for July 2005 : Page 4

Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2005
Complaints against PSNI fall – Police Ombudsman
The number of people in Northern Ireland who made complaints against police officers last year has fallen by nearly 100, the Police Ombudsman’s office has said. According to statistics in the latest...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2005
Two motorcyclists die in separate crashes
Two motorcyclists have died in separate accidents on Northern Ireland’s roads in the last 24 hours. In Co Antrim, a man died when his motorcycle was in collision with a car on the Doagh Road, Newtown...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2005
Soldiers bodies back home
The bodies of three Staffordshire Regiment soldiers have been flown back to the UK today. Pte Leon Spicer, 26, Pte Phillip Hewitt, 21 and 2nd Lieutenant Richard Shearer, 26, were killed by a roadside...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2005
Over 400 Rolls Royce staff walk out
Rolls Royce chiefs and unions are to hold talks after an unofficial strike by staff at its factory in Bristol. 400 workers walked out after Amicus official Jerry Hicks was sacked over allegations of ...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2005
Polanski awarded £50,000 in libel case
Roman Polanski has been awarded £50,000 libel damages after a claim was made by Vanity Fair magazine that he tried to seduce a woman days after his wife's brutal murder. Polanski sued Conde Nast, the...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2005
Poor performance on consumer growth
Data produced from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) today shows that the UK economy shown its worst performance in a decade as a High Street slow down puts a stop on growth. The preliminary es...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2005
Police in ATM robbery appeal
Police have appealed for information following a robbery outside an ATM machine in north Belfast on Thursday. Shortly before 3pm two cash-in-transit employees were approached outside an ATM machine o...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2005
Hain meets new Human Rights Chief
Secretary of State Peter Hain has said that it is in everyone’s interests to have a strong Human Rights Commission which draws support from all parts of the community. The Secretary of State was spea...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 22, 2005
Hanson announces work on a new Sports Strategy
Sports Minister David Hanson has announced the establishment of a steering group to draw up a new Sports Strategy for Northern Ireland. The current Strategy for Development of Sport in Northern Irel...
UK National News, Jul 22, 2005
APACS launch new credit card advice website
APACS, the UK payments association, has launched a new website offering impartial credit card advice for consumers. www.choosingandusing.com helps people get to grips with the choices, benefits, pot...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2005
Police report violent crime reaches new high
The number of cases of violent crime against people recorded by police has reached a new high. Police figures recorded 1,035,046 cases in England and Wales in the year 2004 to 2005 - a rise of 8% on ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2005
Man escapes injury in gun attack
A man escaped injury in a gun attack on a house in east Belfast early this morning. The victim, who is in his 30s, escaped injury when shots were fired at the bathroom window of his house in Avonorr ...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2005
Convictions quashed in 'shaken baby' cases
Two convictions in so-called "shaken baby" cases have been quashed and in a third case the sentence has been reduced on appeal. A conviction for manslaughter against 36-year-old Lorraine Harris from ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2005
Funeral of car park victim takes place
The funeral has taken place of a man who was murdered outside a Co Tyrone hotel at the weekend. Sean Mimnagh, 21, died after being struck by a car which failed to stop at a car park outside Glenganno...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2005
Blood donors warned over possible vCJD carriage
Around 100 people who donated blood to three people who subsequently developed vCJD, have been warned that they may have a greater chance of carrying the agent that causes the disease. The individual...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2005
Magistrates to get access to missing offender database
Magistrates' courts across England and Wales are to gain electronic access to one of the country's largest databases to help track down missing offenders who ignore fines and other court penalties. T...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2005
Stranded ferry passengers arrive home
Passengers from Northern Ireland who were left stranded in Scotland after the fast ferry service from Larne to Troon broke down overnight, have arrived home. P&O, which operates the services, reveale...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2005
Minister sets out legislation to protect fire fighters
NIO Minister Shaun Woodward has announced new legislation to protect fire fighters who come under attack in the province. Under the new legislation, it will be a statutory offence to assault fire fig...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 21, 2005
Belfast waste company fined £27,500
A Belfast waste management company was fined £27,500 in Belfast Magistrates' Court for seven separate waste offences. Euroskips Ltd were fined for breaches of waste management legislation after being...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2005
Sluggish retail sales growth peaks in June
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed that in June the underlying rate of growth in retail sales volumes was the highest so far this year. However, the annual growt...
UK National News, Jul 21, 2005
Tube evacuated in series of 'incidents'
Emergency services have cordoned off four Tube stations in London following a series of incidents at around 12:30 today. The Tube system has been partially shut down as trains were evacuated as they ...
UK National News, Jul 20, 2005
Cleaners picket parliament in pay dispute
Peers and MPs attending the Houses of Parliament today had to cross a picket line as cleaners staged their first ever strike. Around 170 members of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) were...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 20, 2005
Man remanded in custody charged with car park murder
A 32-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of another man in a Co Tyrone car park at the weekend. Gerard Patrick McKenna of Legane Road in Dungannon appeared at Dungannon ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 20, 2005
HPA concerned over rise in solvent abuse deaths
The Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland (HPA) has today called on parents and retailers to be more aware of the dangers of solvent abuse after figures revealed that the number of related deat...
UK National News, Jul 20, 2005
UK to use extremist database to vet entries
The UK is to draw up a list of extremists who will face vetting before they will be allowed into the UK. Home Secretary Charles Clarke told MPs that a global database of individuals would be created ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 20, 2005
Omagh bomb accused remanded in custody
A south Armagh man has been remanded in custody by Belfast Magistrates today charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb. Sean Gerard Hoey, 35, from Molly Road in Jonesborough, was remanded to...
UK National News, Jul 20, 2005
British servicemen face war crimes charges
Three British military personnel are to face a court martial following charges of inhuman treatment of detainees in Iraq. The three face charges under the International Criminal Court Act 2001, but w...
UK National News, Jul 20, 2005
Warning over multi-vitamin risk to unborn babies
An investigation by Trading Standards watchdogs and a birth defects charity has revealed that many expectant mothers may be harming their unborn children by taking certain food supplements, including ...
UK National News, Jul 20, 2005
RSPCA calls for tougher penalties on huge cruelty case increase
The RSPCA has today called on the government to bring in a new Animal Welfare Bill urgently after the animal welfare charity revealed that there has been an almost 80% rise in cruelty cases in the las...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 20, 2005
Plans approved for £1m Respite Care Unit
Plans have been approved for a new £1 million Respite Care Unit in Dungannon, for Adults with a Learning Disability. The unit will provide short term respite care in a day care centre, rather than a ...