Northern Ireland News for August 2005 : Page 2

Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2005
HSENI launch new information pack
Accessing health and safety information has been made easier thanks to a new initiative launched by HSENI in partnership with the Education and Library Boards. An information pack will be available i...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2005
Bannsiders gain further reprieve
Coleraine Football Club has been given a further one-day reprieve in its quest to stave off a winding up order. The Inland Revenue wants the club wound up after it ran up debts of £365,000, however f...
UK National News, Aug 30, 2005
Cancer services spending reaches record levels
The amount of spending on cancer services has reached record levels, the government has announced. According to the latest figures, additional investment in cancer services has reached £639 million, ...
UK National News, Aug 30, 2005
Survey reveals widening gender gap in pay
According to the latest figures from a UK-wide survey, female employees are earning an average of 27% less than their male colleagues, up slightly from £24% in the last study. The largest gap was in ...
UK National News, Aug 30, 2005
BB's Makosi questioned by immigration
Makosi Musambasi, a contestant on the recent series of reality TV show ‘Big Brother’, has been questioned by immigration officials. The 24-year-old, who is originally from Zimbabwe, was taken in by p...
UK National News, Aug 30, 2005
Owen agrees move to Newcastle
Real Madrid striker Michael Owen is to return to the Premiership after signing a four-year deal with Newcastle United. The Magpies announced the signing of the 25-year-old former Liverpool player on ...
UK National News, Aug 29, 2005
Rory murder case: Man's body identified
Police searching for the killer of 11-year-old schoolboy Rory Blackhall have confirmed the identity of the man's body discovered when police searched a house in connection with their inquiries. The m...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
One person killed in road traffic collision
A man has died following a road traffic collision in Enniskillen at the weekend. The victim, who has not yet been named, was in a car which collided with another vehicle at Mulligans Sweep - between ...
UK National News, Aug 29, 2005
Woman shot dead at christening party
Police have arrested four people, one of them a 14-year-old boy, after a woman was shot dead at a south London community centre. The shooting incident occurred at around 8pm on Saturday after three m...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
Gang attack man with baseball bats
A man in his 60's has been beaten with baseball bats during an attack at his home in Co Londonderry on Sunday. Three masked men forced their way into the victims house at Maple Drive in Coleraine bet...
UK National News, Aug 29, 2005
Notting Hill Carnival parade to attract over a milion people
Organisers of today's Notting Hill Carnival are expecting over a million people to show up to view the spectacle which is being held in fine weather. Numbers are expected to be boosted this year as H...
UK National News, Aug 29, 2005
Man questioned over Northampton rapes
Police investigating a series of rapes and attempted abductions in Northampton have arrested a man. Detectives arrested a 39-year-old Northampton man on Saturday night in connection with the attacks,...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
Two arrested following serious assault
Two men have been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Londonderry at the weekend. The 37-year-old victim was assaulted in the Rosemount area of the city at around 5am on Saturday. He is ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
Armed men rob Belfast department store
Police are appealing for information after armed men robbed a department store in Belfast at the weekend. The men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, held up staff at the Bureau de Change on the t...
UK National News, Aug 29, 2005
Blood test provides potential breakthrough in CJD testing
Scientists have developed a blood test, which could help to detect the human form of mad cow disease. In a study published in ‘Nature’, the team from the University of Texas identified infectious, or...
UK National News, Aug 29, 2005
Countess of Wessex’s mother dies
Mary Rhys-Jones, the mother of the Countess of Wessex, has died, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. In a statement, the Palace said that Mrs Rhys-Jones, 71, had passed away in hospital on Sunday, after...
UK National News, Aug 29, 2005
Mandelson outlines proposals to break EU-China trade deadlock
EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, has announced proposals aimed at breaking the deadlock between the EU and China over Chinese textile imports. Mr Mandelson did not detail the proposals, which ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
Petrol bomb thrown at house in north Belfast
A petrol bomb has been thrown at a house in north Belfast on Monday. No-one was injured in the incident which occurred at a house in Graymount Park shortly after 1am. A short distance away at around...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
Police appeal over missing teenager
Police have expressed concern at the disappearance of a teenage Co Down girl who has not been seen since last week. Lyndsey McDade, 15, who is from Bangor, was last seen at William Street in Newtowna...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
Fair weather for Ballycastle
Around 150,000 people are expected to attend this year's Auld Lammas Fair in Co Antrim. This year's two-day event, which takes place in good weather in the picturesque setting of Ballycastle througho...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2005
University team up with bank for student loans
The University of Ulster has teamed up with Northern Bank to develop Northern Ireland’s first loan scheme specifically designed for full-time postgraduates. The package, which is available to all ful...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2005
Hospital bug cases on the increase
Figures released today by the Department of Health and the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) show in 2004 there were 44,488 cases of Clostridium difficile infection among over 65s across Britain. Chief N...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2005
Lord Fitt dies aged 79
Former SDLP leader Lord (Gerry) Fitt has died at the age of 79, it was confirmed today. Lord Fitt, whose health health had been in decline for several months, had a heart condition. He had lived in ...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2005
NHS waiting list drops to new low
Official figures released today have revealed that waiting lists for NHS operations have reached the lowest level since 1988, when the current system of collating waiting list figures was adopted. As...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2005
Tributes pour in for Lord Fitt
Local politicians having been paying tribute to former SDLP leader Lord Fitt who died today aged 79. Secretary of State Peter Hain acknowledged the "significant political and personal contribution" m...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2005
Police officer's complaint rejected by IPCC
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint by a Metropolitan Police officer in relation to comments made over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. The officer had lodge...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2005
Search continues for missing boy
A major search was continuing on Friday for a missing 14-year-old boy who was swept out to sea off the north coast of Wales on Thursday. An RAF helicopter joined police divers and coastguards in a hu...
UK National News, Aug 26, 2005
£15m fine over gas explosion that killed family
Gas supply company Transco was fined a record £15 million for safety breaches that led to a gas explosion that killed a family of four. Following a 26-week long trial at Edinburgh High Court the jury...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2005
Two men appear in court charged with attempted murder
Two men have appeared in court today charged with the attempted murder after a taxi driver in Co Down last weekend. The driver was shot in his vehicle after dropping off a fare in the Westwinds esta...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2005
Four juveniles arrested following disturbances
Four juveniles have been charged with public order offences following disturbances in north Belfast. The arrests came after police officers came under attack from stone throwers on the Limestone Road...