Northern Ireland News for October 2006 : Page 12
UK National News, Oct 4, 2006
Teenagers 'smoking to get small babies'
Pregnant teenagers are deliberately smoking in order to have smaller babies and an easier time in childbirth, Public Health Minister Caroline Flint has warned. According to 'Nursing Standard' magazin...
Teenagers 'smoking to get small babies'
Pregnant teenagers are deliberately smoking in order to have smaller babies and an easier time in childbirth, Public Health Minister Caroline Flint has warned. According to 'Nursing Standard' magazin...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2006
Police re-appeal for information on loyalist's murder
Police investigating the murder of former UDA leader Jim Gray, have today issued a fresh appeal for information – exactly one year after he was killed. Forty-seven-year-old Gray was shot a number of ...
Police re-appeal for information on loyalist's murder
Police investigating the murder of former UDA leader Jim Gray, have today issued a fresh appeal for information – exactly one year after he was killed. Forty-seven-year-old Gray was shot a number of ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2006
Man arrested over city assault
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in west Belfast on August 23 2006. During the attack, which happened in the Dungloe Crescent area of the city, the attacker sm...
Man arrested over city assault
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in west Belfast on August 23 2006. During the attack, which happened in the Dungloe Crescent area of the city, the attacker sm...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2006
Baby injured in dog attack
An 11-month-old baby boy has been treated for facial injuries after being attacked by a dog. The child was attacked by the pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier, in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire on Sunday....
Baby injured in dog attack
An 11-month-old baby boy has been treated for facial injuries after being attacked by a dog. The child was attacked by the pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier, in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire on Sunday....
UK National News, Oct 4, 2006
New inquest to be held into Rachel death
A fresh inquest is to be held into the death of Rachel Whitear, whose body was featured in a hard-hitting anti-drugs campaign. The 21-year-old was found dead in a bedsit in Exmouth in Devon in May 20...
New inquest to be held into Rachel death
A fresh inquest is to be held into the death of Rachel Whitear, whose body was featured in a hard-hitting anti-drugs campaign. The 21-year-old was found dead in a bedsit in Exmouth in Devon in May 20...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2006
NI public warned over excess salt consumption
The Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association have today said that around 1000 lives could be saved in the province each year if people halved their salt intake. The NICHS said that the am...
NI public warned over excess salt consumption
The Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association have today said that around 1000 lives could be saved in the province each year if people halved their salt intake. The NICHS said that the am...
Recruitment News, Oct 4, 2006
Irish Minister Officially Opens New Northern Trust Ireland Headquarters In Dublin
Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin has performed the official opening of Northern Trust Ireland’s headquarters in Dublin. The HQ amalgamates its two Dublin fund admini...
Irish Minister Officially Opens New Northern Trust Ireland Headquarters In Dublin
Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin has performed the official opening of Northern Trust Ireland’s headquarters in Dublin. The HQ amalgamates its two Dublin fund admini...
Recruitment News, Oct 4, 2006
Enterprise Ireland To Nurture Biotech Start-Ups At St James’s Hospital
Tesco and Skillsmart Retail, the Sector Skills Council for Retail will this week join forces to promote careers in retail in Northern Ireland. Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mi...
Enterprise Ireland To Nurture Biotech Start-Ups At St James’s Hospital
Tesco and Skillsmart Retail, the Sector Skills Council for Retail will this week join forces to promote careers in retail in Northern Ireland. Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mi...
Recruitment News, Oct 4, 2006
Expansion Of Programme To Help People Back Into Work
Maria Eagle MP, Minister for Employment and Learning, has announced an expansion of the 'Pathways to Work' pilot initiative. This interdepartmental initiative, which will now be extended to areas in ...
Expansion Of Programme To Help People Back Into Work
Maria Eagle MP, Minister for Employment and Learning, has announced an expansion of the 'Pathways to Work' pilot initiative. This interdepartmental initiative, which will now be extended to areas in ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2006
Winter flu-vaccine programme launched
Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride, has today launched the Department of Health's free winter flu vaccination programme. Stocks of the flu vaccine are now in place in Northe...
Winter flu-vaccine programme launched
Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride, has today launched the Department of Health's free winter flu vaccination programme. Stocks of the flu vaccine are now in place in Northe...
UK National News, Oct 4, 2006
Stolen Liverpool football memorabilia uncovered
Football memorabilia stolen from the homes of several Liverpool FC players has been recovered by police. The discovery was made following a raid in on a house in the Tuebrook area on Tuesday night. ...
Stolen Liverpool football memorabilia uncovered
Football memorabilia stolen from the homes of several Liverpool FC players has been recovered by police. The discovery was made following a raid in on a house in the Tuebrook area on Tuesday night. ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2006
Major cash boost for west Belfast travelling community
The Department for Social Development (DSD) has today announced that the travelling community in West Belfast are to receive a £50,000 cash boost. The funding has been provided to Belfast City Counci...
Major cash boost for west Belfast travelling community
The Department for Social Development (DSD) has today announced that the travelling community in West Belfast are to receive a £50,000 cash boost. The funding has been provided to Belfast City Counci...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 4, 2006
Christmas line-up announced for Ulster Hall
Two extremely different Irish music legends are to provide the highlights of a packed Christmas season programme at Belfast’s historic Ulster Hall. Dickie Rock will turn back the years with two conce...
Christmas line-up announced for Ulster Hall
Two extremely different Irish music legends are to provide the highlights of a packed Christmas season programme at Belfast’s historic Ulster Hall. Dickie Rock will turn back the years with two conce...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Businessman to pay £18.5 million to ASA and CAB
A businessman from Limerick has agreed to pay £18.5m to the Assets Recovery Agency and the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in the Republic of Ireland in respect of property which resulted from the VAT fr...
Businessman to pay £18.5 million to ASA and CAB
A businessman from Limerick has agreed to pay £18.5m to the Assets Recovery Agency and the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in the Republic of Ireland in respect of property which resulted from the VAT fr...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
Conservatives focus on families
The Conservatives have focused on the family on the third day of the party's conference in Bournemouth, with leader David Cameron suggesting that a Tory government would consider easing the tax burden...
Conservatives focus on families
The Conservatives have focused on the family on the third day of the party's conference in Bournemouth, with leader David Cameron suggesting that a Tory government would consider easing the tax burden...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Two jailed for eight years for blackmail
Two loyalists who were caught while trying to blackmail a policeman during an undercover PSNI operation, have each been given an eight-year jail sentence. Robert Lowey, 29, and David Alexander Bennet...
Two jailed for eight years for blackmail
Two loyalists who were caught while trying to blackmail a policeman during an undercover PSNI operation, have each been given an eight-year jail sentence. Robert Lowey, 29, and David Alexander Bennet...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
MBE conman jailed for 18 months
A former police employee who conned his way to receiving an MBE from the Queen has been jailed for 18 months. Norwich Crown Court heard how Michael Eke, 38, had conducted an elaborate plan in order t...
MBE conman jailed for 18 months
A former police employee who conned his way to receiving an MBE from the Queen has been jailed for 18 months. Norwich Crown Court heard how Michael Eke, 38, had conducted an elaborate plan in order t...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Taoiseach attends meeting at Dail
A number of businessmen have come forward to support the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern after claims emerged that he had received around €11,800 for a speech he carried out in Manchester while serving as Fina...
Taoiseach attends meeting at Dail
A number of businessmen have come forward to support the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern after claims emerged that he had received around €11,800 for a speech he carried out in Manchester while serving as Fina...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
British soldier killed in Basra named
The Ministry of Defence has named the soldier who was killed in Basra on Sunday as Lance Corporal Dennis Brady. L/Cpl Brady, 37, from Barrow-in-Furness, was a Royal Army Medical Corps Regular Reservi...
British soldier killed in Basra named
The Ministry of Defence has named the soldier who was killed in Basra on Sunday as Lance Corporal Dennis Brady. L/Cpl Brady, 37, from Barrow-in-Furness, was a Royal Army Medical Corps Regular Reservi...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
Briton trampled to death by elephant
A British man has been killed by being trampled by an elephant while on honeymoon in Kenya. Patrick Smith, 34, from London had been in the Masai Mara game reserve with his wife Julie when the tragedy...
Briton trampled to death by elephant
A British man has been killed by being trampled by an elephant while on honeymoon in Kenya. Patrick Smith, 34, from London had been in the Masai Mara game reserve with his wife Julie when the tragedy...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Two treated in hospital after Cookstown fire
Police in County Tyrone have appealed for information following a fire at a house in the area in the early hours of this morning. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the scene of the blaz...
Two treated in hospital after Cookstown fire
Police in County Tyrone have appealed for information following a fire at a house in the area in the early hours of this morning. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the scene of the blaz...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
Man in court over Downing Street security breach
A man has appeared in court in connection with an alleged security breach at Downing Street. Byung Jin Lee, 32, was arrested after he climbed over railing at the back of Number 10 on Sunday night. ...
Man in court over Downing Street security breach
A man has appeared in court in connection with an alleged security breach at Downing Street. Byung Jin Lee, 32, was arrested after he climbed over railing at the back of Number 10 on Sunday night. ...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
Centre launched to tackle human trafficking
A new centre, which aims to tackle the problem of human trafficking has opened in Sheffield. The Human Trafficking Centre will offer support and care for women who have been brought to Britain to wor...
Centre launched to tackle human trafficking
A new centre, which aims to tackle the problem of human trafficking has opened in Sheffield. The Human Trafficking Centre will offer support and care for women who have been brought to Britain to wor...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Police appeal for missing teenager
Police in County Down are becoming increasingly worried about the welfare of a missing teenager who has been missing for over a week. Fredrick Boyd, 14, was last seen in the Newtownards area at aroun...
Police appeal for missing teenager
Police in County Down are becoming increasingly worried about the welfare of a missing teenager who has been missing for over a week. Fredrick Boyd, 14, was last seen in the Newtownards area at aroun...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
No charges for police over fatal shooting
Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man near Hull will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. Simon Murden was shot by two police officers on March 22, 2005. ...
No charges for police over fatal shooting
Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man near Hull will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. Simon Murden was shot by two police officers on March 22, 2005. ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Government withdraws Rape Crisis Centre funding
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has announced that it will no longer provide funding for the Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre (RC&SAC). However, it has said that it wil...
Government withdraws Rape Crisis Centre funding
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has announced that it will no longer provide funding for the Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre (RC&SAC). However, it has said that it wil...
UK National News, Oct 3, 2006
Tesco announces record profits
Leading UK supermarket chain Tesco has announced a rise in profits to almost £1.1 billion in the six months to August 26. The figure represents an increase of 10.3% on the same period last year. The...
Tesco announces record profits
Leading UK supermarket chain Tesco has announced a rise in profits to almost £1.1 billion in the six months to August 26. The figure represents an increase of 10.3% on the same period last year. The...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Mobile police unit launched in County Down
The first purpose built mobile police unit has been launched in County Down to operate as an enquiry and advice centre as well as being used for operational policing in the area. The vehicle can be u...
Mobile police unit launched in County Down
The first purpose built mobile police unit has been launched in County Down to operate as an enquiry and advice centre as well as being used for operational policing in the area. The vehicle can be u...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2006
Book of Belfast's history to be published
A new book recounting the most dramatic century in Belfast’s history is to be published this week by Blackstaff Press, in association with Belfast City Council. The lavishly illustrated ‘Enduring Cit...
Book of Belfast's history to be published
A new book recounting the most dramatic century in Belfast’s history is to be published this week by Blackstaff Press, in association with Belfast City Council. The lavishly illustrated ‘Enduring Cit...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
Family held during armed robbery
A County Tyrone family have been left shocked following an armed robbery at their home last night. The incident happened at around 11pm, when three masked and armed men attacked the owner of the prop...
Family held during armed robbery
A County Tyrone family have been left shocked following an armed robbery at their home last night. The incident happened at around 11pm, when three masked and armed men attacked the owner of the prop...
-
Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.