Northern Ireland News for October 2006 : Page 13

UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
'Screaming' mobile phones to deter thefts
A new system has been developed which aims to reduce the theft of mobile phones, by making them emit a high-pitched scream if they are stolen. The Remote XT system works by sending a signal to the mo...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
'High Risk' sex offender still at large
Police have stepped up their hunt for a convicted “high-risk” sex offender after it emerged that he may have crossed the border into the Irish Republic. Paul Hunter Redpath, 35, left his approved acc...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
Drugs caution for George Michael
Pop star George Michael has received a caution from police for being in possession of cannabis. The 43-year-old singer was is understood to have been arrested on Sunday night after police received re...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
Man murdered after gang confrontation
A man has been stabbed to death after confronting a gang of youths outside his home. Stephen Nyembo-Ya-Muteba, 40, was attacked just yards from his front door in Hackney, east London on Sunday night....
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
Man shot in 'paramilitary style' attack
Police in County Antrim have appealed for information after a man was shot during a paramilitary style attack at the weekend. The incident happened in the Parkmount Terrace area of north Belfast at a...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
British soldiers 'unlawfully killed'
Two British soldiers who died after being ambushed in Iraq were unlawfully killed by Iraqi military intelligence, a coroner has ruled. Oxford coroner Andrew Walker said that Sergeant Simon Cullingwor...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
300 jobs boost for Belfast
A Belfast based call centre is expected to create around 300 new jobs, it has today been revealed. The company, Gem, has just won four major contracts, including Channel Four and online entertainment...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
Police appeal following businessman's abduction
Strathclyde Police have re-appealed for information following the alleged abduction of a businessman from his home in Scotland. Javed Mukhtar, 58, was taken from his home in Shawmoss Road, Pollokshaw...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
Boy injured during firework incident
Police in Newtownabbey are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident in which a 15-year-old boy was burnt by a firework on Friday morning. It is understood that a firework was placed in...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
Police arrest Number 10 intruder
Police have arrested an armed intruder close to Number 10 Downing Street, it has been revealed. The intruder, who was armed with a knife, was arrested at the back of Number 10 on Sunday night. It is...
Recruitment News, Oct 2, 2006
300 Jobs Boost For Belfast At Gem
A Belfast based call centre is expected to create around 300 new jobs, it has today been revealed. The company, Gem, has just won four major contracts, including Channel Four and online entertainment...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
Cameron facing pressure on tax cuts
Conservative leader David Cameron is facing pressure to introduce a policy of tax cuts from delegates at the party's conference in Bournemouth. John Redwood, who heads Mr Cameron's economic competiti...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
Police to question man over Angelika murder
Police are preparing to question a handyman over the murder of Polish student Angelika Kluk. A murder inquiry was launched after Angelika's body was discovered on Friday night, concealed within St Pa...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
Pensioner robbed in County Armagh
Police in County Armagh have appealed for information after a 78-year-old man was robbed in his home at the weekend. The incident happened at around 6.10pm yesterday evening, when three men called to...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
Loyalist group ask for funding to end terrorism
Loyalists in County Antrim have asked the British government for £8 million of funding to transform the Ulster Defence Association's (UDA) South East Antrim Brigade, which has split from the rest of t...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
Tory donors quizzed in cash-for-honours probe
Four Conservative party donors have been questioned by police investigating the cash-for-honours allegations, it has emerged. According to a report in 'The Times', multimillionaire businessman Robert...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
Cash boost for west Belfast and Shankill
The government has today announced a £4.1 million cash boost to upgrade arterial routes in West Belfast and Greater Shankill. This element of the funding for the 'Renewing the Routes' initiative has ...
UK National News, Oct 2, 2006
British soldier killed in Iraq
A British soldier has been killed and another seriously injured in an attack in Basra, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The MoD said that the two soldiers had been caught in an "indirect fire a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2006
New regulations to end age discrimination
Equality Minister David Hanson has today announced the commencement of new regulations to prohibit age discrimination in employment and vocational training. The new regulations create important new r...