Northern Ireland News for August 2006 : Page 14

Northern Ireland News, Aug 1, 2006
Clergyman to work as mediator for UDA dispute
UDA rival factions have been holding meetings with a Protestant clergyman in a bid to broker a truce and prevent a loyalist feud in north Belfast. Pastor Brian Madden has met with members of the UDA'...
UK National News, Aug 1, 2006
Terrorist threat rating system simplified
The official rating of terrorist threats to the UK has been simplfied and reduced to five levels instead of seven. The levels of alert are now: low, moderate, substantial, severe and critical. The ne...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 1, 2006
Reappointment for NI Consumer Council
The government has today announced the reappointment of Mr David Mann to the Board of the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland. Mr Mann will take up his position today and will serve for a term of t...
UK National News, Aug 1, 2006
July was hottest month on record
July 2006 was the warmest month across the UK since records began in 1914, the Met Office has reported. The Met Office confirmed that the UK mean daily temperature for the month was 17.8C, breaking t...
UK National News, Aug 1, 2006
Wembley Stadium 'unlikely to open until June 2007'
The opening of the new Wembley Stadium looks set to be delayed until June 2007. The venue had been due to be completed by August 2005, but construction has been hit by a series of delays, which resul...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 1, 2006
NI roads claim 75 lives this year
75 people have lost their lives on Northern Ireland's Roads so far this year, it has today emerged. Martin McGeoghegan, 22, from Ackanduff Park in Dungannon, died on Sunday night after being struck b...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 1, 2006
Man released after weapons find
A man who was arrested in connection with with the discovery of a quantity of ammunition at the weekend, has been released without charge, a PSNI spokesperson has today confirmed. The arrest was made...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 1, 2006
Belfast City Hall to celebrate 100th birthday
Belfast City Council have today invited the people of Belfast to attend the city's biggest birthday party to mark the 100th anniversary of the City Hall. As part of the Celebrate Belfast 2006 program...