Northern Ireland News for August 2006 : Page 3

UK National News, Aug 28, 2006
Police launch investigation into possible child abduction
Police have launched an investigation into the possible abduction of a 12-year-old girl in the Western Isles. Molly Campbell, also known as Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana, is believed to have been collected ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2006
NI to host conference on children's rights
A major conference to discuss the rights of children throughout the world, is to be held in Belfast this week. The Waterfront Hall, in Belfast will play host to the World Congress of the Internationa...
UK National News, Aug 28, 2006
Man remanded over teen's stabbing
A teenager has appeared in court charged with murdering a boy who was celebrating his 16th birthday. Glen Corner died in hospital after being stabbed in an incident in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, o...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2006
PSNI to showcase response to hate crime in Europe
Inspector Robin Dempsey, of the Police Service Community Safety Branch, has today embarked on a trip to Latvia, in a plight to showcase the work of the PSNI in responding to hate crime in Northern Ire...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2006
Newsagent robbed in west Belfast
Police in west Belfast have appealed for information following a robbery at a newsagents at the weekend. Two men entered the shop on the Andersonstown Road at around 5.50pm on Saturday evening, and a...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2006
Cancer conference held at Queen's
Around 200 world-leading scientists have today descended upon Queen's University in Belfast, to discuss the cutting-edge advances in cancer tumour therapy, new energy sources and our understanding of ...
UK National News, Aug 28, 2006
Convicted criminal sought after fleeing hospital
A convicted criminal who escaped from a hospital in Greater Manchester is being sought by police. Christopher McDonagh, 19, from Cheetham Hill, was serving a life sentence for attempted murder at a s...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Brothers remanded over rape charge
Two Lithuanian brothers have appeared before Armagh Magistrates Court charged with the abduction and rape of a woman. Saulius Petraitis, 22, and his brother Vitalijus, 20, of Nursery Mews, in Armagh,...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Father of UVF victim received death threats
The father of loyalist paramilitary murder victim Raymond McCord Jnr, has received a second death threat from the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). This is second threat that has been made to Raymond McC...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
Ryanair to sue government over security restrictions
Budget airline Ryanair is to sue the UK government for £3 million compensation following the introduction of tighter security measures. Ryanair had given the government a week to return security proc...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Funeral of leading equestrian rider takes place
The funeral of a leading Northern Ireland equestrian rider who was killed during a cross-country event in England over the weekend, has taken place. Sherelle Duke, 28, from Portadown in County Armagh...
Recruitment News, Aug 25, 2006
Employers Prioritise The ‘Soft Skills’ Of School Leavers
On the day when thousands of GSCE students receive their results, many of whom will now be looking for work, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) has reiterated its call for Governm...
Recruitment News, Aug 25, 2006
Time To End Death In The Workplace
Mr Tony Killeen, Irish Minister for Labour Affairs speaking at the IOSH Interconstruct Conference “Success built on failure” said “the time had arrived when all those engaged in the ...
Recruitment News, Aug 25, 2006
NI Students Still Top Of The Class At GCSE
Northern Ireland students remain top of the class in GCSE performance figures, once again outperforming their peers in England and Wales, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (C...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
159mph PC found guilty of dangerous driving
A police officer who drove an unmarked patrol car at 159mph has been found guilty of dangerous driving. However, Pc Mark Milton, who was acquitted of speeding and dangerous driving during a trial las...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Body found in County Londonderry
Police in County Londonderry have launched an investigation following the discovery of a body in the harbour earlier today. The body was recovered from the harbour at Coleraine, shortly before 9am to...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
Man remanded over 'bomb plot'
A man has appeared in court on Friday charged in connection with an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic flights. Umair Hussain, 24, from east London, has been charged with failing to disclose infor...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
Euan Blair being treated in hospital
Prime Minister Tony Blair's eldest son Euan is being treated in hospital in Barbados, Downing Street has confirmed. The 22-year-old, who had been on a three-week holiday with the rest of the Blair fa...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Teenager dies in County Antrim collision
A 17-year-old male has died following a road traffic collision in County Antrim last night. The incident happened on the Glenville Road area of Whiteabbey, at around 10.40pm yesterday, and is reporte...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
English Channel bodies identified
Two bodies discovered in the English Channel in the search for a missing yacht and its three-men crew have been identified. The bodies of Rupert Saunders, 36, from Tooting, south London and Jason Dow...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Fourth man arrested in murder probe
Police investigating the murder of a man in County Down on Tuesday evening, have arrested a fourth man. Yesterday, three men were also taken into custody in connection with the killing. Mark Christi...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
Government issues obesity warning
Nearly a third of men will be obese by 2010, along with more than 12 million adults overall and one million children, if lifestyle changes are not made, the Department of Health has warned. The warni...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
Man released over bus stabbings
Police investigating the stabbing of three girls in Bridport, Dorset, have released a 20-year-old man arrested on Thursday without charge. Charlotte Teague, 14, Sophie Hyne, 15 - both from Bridport -...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Security alert at Shannon airport ends
Over 230 passengers on a flight from the USA to Ireland have been caught up in a major security alert after a bomb threat was made against the aircraft. People travelling on the plane, along with the...
UK National News, Aug 25, 2006
Caprice banned for drink-driving
Model Caprice has been disqualified from driving for 12 months after being found guilty of drink-driving at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court. The 34-year-old California-born model, whose full name ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Police crackdown on dangerous drivers
Police have warned that they will be cracking down on motorists who drive dangerously over this bank holiday weekend. Operation Roadsafe will run from today until Monday, and police have urged driver...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 25, 2006
Coleraine resident mistaken for Maxine Carr
An English woman living in Coleraine has said that she in is living in fear, after being mistakenly identified as Maxine Carr, former girlfriend of Soham murderer Ian Huntley. Karen Meek, 31, and ori...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2006
Top GCSE results continue to increase
The number of pupils achieving top grades in their GCSEs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has increased again this year. According to the latest figures, the percentage of results between A* an...
UK National News, Aug 24, 2006
Mobiles 'more precious' than passports
Britons value their iPods, jewellery and mobile phones more than their passports, new research has revealed. A survey by the Identity and Passport Service found that many people admitted that they di...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2006
Three arrested over Bangor murder
Three men have now been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Bangor, County Down on Tuesday evening. Mark Christie, 36, was found on the road near the junction of Owen Roe Drive in the ...