Northern Ireland News for October 2007 : Page 11
UK National News, Oct 10, 2007
Police Trace Mother Of Dead Baby Girl
Police have traced the mother of a dead baby girl whose body was found on a cycle track in Port Glasgow last month. The baby's body was found in a holdall by a jogger on September 26. Strathclyde Po...
Police Trace Mother Of Dead Baby Girl
Police have traced the mother of a dead baby girl whose body was found on a cycle track in Port Glasgow last month. The baby's body was found in a holdall by a jogger on September 26. Strathclyde Po...
UK National News, Oct 10, 2007
Most Children 'Are Victims Of Crime'
Most children have been the victim of some form of crime, a survey by the charity, the Howard League for Penal Reform has revealed. The survey of more than 3,000 children, conducted between 1997 and ...
Most Children 'Are Victims Of Crime'
Most children have been the victim of some form of crime, a survey by the charity, the Howard League for Penal Reform has revealed. The survey of more than 3,000 children, conducted between 1997 and ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 10, 2007
Mental Illness On Local Agenda
As many as in five people here show are showing signs of mental health problems. And as the Health Promotion Agency Northern Ireland launched a campaign to raise awareness of the psychological proble...
Mental Illness On Local Agenda
As many as in five people here show are showing signs of mental health problems. And as the Health Promotion Agency Northern Ireland launched a campaign to raise awareness of the psychological proble...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
Darling Delivers Pre-Budget Report
Chancellor Alistair Darling has delivered his pre-Budget report in the Commons. Mr Darling predicted that Britain's economy would grow between 2% and 2.5% next year. Although this was down 0.5% on pr...
Darling Delivers Pre-Budget Report
Chancellor Alistair Darling has delivered his pre-Budget report in the Commons. Mr Darling predicted that Britain's economy would grow between 2% and 2.5% next year. Although this was down 0.5% on pr...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
Coroner Seeks Disclosure Of Shoot-To-Kill Reports
The repercussions of releasing highly sensitive reports into controversial deaths involving the security forces in alleged ‘shoot-to-kill’ incidents are to be urgently investigated. Following a call ...
Coroner Seeks Disclosure Of Shoot-To-Kill Reports
The repercussions of releasing highly sensitive reports into controversial deaths involving the security forces in alleged ‘shoot-to-kill’ incidents are to be urgently investigated. Following a call ...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
Views Sought On Internet And Video Games
The government has issued a call for views about the risks to children and young people from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material contained in internet and video games. The call ...
Views Sought On Internet And Video Games
The government has issued a call for views about the risks to children and young people from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material contained in internet and video games. The call ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
Talks Hope On UDA Arms Deadline
It has emerged that 'meaningful' talks are taking place between the UDA and the decommissioning body, the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning. NI Secretary Shaun Woodward has said...
Talks Hope On UDA Arms Deadline
It has emerged that 'meaningful' talks are taking place between the UDA and the decommissioning body, the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning. NI Secretary Shaun Woodward has said...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
Criminals Hit Hard In Their Wallets
Major crime looks like having been dealt a significant blow with news that the amount of criminal assets seized during the first half of this financial year already exceeds the total amount recovered ...
Criminals Hit Hard In Their Wallets
Major crime looks like having been dealt a significant blow with news that the amount of criminal assets seized during the first half of this financial year already exceeds the total amount recovered ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
'Failure' To Stop Sectarian Assault Echoes Murder
A decade after a vicious sectarian mob beating killed Robert Hamill, Portadown is again the focus of claims that police stood by and did nothing to stop a similarly motivated attack. SDLP MLA Dolores...
'Failure' To Stop Sectarian Assault Echoes Murder
A decade after a vicious sectarian mob beating killed Robert Hamill, Portadown is again the focus of claims that police stood by and did nothing to stop a similarly motivated attack. SDLP MLA Dolores...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
Bitter Row Ensues As Postal Strike Continues
A bitter war of words has erupted between the Royal Mail and the Communication Workers' Union as the postal strike continues. Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier rubbished CWU's claims that the w...
Bitter Row Ensues As Postal Strike Continues
A bitter war of words has erupted between the Royal Mail and the Communication Workers' Union as the postal strike continues. Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier rubbished CWU's claims that the w...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
Hammer Horror Hospitalises Pensioner
An elderly shop customer is in hospital with serious head injuries after being beaten in a frenzied hammer attack in Co Armagh. The 84-year-old local man, Robert Gamble, was viciously assaulted by a ...
Hammer Horror Hospitalises Pensioner
An elderly shop customer is in hospital with serious head injuries after being beaten in a frenzied hammer attack in Co Armagh. The 84-year-old local man, Robert Gamble, was viciously assaulted by a ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
Stormont Policing Powers In Focus
The contentious devolution of policing and criminal justice issue to the Stormont Assembly has been further highlighted during an Assembly debate. Ulster Unionist Assembly member David Burnside criti...
Stormont Policing Powers In Focus
The contentious devolution of policing and criminal justice issue to the Stormont Assembly has been further highlighted during an Assembly debate. Ulster Unionist Assembly member David Burnside criti...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
New Detective Takes Over Madeleine McCann Case
A new senior detective in Portugal has taken over the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Paulo Rebelo will take over from Goncalo Amaral, who was removed from the case, apparen...
New Detective Takes Over Madeleine McCann Case
A new senior detective in Portugal has taken over the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Paulo Rebelo will take over from Goncalo Amaral, who was removed from the case, apparen...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
Terror Plots 'Increasing' Warns Met Boss
The number of terrorist plots in the UK is increasing, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has warned. Sir Ian told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the number of people involved and...
Terror Plots 'Increasing' Warns Met Boss
The number of terrorist plots in the UK is increasing, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has warned. Sir Ian told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the number of people involved and...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
Teenager Arrested in Rhys Investigation
Police investigating the murder of Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of possessing a firearm. The teenager was arrested after police raided a house in Norri...
Teenager Arrested in Rhys Investigation
Police investigating the murder of Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of possessing a firearm. The teenager was arrested after police raided a house in Norri...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
Youth Charged In Connection With London Street Shooting
A 17-year-old youth arrested in connection with the death of a Polish care worker in south London has been charged with the attempted murder of a man. The boy was arrested after the death of 26-year-...
Youth Charged In Connection With London Street Shooting
A 17-year-old youth arrested in connection with the death of a Polish care worker in south London has been charged with the attempted murder of a man. The boy was arrested after the death of 26-year-...
UK National News, Oct 9, 2007
Ritz Hotel Visit For Diana Jurors
The jury in the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed have visited the Ritz Hotel in Paris, where the couple had dinner before their fatal car crash. The 11 jurors made the visi...
Ritz Hotel Visit For Diana Jurors
The jury in the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed have visited the Ritz Hotel in Paris, where the couple had dinner before their fatal car crash. The 11 jurors made the visi...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
Tickets Bonanza On Parking
A year after responsibility for parking fines moved from the police to the Department for Regional Development (DRD), more than 140,000 tickets for illegal parking have been issued. New statistics sh...
Tickets Bonanza On Parking
A year after responsibility for parking fines moved from the police to the Department for Regional Development (DRD), more than 140,000 tickets for illegal parking have been issued. New statistics sh...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 9, 2007
Greyhounds Speed To Finish
Some racing dogs are thought to be living the ‘high life’ as it has been revealed that Class A drugs such as Cocaine is being used by Northern Ireland greyhound owners and trainers in a bid to win rac...
Greyhounds Speed To Finish
Some racing dogs are thought to be living the ‘high life’ as it has been revealed that Class A drugs such as Cocaine is being used by Northern Ireland greyhound owners and trainers in a bid to win rac...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2007
More UK Forces To Quit Iraq In 2008
A further 2,000 UK troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq in the New Year. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced to the House of Commons that the numbers of British forces serving in the area would...
More UK Forces To Quit Iraq In 2008
A further 2,000 UK troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq in the New Year. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced to the House of Commons that the numbers of British forces serving in the area would...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2007
Brown Faces Down Poll Criticism
Gordon Brown has denied that decision not to hold a snap autumn election is due to poor performance in opinion polls. The Prime Minister held a press conference at noon today in which he said he need...
Brown Faces Down Poll Criticism
Gordon Brown has denied that decision not to hold a snap autumn election is due to poor performance in opinion polls. The Prime Minister held a press conference at noon today in which he said he need...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2007
Jurors Visit Princess Death Crash Scene
The inquest jury into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed has travelled to the actual scene of the fatal crash in central Paris as they continue hearing evidence on the circumstances about ...
Jurors Visit Princess Death Crash Scene
The inquest jury into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed has travelled to the actual scene of the fatal crash in central Paris as they continue hearing evidence on the circumstances about ...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2007
Cork Crashes Kill Four
Four people have died in two separate car crashes in County Cork. Two died following a collision between a van and a 4x4 on the Mitchelstown relief road just after 2pm this afternoon. Earlier a thre...
Cork Crashes Kill Four
Four people have died in two separate car crashes in County Cork. Two died following a collision between a van and a 4x4 on the Mitchelstown relief road just after 2pm this afternoon. Earlier a thre...
UK National News, Oct 8, 2007
Second Postal Strike Stops Mail
Postal workers have started a second period of industrial action in their strike over pay and conditions. Talks between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail continued over the weekend...
Second Postal Strike Stops Mail
Postal workers have started a second period of industrial action in their strike over pay and conditions. Talks between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail continued over the weekend...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2007
Victims Commissioner Post Re-Advertised
The post of Victims Commissioner in Northern Ireland is to be re-advertised. The Stormont First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, said they were urging new applic...
Victims Commissioner Post Re-Advertised
The post of Victims Commissioner in Northern Ireland is to be re-advertised. The Stormont First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, said they were urging new applic...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2007
Ecstasy Tablets Found Outside School
A bag containing about 500 ecstasy tablets has been found outside the gates of St Luke's Primary School in west Belfast. The drugs, with a street value of approximately £2,000 and were pink in colour...
Ecstasy Tablets Found Outside School
A bag containing about 500 ecstasy tablets has been found outside the gates of St Luke's Primary School in west Belfast. The drugs, with a street value of approximately £2,000 and were pink in colour...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2007
Classroom Assistants Begin Strike
Around 3,000 classroom assistants who are members of the public service union NIPSA began an all-out strike today. They have said they will not return to work until a new offer is made by employers, ...
Classroom Assistants Begin Strike
Around 3,000 classroom assistants who are members of the public service union NIPSA began an all-out strike today. They have said they will not return to work until a new offer is made by employers, ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2007
More Tickets For Illegal Parking
Over 140,000 illegal parkers have received parking tickets since the Department for Regional Development (DRD) became responsible for parking enforcement on 30 October 2006. Since NCP Services starte...
More Tickets For Illegal Parking
Over 140,000 illegal parkers have received parking tickets since the Department for Regional Development (DRD) became responsible for parking enforcement on 30 October 2006. Since NCP Services starte...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2007
Man Dies In Caravan Fire
A 32-year-old man has died in a caravan fire in County Monaghan this morning. The blaze started at the back of a halting site on Jubilee Road in Clones at around 9am. The man's body was taken to the...
Man Dies In Caravan Fire
A 32-year-old man has died in a caravan fire in County Monaghan this morning. The blaze started at the back of a halting site on Jubilee Road in Clones at around 9am. The man's body was taken to the...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 8, 2007
Two Injured In Serious Car Crash
Two people have been injured, one seriously, in a car crash on the Newry bypass in County Armagh. Their car was found overturned at approximately 5am on Sunday. The road was closed for several hours...
Two Injured In Serious Car Crash
Two people have been injured, one seriously, in a car crash on the Newry bypass in County Armagh. Their car was found overturned at approximately 5am on Sunday. The road was closed for several hours...
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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.