Northern Ireland News for October 2007 : Page 2

UK National News, Oct 30, 2007
O2 Complex Reopens After Ammonia Leak
The O2 entertainment complex in southeast London was reopened today after a chemical leak made workers ill. The former Millennium Dome in Greenwich was evacuated last night after ammonia leaked from ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 30, 2007
Wait And See If IRA Killed Quinn: Ahern
The brutal murder of Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn in the Irish Republic wasn’t on the agenda at today’s North-South summit meeting. However, the matter was being raised prior to the high level meeting t...
UK National News, Oct 30, 2007
Green Light For Rubbish Charging Schemes
Councils in England have been given the go-ahead to introduce pilots schemes for 'pay-as-you-throw' rubbish taxes. It is hoped that the scheme will encourage more recycling, although critics of the s...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 30, 2007
Gaol Threat To Killer Drivers As Road Toll Rises
As another person dies on Ulster's roads, it has emerged that car drivers who kill through careless driving may now be facing as much as five years in jail. Proposed changes to motoring penalties may...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 30, 2007
Euro Millions For Skills Training
Northern Ireland is set to receive some £114 million to reduce unemployment and the number of ‘economically inactive’ people over the next six years. The Euro cash will focus on disadvantaged groups ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 30, 2007
Good News Welcomed On Jobs Front
A jobs’ boost announced today has been welcomed – especially as hundreds of jobs are going elsewhere. Northern Ireland pharmaceutical company, Norbrook, - which makes veterinary pharmaceutical produc...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 30, 2007
Pizza Blaze: Two Rescued
The cause of a fire at a fast food outlet in Downpatrick at which two people had to be rescued is under investigation. Three fire appliances attended the blaze at the ground floor of a pizzeria on Sc...
Recruitment News, Oct 29, 2007
Limavady Jobs Axed In 2008
It has now been confirmed that Seagate is to close its factory in Limavady. The closure will take place in the second half of next year, with the loss of more than 900 jobs. In a statement, Seagate ...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Royal Blackmail Accused Revealed
The identities of two men accused of attempting to blackmail an unidentified member of the Royal Family have been revealed. Ian Strachan and Sean McGuigan, aged 30 and 40 and both from London, are du...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Saudi King's Visit Sparks Controversy
A visit by to the UK by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is causing controversy. King Abdullah is due to arrive in the UK on Monday afternoon and his visit is due to begin formally on Tuesday. This is th...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Doctors Back Cigs Ban For Under-18s
Doctors in Northern Ireland have welcomed today's announcement from the NI Health Minister that he proposes raising the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products. 

Dr Colin Hamilton...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Alton Towers Opens Again After Skyride Blaze Accident
Theme park Alton Towers has reopened after a blaze, which broke out in a cable car station on Sunday. The fire started at the Skyride cable car station around 7.30pm last night while guests attended ...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Tackle Population Timebomb: Cameron
The Government has been accused of failing to tackle the UK's population timebomb. Conservative leader David Cameron used his first major speech on immigration to target Labour's record to date on th...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Man Charged In Scrapyard Double Killing
A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of the bodies of an elderly couple at a scrapyard in Staffordshire at the weekend. Richard John Barlow, 29, was charged with the murders of ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Competition Hots Up As easyJet Strikes First
The popular city of Barcelona gets more accessible this week as airline easyJet launches new routes out of Belfast. The company has revealed that a £120 million investment will see a sixth aircraf...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Dodds Meets Seagate Bosses As Limavady Jobs Axed
It has now been confirmed that Seagate is to close its factory in Limavady. The closure will take place in the second half of next year, with the loss of more than 900 jobs. In response, Economy Min...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Roads Claim Two More Lives
The death toll on Northern Ireland’s roads continues to rise with two more fatalities at the weekend. A man and a woman were fatally injured in separate road accidents in County Londonderry and Count...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Immigration Service Pay-Up In 'Racist' Detention Case
A coloured tourist who arrived in Belfast with his family for a holiday ended up as the guest of the Immigration Service in Maghaberry prison instead. And a case supported by the Equality Commission ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Cops Targeted In Ardoyne Riot
Weekend trouble has left two police officers injured and requiring hospital treatment. The PSNI officers were attacked during trouble in north Belfast's Ardoyne district when a gang of about 20 youth...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Inquest Told ‘Blame Blair’
The death of a soldier killed in Iraq has been blamed on former PM, Tony Blair. The dead soldier’s mother said she held Blair personally responsible as the inquest into his death resumed. Fusilier G...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
A Bridge Too Far At Whitewell Interface
An innovative solution to sectarian tensions along a north Belfast interface looks set to fail, despite being backed by a local MP and MLA. As work continues on widening the M2 north approach to Belf...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Bodies Of Algarve Drowning Tragedy Parents Flown Home
The bodies of three Britons who drowned in the Algarve while trying to rescue their children from severe sea currents were flown home at the weekend. Bob Fry, 52, his wife Deb, 48, and Jean Dinsmore,...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2007
Man Held In Cumbria Murder Probe
A man is being questioned on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found in her home in Cumbria at the weekend. The body of 52-year-old Nicola Bisset was found by in her home in Rivington Park...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Portrush Stab Accused Faces Attempted Murder Charge
An attempted murder charge has followed a serious incident in Portrush when a 19-year-old man was taken to hospital after being attacked. He was stabbed a number of times during the incident in the C...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2007
Women Targeted As Entrepreneurs
Northern Ireland women’s increasing contribution to business and commerce is being highlighted by Invest Northern Ireland. The development agency is organising a series of events as part of Enterpris...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2007
MPs Expenses Revealed
The level of expenses claimed by Northern Ireland's Westminster MPs has been revealed. North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds was Northern Ireland's most expensive MP - claiming £151,412 in allowances last ye...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2007
N I Needs Schoolgirl Cancer Jab
A leading Northern Ireland campaigner on cancer prevention and care has welcomed news of a new vaccine that will be offered to young girls nationally. Arlene Spiers, Chief Executive of the Ulster Can...
UK National News, Oct 26, 2007
'Little Respect' For Expenses Account MPs
A pressure group that claims to speak for taxpayers has accused MPs of being too greedy. The comments come on foot of revelations about the level of expenses claimed by Westminster MPs. Shahid Malik...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2007
Irish Government's Pay Rise Slammed
Government Ministers’ pay raises shouldn’t be awarded to them at all, on the basis of their current performance. The Irish Opposition has made the call by way of criticism on the recent announcement ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 26, 2007
Portrush Blaze Bar Collapses
Fire has caused extensive damage to licensed premises in the seaside resort of Portrush. Part of Waterstone's Bar on Main Street, Portrush, collapsed during the blaze. A police spokesperson said the...