Northern Ireland News for November 2007 : Page 2

Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2007
Adjournment On Turkey Holiday Villa Case
A judge has adjourned a private court case into an alleged Turkish holiday home 'scam' for a week as he thinks the civil action might have to be held until possible criminal proceedings are settled. ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2007
Minister Is Planning For Reform
Northern Ireland is to benefit from a wide-ranging reform of the planning system. NI Assembly Environment Minister, Arlene Foster has announced her intention to 'bring forward' proposals and has appo...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2007
Man Charged With Wimbledon Common Killing
Detectives working on a murder that took place at Wimbledon Common in the summer of 1992 have charged a man. Robert Napper, 41, will appear before Westminster Magistrates Court next Tuesday to face t...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2007
Sports United To Play Maze
The much debated super-sports stadium that has been proposed for the site of the old Maze Prison near Lisburn has moved a step closer. The GAA, the Irish Football Association and Ulster Rugby have al...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2007
Councillors Back Abbeycentre Expansion
A Newtownabbey shopping centre is expected to get a major facelift after local councillors agreed to sell a section of land to assist the project. It is understood the multi-million pound proposal fo...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2007
Jail Term For Sudan Teddy Bear Teacher
A British teacher has been jailed in the Sudan for insulting religion after naming her classes' teddy bear Muhammad. Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, has now been sentenced to 15 days in prison a...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Fresh Revenue Data Mix-Up Probed
As the row over the loss of disks containing personal information on millions of people rumbles on, it has emerged that the personal and financial details of more than 50 people were mistakenly sent t...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Rough Ride For Prime Minister
The Prime Minister has had a rough day in the Commons today about the Labour donations scandal. Gordon Brown endured a savaging as his chief fundraiser was forced to admit that he had known for two m...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Tragic Fire Fighters' Employers May Face Court
The tragic death of four fire fighters earlier this month may end up in court with the men's employer as the defendant. The fire service itself could be charged with corporate manslaughter over the d...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Arrests Follow Soccer Corruption Probe
Major name football clubs continue to be at the centre of police investigations into the multi-million pound soccer business. In the latest development, four men have been arrested by City of London ...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Bodies Found In Derbyshire House
A murder investigation has been launched following the discovery of two bodies in a house in Derbyshire. The bodies of a man and a woman were found in the house in Moore Street in Normanton on Tuesda...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Manslaughter Verdict For Teens Who Filmed Attack On Drunk
Two teenagers who targeted a young, vulnerable man with a drink problem, set him on fire and then dumped him in a river to drown were today found guilty of his manslaughter. Thomas Orme, 15, and Jame...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Portuguese And UK Police In Face-To-Face Discussions
The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from her holiday apartment in Portugal earlier this year is to be reviewed shortly when police officers from the holiday resort and from th...
Recruitment News, Nov 28, 2007
Minister Welcomes Non-Formal Training Opportunities
Educational opportunities don't have to be of the formal, structured sort – they can be available too beyond college and school environments. The N I Assembly Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
Arrests In City Double Murder Case
Arrests have followed a brutal double murder that shocked Belfast earlier this year. Two men are being questioned in connection with the murders of the two people in March. The pair was arrested on ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
Court Appearance On M2 Murder Attempt Charge
An alleged breach of a non-molestation order and an assault has led to a 25-year-old man also being charged with attempted murder following an incident on the M2 motorway outside Belfast. The man is ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
World-Leading Cancer Research Centre Opens At QUB
Belfast is today the centre of the world in terms of cancer research as a new £25m research centre is officially opened. Senator George Mitchell – who among other things helped to broker the current ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
Minister Welcomes Non-Formal Training Opportunities
Educational opportunities do not have to be of the formal, structured sort – they can be available too beyond college and school environments. The NI Assembly Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
Rival Bid Renews Debate Over Causeway Centre
There's continuing debate over the proposed new visitor centre at the Giant's Causeway this week with news of a serious counter bid to developer Seymour Sweeney's plan. An official partnership betwee...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
Arrests Follow Bishop Street Murder Bid
Detectives working on the attempted murder of an off-duty policeman in Londonderry earlier this month have arrested two men. The gun attack on a 43-year-old PSNI man took place after he dropped his s...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
Collusion Claims Not Investigated Says European Court
The murders of eight men in South Armagh three decades ago have never been properly investigated. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that alleged security force collusion in the loyalist mu...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2007
Rail Price Rises Defended
Commuters are facing a New Year price increase that will see rail fares rise by an average of nearly 5%. However, some commuters in the South East are being forced to pay 14.5% more for some unregula...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2007
Linen Industry To Live Again In Hilden Mill Regeneration
Northern Ireland's previously world-beating textile manufacturing sector is to be reborn - but this time as a picturesque, riverside apartment and leisure complex. The former Coats Barbour textiles f...
Recruitment News, Nov 27, 2007
Vaccine Facility Creates 170 Pharmaceutical Jobs
Pharmaceutical company Merck has announced plans to establish a new €200 million strategic vaccine facility in Carlow, with the creation of 170 new jobs. The company, the seventh largest pharmaceutic...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2007
Officials Bid To Have 'Muhammad Teddy' Teacher Released
British officials in Sudan are reported to be attempting to secure the release of a British school teacher, arrested for allowing pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liver...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2007
Murder Suspects Are Themselves Under Threat
Two men who have been charged with murder have themselves been targeted by friends of the man they allegedly killed. Friends of the deceased Dungannon foreign national are plotting to kill the two Li...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2007
Police Hunt Transsexual's Killer
Police are searching for the killer of a transsexual who was found strangled to death at home. Kellie Telesford, 40, was found dead at the flat in Thornton Heath in south London on November 21. Frien...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2007
M5 Reopens After Fatal Crash
A stretch of the M5 motorway in Somerset has reopened following a 17 car pile-up in which one man was killed. The accident happened around 7pm on Monday night, on the northbound carriageway between j...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 27, 2007
Rape Accused Appears In Court
A Polish national now living in Northern Ireland has been charged with a series of sex offences. The 24-year-man, Radoslaw Browarek, has been charged with the rape, false imprisonment and indecent as...
UK National News, Nov 27, 2007
Arrest In Hunt For Gloucestershire Woman
Police investigating the disappearance of Kate Prout have arrested a man. Mrs Prout, 55, disappeared from her farmhouse in Redmarley in the Forest of Dean on November 5. Gloucestershire Police confi...