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Northern Ireland News for February 2007 : Page 4
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2007
PSNI to discuss yesterday's motorway disruption
The PSNI are to meet with the Roads Service to discuss the major traffic disruption caused by yesterday's fatal collision on the M2 motorway. During today's meeting, the PSNI and the Roads Service a...
PSNI to discuss yesterday's motorway disruption
The PSNI are to meet with the Roads Service to discuss the major traffic disruption caused by yesterday's fatal collision on the M2 motorway. During today's meeting, the PSNI and the Roads Service a...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2007
Around 300 jobs to go at County Antrim company
Around 300 jobs are to go at a County Antrim electronics company, it has today been reported. US company Sanmina Electronics in Lisburn, which makes computer cabinets, has decided to move the company...
Around 300 jobs to go at County Antrim company
Around 300 jobs are to go at a County Antrim electronics company, it has today been reported. US company Sanmina Electronics in Lisburn, which makes computer cabinets, has decided to move the company...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2007
Minister foresees tough challenges for policing
Police forces working in partnership can provide an effective response to the threats of international terrorism and organised crime, Security Minister Paul Goggins said today. Mr Goggins was speakin...
Minister foresees tough challenges for policing
Police forces working in partnership can provide an effective response to the threats of international terrorism and organised crime, Security Minister Paul Goggins said today. Mr Goggins was speakin...
UK National News, Feb 21, 2007
Blair aide questioned in cash-for-honour probe
Downing Street aide Ruth Turner has been questioned for the second time by police investigating the cash-for-honours affair, it has been reported. Ms Turner, one of the Prime Minister's closest aides...
Blair aide questioned in cash-for-honour probe
Downing Street aide Ruth Turner has been questioned for the second time by police investigating the cash-for-honours affair, it has been reported. Ms Turner, one of the Prime Minister's closest aides...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2007
New prison site to be revealed by summer
The government has today revealed that it will identify the new location for the replacement for the out of date Magilligan prison later this year. Security Minister Paul Goggins today said that pris...
New prison site to be revealed by summer
The government has today revealed that it will identify the new location for the replacement for the out of date Magilligan prison later this year. Security Minister Paul Goggins today said that pris...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2007
Armed robbery in County Down
Police in County Down have appealed for information following an armed robbery yesterday evening. The incident happened at around 11.50am, when a delivery was being made to an off-license in the Brya...
Armed robbery in County Down
Police in County Down have appealed for information following an armed robbery yesterday evening. The incident happened at around 11.50am, when a delivery was being made to an off-license in the Brya...
UK National News, Feb 21, 2007
Pensioners win legal battle over pensions
Four pensioners who lost all or part of their pensions when their companies collapsed have won their High Court case against the government. Henry Bradley, 63, from Belfast, Bob Duncan, 64, from Jarr...
Pensioners win legal battle over pensions
Four pensioners who lost all or part of their pensions when their companies collapsed have won their High Court case against the government. Henry Bradley, 63, from Belfast, Bob Duncan, 64, from Jarr...
Recruitment News, Feb 21, 2007
A Job Well Done By The Employment Service
A recent survey has shown that the Employment Service continues to deliver results for Northern Ireland employers. Social and Market Research (SMR) carried out research on behalf of the Department fo...
A Job Well Done By The Employment Service
A recent survey has shown that the Employment Service continues to deliver results for Northern Ireland employers. Social and Market Research (SMR) carried out research on behalf of the Department fo...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 21, 2007
Gym equipment stolen from Armagh school
Detectives in County Armagh are investigating a robbery at a school in the area last week. Sometime between February 15 and 2pm yesterday afternoon, thieves forced open the fire doors of the gymnasiu...
Gym equipment stolen from Armagh school
Detectives in County Armagh are investigating a robbery at a school in the area last week. Sometime between February 15 and 2pm yesterday afternoon, thieves forced open the fire doors of the gymnasiu...
UK National News, Feb 21, 2007
Review launched into DNA evidence
Thousands of criminal cases involving DNA samples are to be reviewed by police forces in England in Wales, it has been reported. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has written to the chi...
Review launched into DNA evidence
Thousands of criminal cases involving DNA samples are to be reviewed by police forces in England in Wales, it has been reported. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has written to the chi...
UK National News, Feb 21, 2007
Deadline arrives for questioning of letter bomb suspect
Police have until 4pm on Wednesday afternoon to continue questioning a school caretaker in connection with the recent series of letter bomb attacks in the UK. Miles Cooper, 27, was arrested at his ho...
Deadline arrives for questioning of letter bomb suspect
Police have until 4pm on Wednesday afternoon to continue questioning a school caretaker in connection with the recent series of letter bomb attacks in the UK. Miles Cooper, 27, was arrested at his ho...
UK National News, Feb 21, 2007
Four men jailed for taxi driver murder
Four teenagers have been jailed for the racially aggravated murder of Asian taxi driver Mohammad Parvaiz. A gang of teenagers beat Mr Parvaiz, a 41-year-old father-of-three, to death after being lure...
Four men jailed for taxi driver murder
Four teenagers have been jailed for the racially aggravated murder of Asian taxi driver Mohammad Parvaiz. A gang of teenagers beat Mr Parvaiz, a 41-year-old father-of-three, to death after being lure...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Reform recommended for UK drug pricing scheme
The NHS needs to reform its system for purchasing medicines in order to deliver better value for money, the Office of Fair Trading has said. The OFT also said that the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation...
Reform recommended for UK drug pricing scheme
The NHS needs to reform its system for purchasing medicines in order to deliver better value for money, the Office of Fair Trading has said. The OFT also said that the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
One killed in M2 road traffic incident
One person has died following a road traffic incident on the M2 motorway earlier today. The incident, which happened just before 2pm on the northbound route out of Belfast, just before the Greencastl...
One killed in M2 road traffic incident
One person has died following a road traffic incident on the M2 motorway earlier today. The incident, which happened just before 2pm on the northbound route out of Belfast, just before the Greencastl...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Teen jailed for love rival murder
A teenage girl has been jailed for life for murdering a woman she saw as her love rival. Kelly Ross, now 17, stabbed mother-of-two Tracey Meade, 39, twice in the heart after luring her to garages in ...
Teen jailed for love rival murder
A teenage girl has been jailed for life for murdering a woman she saw as her love rival. Kelly Ross, now 17, stabbed mother-of-two Tracey Meade, 39, twice in the heart after luring her to garages in ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
Hain announces proposal for training college
An innovative way forward has been found over the building of a new modern police training college, Secretary of State Peter Hain has today said. A new state of the art college, catering for the trai...
Hain announces proposal for training college
An innovative way forward has been found over the building of a new modern police training college, Secretary of State Peter Hain has today said. A new state of the art college, catering for the trai...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
Minister vows to continue fight against drugs trade
Over £21 million of illegal drugs were taken off the streets of Northern Ireland in the last nine months of 2006 by law enforcement agencies, Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Fo...
Minister vows to continue fight against drugs trade
Over £21 million of illegal drugs were taken off the streets of Northern Ireland in the last nine months of 2006 by law enforcement agencies, Security Minister and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Fo...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Police continue to question letter bomb suspect
Police have been granted an extra day to question a school caretaker in connection with the recent series of letter bomb attacks at businesses in Britain. Miles Cooper, understood to be in his twenti...
Police continue to question letter bomb suspect
Police have been granted an extra day to question a school caretaker in connection with the recent series of letter bomb attacks at businesses in Britain. Miles Cooper, understood to be in his twenti...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Three bodies discovered in east London flat
The bodies of a man, woman and baby girl have been found in a flat in east London, police have confirmed. The bodies of a 49-year-old man, a 29-year-old woman and a four-month-old baby girl were disc...
Three bodies discovered in east London flat
The bodies of a man, woman and baby girl have been found in a flat in east London, police have confirmed. The bodies of a 49-year-old man, a 29-year-old woman and a four-month-old baby girl were disc...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Police appeal for information on serial sex attacker
Police in Lancashire have appealed for information following the latest attack by a serial sex attacker in the area. The attackers initial attacks took place on December 4 last year. On that day, the...
Police appeal for information on serial sex attacker
Police in Lancashire have appealed for information following the latest attack by a serial sex attacker in the area. The attackers initial attacks took place on December 4 last year. On that day, the...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
County Antrim man in Canary Islands murder trial
A County Antrim man has today gone on trial in the Canary Islands charged with the murder of a prostitute in 2005. Vincent Traynor, 20, from Loughguile has been in custody for the past two years afte...
County Antrim man in Canary Islands murder trial
A County Antrim man has today gone on trial in the Canary Islands charged with the murder of a prostitute in 2005. Vincent Traynor, 20, from Loughguile has been in custody for the past two years afte...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Warning issued on 'missing' sex offender
Police are urging the public to visit the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre's 'Most Wanted' website in order to help trace a sex offender. John Richard Murrell, 38, is being soug...
Warning issued on 'missing' sex offender
Police are urging the public to visit the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre's 'Most Wanted' website in order to help trace a sex offender. John Richard Murrell, 38, is being soug...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Crackdown on obstruction of emergency workers
New rules to crack down on people who obstruct emergency workers trying to carry out their jobs come into force today. The new offences mean that anyone who gets in the way of an emergency worker res...
Crackdown on obstruction of emergency workers
New rules to crack down on people who obstruct emergency workers trying to carry out their jobs come into force today. The new offences mean that anyone who gets in the way of an emergency worker res...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
Police urge gun owners to secure weapons
Owners of legally owned firearms are being urged by police to make sure the weapons are properly secured. From April last year to February 2 2007, the number of firearm thefts in Northern Ireland has...
Police urge gun owners to secure weapons
Owners of legally owned firearms are being urged by police to make sure the weapons are properly secured. From April last year to February 2 2007, the number of firearm thefts in Northern Ireland has...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
Government issues child restrain reminder
Parents have only one week left to ensure they have the right car child restraints fitted before new seat belt laws come into force. DOE road safety spokesman, Harry Green said: “The new seat belt la...
Government issues child restrain reminder
Parents have only one week left to ensure they have the right car child restraints fitted before new seat belt laws come into force. DOE road safety spokesman, Harry Green said: “The new seat belt la...
UK National News, Feb 20, 2007
Government warning on rogue casting agencies
Aspiring models and entertainers are being warned to look out for rogue casting agencies who will try to take their money with false promises of fame. The Department of Trade and Industry has publish...
Government warning on rogue casting agencies
Aspiring models and entertainers are being warned to look out for rogue casting agencies who will try to take their money with false promises of fame. The Department of Trade and Industry has publish...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
Fair Rates Campaign tells rate-payers to cancel direct debits
The Northern Ireland Fair Rates Campaign has outlined their legal protest strategy to delay the introduction of the new capital value system. The campaign is telling the 260,000 rate-payers who pay b...
Fair Rates Campaign tells rate-payers to cancel direct debits
The Northern Ireland Fair Rates Campaign has outlined their legal protest strategy to delay the introduction of the new capital value system. The campaign is telling the 260,000 rate-payers who pay b...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
Business leaders aim higher with the best
One of the UK’s leading authorities on leadership, René Carayol, is to join senior and aspiring business leaders at the Culloden Hotel later this month to spell out how greater investment in managemen...
Business leaders aim higher with the best
One of the UK’s leading authorities on leadership, René Carayol, is to join senior and aspiring business leaders at the Culloden Hotel later this month to spell out how greater investment in managemen...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 20, 2007
Northern Ireland goes to Washington
Washington DC is to experience Northern Ireland’s arts and culture during a four month programme to promote arts, business, education, food and tourism. Around 250 local people will be ...
Northern Ireland goes to Washington
Washington DC is to experience Northern Ireland’s arts and culture during a four month programme to promote arts, business, education, food and tourism. Around 250 local people will be ...
UK National News, Feb 19, 2007
Police arrest letter bomb suspect
Police have made an arrest in connection to their inquiries over the spate of letter bombing attacks. The man, who is understood to be in his 20s, was arrested at 3am at a house in Cherry Hinton outs...
Police arrest letter bomb suspect
Police have made an arrest in connection to their inquiries over the spate of letter bombing attacks. The man, who is understood to be in his 20s, was arrested at 3am at a house in Cherry Hinton outs...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A mostly cloudy start with scattered showers, the showers becoming more isolated and largely confined to the south this morning. Becoming brighter this afternoon, the best of any sunnier spells across northern counties. Northerly winds easing. Maximum temperature 12 °C.Tonight:A dry evening with late sunny spells and some long clear spells overnight. Becoming cloudier across the north towards dawn with a few showers possible. Touch of frost in south. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
