Northern Ireland News for May 2007 : Page 4

Recruitment News, May 23, 2007
Minister Discusses College Lecturers’ Pay
Minister for Employment and Learning, Sir Reg Empey, met representatives from Northern Ireland’s Further Education (FE) sector, to discuss the ongoing industrial action over FE lecturers’ pay. At the...
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Recruitment News, May 23, 2007
Tyrone Apprentice Wins Top Training Award
Eamonn Maynes, an Underground Cable Jointing Apprentice with Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE PowerTeam), has been announced as Modern Apprentice of the Year. Employment and Learning Minister Sir Re...
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Recruitment News, May 23, 2007
Code Of Practice Launched For Protecting Persons Employed In Other People’s Homes
Irish Minister for Labour Affairs Mr Tony Killeen, launched the Code of Practice for Protecting Persons Employed in other People’s Homes. Speaking in Ennis where he launched the Code Minister Killeen...
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UK National News, May 23, 2007
Man in court over letter bomb campaign
A man has appeared in court to face eleven charges connected to a letter bomb campaign. Primary school caretaker Miles Cooper, 27, pleaded not guilty to the charges of using or possession of explosiv...
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Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2007
Extra safety features for schoolbuses
Translink has today unveiled a fleet of new school buses that are fitted with extra safety measures. Seatbelts and flashing parking lights to let the driver know children are getting off the bus are ...
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UK National News, May 23, 2007
Talks continue over Litvinenko murder
Diplomatic negotiations are continuing between the UK and Russia in an attempt to secure the extradition of a former KGB officer accused of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. On Tuesday, the Crown P...
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Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2007
New ‘Well-Being Centre’ for York Road
Plans are underway for the new Grove Well-Being Centre on Belfast’s York Road received a £1.1 million boost today from Social Development Minister Margaret Richie. Announcing the investment today, wi...
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UK National News, May 23, 2007
Fish oils recommended for heart patients
Doctors are being advised to prescribe fish oil to heart attack patients, under new health guidelines published today. The new guidelines, issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Exc...
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Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2007
Lisburn company wins £75 million contract
A Lisburn-based company has been awarded a £75 million contract to supply fire engines across the UK. Brown’s Coachworks competed with 130 other firms to win a share of the contract that will see the...
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UK National News, May 23, 2007
Bank holiday weekend to be hit by bad weather
Met Office forecasters are predicting a change to cold, wet and windy weather during the bank holiday weekend. Forecasters said that Saturday looks like being a fine day, but heavy rain, strong winds...
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Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2007
'Apprentice' judge to address women’s business seminar
Sir Alan Sugar’s trusted advisor from BBC’s reality television programme 'The Apprentice' is to give the keynote address at the ‘Women in Business ‘07’ conference in Templepatrick. In the hit TV show...
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UK National News, May 23, 2007
MEPs vote to reduce mobile roaming charges
MEPs in Strasbourg have backed plans to reduce roaming charges for mobile telephone users within the European Union. The European Parliament voted in favour of an EU Regulation to substantially reduc...
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Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2007
NI scientists reveal shark fertilises own egg
Female sharks are able to produce without having sex, according to a team of international researchers from Queen’s University Belfast. The discovery was made after a female hammerhead shark gave bir...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
Man dies in Newtownards road crash
A man has died following a road traffic collision on the Bangor Road in Newtownards, County Down this morning. A white coloured Ford Transit van left the road and collided with a low-loader vehicle t...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Marks & Spencer unveil profits rise
High Street retailer Marks & Spencer has unveiled a dramatic increase in profits in its latest figures. M&S posted annual pre-tax profits of £965.2 million last year - an increase of 28.5%. The reta...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Man faces charge over Litvinenko murder
A Russian man is facing being charged with the murder of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko. The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that it has enough evidence to charge Andrey Lugovoy with...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Two arrested over teenager's murder
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Blackpool. Sam Brown, 16, was stabbed outside his home in Cockerham Walk on Monday. Neighbours attempted to...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
Psychiatrist charged over daughter's murder
A 46-year-old woman has been charged with murdering her teenage daughter at their family home in Kilkenny on 26 November 2006. Lynn Gibbs, a psychiatrist from Killure, Gowran, County Kilkenny appeare...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Madeleine's father returns to Portugal
The father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has returned to Portugal this morning following a brief visit to the UK. Gerry McCann rejoined his wife Kate and their two-year-old twins Sean and ...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
Former DUP lawyer fined for assault
A former DUP mayor of Coleraine has been convicted of assault, in an incident that took place last year. Desmond Stewart of Parker Avenue in Portrush was fined £300 for attacking a press photographer...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
Peter Hain announces Policing Board members
Secretary of State Peter Hain has announced the new members of the Policing Board today. The new 19-member Board comes into effect from today and the membership is made up to 10 MLAs nominated by the...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Cutty Sark searched for clues
Forensic scientists are examining the charred remains of the Cutty Sark in a bid to find clues to the fire which ravaged the famous ship on Monday. The blaze, which broke out on the 19th Century tea ...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
Parades body holds first meeting
Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Paddy Ashdown is to meet with members of the new body set up to review parades in Northern Ireland today. The Strategic Review Parading Body will hold its first me...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Reward offered in Nottinghamshire pensioner murder
Nottinghamshire Police are offering a £10,000 reward for information to help catch the killer of pensioner Hilda Owen. Mrs Owen, 71, was found dead in her home in West Hill, Skegby, on March 1. She h...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Belgrave house fire was 'arson'
A house fire in Leicestershire which left a mother and two children seriously ill in hospital was started deliberately, police have confirmed. Fire crews were called to the house in Sutton Avenue in ...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
Local fishermen offered help by Taxman
Share fishermen in Ardglass and Kilkeel are being encouraged to join a scheme tailor-made to help ensure they will not be caught short when their tax is due. Share fishermen, who are classified self...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
University of Ulster wins marketing award
The University of Ulster has been hailed as Northern Ireland’s marketing champion. The accolade of Ulster Marketing Champion 2007 was awarded at the Marketing Institute of Ireland’s All-Island Marke...
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UK National News, May 22, 2007
Aberdeen assaults 'could be linked'
Assaults on two women in Aberdeen could be linked, police have warned. An 18-year-old woman was attacked in Lord Hay's Grove, near Don Street, around 11:45pm on Monday night. Grampian Police have no...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
M&S to introduce levy on plastic bags
Marks and Spencer has announced shoppers will soon have to pay for plastic bags in its 14 stores across Northern Ireland. The company, who today announced a 28% rise in annual profits, said local cus...
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Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2007
NI Euro qualifier to be played in Gran Canaria
Northern Ireland fans that hoped to travel to Spain for the crucial 2008 qualifier are facing difficulties as the match will now be played in Gran Canaria. A large number of the ‘Green and White Army...
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