Northern Ireland News for June 2007 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2007
UU research backs Belfast city stadium
A team of researchers has revealed that an ‘in-town site’ for the construction of a multi-purpose stadium would be advantageous. The research carried out by the University of Ulster and commissioned ...
UK National News, Jun 20, 2007
Murder investigation launched after bodies found
Grampian Police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of two bodies at a house in Peterhead. The bodies of Saranna Buchan, 20, and James Logan, 41, were found at a house in Nor...
UK National News, Jun 20, 2007
Teenagers quizzed over fatal stabbing
Two teenage girls have been arrested following the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old girl in Croydon, south-east London. The girl was discovered in Mann Close just before 8pm, when police were called t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2007
New system introduced for outpatients
Orthopaedic services in Northern Ireland are set to be transformed with the introduction of a new system for outpatients. Launching the Orthopaedics Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment Servi...
UK National News, Jun 20, 2007
Kenneth Noye to seek appeal against conviction
Convicted murderer Kenneth Noye is going to the High Court in an attempt to get his life sentence overturned. Noye, 60, was jailed for life in 2000 for the murder of Stephen Cameron on the M25 at Swa...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2007
Changing habits could improve health
The Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland has said this is the decade to encourage people to change their eating habits and lifestyles. In his first report as Chief Medical Officer for Northern ...
UK National News, Jun 20, 2007
Game withdrawn over Bulger image
A computer game which appears to show a CCTV image of murdered toddler James Bulger being abducted has been withdrawn from sale by its distributor. 'Law and Order: Double or Nothing', which is based ...
UK National News, Jun 20, 2007
Sheffield nightclub fire 'may have been arson'
Police investigating the fire at the Gatecrasher One club in Sheffield have said that it may have been started deliberately. The fire broke out on Monday evening at the club in Arundel Street and cau...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2007
Policing Board supports ‘Day of Private Reflection’
Members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board have given their support to the Healing Through Remembering (HTR) Day of Private Reflection – which will be held tomorrow. The Day of Reflection is bein...
UK National News, Jun 20, 2007
Man arrested after missing teen is found
Police have arrested a 44-year-old man after a 14-year-old girl who went missing from Cumbria was found in Scotland. The girl disappeared from her home in Cumbria last week. The search for her was ex...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2007
Irvinestown company regional enterprising winner
Irvinestown Trustee Enterprise Company Ltd (ITEC) has been announced as winner of the Northern Ireland heat of the Enterprising Britain 2007 competition. It was awarded the honour ahead of runners-up...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
Prisoners to be released early
Some prisoners will be allowed to be released early in order to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales, the government has announced. Justice Secretary Lord Falconer told the House of Lords th...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
Sexual assault on Tyrone teenager
Detectives in County Tyrone are investigating a serious sexual assault of a teenage girl late on Friday night or early on Saturday. The 16-year-old had travelled by bus to attend a nightclub in Strab...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
More than a million children affected by 'severe poverty'
Nearly 1.3 million children are living in severe poverty in the UK, a report by Save the Children has revealed. The charity said that around one in ten children in the UK are now living in families w...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
Pensioner denies shooting Fermanagh child
A pensioner accused of shooting a five-year-old boy in a school playground has today declared his innocence. Fergus Cleary, 72, of Ballydoolagh Road in Garvary, outside Enniskillen has been charged w...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
Migrant workers 'benefit UK economy'
The British economy is benefiting from the influx of migrant workers to the UK, a TUC study has claimed. The TUC said that immigrants were paying more in taxes than the value of the public services t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
Suicide teenager ‘fell through the cracks’
A report into the suicide of a north Belfast teenager in 2005 says he was failed by the health service. Danny McCartan, 18, took his own life in April of 2005, hours after he asked to be admitted to ...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
Sheffield nightclub collapses in fire
The Gatecrasher One club in Sheffield has partially collapsed following a massive fire. Fire crews were called to the club in Arundel Street on Monday evening. Two people were inside the venue when t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
NI suspects in paedophile ring investigation
Two people have been arrested in Northern Ireland and another in the Republic of Ireland in relation to a major global child paedophile ring, it has been revealed. A UK-based website, run by Timothy ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
Illegal dogs found in County Down
Nine pit bull terriers have been seized by the USPCA during a raid in County Down in an operation with the PSNI and Banbridge Council. The animals were found in the Katesbridge area near Newry yester...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
Three arrested over Bath pub stabbing
Three people have been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of man outside a pub in Bath in the early hours of New Year's Day. Two men, aged 17 and 20, and a 20-year-old woman, were arreste...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
Investigation launched into Glasgow rape
Police have launched an investigation after a woman was raped on a filing station forecourt in Glasgow at the weekend. The attack happened around 3:30am on Sunday morning. A 30-year-old woman was sit...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
On-stage smoking clause rejected
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has withdrawn a clause in the Health Bill which would allow actors to smoke on stage. Speaking during an Assembly debate on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bil...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
Severe thunderstorms to hit Britain
Parts of Britain are expected to be hit by severe thunderstorms tonight, forecasters have predicted. The east and southeast of the country are expected to be hit by heavy rains, which will then move ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
£8 million investment for Dunmurry factory
Aerospace company Bombardier has announced it is investing £8 million in a new manufacturing factory in Dunmurry, outside Belfast. The announcement was made by Economy Minister Nigel Dodds at the Par...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2007
Nick Ross to leave 'Crimewatch'
'Crimewatch' presenter Nick Ross is to leave the show after 23 years, the BBC has announced. Ross will remain with the BBC and will now discuss other potential projects with the corporation. His las...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2007
The Killers to headline second ViTal night
Las Vegas-based indie rockers The Killers have been announced as the headline act of the second night of this year’s Tennent’s ViTal at Belfast’s Ormeau Park. Joining The Killers on the Main Stage ar...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2007
NHS trusts 'failing to maintain hygiene standards'
A quarter of NHS trusts in England are failing to maintain standards of cleanliness, a report by the Healthcare Commission has revealed. The report asked trusts to self-declare how they measured up t...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2007
Handcuffed thief steals police car
A handcuffed car thief who escaped custody by stealing a police car was being hunted last night, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has revealed. The suspect, who was arrested on suspicion of ste...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2007
QE2 to be sold to Dubai World
The QE2 liner is to be sold to the Dubai World company in a deal worth more than £50 million. The 70,000-tonne Cunard vessel, which was launched by the Queen in 1967, will be turned into a luxury fl...