Northern Ireland News for July 2007 : Page 3

Recruitment News, Jul 26, 2007
NI Workers To Benefit From Eight Days Additional Paid Holidays
Workers in Northern Ireland will benefit from an increase in paid holiday entitlement, under Regulations published by the Department for Employment and Learning. Workers could gain up to eight extra ...
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UK National News, Jul 26, 2007
British soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British soldier has been killed in a clash with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The soldier, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed dur...
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UK National News, Jul 26, 2007
Suspicious death at West Yorkshire railway station
A railway station in West Yorkshire has been closed following the discovery of a man's body in the car park. Police were called to Fitzwilliam Train Station at Fitzwilliam in Pontefract just before 1...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2007
Derry and Antrim areas awarded 'Best Kept'
Derry has won its second award in as many years at Ireland’s Best Kept Awards at a ceremony in Dublin. In 2006, Councillor Helen Quigley, Mayor of Derry accepted the award for winning the Large Town ...
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UK National News, Jul 26, 2007
MoD to name soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Ministry of Defence is expected to name a soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday, later today. The soldier, from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, was killed in an...
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UK National News, Jul 26, 2007
MPs warn on airport security
Increased security checks at airports in the UK could create a potential new target for terrorists to carry out attacks, a report by MPs has warned. The report by the Commons Transport Select Committ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Belfast hospital closes unit due to infection
Belfast City Hospital officials have said that the closure of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is the result of two patients contracting a multi-resistant bacterial infection. A statement from the City ...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
More homes evacuated as flood misery continues
Around 250 homes have been evacuated in Oxford as the city became the latest area of Britain to be affected by flooding. The homes were evacuated in the Osney area of the city and some residents seek...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Family escape fire at Belfast flats
A man and his two daughters have been rescued from a fire at a block of flats in west Belfast. The family were trapped on the first floor of the block on Suffolk Road this morning when the blaze star...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Security alert at Londonderry hotel
Residents at a Londonderry hotel had to be evacuated this morning due to a security alert following reports of three suspect devices in the Diamond area of the city. Two suspect devices were discover...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
Man in court over Manchester triple murder
A man has appeared in court today charged with the murders of a woman and her two teenage children in Manchester. Pierre Williams, 32, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, is accused of murdering Beverley S...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
Arrests follow drugs raids in Buckinghamshire
More than 20 people have been arrested following raids at 30 addresses in Aylesbury in a crackdown on class A drugs and associated criminality. Local officers, supported by specialist teams and some ...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
Three charged over death of soldier
Three servicemen are to be charged with manslaughter over the death of a 22-year-old private at barracks in Wiltshire last year. Gavin Williams, from Hengoed in Caerphilly, collapsed and died last Ju...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
Former boxer remains critically ill
A former British heavyweight boxing champion remains critically ill in hospital after being shot when he asked three men in a club to stop smoking. James Oyebola, 47, was shot in the head and leg in ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Irish student pleas for mercy on attacker
A 30-year-old Australian man who hit and severely injured an Irish student with a traffic cone has escaped a prison sentence. Andrew Smith was ordered to carry out 180 hours’ community service by a j...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Woman attacked by cyclist in east Belfast
Police are seeking information following the indecent assault of a woman in east Belfast on Tuesday morning. A man passing on a mountain bike attacked the woman who was out walking with her two young...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Racial discrimination claims double in Republic
The Equality Tribunal in the Republic of Ireland has said that the number of people claiming to have suffered racial discrimination in the workplace has doubled. According to statistics released toda...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
Journalists bailed over fake bomb
Two journalists who attempted to plant a fake bomb on a train have been released on bail. The reporters from the 'Daily Mirror' were arrested at the Stonebridge Park depot in northwest London after s...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Sprucefield store proposals reconsidered
Proposals for a retail store complex at Sprucefield and 29 adjoining units are being reconsidered following the withdrawal of an application for a John Lewis Store. The original application for the c...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2007
Ryanair introduces new Belfast flights
Ryanair have announced new flight services from Belfast to three destinations in the UK. Budget airline, Ryanair, have been in talks with officials from George Best Belfast City Airport and made the ...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
Postal strikes set to begin
Royal Mail staff are set to begin two weeks of staggered industrial action from 7pm on Wednesday evening in protest over pay and job losses. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said that each divis...
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UK National News, Jul 25, 2007
Former England footballers arrested over limo theft
Two former England footballers have been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a limousine, it has been reported. Rob Lee, 38 and Warren Barton, 41, were arrested after police were called to Hackney ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 24, 2007
GAA opposed to Belfast city stadium
A special meeting was held in Stormont today to discuss a proposed 35,000 seater sports stadium and the Sports Minister said that the GAA would not support any proposal for a Belfast city based site. ...
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UK National News, Jul 24, 2007
Massive emergency operation underway following floods
A massive emergency operation is underway in order to provide clean water to 350,000 people in Gloucestershire who have been stranded without running water since Sunday. Four hundred mini water tanke...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 24, 2007
Maze decision time for Sports Minister
Northern Ireland Assembly members will cut short their summer break to hold a ‘special’ debate on the issue of the proposed sports stadium at the Maze. Sports Minister Edwin Poots has shown his suppo...
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UK National News, Jul 24, 2007
Former boxer 'critical' following shooting
A former British heavyweight boxing champion is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot outside a club in southwest London. James Oyebola, 47, was shot in the head and the leg in a court...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 24, 2007
Three remanded on terrorism charges
Three men have been remanded in custody, following an appearance in court today in relation to arrests made during the disturbances in Carrickfergus, County Antrim at the weekend. The men are being c...
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UK National News, Jul 24, 2007
Teenager attacked by masked man
Police in Wigtownshire have appealed for witnesses after a masked man attacked a teenage girl in her home. The 15-year-old was attacked in her home in Kirkcowan around 3am on Sunday. The attacker was...
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UK National News, Jul 24, 2007
Cancer test kit 'could lead to 20,000 fewer deaths'
Deaths from bowel cancer could be dramatically reduced if people use a self-testing kit being sent to people in their sixties throughout the country, a cancer charity has predicted. Cancer Research U...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 24, 2007
Five arrested following County Down assault
Five people were arrested yesterday in connection with the assault of two men in the Rostrevor area of County Down, shortly before 2.30am on Tuesday morning. The men were walking along the Kilbroney ...
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