Northern Ireland News for August 2007 : Page 2

UK National News, Aug 30, 2007
Burton To Run For Irish Deputy Labour Leader
Dublin West TD Joan Burton has announced her intention to run for the deputy leadership of the Labour party. The party's finance spokesperson said that she had recognised that she did not have suffic...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2007
Westlink To Close For 'Significant Changes'
Westlink will be closed in both directions between Broadway and Divis Street junctions on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 September. This is to allow for significant traffic management changes at Grosvenor R...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2007
Minister Emphasises Need For Essential Skills
Employment and Learning Minister, Sir Reg Empey, is calling on people who wish to improve their literacy and numeracy to sign up to free adult learning classes to address their problems. The Minister...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Graphic Warnings For Cigarette Packs
Graphic images illustrating the damage that tobacco can do to smokers' health are to be printed on the packaging of all tobacco products from next year, the government has announced. Fifteen images, ...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Nelson Mandela Statue Unveiled In London
A statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela has been unveiled in London's Parliament Square today. The unveiling of the bronze 9ft high statue was attended by Mr Mandela, his wife Graca...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Three-Year-Old Girl Survives Hertfordshire Shooting Incident
A three-year-old girl has survived a shooting in Hertfordshire that left three people, including a teenage boy, dead. Police were called to a house in Bishop's Stortford on Tuesday night around 9:40p...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
NI Man Killed In England Is Named
A man killed in the north-east of England at the weekend has been named as Michael Duffin from the Ballycastle area of County Antrim. Mr Duffin was 30-years-old and his body was found at Carliol Squa...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
Baby Escapes Injury In Petrol Bomb Attack
An 18-day-old baby came close to serious injury following a petrol bomb attack in north Belfast. Two homes in Twaddell Avenue were attacked at about 11.00pm on Tuesday night. A man, who did not want...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Rhys Murder - Teenager Arrested
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the murder of Merseyside schoolboy Rhys Jones. Eleven-year-old Rhys was shot by a hooded youth on a BMX bicycle as he played football with his ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
Sinn Féin Council Group Pledges Support For Ormeau Park Campaigners
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has pledged the support of the 18 member Sinn Féin council grouping on Belfast City Council to South Belfast residents opposed to the sighting of a new football...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Murdered Birmingham Woman Was Suffocated
Police investigating the murder of an elderly woman in Birmingham have revealed that she died of suffocation. The body of Mohinder Kaur, 81, was found in her home in Nutgrove Close by police around 3...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
Consultation On Protecting Patient Confidentiality Launched
A consultation has been launched on a code of practice designed to help healthcare staff make the right decisions about protecting and disclosing patient information. The Code of Practice, which will...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Prison Officers Walk Out On Strike
Prison officers in England and Wales have walked out on a surprise strike in a protest over pay and conditions. The strike began at 7:00am on Wednesday and is expected to last at least 24 hours. Staf...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
Dog Owner Receives Fine For Attack On Child
A dog owner has been fined £300 after his dog attacked a three-year-old child outside her home. The girl required hospital treatment for her injuries when the Boxer-type dog jumped on the child scrat...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Three Injured In Shooting In Waterford
Three men have been admitted to hospital following a shooting incident in County Waterford on Wednesday morning. The incident happened at a Travellers’ halting site in Kilbarry at around 4.30am this ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
Nearly £7m Invested In Future Of Dairy Processing
Dairy processing company, LE Pritchitt is investing £6.6million to develop new markets and boost sales outside Northern Ireland. Economy Minister Nigel Dodds announced the Invest Northern Ireland bac...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2007
Irish Ministers Discuss Aer Lingus Issue
Aer Lingus' controversial decision to close its Shannon-Heathrow route has reportedly been discussed by the Cabinet at its first meeting since the Dail resumed after the summer break. Noel Dempsey, M...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
Almost 80 Jobs To Be Lost At Belfast Firm
Up to 76 jobs are to be lost at east Belfast firm Scott ElectroMech following a down turn in business. Scott ElectroMech, formally known as Hugh J Scotts, are an electrical engineering company based ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2007
'The Boss' Set For Belfast Gig
Bruce Springsteen will be reunited with his E Street Band for the first time in four years for a tour that will include Belfast’s Odyssey Arena in December. The 31-date tour, which takes in most of E...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Couple Found Dead At House In County Down
A man and his wife have been found dead at a house in south Down in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The couple, which were in their late 30s, were found at the house at Edentrumly Road in Mayobri...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Brown - No Timetable On Iraq Withdrawal
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ruled out setting a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, because he said that they still had "an important job to do". In a letter to Liberal Demo...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Firms Fined Over Factory Gas Blast
The operators of a plastics factory in Glasgow where nine people were killed in a gas explosion have been fined £400,000 for health and safety breaches. The penalty was imposed on ICL Plastics and IC...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Woman Killed In Tenerife May Be From Belfast
A man is being questioned by police in Tenerife following the fatal stabbing of a woman believed to be from Belfast. The Foreign Office has said they are not disclosing further information until the ...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Notting Hill Carnival Shootings Investigated
Two shootings at this year's Notting Hill carnival are being investigated by police. Two teenagers were injured in separate shooting incidents on Monday - the final day of the carnival. A 17-year-ol...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Couple Found Dead At House In County Down
A man and his wife have been found dead at a house in south Down in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The couple, who were in their late 30s, were found at the house at Edentrumly Road in Mayobridg...
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UK National News, Aug 28, 2007
Light Aircraft Crash - Two Killed
An investigation has been launched into a light aircraft crash near the M25 in Essex on Monday in which two people were killed. A 43-year-old man and a three-year-old girl were killed when the single...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Man Attacked In Belfast City Centre
A man has been attacked by two men in Belfast city centre in the early hours of Monday morning. A police spokesperson said that the victim was walking along Lower Garfield Street at around 4.00am on ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Parents Challenged After Teenage Stone Throwers Attack Motorist
Ulster Unionist Assembly member David McClarty says parents must take responsibility for their children and know where they are at night. He was speaking following a stone throwing attack on a motori...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Fire Service Rescue Man From Newtownards Fire
A man was rescued by fire crews from a fire at his County Down home in the early hours of Sunday morning. Fire crews wearing breathing equipment rescued the man from a ground floor flat at Bristol Pa...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 28, 2007
Belfast Laundry Gutted By Fire
A fire has almost completely destroyed an industrial laundry in south Belfast on Monday night. A blaze at Standard Laundry on Donegall Avenue was put out at around 9.30pm on Monday night, however, th...
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