Northern Ireland News for August 2007 : Page 9
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
Father In Uproar Over Community Funding
The father of a murdered schoolboy has urged the Irish government to change its decision over funding to a loyalist community. 15-year-old Thomas Devlin was stabbed in the back five times as he walke...
Father In Uproar Over Community Funding
The father of a murdered schoolboy has urged the Irish government to change its decision over funding to a loyalist community. 15-year-old Thomas Devlin was stabbed in the back five times as he walke...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
Baby Snatch Attempt Foiled By Mother
A mother has successfully fought off a man and a woman who attempted to snatch her baby daughter from her pram in Leigh, Greater Manchester. Shortly after 8pm on Sunday 12 August 2007, the 30-year-ol...
Baby Snatch Attempt Foiled By Mother
A mother has successfully fought off a man and a woman who attempted to snatch her baby daughter from her pram in Leigh, Greater Manchester. Shortly after 8pm on Sunday 12 August 2007, the 30-year-ol...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
Natasha's Body Identified
Police have confirmed that a body found in undergrowth near a railway line in Essex is that of missing teenager Natasha Coombs. The 17-year-old had vanished after a night out with friends in Ipswich ...
Natasha's Body Identified
Police have confirmed that a body found in undergrowth near a railway line in Essex is that of missing teenager Natasha Coombs. The 17-year-old had vanished after a night out with friends in Ipswich ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
Teenager Rescued From House Fire
A 15-year-old girl escaped injury after a neighbour rescued her from a house fire in County Antrim. The man noticed the fire, at a house in Coronation Gardens near Lisburn, around 5.20am on Sunday mo...
Teenager Rescued From House Fire
A 15-year-old girl escaped injury after a neighbour rescued her from a house fire in County Antrim. The man noticed the fire, at a house in Coronation Gardens near Lisburn, around 5.20am on Sunday mo...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
M40 Biker Murder Scene Closed Off
A section of the M40 is closed off to allow the investigation of the murder of a biker. The man believed to be in his 30s, described as a 'Hell's Angel', was shot dead on the southbound carriageway b...
M40 Biker Murder Scene Closed Off
A section of the M40 is closed off to allow the investigation of the murder of a biker. The man believed to be in his 30s, described as a 'Hell's Angel', was shot dead on the southbound carriageway b...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
QUB Student Jailed For ‘Mooning’
A Queens University student has been imprisoned in Africa after allegedly “mooning” at the home of a Senegalese governor. Patrick Devine, 19, from Dunfanaghy in Donegal was arrested on 27 July for al...
QUB Student Jailed For ‘Mooning’
A Queens University student has been imprisoned in Africa after allegedly “mooning” at the home of a Senegalese governor. Patrick Devine, 19, from Dunfanaghy in Donegal was arrested on 27 July for al...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
British Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of the British soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment in Afghanistan on Saturday 11 August 2007. Since the military operation in Afghani...
British Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of the British soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment in Afghanistan on Saturday 11 August 2007. Since the military operation in Afghani...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
Foot-And-Mouth Fight Enters Crucial Phase
The fight against the foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey has entered a crucial phase. The UK's Chief Veterinary Officer, Debby Reynolds has urged keepers in the disease protection and surveillance zone...
Foot-And-Mouth Fight Enters Crucial Phase
The fight against the foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey has entered a crucial phase. The UK's Chief Veterinary Officer, Debby Reynolds has urged keepers in the disease protection and surveillance zone...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
Heathrow Protest Camp Established
Environmental protestors are demonstrating against the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport. The week-long 'Camp For Climate Action', with hundreds of protestors already encamped, is highlighting t...
Heathrow Protest Camp Established
Environmental protestors are demonstrating against the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport. The week-long 'Camp For Climate Action', with hundreds of protestors already encamped, is highlighting t...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
Republicans Take Part In 'March For Truth'
Republicans took to the streets yesterday to demand 'closure' on any state roles in murders and collusion during the Troubles in a 'March for Truth Rally'. Many supporters gathered outside Belfast Ci...
Republicans Take Part In 'March For Truth'
Republicans took to the streets yesterday to demand 'closure' on any state roles in murders and collusion during the Troubles in a 'March for Truth Rally'. Many supporters gathered outside Belfast Ci...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
Residents Call For Flood Prevention
Residents in the Stoneyford area in Co Antrim are asking for flood prevention work to begin as soon as possible. It comes after heavy rain flooded many homes at Stone Bridge Meadows on Saturday night...
Residents Call For Flood Prevention
Residents in the Stoneyford area in Co Antrim are asking for flood prevention work to begin as soon as possible. It comes after heavy rain flooded many homes at Stone Bridge Meadows on Saturday night...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
House Prices Rise By 12% In June
UK annual house price inflation in June 2007 was 12.1%, up from 10.8% in May 2007. Annual house price inflation in London was 17.5% in June, up from 14.3% in May. The UK annual house price inflation...
House Prices Rise By 12% In June
UK annual house price inflation in June 2007 was 12.1%, up from 10.8% in May 2007. Annual house price inflation in London was 17.5% in June, up from 14.3% in May. The UK annual house price inflation...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
£77M Lisburn Housing Strategy Launched
A £77 million housing strategy for Lisburn is being prepared to be launched in an attempt to halt an exodus of young families from the city. Stormont Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie is l...
£77M Lisburn Housing Strategy Launched
A £77 million housing strategy for Lisburn is being prepared to be launched in an attempt to halt an exodus of young families from the city. Stormont Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie is l...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
Co Armagh Firm Exports Dumper Truck
Invest Northern Ireland has helped a County Armagh company to enter new markets and generate £480,000 of export sales after launching a new product, which is the first of its kind to be manufactured i...
Co Armagh Firm Exports Dumper Truck
Invest Northern Ireland has helped a County Armagh company to enter new markets and generate £480,000 of export sales after launching a new product, which is the first of its kind to be manufactured i...
Business News, Aug 13, 2007
Co Armagh Firm Exports Dumper Truck
Invest Northern Ireland has helped a County Armagh company to enter new markets and generate £480,000 of export sales after launching a new product, which is the first of its kind to be manufactured i...
Co Armagh Firm Exports Dumper Truck
Invest Northern Ireland has helped a County Armagh company to enter new markets and generate £480,000 of export sales after launching a new product, which is the first of its kind to be manufactured i...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2007
ICI Agrees On Azko Nobel Takeover
Chemical company ICI has agreed to an £8 billion takeover by former Dutch rival Akzo Nobel. Better known as ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries, said that the Boards of Akzo Nobel and ICI reached agree...
ICI Agrees On Azko Nobel Takeover
Chemical company ICI has agreed to an £8 billion takeover by former Dutch rival Akzo Nobel. Better known as ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries, said that the Boards of Akzo Nobel and ICI reached agree...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2007
O’Briens To Open Largest Store At Victoria Square
Belfast is set to take a huge bite out of the world’s sandwich market with the announcement that O’Briens is to open its largest store in the world at Victoria Square. Belfast has seen off competitio...
O’Briens To Open Largest Store At Victoria Square
Belfast is set to take a huge bite out of the world’s sandwich market with the announcement that O’Briens is to open its largest store in the world at Victoria Square. Belfast has seen off competitio...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2007
New Foot-And-Mouth Tests Carried Out On Farm
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed there is no outbreak of foot-and-mouth at a third farm inside the temporary protection zone. Meanwhile, the farmer at the ...
New Foot-And-Mouth Tests Carried Out On Farm
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed there is no outbreak of foot-and-mouth at a third farm inside the temporary protection zone. Meanwhile, the farmer at the ...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2007
Couple Found Guilty Of Killing Girl
A mother and her boyfriend have been found guilty of brutally murdering a four-year-old girl. Her mother Sharon Wright, 23, and Peter Seaton, 22, were accused of killing Leticia Aalayah Wright in the...
Couple Found Guilty Of Killing Girl
A mother and her boyfriend have been found guilty of brutally murdering a four-year-old girl. Her mother Sharon Wright, 23, and Peter Seaton, 22, were accused of killing Leticia Aalayah Wright in the...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2007
Minister Threatens To Withdraw Funding For Loyalist Initiative
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie has today challenged the UDA to begin decommissioning its weapons. Otherwise, she said, the funding provided to the Conflict Transformation...
Minister Threatens To Withdraw Funding For Loyalist Initiative
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie has today challenged the UDA to begin decommissioning its weapons. Otherwise, she said, the funding provided to the Conflict Transformation...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2007
Army Officer Arrested Over Sandhurst Cadet Attack
An army officer has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a female cadet was found with critical injuries. The 22-year-old female cadet was taken to Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on ...
Army Officer Arrested Over Sandhurst Cadet Attack
An army officer has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a female cadet was found with critical injuries. The 22-year-old female cadet was taken to Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey on ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2007
Man Appears At Court On City Rape Charge
A 23-year-old foreign national has appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court charged with raping and assaulting a woman in the city. Ryan Subryan, originally from Guyana, South America but currently resi...
Man Appears At Court On City Rape Charge
A 23-year-old foreign national has appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court charged with raping and assaulting a woman in the city. Ryan Subryan, originally from Guyana, South America but currently resi...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2007
Paedophile Jailed For Life For Abusing Girls
A member of a paedophile gang has been jailed for life for abusing two young girls over a 12 year period. Morris Petch, 50, was told he would serve a minimum of 12 years behind bars for the rape of t...
Paedophile Jailed For Life For Abusing Girls
A member of a paedophile gang has been jailed for life for abusing two young girls over a 12 year period. Morris Petch, 50, was told he would serve a minimum of 12 years behind bars for the rape of t...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2007
Serial Killer Found Dead At Broadmoor
A serial killer who fantasised about becoming movie murderer Freddy Krueger has been found dead at Broadmoor Hospital. The body of Daniel Gonzalez, 26, was discovered at around 8.30am yesterday. He w...
Serial Killer Found Dead At Broadmoor
A serial killer who fantasised about becoming movie murderer Freddy Krueger has been found dead at Broadmoor Hospital. The body of Daniel Gonzalez, 26, was discovered at around 8.30am yesterday. He w...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2007
Teenager Injured In Belfast Cliff Fall
A teenage boy has been taken to hospital after he fell nine metres from a cliff in west Belfast. The 15-year-old, who is recovering in hospital, had to be rescued by the Fire and Rescue Service using...
Teenager Injured In Belfast Cliff Fall
A teenage boy has been taken to hospital after he fell nine metres from a cliff in west Belfast. The 15-year-old, who is recovering in hospital, had to be rescued by the Fire and Rescue Service using...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2007
NIPSA Brand Hospital Artwork Spending Decision As "Madness"
The health service union NIPSA has hit out at a decision to spend £30m on artwork for Northern Ireland’s hospitals. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has announced its inten...
NIPSA Brand Hospital Artwork Spending Decision As "Madness"
The health service union NIPSA has hit out at a decision to spend £30m on artwork for Northern Ireland’s hospitals. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has announced its inten...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2007
Man Rescued From Warrenpoint Flat Fire
A man has been rescued from a fire at his flat in Warrenpoint, County Down. The blaze started in the kitchen of the flat at the Promenade Apartments at Osbourne Promenade at around 2.00am on Friday. ...
Man Rescued From Warrenpoint Flat Fire
A man has been rescued from a fire at his flat in Warrenpoint, County Down. The blaze started in the kitchen of the flat at the Promenade Apartments at Osbourne Promenade at around 2.00am on Friday. ...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2007
Court Orders Review Of Alzheimer's Guidelines
A high court judge has ordered a review of guidelines on the way it decides which Alzheimer's patients are given three drugs to treat the brain-destroying disease. Mrs Justice Hobbs ruled that the Na...
Court Orders Review Of Alzheimer's Guidelines
A high court judge has ordered a review of guidelines on the way it decides which Alzheimer's patients are given three drugs to treat the brain-destroying disease. Mrs Justice Hobbs ruled that the Na...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2007
Co Armagh Fuel Laundering Plant Is Raided
A fuel laundering plant has been raided by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) near Keady in Co Armagh. The illegal operation had the potential capacity to produce 105,000 litres of laundered fuel per week,...
Co Armagh Fuel Laundering Plant Is Raided
A fuel laundering plant has been raided by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) near Keady in Co Armagh. The illegal operation had the potential capacity to produce 105,000 litres of laundered fuel per week,...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2007
Minor Earthquake Felt In Manchester
Manchester city centre has been shaken by an earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale. There were no reports of any injuries but experts said the impact was felt by a number of people across the...
Minor Earthquake Felt In Manchester
Manchester city centre has been shaken by an earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale. There were no reports of any injuries but experts said the impact was felt by a number of people across the...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.