Northern Ireland News for February 2008 : Page 8
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
Investigation Continues Into 'Suicide Bomber' DVD
A British police investigation into the sale of a DVD, which appears to glorify suicide bombers, is continuing. On Thursday, a 33-year-old man was arrested in connection with the investigation in Bra...
Investigation Continues Into 'Suicide Bomber' DVD
A British police investigation into the sale of a DVD, which appears to glorify suicide bombers, is continuing. On Thursday, a 33-year-old man was arrested in connection with the investigation in Bra...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
Man Injured In London 'Gas Explosion'
A man has been seriously injured in a suspected gas explosion at a block of flats in Harrow, northwest London. Emergency services were called to the flats in Drinkwater Road in South Harrow shortly a...
Man Injured In London 'Gas Explosion'
A man has been seriously injured in a suspected gas explosion at a block of flats in Harrow, northwest London. Emergency services were called to the flats in Drinkwater Road in South Harrow shortly a...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
UFU Calls For Import Ban Over Bluetongue Alert
The Ulster Farmers' Union has called for an immediate voluntary end to livestock imports following a case of Bluetongue disease - Northern Ireland's first - being confirmed in Country Antrim on Thursd...
UFU Calls For Import Ban Over Bluetongue Alert
The Ulster Farmers' Union has called for an immediate voluntary end to livestock imports following a case of Bluetongue disease - Northern Ireland's first - being confirmed in Country Antrim on Thursd...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
Destruction Order On Pit Bulls 'Dogged By Controversy'
An attack by a Staffordshire bull terrier in North Yorkshire - yesterday, which seriously injured a 10-year-old girl - has underlined the danger of such animals. The incident came on the same day as ...
Destruction Order On Pit Bulls 'Dogged By Controversy'
An attack by a Staffordshire bull terrier in North Yorkshire - yesterday, which seriously injured a 10-year-old girl - has underlined the danger of such animals. The incident came on the same day as ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
Fresh Dispute Over Maze Stadium Proposals
Normally rival unionist factions have collaborated in a bid to scupper plans for a multi-use sport stadium at the site of the former Maze prison, according to a Northern Ireland Assembly member. Pat ...
Fresh Dispute Over Maze Stadium Proposals
Normally rival unionist factions have collaborated in a bid to scupper plans for a multi-use sport stadium at the site of the former Maze prison, according to a Northern Ireland Assembly member. Pat ...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
Heart Disease Killed Exiled Georgian Tycoon
Exiled Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, who collapsed and died at his home in the UK earlier this week, was suffering from severe heart disease, an inquest has been told. The 52-year-old,...
Heart Disease Killed Exiled Georgian Tycoon
Exiled Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, who collapsed and died at his home in the UK earlier this week, was suffering from severe heart disease, an inquest has been told. The 52-year-old,...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
Teen Convicted For Video Of 'Happy Slapping' Killing
A 15-year-old girl has admitted using a mobile phone to film a man being beaten to death in a 'happy slapping' attack in Yorkshire, in a conviction which is believed to be the first of its kind in Eng...
Teen Convicted For Video Of 'Happy Slapping' Killing
A 15-year-old girl has admitted using a mobile phone to film a man being beaten to death in a 'happy slapping' attack in Yorkshire, in a conviction which is believed to be the first of its kind in Eng...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
Man Arrested Over London Taxi Rapes
Police investigating a series of attacks in London by a rapist who picks up his victims in a black taxi cab have arrested a man. Scotland Yard confirmed that the suspect, who is aged in his 40s, was ...
Man Arrested Over London Taxi Rapes
Police investigating a series of attacks in London by a rapist who picks up his victims in a black taxi cab have arrested a man. Scotland Yard confirmed that the suspect, who is aged in his 40s, was ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
'Armalite And Ballot Box' Man Granted Appeal
A jail term handed down to two well known republicans has been sent for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission - but the reasons for referral have not been disclosed. Former IRA prisoner and ...
'Armalite And Ballot Box' Man Granted Appeal
A jail term handed down to two well known republicans has been sent for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission - but the reasons for referral have not been disclosed. Former IRA prisoner and ...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
Bull Terrier In Attack On Girl
A Staffordshire bull terrier in North Yorkshire has seriously injured a 10-year-old girl in an attack. The attack happened near Alanbrooke Barracks in Thirsk on Thursday evening. A spokesperson for ...
Bull Terrier In Attack On Girl
A Staffordshire bull terrier in North Yorkshire has seriously injured a 10-year-old girl in an attack. The attack happened near Alanbrooke Barracks in Thirsk on Thursday evening. A spokesperson for ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
Dunmurry Villagers Kicking Up A Stink Over Drains
Residents in Dunmurry have called for a ban on any further development in the area as they claim the infrastructure 'shows signs of cracking' under increasing pressure. Residents - who have complaine...
Dunmurry Villagers Kicking Up A Stink Over Drains
Residents in Dunmurry have called for a ban on any further development in the area as they claim the infrastructure 'shows signs of cracking' under increasing pressure. Residents - who have complaine...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
Flight Refunds For BA And Virgin Passengers
Thousands of travellers who flew on long-haul flights with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic between August 11, 2004 and March 23, 2006, could receive a refund. The two airlines have reached agreeme...
Flight Refunds For BA And Virgin Passengers
Thousands of travellers who flew on long-haul flights with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic between August 11, 2004 and March 23, 2006, could receive a refund. The two airlines have reached agreeme...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
Guinness To Shut St James Gate?
International drinks' company Diageo is expected to reveal the planned closure of its world famous Guinness site at St James Gate, Dublin shortly - but remains tight-lipped on the details or timescale...
Guinness To Shut St James Gate?
International drinks' company Diageo is expected to reveal the planned closure of its world famous Guinness site at St James Gate, Dublin shortly - but remains tight-lipped on the details or timescale...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2008
OFT In Scam Text Warning
The Office of Fair Trading has sent out thousands of fake scam text messages to 18-24-year-old mobile phone users in order to raise awareness about scams. The text message, sent out as part of Scams ...
OFT In Scam Text Warning
The Office of Fair Trading has sent out thousands of fake scam text messages to 18-24-year-old mobile phone users in order to raise awareness about scams. The text message, sent out as part of Scams ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
Flight Disruption Hits Cork-Belfast Travel
Some Belfast-bound flights were hit today as a number of early morning departures were disrupted at Cork Airport in the Irish Republic, due to an ongoing air traffic controllers dispute. The affected...
Flight Disruption Hits Cork-Belfast Travel
Some Belfast-bound flights were hit today as a number of early morning departures were disrupted at Cork Airport in the Irish Republic, due to an ongoing air traffic controllers dispute. The affected...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2008
UFU Scheme To Cut Farm Plastic Recycling Costs
Strabane District Council has united with the Ulster Farmers' Union and Emerald Isle Recycle to run a pilot scheme in the district to encourage the recycling of all types of agricultural plastics thro...
UFU Scheme To Cut Farm Plastic Recycling Costs
Strabane District Council has united with the Ulster Farmers' Union and Emerald Isle Recycle to run a pilot scheme in the district to encourage the recycling of all types of agricultural plastics thro...
UK National News, Feb 14, 2008
Court Backs '9/11' Pilot's Claim
A court ruling today means the Government will have to reconsider a previously denied claim for compensation for a 33-year-old pilot's detention over the 9/11 attacks in the USA. A pilot wrongly accu...
Court Backs '9/11' Pilot's Claim
A court ruling today means the Government will have to reconsider a previously denied claim for compensation for a 33-year-old pilot's detention over the 9/11 attacks in the USA. A pilot wrongly accu...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2008
Ulster Unionists Win Banbridge
The Ulster Unionist Party has come out tops in the Banbridge Council by-election. Although the focus has been on Jim Allister's new Traditonal Unionist Voice (TUV) movement, which had fielded a candi...
Ulster Unionists Win Banbridge
The Ulster Unionist Party has come out tops in the Banbridge Council by-election. Although the focus has been on Jim Allister's new Traditonal Unionist Voice (TUV) movement, which had fielded a candi...
UK National News, Feb 14, 2008
UK Join The Space Race
The UK could be launching its very own space programme, if plans revealed today go ahead. The UK Civil Space Strategy: 2008-2012 and Beyond is a follow up document to a report by an expert working g...
UK Join The Space Race
The UK could be launching its very own space programme, if plans revealed today go ahead. The UK Civil Space Strategy: 2008-2012 and Beyond is a follow up document to a report by an expert working g...
UK National News, Feb 14, 2008
Gambler Sues William Hill Over £2m Loss
A compulsive gambler has made legal history by going to court in a bid to sue a bookmaker he claimed allowed him to continue betting, resulting in a loss of £2m. Graham Calvert, 28, from Tyne & Wear ...
Gambler Sues William Hill Over £2m Loss
A compulsive gambler has made legal history by going to court in a bid to sue a bookmaker he claimed allowed him to continue betting, resulting in a loss of £2m. Graham Calvert, 28, from Tyne & Wear ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2008
Murdered Drug Dealers Assets Recovered
Over £750,000 worth of property belonging to a drug dealer who was murdered are to be handed over to the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA). The widow and mother-in-law of Patrick Fleming, from Coleraine, ...
Murdered Drug Dealers Assets Recovered
Over £750,000 worth of property belonging to a drug dealer who was murdered are to be handed over to the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA). The widow and mother-in-law of Patrick Fleming, from Coleraine, ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2008
Foreign Nationals' Road Death Toll Rises
The tragic death in hospital of a foreign national following a car crash in north Belfast this week has highlighted calls from across the border to focus on the number of accidents involving immigrant...
Foreign Nationals' Road Death Toll Rises
The tragic death in hospital of a foreign national following a car crash in north Belfast this week has highlighted calls from across the border to focus on the number of accidents involving immigrant...
UK National News, Feb 14, 2008
Fatal Infection Closes Baby Ward
A neo-natal unit at a Greater Manchester Hospital has been temporarily closed after a baby died and another suffered from a potentially deadly infection. The premature baby died in December at the Sa...
Fatal Infection Closes Baby Ward
A neo-natal unit at a Greater Manchester Hospital has been temporarily closed after a baby died and another suffered from a potentially deadly infection. The premature baby died in December at the Sa...
UK National News, Feb 14, 2008
Bullied Youngsters 'Carry Weapons'
An increasing number of children claim to carry weapons in order to fend off attacks from bullies, a report has claimed. The report was written by Roger Morgan, the Children’s Rights Director for Eng...
Bullied Youngsters 'Carry Weapons'
An increasing number of children claim to carry weapons in order to fend off attacks from bullies, a report has claimed. The report was written by Roger Morgan, the Children’s Rights Director for Eng...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2008
Windy Ulster To Help Battle Global Warming
Storm-tossed parts of Northern Ireland are to help in the battle against global warming. The NI Executive Environment Minister, Arlene Foster, has just issued a new draft Planning Guidance referring ...
Windy Ulster To Help Battle Global Warming
Storm-tossed parts of Northern Ireland are to help in the battle against global warming. The NI Executive Environment Minister, Arlene Foster, has just issued a new draft Planning Guidance referring ...
UK National News, Feb 14, 2008
More Officers On The Streets Of London
Up to a thousand more police officers could be patrolling the streets of London now that budget plans have been approved. The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) welcomed the approval of their 2008/0...
More Officers On The Streets Of London
Up to a thousand more police officers could be patrolling the streets of London now that budget plans have been approved. The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) welcomed the approval of their 2008/0...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2008
Health Committee Targets Hospital Bug Deaths
Concerns over increasing numbers of deaths from hospital-borne infections are today being addressed with the heads of Northern Ireland's five health trusts questioned later about the outbreak of the h...
Health Committee Targets Hospital Bug Deaths
Concerns over increasing numbers of deaths from hospital-borne infections are today being addressed with the heads of Northern Ireland's five health trusts questioned later about the outbreak of the h...
UK National News, Feb 14, 2008
Vessel Aground In The River Clyde
A cargo vessel has had to be rescued from the River Clyde after losing engine power. At 5.50pm yesterday the Clyde Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre received a call from Estuary Control reporting ...
Vessel Aground In The River Clyde
A cargo vessel has had to be rescued from the River Clyde after losing engine power. At 5.50pm yesterday the Clyde Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre received a call from Estuary Control reporting ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2008
Medical File Turns Up In Second-Hand Cabinet
A man found more than he bargained for when he bought a second-hand cabinet in an Antrim charity shop – and found a patient’s medical file inside. The file was wedged under a jammed drawer in the cab...
Medical File Turns Up In Second-Hand Cabinet
A man found more than he bargained for when he bought a second-hand cabinet in an Antrim charity shop – and found a patient’s medical file inside. The file was wedged under a jammed drawer in the cab...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 14, 2008
Architectural Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The Ulster Archtectural Heritage Society (UAHS) has this week celebrated its 40th Anniversary. NI Assembly Social Development Minister, Margaret Ritchie addressed officials and members of the UAHS at...
Architectural Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The Ulster Archtectural Heritage Society (UAHS) has this week celebrated its 40th Anniversary. NI Assembly Social Development Minister, Margaret Ritchie addressed officials and members of the UAHS at...
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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.