Northern Ireland News for October 2009 : Page 2

UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
Nursery Worker Names Sex Abuse Victims
A nursery worker who was jailed for sexually abusing some of the children in her care has begun to name some of her victims. Mother-of-two Vanessa George, 39, who admitted abusing children at Little ...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
Postal Strikes Continue
A new series of postal strikes has begun today, after talks between the Royal Mail and the union broke down yesterday. The strikes began this morning at 4am, with 43,700 staff in mail centres, networ...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
Lords' Expenses To Be Cut
The parliamentary claims system for peers is to be radically overhauled, according to reports. Accommodation allowances will be cut and all expenses will have to be backed up by receipts for the fir...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2009
Loyalist Remanded Over Child Allegations
A well-known loyalist figure has been remanded in custody after being charged with the rape of a 13-year-old girl. Mark Harbinson, 42, from Sheepwalk Road in Stoneyford, faces five charges involving ...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
Fake Olympics Website Warning Issued
Rogue websites have attempted to sell fake tickets for events at the London 2012 Olympic games, it has been revealed. Consumer group Which? found the sites had traded under the guise of the Olympics...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
House Prices Slowly Begin To Rise
The September data from Land Registry's House Price Index shows a rising market with a monthly house price change of 0.9% up from half a per cent in August. The annual drop of 5.6%, up from a low of...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
Calls Flood Melanie Murder Inquiry
Police investigating the murder of Melanie Hall 13 ago, have received hundreds of calls following a television appeal. The case was featured on BBC One's Crimewatch show last night and Avon and Somer...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2009
Man Released Over Massereene Killings
Police have released a man held in connection with the Real IRA murders of two soliders. The 39-year-old was arrested and questioned over the killings yesterday. He was also quizzed over the attem...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2009
John Lewis Wrangling 'Delaying Jobs'
Delays in the public inquiry into the proposed retail development at Sprucefield is halting the creation of 2,000 jobs, an assemblyman has said. Lagan Valley Sinn Féin MLA Paul Butler said wrangling...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
BMJ 'Gagging' On NHS Contracts Clauses
Despite government outlawing of so-called 'gagging clauses' in NHS contracts, new evidence published on bmj.com reveals how some trusts have continued to use them. The first case relates to a dispute...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
International Emmy Founders Award For David Frost
World-renowned TV journalist Barbara Walters is to present the Founders Award to Sir David Frost at the 37th International Emmy Awards Gala on November 23, 2009, in New York City. Bruce L. Paisner, P...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2009
Downpatrick Restaurant Boosts Jobs
Around 40 new jobs are expected to flow from a proposed bar and restaurant project which is set to get underway shortly in a Co Down town. The former Rea's Hotel in Downpatrick's Lower Market Street ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2009
Video Network Connected Across NI
A major provincial video-based communications network has gone 'live' this week. Based in Belfast, eircom NI, has marked the successful roll-out of the £70m Network NI project for the Northern Irelan...
UK National News, Oct 29, 2009
Other News In Brief
Death Drive 'Unlicensed' A convicted drink driver who has never held a driving licence has admitted causing the death of a young mother in a car crash in Lanarkshire. Stacey Muldoon, 23, was a passen...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2009
Invest NI Boosts Hotel Finances
A local hotel group has been able to make considerable reductions in its annual costs - thanks to advice on improving investments from Invest Northern Ireland. An initiative from the development agen...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 29, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Witches Take Buses Hallowe'en in Belfast will see the 2009 'Metro Monster Mash' taking place this coming Saturday (31 October). Belfast City Council has arranged a variety of activities throughout th...
Recruitment News, Oct 28, 2009
Downpatrick Restaurant Boosts Jobs
Around 40 new jobs are expected to flow from a proposed bar and restaurant project which is set to get underway shortly in a Co Down town. The former Rea's Hotel in Downpatrick's Lower Market Street ...
Recruitment News, Oct 28, 2009
'Whitehouse' For Tipperary In €460M Project
They may have sang of a Las Vegas in Donegal, but new plans could see Tipperary becoming home to an entertainment 'village', complete with a casino and replica of the Whitehouse. The 'Las Vegas-style...
UK National News, Oct 28, 2009
Further Postal Strikes 'Less Likely'
While more than 30 million items of mail were delayed during last week's strikes, it has emerged today that union leaders are having second thoughts about an escalation. They are to decide today whet...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2009
Swine Flu Mum Battles For Life
As fresh funding was this week pumped into the fight against swine flu, it has emerged that a new mum from Co Fermanagh was initially left critically ill after contracting the virus. The unnamed 36-y...
UK National News, Oct 28, 2009
Brown To Canvass For Blair
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to formally put his weight behind predecessor Tony Blair's bid for the EU presidential office, according to reports. Mr Brown will lobby on behalf of his New ...
UK National News, Oct 28, 2009
Failures Highlighted In Nimrod Report
An independent report into the fatal explosion of an RAF Nimrod in 2006 has concluded that the crash was preventable and highlighted a number of failures. The report, which was conducted by lawyer Ch...
UK National News, Oct 28, 2009
Man Accused Of Killing Internet Date Girl
A man has been charged with the manslaughter and kidnap of a teenage girl whose body was found dumped in a field. The 32-year-old, of no fixed address, is accused of killing Ashleigh Hall, 17, from D...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2009
Sapper Murder Cops Make Fresh Arrest
Police investigating the Real IRA murders of two soldiers at an Antrim Army base in March have arrested a 37-year-old man. As a leading republican already accused of the shock killings continues a se...
Business News, Oct 28, 2009
Council Secures Market Yard Funding
A regional museum project in the north west has secured £500,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Coleraine Borough Council said the redevelopment of the historic Market Yard will create a new p...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2009
Jail Recall For Loyalist Halloween Murderer
A loyalist killer released under the Good Friday Agreement has been returned to prison. Torrens Knight had his licence suspended by the NIO Secretary of State, Shaun Woodward, (pictured) yesterday, ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2009
€50M Cigarettes Haul Intercepted
Two men from Co Armagh were among nine people arrested in Co Louth yesterday when a shipment of illegal cigarettes was recovered. The illegal cargo containing 120m cigarettes - one of the largest ill...
UK National News, Oct 28, 2009
Construction Begins On Trump Golf Resort
Initial construction work on tycoon Donald Trump's £1bn golf resort, at the Menie estate, North of Aberdeen, has begun. On Tuesday, Aberdeenshire councillors on the Formartine Committee gave the go-a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 28, 2009
'No Deal' On Libya Terror Compensation
Bereaved relatives of IRA victims seeking compensation from the Libyan government - which supplied arms and explosives to the terrorists - have scotched reports that a compensation deal has already be...
UK National News, Oct 28, 2009
Paedophile Jailed For Child Sex Assaults
A paedophile has been given an indeterminate sentence with a minimum five-year term at Cambridge Crown Court after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting young children. Aaron Collis, 24, of no fixed...