Northern Ireland News for October 2009 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
BNP 'Question Time' Provokes Protest
Protestors against the British National Party yesterday took to the streets in NI's two major cities - as well as hundreds more turning out in violent protest in London at the same time as the NI conf...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
Scuffle At Derry Postal Office
As the UK entered the second day of a postal strike, it has emerged that the police were called to a Royal Mail sorting office to deal with disorder. It happened in Londonderry, after two delivery lo...
UK National News, Oct 23, 2009
Reward Offered As Sex Attacker Sought
Police investigating a serious sexual assault in Mitcham during the summer have announced a reward of £10,000 for any information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the suspect. He is described...
UK National News, Oct 23, 2009
Police Hunt 'Dog Strangler'
Police in the West Midlands are trying to trace a man seen on CCTV walking from a Birmingham park seconds after appearing to strangle his dog to death. Police today appealed for witnesses to the kill...
UK National News, Oct 23, 2009
Crackdown On Fine Dodgers
Six hundred of the Scotland's 'worst fine dodgers' are being targeted in a crackdown by the Scottish Court Service on those who attempt to 'avoid the ends of justice'. The range of tactics being used...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
Lady Trimble's UUP Nod
Lady Trimble could be poised to challenge Jeffrey Donaldson's parliamentary seat at the next general election. Ulster Unionist members last night selected Lady Trimble as their candidate for the Lag...
Business News, Oct 23, 2009
Recession Continues
The UK is still officially in recession, according to figures released today. Despite predictions this morning that a period of growth had been recorded, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) actually pointed...
UK National News, Oct 23, 2009
Other News In Brief
Clean Sweep On Eurostar Contract cleaners working on Eurostar trains have called off a planned series of strikes over jobs and pay. The news comes after "positive discussions" between the Rail, Marit...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
Energy Focus At Scottish Summit
The opportunities for strengthening East-West energy co-operation have been discussed in a tri-partite summit in Scotland. Irish Energy Minister Eamon Ryan met with his Northern Ireland and Scottish ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
Minister Unveils Climate Change Report
Stormont Environment Minister Edwin Poots has attended the Northern Ireland launch of the Committee on Climate Change first annual report. Entitled 'Meeting Carbon Budgets – The Need for a Step Chan...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
Belfast High Flyers Expand
It's lucky 13 for designers and engineers as a Belfast aerospace company announced expansion this week - creating 13 new, high-tech jobs at the same time. NI Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has ann...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
Autumn Welcomed At Castle Archdale
A top Co Fermanagh lakeland attraction is going all autumnal. Castle Archdale Country Park is set to welcome the autumn with a celebration for all the family. This Saturday, 24th October, a variety ...
Business News, Oct 23, 2009
White Sapphire Ball Highlighted
Belfast-based lighting rental company Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied all lighting and crew to the White Sapphire Ball, a high profile gala charity event in aid of the Northern Ireland Chil...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 23, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Zoo Tiger In Focus Kabus, Belfast Zoo's new Sumatran tiger will make his first public appearance next week. The 19 month-old tiger has spent the past few weeks settling into his new surroundings and ...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
Afghanistan Highlighted In Poppy Appeal
As another solider killed in Afghanistan was today laid to rest, Dame Vera Lynn and soprano Hayley Westenra have launched the Royal British Legion's 2009 Poppy Appeal. The pair held hands as they san...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Army Camp Blast Could Have Killed
Shrapnel from this morning's bomb attack on a north Belfast TA army base has been found in neighbouring gardens. According to police, a viable explosive device capable of causing death or serious inj...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
BNP Leader Poised For BBC Appearance
The BBC has again defended its decision to invite extreme right-wing politician Nick Griffin to sit as as panelist on current affairs programme Question Time. Mr Griffin, leader of the British Natio...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
More Swine Flu Tragedies Revealed
A second child from Foyleview special school in Londonderry has died after contracting swine flu. Ashleigh Lynch is understood to have been a fellow pupil of 14-year-old Orla O'Kane who died last wee...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Drink-Drive Limit To Be Cut
The amount of alcohol that puts a driver on the wrong side of the law is to be reduced. Coming at the same time as a similar proposal in the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland's drink-driving limit is ...
Business News, Oct 22, 2009
Green Inc Expands Slate & Opens New London Office
Belfast-based independent production company, Green Inc. Film & Television, has announced that it has secured comedy development funding from three main UK broadcasters (C4, ITV and BBC) while its pro...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
Royal Mail Hit By National Stoppage
Postal services across the UK are set for major disruption this week as the first nationwide postal strike in two years began this morning at 4am. It takes place after talks between Royal Mail and th...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
Tory Attack On 'Political' DPP
Tory members have criticised the Director of Public Prosecutions for allegedly politicising his role. Keir Starmer had publicly stated his opposition to Conservative plans to replace the Human Right...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
London Robbers Sentenced
Two men were this week sentenced to a total of nine years imprisonment at Harrow Crown Court for their part in a series of armed robberies in northwest London. Ashton Cato-Bell, 19, of Lilburn Walk, ...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
Pinewood Development Plans Rejected
A £200m expansion plan by one of the UK's best known film studios has been rejected by planners. The application by Pinewood Studios to build a 100-acre set on a green belt in Buckinghamshire has bee...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
Nurse Jailed For Patient Assault
A psychiatric nurse has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a patient in his care. The offences took place over several months from December 2006 to May 2008 w...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
Cameron's Pledge On Justice Terms
A future Tory government would honour the policing and justice deal outlined by Gordon Brown, David Cameron has said. The proposed budget, believed to be in the region of £800m to £1bn, was published...
Business News, Oct 22, 2009
Farming Research Budget In Focus
It has been claimed that 'food security' is now more in the minds of government ministers than it has been for some decades. This, in turn, should mean more priority given to funding for agricultural...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
Man Dies, Three Serious After Blaze
A suspicious fire has killed a man at his family home in Lancashire. Abdul Aziz Mohammed, 41, died as the house on London Road, Blackburn, was engulfed by flames on Wednesday. His wife, 39, son, age...
UK National News, Oct 22, 2009
Other News In Brief
Sussex Soldier Buried Less than two weeks before the traditional Poppy Day remembrance is marked, the funeral of a soldier from Sussex who was killed soon after he arrived in Afghanistan is being hel...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 22, 2009
ATM Robbery Bid Fails
In the third such incident in Northern Ireland in the last few days, thieves have again used a digger to try to steal a cash machine from outside a shop in Co Down. The latest was reported at about 3...