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Northern Ireland News for November 2009 : Page 5
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
Residents Return To Flooded Cockermouth
Around 900 residents and business owners have returned to Cockermouth, one of the town's most badly affected by the recent flooding. All the properties in the town are being checked by engineers befo...
Residents Return To Flooded Cockermouth
Around 900 residents and business owners have returned to Cockermouth, one of the town's most badly affected by the recent flooding. All the properties in the town are being checked by engineers befo...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
DUP Guarantee Not Enough, Says O'Loan
Peter Robinson's guarantee that the DUP will not walk away from Stormont must go further, the SDLP's Declan O'Loan has said. Speaking at the Democratic Unionist conference in Belfast at the weekend,...
DUP Guarantee Not Enough, Says O'Loan
Peter Robinson's guarantee that the DUP will not walk away from Stormont must go further, the SDLP's Declan O'Loan has said. Speaking at the Democratic Unionist conference in Belfast at the weekend,...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
'No Whitewash' Promise On Iraq War Inquiry
The head of the inquiry into the events surrounding the Iraq War has pledged that the report will be "full and insightful" and will not be a "whitewash". Retired civil servant Sir John Chilcot's comm...
'No Whitewash' Promise On Iraq War Inquiry
The head of the inquiry into the events surrounding the Iraq War has pledged that the report will be "full and insightful" and will not be a "whitewash". Retired civil servant Sir John Chilcot's comm...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Banks 'Responsible To Firms': Wilson
Local banks must increase lending to viable local businesses at reasonable terms, according to Stormont Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson. The Minister was speaking after the second meeting of the Execu...
Banks 'Responsible To Firms': Wilson
Local banks must increase lending to viable local businesses at reasonable terms, according to Stormont Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson. The Minister was speaking after the second meeting of the Execu...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
Standards Committee MP Faces Expenses Investigation
A second member of the committee that regulates MPs' conduct is facing questions over his expenses. The Daily Telegraph reported that North London Labour MP Andrew Dismore, who serves on the Commons ...
Standards Committee MP Faces Expenses Investigation
A second member of the committee that regulates MPs' conduct is facing questions over his expenses. The Daily Telegraph reported that North London Labour MP Andrew Dismore, who serves on the Commons ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Armagh Alert Declared 'Hoax'
A bomb alert in the centre of Armagh was "an elaborate hoax", the police have said. The area around Mall East, Mall West, College Hill and the courthouse was cordoned off but has now been reopened. ...
Armagh Alert Declared 'Hoax'
A bomb alert in the centre of Armagh was "an elaborate hoax", the police have said. The area around Mall East, Mall West, College Hill and the courthouse was cordoned off but has now been reopened. ...
Business News, Nov 23, 2009
McDonald Wins Again
A leading business journalist has come out tops in an island-wide award. Irish News Business Editor Gary McDonald has won one of the main business journalism accolades for the second consecutive yea...
McDonald Wins Again
A leading business journalist has come out tops in an island-wide award. Irish News Business Editor Gary McDonald has won one of the main business journalism accolades for the second consecutive yea...
Business News, Nov 23, 2009
East Belfast Heralds Closes
A second ill-fated east Belfast weekly newspaper has gone out of business. The East Belfast Herald folded less than a year after its launch when liquidators from Belfast business advisers FGS McClure...
East Belfast Heralds Closes
A second ill-fated east Belfast weekly newspaper has gone out of business. The East Belfast Herald folded less than a year after its launch when liquidators from Belfast business advisers FGS McClure...
Business News, Nov 23, 2009
Hanwood Jobs Boost On Way
Jobs are set to flow from an east Belfast business development. The £2.7 million extension to Hanwood Business Park in east Belfast has the capacity to create scores of new jobs, its backers said. P...
Hanwood Jobs Boost On Way
Jobs are set to flow from an east Belfast business development. The £2.7 million extension to Hanwood Business Park in east Belfast has the capacity to create scores of new jobs, its backers said. P...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Bomb 'Attempt To Derail Peace': Baggott
A bomb explosion in Belfast at the weekend has threatened to explode hopes that policing powers will soon be devolved to the local Assembly. Less than three months after the NI Policing Board headqua...
Bomb 'Attempt To Derail Peace': Baggott
A bomb explosion in Belfast at the weekend has threatened to explode hopes that policing powers will soon be devolved to the local Assembly. Less than three months after the NI Policing Board headqua...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Two Dead After Stolen Car Crashes
Two young men have been killed in a car crash in Co Antrim - apparently while they were travelling in a stolen vehicle. Both died at the scene in the fatal collision that occurred on the Collin Road ...
Two Dead After Stolen Car Crashes
Two young men have been killed in a car crash in Co Antrim - apparently while they were travelling in a stolen vehicle. Both died at the scene in the fatal collision that occurred on the Collin Road ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Delivery Man Struck In Hijacking
A food delivery man has been injured in a violent hijacking in west Belfast. The 20-year-old victim was making deliveries in Dunville Street during the early hours of Sunday morning when he was stru...
Delivery Man Struck In Hijacking
A food delivery man has been injured in a violent hijacking in west Belfast. The 20-year-old victim was making deliveries in Dunville Street during the early hours of Sunday morning when he was stru...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
East Belfast Heralds Closes
A second ill-fated east Belfast weekly newspaper has gone out of business. The East Belfast Herald folded less than a year after its launch when liquidators from Belfast business advisers FGS McClure...
East Belfast Heralds Closes
A second ill-fated east Belfast weekly newspaper has gone out of business. The East Belfast Herald folded less than a year after its launch when liquidators from Belfast business advisers FGS McClure...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Hanwood Jobs Boost On Way
Jobs are set to flow from an east Belfast business development. The £2.7 million extension to Hanwood Business Park in east Belfast has the capacity to create scores of new jobs, its backers said. P...
Hanwood Jobs Boost On Way
Jobs are set to flow from an east Belfast business development. The £2.7 million extension to Hanwood Business Park in east Belfast has the capacity to create scores of new jobs, its backers said. P...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Ballycastle Dad Fears Repeat Attack
A 17-year-old has been left in hospital with head injuries after an attack in Ballycastle, but the victim's dad fears the assault may not be the last. Tighearnan McLaughlin was set upon by a gang aft...
Ballycastle Dad Fears Repeat Attack
A 17-year-old has been left in hospital with head injuries after an attack in Ballycastle, but the victim's dad fears the assault may not be the last. Tighearnan McLaughlin was set upon by a gang aft...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
April Opening For Revamped Arts Centre
Belfast's refurbished Crescent Arts Centre will opens its doors to the public in April, it has been confirmed. The £7.2m restoration project at the listed Victorian complex began in September 2008. ...
April Opening For Revamped Arts Centre
Belfast's refurbished Crescent Arts Centre will opens its doors to the public in April, it has been confirmed. The £7.2m restoration project at the listed Victorian complex began in September 2008. ...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
River Hunt For Missing Woman Continues
Rescue teams are continuing to search a river in Wales following fears that a missing woman may have been swept away during the weekend's bad weather. The search began when a friend of the 21-year-ol...
River Hunt For Missing Woman Continues
Rescue teams are continuing to search a river in Wales following fears that a missing woman may have been swept away during the weekend's bad weather. The search began when a friend of the 21-year-ol...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
Manchester Terror Charges
Four men have been charged following a swoop by anti-terror police in Manchester last week. Munir Ahmed Farooqi, 52, of Victoria Terrace, Longsight is charged with four offences, including encouragi...
Manchester Terror Charges
Four men have been charged following a swoop by anti-terror police in Manchester last week. Munir Ahmed Farooqi, 52, of Victoria Terrace, Longsight is charged with four offences, including encouragi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 23, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Robinson Fires Warning Just hours before republican dissidents bombed the Policing Board offices in Belfast, the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson said he could not guarantee the future of the p...
Other NI News In Brief
Robinson Fires Warning Just hours before republican dissidents bombed the Policing Board offices in Belfast, the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson said he could not guarantee the future of the p...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
Bolton Paedophile Jailed Indefinitely
A Bolton man who sexually abused a number of young boys he was babysitting has been jailed. Ian Andrew Thompson, 43, of Tudor Court, in Bolton, admitted four counts of sexual assault on a child, five...
Bolton Paedophile Jailed Indefinitely
A Bolton man who sexually abused a number of young boys he was babysitting has been jailed. Ian Andrew Thompson, 43, of Tudor Court, in Bolton, admitted four counts of sexual assault on a child, five...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
OFT Fines To Be Appealed
UK construction companies previously fined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for illegally rigging tenders for building contracts are set to challenge the regulator's decision in court. The OFT han...
OFT Fines To Be Appealed
UK construction companies previously fined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for illegally rigging tenders for building contracts are set to challenge the regulator's decision in court. The OFT han...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
BBC Stars Salaries Not To Be Published
The BBC are currently rejecting calls to publish the individual salaries of top stars claiming that it is not regarded as a priority in the eyes of the licence-fee payers. BBC Managers are resisting ...
BBC Stars Salaries Not To Be Published
The BBC are currently rejecting calls to publish the individual salaries of top stars claiming that it is not regarded as a priority in the eyes of the licence-fee payers. BBC Managers are resisting ...
UK National News, Nov 23, 2009
Other News In Brief
Policeman Jailed For Fiancée Murder A former policeman has been jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 18 years for the murder of his fiancee. Martin Forshaw, 27, from Tottington, Bury, had plead...
Other News In Brief
Policeman Jailed For Fiancée Murder A former policeman has been jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 18 years for the murder of his fiancee. Martin Forshaw, 27, from Tottington, Bury, had plead...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2009
Civil Service Pay Deal On Way?
There have been reports that a pay deal aimed at settling a long-running civil service dispute over equal pay may be on the horizon. The BBC has claimed that sources at Stormont say the NI Executive ...
Civil Service Pay Deal On Way?
There have been reports that a pay deal aimed at settling a long-running civil service dispute over equal pay may be on the horizon. The BBC has claimed that sources at Stormont say the NI Executive ...
Recruitment News, Nov 20, 2009
Civil Servants Pay Deal Offer Reported
There have been reports that a pay deal aimed at settling a long-running civil service dispute over equal pay may be on the horizon. The BBC has claimed that sources at Stormont say the NI Executive ...
Civil Servants Pay Deal Offer Reported
There have been reports that a pay deal aimed at settling a long-running civil service dispute over equal pay may be on the horizon. The BBC has claimed that sources at Stormont say the NI Executive ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2009
Swine Flu Kills Two More
Two more NI people have fallen victim to swine flu. This week's Department of Health swine flu bulletin - which includes data for the week ending Friday 13 November - revealed that officials had been...
Swine Flu Kills Two More
Two more NI people have fallen victim to swine flu. This week's Department of Health swine flu bulletin - which includes data for the week ending Friday 13 November - revealed that officials had been...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2009
Quad Bike Tragedy Mourned
A boy has died and another has been critically injured following a collision involving a quad bike in Co Londonderry overnight. A 14-year-old died in the accident which happened at about 10pm on Thur...
Quad Bike Tragedy Mourned
A boy has died and another has been critically injured following a collision involving a quad bike in Co Londonderry overnight. A 14-year-old died in the accident which happened at about 10pm on Thur...
UK National News, Nov 20, 2009
PC's Body Found As Floodwater Rages
Search teams in Cumbria have found the body of a police man believed to have been swept away by floods following a bridge collapse. The recovered body was this afternoon identified as PC Bill Barker...
PC's Body Found As Floodwater Rages
Search teams in Cumbria have found the body of a police man believed to have been swept away by floods following a bridge collapse. The recovered body was this afternoon identified as PC Bill Barker...
UK National News, Nov 20, 2009
Brown Welcomes EU Appointments
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has welcomed the appointment of Labour peer Baroness Ashton as the European Union's first foreign minister. Baroness Ashton was the surprise choice of the 27 EU heads of g...
Brown Welcomes EU Appointments
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has welcomed the appointment of Labour peer Baroness Ashton as the European Union's first foreign minister. Baroness Ashton was the surprise choice of the 27 EU heads of g...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2009
Death Threat To DPP Chair
The Sinn Fein chair of Moyle's District Policing Partnership (DPP) has been told his life is under threat. Oliver McMullan was warned of the death threat during a phone call from the PSNI last night...
Death Threat To DPP Chair
The Sinn Fein chair of Moyle's District Policing Partnership (DPP) has been told his life is under threat. Oliver McMullan was warned of the death threat during a phone call from the PSNI last night...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A rather cloudy start with patchy mainly light rain, but becoming brighter through the day as the rain turns more showery, the best of any sunnier spells in the south. Maximum temperature 16 °C.Tonight:A few bright spells at first and any showers gradually dying out. Low cloud and mist or drizzle over northern coastal parts will spread south to most areas overnight. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
