Northern Ireland News for June 2009 : Page 14
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2009
Minister Encourage Colleagues To Invest In Social Housing
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie today said that ministers must listen to expert economist Mike Smyth and invest in social house building. She has encouraged her Executive colleagues to r...
Minister Encourage Colleagues To Invest In Social Housing
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie today said that ministers must listen to expert economist Mike Smyth and invest in social house building. She has encouraged her Executive colleagues to r...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2009
Wildlife Conservation Charity Urges Introduction Of Marine Bill
One of the largest wildlife conservation charities in Europe, RSPB, has warned about the importance of taking action against the filth in the seas around Northern Ireland. RSPB's Northern Ireland c...
Wildlife Conservation Charity Urges Introduction Of Marine Bill
One of the largest wildlife conservation charities in Europe, RSPB, has warned about the importance of taking action against the filth in the seas around Northern Ireland. RSPB's Northern Ireland c...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2009
Bradford Man Cautioned After Making Up Robbery
A Bradford man has been formally cautioned by police after claims he made about being robbed were uncovered as lies. The 21-year-old from the Woodside area was arrested for wasting police time after ...
Bradford Man Cautioned After Making Up Robbery
A Bradford man has been formally cautioned by police after claims he made about being robbed were uncovered as lies. The 21-year-old from the Woodside area was arrested for wasting police time after ...
UK National News, Jun 8, 2009
Other News In Brief
Gun Fired At Newly-Weds Car A shotgun has been fired at the wedding car of a newly-married couple. The Rolls Royce was targeted after two men pulled up in a Toyota outside the Rendezvous Hotel on Kei...
Other News In Brief
Gun Fired At Newly-Weds Car A shotgun has been fired at the wedding car of a newly-married couple. The Rolls Royce was targeted after two men pulled up in a Toyota outside the Rendezvous Hotel on Kei...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2009
Chip Pan Fire Leaves Family Homeless
A fire in west Belfast has left a family of five homeless. A chip pan is believed to have caught fire at the family home in Kenard Avenue, Andersonstown, at around 6am on Sunday morning. After wakin...
Chip Pan Fire Leaves Family Homeless
A fire in west Belfast has left a family of five homeless. A chip pan is believed to have caught fire at the family home in Kenard Avenue, Andersonstown, at around 6am on Sunday morning. After wakin...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2009
Fourth Swine Flu Case Diagnosed In Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has registered the fourth confirmed case of swine flu. The man who yesterday tested positive had recently returned from Florida. He is being treated with anti-virals, and is recover...
Fourth Swine Flu Case Diagnosed In Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has registered the fourth confirmed case of swine flu. The man who yesterday tested positive had recently returned from Florida. He is being treated with anti-virals, and is recover...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 8, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
NI Economic Downturn 'Past Worst Point' The recession in Northern Ireland has passed it's worst point according to the Ulster Bank Purchase Managers Index. The index showed private sector busi...
Other NI News In Brief
NI Economic Downturn 'Past Worst Point' The recession in Northern Ireland has passed it's worst point according to the Ulster Bank Purchase Managers Index. The index showed private sector busi...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Early Cabinet Shake-Up Amid More Resignations
Huge speculation still looms over Gordon Brown's eventual cabinet, which has already been subjected to a sporadic reshuffle and a number of high-profile resignations. It was believed many of ...
Early Cabinet Shake-Up Amid More Resignations
Huge speculation still looms over Gordon Brown's eventual cabinet, which has already been subjected to a sporadic reshuffle and a number of high-profile resignations. It was believed many of ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Derry Solicitor Jailed For Inciting To Murder
A Londonderry solicitor has been jailed for 10 years after pleading guilty to inciting loyalist paramilitaries to murder. Manmohan 'Johnny' Sandhu, 44, also pleaded guilty to four charges of attempti...
Derry Solicitor Jailed For Inciting To Murder
A Londonderry solicitor has been jailed for 10 years after pleading guilty to inciting loyalist paramilitaries to murder. Manmohan 'Johnny' Sandhu, 44, also pleaded guilty to four charges of attempti...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Witnesses 'Threatened' After McDaid Murder
Five witnesses are under threat following the murder of Catholic youth worker Kevin McDaid, the High Court has heard today. The details emerged as one of the men accused of the 49-year-old Col...
Witnesses 'Threatened' After McDaid Murder
Five witnesses are under threat following the murder of Catholic youth worker Kevin McDaid, the High Court has heard today. The details emerged as one of the men accused of the 49-year-old Col...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Blow For Brown In Council Polls
The Tories have made massive gains in the English local elections, it is emerging. They have secured the control of at least six councils, with predictions that bigger gains will be made, as the cou...
Blow For Brown In Council Polls
The Tories have made massive gains in the English local elections, it is emerging. They have secured the control of at least six councils, with predictions that bigger gains will be made, as the cou...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Girl 'Deliberately Starved To Death, Court Told
A seven-year-old girl was starved to death and kept a prisoner in her own home by her mother and her partner, a court has today heard. Khyra Ishaq was taken to hospital but died of an infection after...
Girl 'Deliberately Starved To Death, Court Told
A seven-year-old girl was starved to death and kept a prisoner in her own home by her mother and her partner, a court has today heard. Khyra Ishaq was taken to hospital but died of an infection after...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Ten Jailed Over £36m Drug Smuggling Plot
Ten men convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs worth £36 million into Britain in a rusty tugboat, have been jailed. The smugglers – including British criminals and members of a Serbian gang – were ...
Ten Jailed Over £36m Drug Smuggling Plot
Ten men convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs worth £36 million into Britain in a rusty tugboat, have been jailed. The smugglers – including British criminals and members of a Serbian gang – were ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Burglar Commits Sexual Assault Against Child
The PSNI Rape Crime Unit is investigating a report of a sexual assault against a child in the Cliftonville area of north Belfast on Wednesday night. The assault took place in the child's bedroom, in ...
Burglar Commits Sexual Assault Against Child
The PSNI Rape Crime Unit is investigating a report of a sexual assault against a child in the Cliftonville area of north Belfast on Wednesday night. The assault took place in the child's bedroom, in ...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Man Found Shot Dead In London
A murder hunt is under way after a man was found dead with gunshot wounds in London. Police were called to Fulham Court in Fulham at around 7pm on Thursday, following reports of shots being fired. W...
Man Found Shot Dead In London
A murder hunt is under way after a man was found dead with gunshot wounds in London. Police were called to Fulham Court in Fulham at around 7pm on Thursday, following reports of shots being fired. W...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Titanic Fans Call For Belfast Memorial To Be Relocated
The Belfast Titanic Society is suggesting moving the Titanic memorial sculpture to a different location, because the Belfast wheel currently obscures it. This decision comes after the last meeting o...
Titanic Fans Call For Belfast Memorial To Be Relocated
The Belfast Titanic Society is suggesting moving the Titanic memorial sculpture to a different location, because the Belfast wheel currently obscures it. This decision comes after the last meeting o...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
British D-Day Veterans To Receive Top French Honour
Ten British World War Two veterans are to be honoured by the French government today for their role in liberating France in 1944. The nine men and one woman, who all took part in the D-Day landings, ...
British D-Day Veterans To Receive Top French Honour
Ten British World War Two veterans are to be honoured by the French government today for their role in liberating France in 1944. The nine men and one woman, who all took part in the D-Day landings, ...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Fire Crews Tackle Hotel Blaze
Firefighters have fought to control a fire at a derelict seafront Weston-super-Mare hotel. The fire was reported at the Royal Pier Hotel at 5.41pm on Thursday, and 25 firefighters remain at the scene...
Fire Crews Tackle Hotel Blaze
Firefighters have fought to control a fire at a derelict seafront Weston-super-Mare hotel. The fire was reported at the Royal Pier Hotel at 5.41pm on Thursday, and 25 firefighters remain at the scene...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Woman Hit By Bus Dies
A female pensioner died yesterday after being hit by a bus in Co Down last Tuesday afternoon. Margaret Paxton, 85, was injured in a road accident involving a Translink bus in Scarva Street, Banbridge...
Woman Hit By Bus Dies
A female pensioner died yesterday after being hit by a bus in Co Down last Tuesday afternoon. Margaret Paxton, 85, was injured in a road accident involving a Translink bus in Scarva Street, Banbridge...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Study Reveals 'Unacceptable Delays' In Stroke Prevention Surgery
Only one in five UK patients have surgery to reduce their risk of stroke within the two week target time set by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), finds a study publishe...
Study Reveals 'Unacceptable Delays' In Stroke Prevention Surgery
Only one in five UK patients have surgery to reduce their risk of stroke within the two week target time set by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), finds a study publishe...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
NI Nursing Home Patients Carry MRSA
A study has found that 24% of all nursing-home patients in Northern Ireland are carrying the antibiotic-resistant MRSA superbug. The research by Queens University in Belfast was commissioned ...
NI Nursing Home Patients Carry MRSA
A study has found that 24% of all nursing-home patients in Northern Ireland are carrying the antibiotic-resistant MRSA superbug. The research by Queens University in Belfast was commissioned ...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2009
Other News In Brief
Man’s Body Found In River Police divers searching for a man who was last seen jumping into the River Trent in Derbyshire have found a body. The unidentified man was seen to jump in the water close to...
Other News In Brief
Man’s Body Found In River Police divers searching for a man who was last seen jumping into the River Trent in Derbyshire have found a body. The unidentified man was seen to jump in the water close to...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
No 'Waist' Here, Says Council Oonagh Lavery, Danielle Hargan and Teresa McLaughlin are shown getting ready for their part in Belfast City Council's successful 'Stitch & Style' event in the Bl...
Other NI News In Brief
No 'Waist' Here, Says Council Oonagh Lavery, Danielle Hargan and Teresa McLaughlin are shown getting ready for their part in Belfast City Council's successful 'Stitch & Style' event in the Bl...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Charles To Make D-Day Trip
A solemn ceremony to mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings will be held tomorrow. It takes place 65 years after tens of thousands of US troops left dozens of temporary training camps acro...
Charles To Make D-Day Trip
A solemn ceremony to mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings will be held tomorrow. It takes place 65 years after tens of thousands of US troops left dozens of temporary training camps acro...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Smithfield Regeneration Scheme's £150k Boost
An initiative aimed at regenerating the Smithfield and Library areas of Belfast city centre is to be extended, it has been announced. NI Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie said 'reSt...
Smithfield Regeneration Scheme's £150k Boost
An initiative aimed at regenerating the Smithfield and Library areas of Belfast city centre is to be extended, it has been announced. NI Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie said 'reSt...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
NI Queen's Awards Celebrated
There were congratulations all round earlier this week as six local community groups who have received the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service also won praise from NI's most senior poli...
NI Queen's Awards Celebrated
There were congratulations all round earlier this week as six local community groups who have received the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service also won praise from NI's most senior poli...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 5, 2009
Stroke Fundraisers Team Up With Bakery
One of NI's stroke charities knows which side 'its bread is buttered on'. The Stroke Association Northern Ireland has announced a new fundraising partnership with Irwin's Bakery, to support t...
Stroke Fundraisers Team Up With Bakery
One of NI's stroke charities knows which side 'its bread is buttered on'. The Stroke Association Northern Ireland has announced a new fundraising partnership with Irwin's Bakery, to support t...
UK National News, Jun 4, 2009
Life Terms For French Student Murderers
Two men have been jailed for life for murdering two French students who were tied up and tortured before being stabbed over 200 times. Their flat was also set on fire and their bodies were later disc...
Life Terms For French Student Murderers
Two men have been jailed for life for murdering two French students who were tied up and tortured before being stabbed over 200 times. Their flat was also set on fire and their bodies were later disc...
Recruitment News, Jun 4, 2009
Deal 'Saves' SRT Jobs In Dublin
Some 250 jobs may be saved at SR Technics in Dublin after it's Swiss owners agreed to sell to an Irish firm. The takeover by Dublin Aerospace Limited would mean that 250 of the 1,100 jobs at the faci...
Deal 'Saves' SRT Jobs In Dublin
Some 250 jobs may be saved at SR Technics in Dublin after it's Swiss owners agreed to sell to an Irish firm. The takeover by Dublin Aerospace Limited would mean that 250 of the 1,100 jobs at the faci...
UK National News, Jun 4, 2009
More Heat On Brown Amid Election Fever
Polling stations opened up and down the country this morning, for the hotly contested European elections. Voters in England will also be selecting representatives in local council elections. Both w...
More Heat On Brown Amid Election Fever
Polling stations opened up and down the country this morning, for the hotly contested European elections. Voters in England will also be selecting representatives in local council elections. Both w...
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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.