Northern Ireland News for June 2009 : Page 16
UK National News, Jun 3, 2009
British Man Fights Extradition To France
A British businessman arrested over the death of his girlfriend - whose battered body was found in a Paris hotel room - is fighting extradition to France. Ian Griffin, 39, was detained on suspicion o...
British Man Fights Extradition To France
A British businessman arrested over the death of his girlfriend - whose battered body was found in a Paris hotel room - is fighting extradition to France. Ian Griffin, 39, was detained on suspicion o...
UK National News, Jun 3, 2009
Claudia Leads Investigated After Crimewatch Appeal
Police investigating the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence are following up new leads, after a TV appeal on BBC One's Crimewatch programme. The 35-year-old chef was last seen near her home in the Hew...
Claudia Leads Investigated After Crimewatch Appeal
Police investigating the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence are following up new leads, after a TV appeal on BBC One's Crimewatch programme. The 35-year-old chef was last seen near her home in the Hew...
UK National News, Jun 3, 2009
M40 Closed After Fatal Accident
One person has died following a crash on the M40 in Oxfordshire this morning. The motorway is closed in both directions between Bicester and Banbury, after a lorry collided with two other vehicles be...
M40 Closed After Fatal Accident
One person has died following a crash on the M40 in Oxfordshire this morning. The motorway is closed in both directions between Bicester and Banbury, after a lorry collided with two other vehicles be...
UK National News, Jun 3, 2009
Consumer Direct Issues Warning To Mobility Aid Buyers
A rise in complaints about mobility aids has led Consumer Direct to issue a warning about the sharp practices of some operators selling mobility scooters, bath aids and orthopaedic furniture. Consume...
Consumer Direct Issues Warning To Mobility Aid Buyers
A rise in complaints about mobility aids has led Consumer Direct to issue a warning about the sharp practices of some operators selling mobility scooters, bath aids and orthopaedic furniture. Consume...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 3, 2009
46% Of MLAs Back Lower Voting Age
As the polls prepare to open for tomorrow's European election, it has been revealed almost half of Northern Ireland's Assembly members support lowering the voting age to 16. According to a su...
46% Of MLAs Back Lower Voting Age
As the polls prepare to open for tomorrow's European election, it has been revealed almost half of Northern Ireland's Assembly members support lowering the voting age to 16. According to a su...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 3, 2009
Speaker Defends MLAs' Council Record
Assembly Speaker William Hay (pictured) has defended the poor attendance record of some local councillors who also sit as MLAs. Mr Hay said it is possible to be an effective councillor withou...
Speaker Defends MLAs' Council Record
Assembly Speaker William Hay (pictured) has defended the poor attendance record of some local councillors who also sit as MLAs. Mr Hay said it is possible to be an effective councillor withou...
UK National News, Jun 3, 2009
Other News In Brief
Appeal Over Teen 'Serious Sexual Assault' Detectives investigating a serious sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl in the Harehills area of Leeds on Saturday 30 May are appealing for information to tr...
Other News In Brief
Appeal Over Teen 'Serious Sexual Assault' Detectives investigating a serious sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl in the Harehills area of Leeds on Saturday 30 May are appealing for information to tr...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 3, 2009
Downpatrick School Building Underway
Building work commenced at St Patrick's post-primary school in Downpatrick today. The NI Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, cut the first sod and said that a new school building always means...
Downpatrick School Building Underway
Building work commenced at St Patrick's post-primary school in Downpatrick today. The NI Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, cut the first sod and said that a new school building always means...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 3, 2009
First Minister Talks With Local Realtors
Representatives of the University of Ulster's Real Estate Initiative (UUREI) have met with First Minister Peter Robinson (pictured) to discuss the planning system. The Titanic Quarter event wa...
First Minister Talks With Local Realtors
Representatives of the University of Ulster's Real Estate Initiative (UUREI) have met with First Minister Peter Robinson (pictured) to discuss the planning system. The Titanic Quarter event wa...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 3, 2009
'Got Talent' Finalists For Odyssey
Britain's Got Talent finalists - possibly including hospitalised second placed contender, Susan Boyle - are to appear in Belfast next month. The nationwide live tour stops off at the Odyssey ...
'Got Talent' Finalists For Odyssey
Britain's Got Talent finalists - possibly including hospitalised second placed contender, Susan Boyle - are to appear in Belfast next month. The nationwide live tour stops off at the Odyssey ...
Business News, Jun 3, 2009
First Minister Holds Planning Talks With Local Realtors
Representatives of the University of Ulster's Real Estate Initiative (UUREI) have met with First Minister Peter Robinson to discuss the planning system. The Titanic Quarter event was hosted by Profes...
First Minister Holds Planning Talks With Local Realtors
Representatives of the University of Ulster's Real Estate Initiative (UUREI) have met with First Minister Peter Robinson to discuss the planning system. The Titanic Quarter event was hosted by Profes...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 3, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
SMEs On Agenda The Assembly Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has this week addressed the Federation of Small Businesses. At a reception in Stormont, the Minister stressed the critical importa...
Other NI News In Brief
SMEs On Agenda The Assembly Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has this week addressed the Federation of Small Businesses. At a reception in Stormont, the Minister stressed the critical importa...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 2, 2009
Little Hope For Irish Passengers As Air France Wreckage Found
Debris from a plane believed to be the missing Air France Flight 447 has been found floating in the ocean some 400 miles north-east of Brazil, the Brazilian Air Force has revealed. While it ha...
Little Hope For Irish Passengers As Air France Wreckage Found
Debris from a plane believed to be the missing Air France Flight 447 has been found floating in the ocean some 400 miles north-east of Brazil, the Brazilian Air Force has revealed. While it ha...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith 'To Step Down'
Britain's first female Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to stand down from her post, in the forthcoming reshuffle, according to reports. The minister, who has faced widespread criticism in the ongoing ...
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith 'To Step Down'
Britain's first female Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to stand down from her post, in the forthcoming reshuffle, according to reports. The minister, who has faced widespread criticism in the ongoing ...
Recruitment News, Jun 2, 2009
Impact Of Meteor Jobs Losses Felt Widely
One of mid-Ulster's biggest employers has announced that it has been forced to close, resulting in the loss of 70 jobs. As well as the jobs being lost directly at Cookstown-based company, Mete...
Impact Of Meteor Jobs Losses Felt Widely
One of mid-Ulster's biggest employers has announced that it has been forced to close, resulting in the loss of 70 jobs. As well as the jobs being lost directly at Cookstown-based company, Mete...
Recruitment News, Jun 2, 2009
Timber Framing Firm Creates Carrick Jobs
A timber framing firm has created new jobs in the North Roscommon/Carrick-on-Shannon area. Carrick-based Future Structures has expanded operations by taking on six new employees. General Manager Vi...
Timber Framing Firm Creates Carrick Jobs
A timber framing firm has created new jobs in the North Roscommon/Carrick-on-Shannon area. Carrick-based Future Structures has expanded operations by taking on six new employees. General Manager Vi...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Debris Found In Search For Missing Plane
Brazilian aircraft searching for an Air France airliner that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean have spotted plane wreckage, it has emerged. A plane seat and other items were sighted 650km (400 miles) ...
Debris Found In Search For Missing Plane
Brazilian aircraft searching for an Air France airliner that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean have spotted plane wreckage, it has emerged. A plane seat and other items were sighted 650km (400 miles) ...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Beachy Head Plunge Death Couple Named
A couple who placed the body of their dead son in a rucksack before jumping off Beachy Head cliffs to their death have been named. The bodies of Neil Puttick, 34, his 44-year-old Japanese wife Kazumi...
Beachy Head Plunge Death Couple Named
A couple who placed the body of their dead son in a rucksack before jumping off Beachy Head cliffs to their death have been named. The bodies of Neil Puttick, 34, his 44-year-old Japanese wife Kazumi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 2, 2009
NI Is Hottest in UK - For Now
Hopes that Northern Ireland's current heat wave will continue through a second weekend of blisteringly hot days seem set to be dashed. Although temperatures soared on Tuesday across NI for the...
NI Is Hottest in UK - For Now
Hopes that Northern Ireland's current heat wave will continue through a second weekend of blisteringly hot days seem set to be dashed. Although temperatures soared on Tuesday across NI for the...
Business News, Jun 2, 2009
Presbyterians Picketed Over Church 'Betrayal'
The virtually unprecedented sight of protesters at a church annual meeting yesterday is set to be repeated later today. More than 100 savers with the troubled Presbyterian Mutual Society (PMS)...
Presbyterians Picketed Over Church 'Betrayal'
The virtually unprecedented sight of protesters at a church annual meeting yesterday is set to be repeated later today. More than 100 savers with the troubled Presbyterian Mutual Society (PMS)...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Inquiry After 13-Year-Old Girl Raped
A police inquiry is underway into the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, in an attack believed to have been carried out by a number of men. Five men have been arrested after the teenager was raped a...
Inquiry After 13-Year-Old Girl Raped
A police inquiry is underway into the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, in an attack believed to have been carried out by a number of men. Five men have been arrested after the teenager was raped a...
Business News, Jun 2, 2009
Ryanair Flies Low
The budget airline Ryanair - which flies from two bases in Northern Ireland - has revealed financial returns showing a major nosedive in operating profits. Ryanair plunged into the red by €169.2 mill...
Ryanair Flies Low
The budget airline Ryanair - which flies from two bases in Northern Ireland - has revealed financial returns showing a major nosedive in operating profits. Ryanair plunged into the red by €169.2 mill...
Business News, Jun 2, 2009
'Rescue Plan' Launched By Fine Gael
Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has launched a 'rescue plan' for small businesses in the run up to this week's elections. The Party's Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar said the Fine Gael measures could ...
'Rescue Plan' Launched By Fine Gael
Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has launched a 'rescue plan' for small businesses in the run up to this week's elections. The Party's Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar said the Fine Gael measures could ...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Hoon Pays Back Expenses 'Error'
Cabinet minister Geoff Hoon has described a series of excessive second home claims an "inadvertent administrative error", and has paid back the reimbursed expenses. Mr Hoon, the Transport Secretary, ...
Hoon Pays Back Expenses 'Error'
Cabinet minister Geoff Hoon has described a series of excessive second home claims an "inadvertent administrative error", and has paid back the reimbursed expenses. Mr Hoon, the Transport Secretary, ...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Man Questioned Over Paris Hotel Death
Police are continuing to question a 39-year-old man in relation to the death of a Polish millionairess who was found beaten to death at a Paris hotel room. The man was arrested on Monday morning in w...
Man Questioned Over Paris Hotel Death
Police are continuing to question a 39-year-old man in relation to the death of a Polish millionairess who was found beaten to death at a Paris hotel room. The man was arrested on Monday morning in w...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Woman Arrested Over Hospital Fluid Bag Damage
A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to damage made to intravenous fluid bags at an Essex hospital. The woman from Wickford was detained this morning on suspicion of criminal damage and ...
Woman Arrested Over Hospital Fluid Bag Damage
A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to damage made to intravenous fluid bags at an Essex hospital. The woman from Wickford was detained this morning on suspicion of criminal damage and ...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
New Technology For Anti-drink And Drug Driving Campaign
The Metropolitan Police has kicked off the start of what will be the first anti-drink and drug driving campaign in London to see the widespread use of major new technology to capture breath test resul...
New Technology For Anti-drink And Drug Driving Campaign
The Metropolitan Police has kicked off the start of what will be the first anti-drink and drug driving campaign in London to see the widespread use of major new technology to capture breath test resul...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 2, 2009
Long Is Belfast's Second Woman Mayor
Alliance councillor Naomi Long became Belfast's second ever female lord mayor last night. Mrs Long, (pictured) is the party's deputy leader and an MLA for east Belfast, said she was slightly s...
Long Is Belfast's Second Woman Mayor
Alliance councillor Naomi Long became Belfast's second ever female lord mayor last night. Mrs Long, (pictured) is the party's deputy leader and an MLA for east Belfast, said she was slightly s...
UK National News, Jun 2, 2009
Pinewood Expansion To 'Rival Hollywood'
A highly imaginative proposal to vastly expand a major UK film facility and create hundreds of jobs at the same time is about to roll. Pinewood Studios is submitting its final planning application fo...
Pinewood Expansion To 'Rival Hollywood'
A highly imaginative proposal to vastly expand a major UK film facility and create hundreds of jobs at the same time is about to roll. Pinewood Studios is submitting its final planning application fo...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 2, 2009
Impact Of Meteor Job Losses Felt Widely
One of mid-Ulster's biggest employers has announced that it has been forced to close, resulting in the loss of 70 jobs. As well as the jobs being lost directly at Cookstown-based company, Mete...
Impact Of Meteor Job Losses Felt Widely
One of mid-Ulster's biggest employers has announced that it has been forced to close, resulting in the loss of 70 jobs. As well as the jobs being lost directly at Cookstown-based company, Mete...
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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.