Northern Ireland News for July 2010 : Page 2

UK National News, Jul 29, 2010
Cameron 'Not Sure' He Would Be PM
David Cameron has revealed that he wasn't sure that he would become Prime Minister following the results of the General Election. The revelation is made in a new BBC2 documentary about the events fol...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
Liam Adams Appeals To Supreme Court
It has emerged the brother of Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is taking his appeal against extradition to the Republic's highest court. Mr Adams, 54, who is wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged...
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Business News, Jul 29, 2010
Newry Bypass Is Just A1!
The final cross-border link in dual carriageway or motorway travel from Belfast to the Irish capital has been opened today. The new Newry bypass was officially opened this morning by the Stormont Reg...
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Business News, Jul 29, 2010
Enterprise Agency Gains Two Directors
The representative body for the Local Enterprise Agency Network - Enterprise Northern Ireland - has appointed two new non-Executive Directors to its Board. They are Sandy Smith, former Director Gener...
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UK National News, Jul 29, 2010
Teenager Drowns At Blackpool Beach
A 14-year-old boy has drowned off Blackpool beach. Liverpool Coastguard were called after two teenagers were spotted in trouble in the sea by Blackpool's Central Pier around 3:40pm yesterday. The bo...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
BBC's 'Misleading' NI Coverage Improved
The BBC Trust have found that "significant improvements" have been made to devolved news coverage once described as "misleading" and "confusing", but concerns still remain. The latest report, follows...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
Alleged 'Dissidents' Face Gun Charges
Four men and a 16-year-old boy have appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court charged with a number of terrorism and firearms offences. The court date came after the PSNI's Serious Crime Branch began in...
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UK National News, Jul 29, 2010
£50M Fund For Cancer Drugs Announced
Cancer patients are set to get greater access to cancer drugs recommended by their doctors as a result of a new £50 million fund, the government has announced. Publishing a report by National Cancer ...
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UK National News, Jul 29, 2010
Other News In Brief
Four Injured In M25 Minibus Crash Four people have been injured after a minibus overturned on the M25 in Surrey. Emergency services were called to the scene of the incident, between junctions 7 and 8...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
Ross Street Flats To Be Razed
A well known block of run-down flats in the Lower Falls area of Belfast are to be demolished. In recent years the condition of the Ross Street flats has deteriorated and the area has become a hotspot...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
Builders' Boom For Cookstown
Mid-Ulster is set for a construction bonanza with Cookstown in line for a boost with two major retail and residential developments planned for the town centre. The former Tesco supermarket off the Or...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
Loss Of Film Council 'Deplorable': Neeson
Just a day after the acclaimed film-maker Mike Leigh condemned "shocking" government plans to scrap the UK Film Council - the body which supports the British movie industry - Co Antrim actor Liam Nees...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
Enterprise Agency Gains Two Directors
The representative body for the Local Enterprise Agency Network - Enterprise Northern Ireland - has appointed two new non-Executive Directors to its Board. They are Sandy Smith, former Director Gener...
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Recruitment News, Jul 29, 2010
Union Discuss Dublin Waste Dispute
Four Siptu shop stewards from each of the Dublin local authorities are to meeting this week to discuss an ongoing dispute over the outsourcing of waste disposal services. The meeting will also hear ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 29, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Bruins For Belfast When the Boston Bruins come to Belfast to battle the Belfast Giants this October, the icing on the cake will be a gala celebration of the best of business champions from both citie...
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UK National News, Jul 28, 2010
Toddlers 'Not Stabbed' In Family Tragedy
The two girls who were found dead along with their parents in Hampshire were not stabbed, tests have shown. The bodies of Andrew and Vicki Case and their two daughters, Phoebe, two, and one-year-old ...
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UK National News, Jul 28, 2010
US Senate Postpone Lockerbie Hearings
Senate hearings in the US investigating the release of the Lockerie bomber have been postponed amid accusations that BP and British officials are "stonewalling" the probe. Senators had wanted to ques...
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UK National News, Jul 28, 2010
British Gas Announces 98% Profit Rise
British Gas have announced profits of £585 million for the first half of the year - a rise of 98%. Centrica, which owns British Gas, has attributed the rise to the cold winter, as well as the additio...
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UK National News, Jul 28, 2010
PM Leads Trade Delegation To India
Prime Minister David Cameron has begun a two-day visit to India as he seeks to promote increased trade and investment and strengthen relations. The Prime Minister has been joined by a number of gover...
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UK National News, Jul 28, 2010
British Tourist Killed In Ibiza 'Hit And Run'
A British woman has been killed in a suspected hit-and-run car crash in Ibiza. Francesca Foulkes, 21, was on holiday in San Antonio when she was struck by a vehicle in the early hours of Sunday morni...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2010
'Move Abuse Brothers', Says Parents
A meeting is to take place this week in an effort to resolve what parents of children in a Londonderry hospital have described as a "complete nightmare". The parents have been worried since discoveri...
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UK National News, Jul 28, 2010
'Friendly Fire' Death Soldier Named
A soldier killed in a suspected 'friendly fire' incident in Afghanistan this week has been named as Sapper Mark Anthony Smith, 26, from 36 Engineer Regiment. Sapper Smith died while serving with the ...
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Recruitment News, Jul 28, 2010
New Jobs Potential In Renewables
More than 5,000 green jobs could be created through the development of three regional offshore energy manufacturing sites built around key port locations, First Minister Alex Salmond said today. Spea...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2010
Shared Society Document For Consultation
There has been progress on NI's aspiration to a shared future strategy with news that the public is now being asked to consult on a draft document over the next three months. The initiative was a key...
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Business News, Jul 28, 2010
Garda Report On Anglo Delayed
Opposition party Fine Gael has criticised the government after it emerged a Garda file on the investigation into the Anglo Irish Bank had still not been submitted. Following a Fine Gael Front Bench ...
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UK National News, Jul 28, 2010
Pregnant Women's Obesity Levels Rising
The health of babies is being put at risk because obesity levels among pregnant women have reached 'epidemic' levels, health experts are warning. The warning comes as government health watchdog Nice...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2010
Ballymena Firm Builds Film Archive
A Co Antrim building firm was celebrating contracts worth almost £18m this month with the work including a major project in Birmingham constructing a storage facility for the British Film Institute. ...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2010
SIAC Scoop €450m Polish Contract
A major Irish civil engineering and construction firm, SIAC, has scooped a €450 million contract to build a 35km motorway in Poland. The motorway will run from Kryz to Debica and is scheduled to be c...
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Northern Ireland News, Jul 28, 2010
NI Screen Returns £22m To Economy
As cameras start to roll in Belfast on HBO's Game of Thrones, a TV series which is said to be one of the largest ever to shoot in Europe, Northern Ireland Screen have released its latest annual report...
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Business News, Jul 28, 2010
Irish Jobs' Response 'Could Be Better': SF
Enhanced co-operation between the Belfast and Dublin administrations could greatly assist existing workers and in helping the unemployed get jobs. Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that t...
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