Northern Ireland News for August 2010 : Page 11
UK National News, Aug 10, 2010
Credit Rating Agencies To 'Root Out' Benefits Cheats
Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled plans for credit ratings firms to be used to identify benefits fraudsters. Mr Cameron announced the plans, which are aimed at cutting fraudulent claim amount...
Credit Rating Agencies To 'Root Out' Benefits Cheats
Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled plans for credit ratings firms to be used to identify benefits fraudsters. Mr Cameron announced the plans, which are aimed at cutting fraudulent claim amount...
Recruitment News, Aug 10, 2010
£2M For Belfast Office Refurbishment
Jon opportunities are to flow from a £2m scheme for a city centre office building that is being given a major refit and refurbishment. The project is for internal work on the Department of Finance an...
£2M For Belfast Office Refurbishment
Jon opportunities are to flow from a £2m scheme for a city centre office building that is being given a major refit and refurbishment. The project is for internal work on the Department of Finance an...
Business News, Aug 10, 2010
£2M For Belfast Office Refurbishment
Over £2m is to be spent on a city centre office building that is to be given a major refit and refurbishment. The project is for internal work on the Department of Finance and Personnel building at C...
£2M For Belfast Office Refurbishment
Over £2m is to be spent on a city centre office building that is to be given a major refit and refurbishment. The project is for internal work on the Department of Finance and Personnel building at C...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2010
'Switch Off' Gas Appliances: HSENI
A gas safety warning has been issued following last week's suspected double carbon monoxide poisoning tragedies. The Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) investigation into the deaths of two Newtownab...
'Switch Off' Gas Appliances: HSENI
A gas safety warning has been issued following last week's suspected double carbon monoxide poisoning tragedies. The Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) investigation into the deaths of two Newtownab...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2010
Sion Jenkins Compensation Bid Fails
A former teacher who was jailed for six years for the murder of his foster daughter Billie-Jo Jenkins before being acquitted, has been refused compensation. Sion Jenkins had been seeking up to £500,0...
Sion Jenkins Compensation Bid Fails
A former teacher who was jailed for six years for the murder of his foster daughter Billie-Jo Jenkins before being acquitted, has been refused compensation. Sion Jenkins had been seeking up to £500,0...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2010
Survey Shows House Price Drop
House prices are starting to fall, according to the latest research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). The survey found that eight per cent of surveyors reported a fall, rather...
Survey Shows House Price Drop
House prices are starting to fall, according to the latest research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). The survey found that eight per cent of surveyors reported a fall, rather...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2010
Plane Success For Bombardier
A Canadian airline is to back home-grown commerce with news that Bombardier Aerospace has signed a deal with Porter Airlines of Toronto to acquire four Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. It has also t...
Plane Success For Bombardier
A Canadian airline is to back home-grown commerce with news that Bombardier Aerospace has signed a deal with Porter Airlines of Toronto to acquire four Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. It has also t...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2010
Convictions Over London 'Pen Gun' Factory
Two men are this week facing sentencing for their involvement in the running of a homemade 'gun factory' in east London, where they produced weapons including two firearms disguised as a pen and a key...
Convictions Over London 'Pen Gun' Factory
Two men are this week facing sentencing for their involvement in the running of a homemade 'gun factory' in east London, where they produced weapons including two firearms disguised as a pen and a key...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2010
£2M For Belfast Office Refurbishment
Over £2m is to be spent on a city centre office building that is to be given a major refit and refurbishment. The project is for internal work on the Department of Finance and Personnel building at C...
£2M For Belfast Office Refurbishment
Over £2m is to be spent on a city centre office building that is to be given a major refit and refurbishment. The project is for internal work on the Department of Finance and Personnel building at C...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2010
PSI Lights Up West Belfast Festival
Belfast-based Production Services Ireland (PSI) have supplied lighting for the two main venues for Ireland's biggest community festival. The work at the West Belfast Festival followed on from PSI's w...
PSI Lights Up West Belfast Festival
Belfast-based Production Services Ireland (PSI) have supplied lighting for the two main venues for Ireland's biggest community festival. The work at the West Belfast Festival followed on from PSI's w...
UK National News, Aug 10, 2010
Other News In Brief
Body Found On Railway Line A 27-year-old woman has been found dead on a disused railway line in Rugby. The body of Gemma Hayter, from Biart Place, Rugby, was found by a jogger shortly before 6am on M...
Other News In Brief
Body Found On Railway Line A 27-year-old woman has been found dead on a disused railway line in Rugby. The body of Gemma Hayter, from Biart Place, Rugby, was found by a jogger shortly before 6am on M...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Architecture Group Gets Chairman The Stormont Culture Minister Nelson McCausland (pictured) has announced the appointment of Arthur Acheson as the new Chairman for the Ministerial Advisory Group for ...
Other NI News In Brief
Architecture Group Gets Chairman The Stormont Culture Minister Nelson McCausland (pictured) has announced the appointment of Arthur Acheson as the new Chairman for the Ministerial Advisory Group for ...
Recruitment News, Aug 9, 2010
Tesco In-Town Expansion Boost
Some 50 temporary jobs in the construction sector have resulted from a store expansion by supermarket chain Tesco in Co Down. After losing the latest round in a long battle for planning permission fo...
Tesco In-Town Expansion Boost
Some 50 temporary jobs in the construction sector have resulted from a store expansion by supermarket chain Tesco in Co Down. After losing the latest round in a long battle for planning permission fo...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2010
Hague Slams Doctor's Killers
The Foreign Secretary has called the murder of a British aid worker in Afghanistan 'deplorable'. Dr Karen Woo was among a group of health workers murdered in Afghanistan. William Hague said: "We can...
Hague Slams Doctor's Killers
The Foreign Secretary has called the murder of a British aid worker in Afghanistan 'deplorable'. Dr Karen Woo was among a group of health workers murdered in Afghanistan. William Hague said: "We can...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Murdered Doctor Was To Wed NI Man
The doctor shot dead in troubled Afghanistan had been due to fly back to the UK within days to marry her NI-born fiancé who is also currently in the trouble-torn region. The news was revealed as the ...
Murdered Doctor Was To Wed NI Man
The doctor shot dead in troubled Afghanistan had been due to fly back to the UK within days to marry her NI-born fiancé who is also currently in the trouble-torn region. The news was revealed as the ...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2010
Helpline Opens For Flooded Pakistan
The Foreign Office has set up helplines for people concerned about British nationals in areas affected by flooding in Pakistan and northern India. Anyone worried about friends or relatives can call 0...
Helpline Opens For Flooded Pakistan
The Foreign Office has set up helplines for people concerned about British nationals in areas affected by flooding in Pakistan and northern India. Anyone worried about friends or relatives can call 0...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2010
Court Delays Leave Children 'In Limbo'
Children who are at risk are being 'damaged' due to unprecedented delay in court cases over care, a report by Barnardo's has revealed. The charity's report revealed that family courts are taking up t...
Court Delays Leave Children 'In Limbo'
Children who are at risk are being 'damaged' due to unprecedented delay in court cases over care, a report by Barnardo's has revealed. The charity's report revealed that family courts are taking up t...
Business News, Aug 9, 2010
Coleraine Seeks Site For Sports Stadium
A proposal that includes selling off an existing loss-making leisure centre on Coleraine's Railway Road may be key to raising funds for new state-of-the-art sporting facilities. Coleraine Borough Cou...
Coleraine Seeks Site For Sports Stadium
A proposal that includes selling off an existing loss-making leisure centre on Coleraine's Railway Road may be key to raising funds for new state-of-the-art sporting facilities. Coleraine Borough Cou...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2010
Actress Claims Naomi Campbell Given Diamond By Taylor
Actress Mia Farrow has told a war crimes trial that she heard supermodel Naomi Campbell say that she had been given a "huge diamond" by former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Giving evidence at th...
Actress Claims Naomi Campbell Given Diamond By Taylor
Actress Mia Farrow has told a war crimes trial that she heard supermodel Naomi Campbell say that she had been given a "huge diamond" by former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Giving evidence at th...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Stab Death Probed In Co Derry
A man in his early twenties has been detained close to the scene of a murder in Co Londonderry. It is understood he has been taken to Limavady PSNI station for questioning after the victim was stabbe...
Stab Death Probed In Co Derry
A man in his early twenties has been detained close to the scene of a murder in Co Londonderry. It is understood he has been taken to Limavady PSNI station for questioning after the victim was stabbe...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
NI-Born Police Mentor Dies In Afghanistan
A Northern Ireland man - believed to be in his early 50s - has been killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The Foreign Office has confirmed that Ken McGonigle from Co Tyrone was working ...
NI-Born Police Mentor Dies In Afghanistan
A Northern Ireland man - believed to be in his early 50s - has been killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The Foreign Office has confirmed that Ken McGonigle from Co Tyrone was working ...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2010
'High Noon' For Eastwood Over Film Council
There's a 'shoot-out' looming over the future of the UK body that funds movie making. The iconic tough-guy star Clint Eastwood is squaring up to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt whose stinging rebuke ov...
'High Noon' For Eastwood Over Film Council
There's a 'shoot-out' looming over the future of the UK body that funds movie making. The iconic tough-guy star Clint Eastwood is squaring up to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt whose stinging rebuke ov...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2010
Virgin To Sell UKTV Stake
It has been reported that Virgin Media has put its 50% stake in UKTV up for sale. The digital broadcasting venture between Virgin Media and BBC Worldwide launched in 1997, currently operates 10 linea...
Virgin To Sell UKTV Stake
It has been reported that Virgin Media has put its 50% stake in UKTV up for sale. The digital broadcasting venture between Virgin Media and BBC Worldwide launched in 1997, currently operates 10 linea...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Child Escapes PSNI Under Car Bomb Bid
A viable device found under a police officer's car in the seaside town of Kilkeel has been condemned by the Acting Chair of the NI Policing Board, Brian Rea. Commenting as it emerged that the female ...
Child Escapes PSNI Under Car Bomb Bid
A viable device found under a police officer's car in the seaside town of Kilkeel has been condemned by the Acting Chair of the NI Policing Board, Brian Rea. Commenting as it emerged that the female ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Five Held Over Dissident Activity
A total of five arrests have been made as part of an operation investigating dissident republican activities in County Louth. Gardaí have revealed that as part of their ongoing investigation into the...
Five Held Over Dissident Activity
A total of five arrests have been made as part of an operation investigating dissident republican activities in County Louth. Gardaí have revealed that as part of their ongoing investigation into the...
UK National News, Aug 9, 2010
Other News In Brief
Man Charged Over Woman's London Murder A 19-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found in south-east London at the weekend. The body of Toni Rudman, 24, was in Nort...
Other News In Brief
Man Charged Over Woman's London Murder A 19-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found in south-east London at the weekend. The body of Toni Rudman, 24, was in Nort...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Cold Swim Ends In Portrush Rescue
There was cold comfort for a teenager who had to be rescued from Portrush Harbour last weekend after he ventured out on a very cold swim to a moored boat to collect some fishing gear. After swimming ...
Cold Swim Ends In Portrush Rescue
There was cold comfort for a teenager who had to be rescued from Portrush Harbour last weekend after he ventured out on a very cold swim to a moored boat to collect some fishing gear. After swimming ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Taoiseach Tells Callely 'Consider Position'
The Irish premier, Taoiseach Brian Cowen (pictured) has called on Senator Ivor Callely to "consider his position" over the ongoing expenses scandal he has become embroiled in. The call comes despite...
Taoiseach Tells Callely 'Consider Position'
The Irish premier, Taoiseach Brian Cowen (pictured) has called on Senator Ivor Callely to "consider his position" over the ongoing expenses scandal he has become embroiled in. The call comes despite...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Focus On Newry's Albert Basin Revival
Newry and Mourne District Council is moving closer to making a decision on the future of the city's historic Albert Basin site. In what could still provide a major fillip for the local construction i...
Focus On Newry's Albert Basin Revival
Newry and Mourne District Council is moving closer to making a decision on the future of the city's historic Albert Basin site. In what could still provide a major fillip for the local construction i...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 9, 2010
Coleraine Seeks Site For Sports Stadium
A proposal that includes selling off an existing loss-making leisure centre on Coleraine's Railway Road may be key to raising funds for new state-of-the-art sporting facilities. Coleraine Borough Cou...
Coleraine Seeks Site For Sports Stadium
A proposal that includes selling off an existing loss-making leisure centre on Coleraine's Railway Road may be key to raising funds for new state-of-the-art sporting facilities. Coleraine Borough Cou...
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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.