Northern Ireland News for September 2010 : Page 15

Northern Ireland News, Sep 2, 2010
Two NI Hospitals Score Poorly For Hip Replacement Surgery
Two hospitals in Northern Ireland have scored very poorly in a nationwide survey for hip replacement surgery. The survey, carried out for the Royal College of Surgeons, showed the Royal Victoria Hosp...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 2, 2010
Backpackers Boosted In Belfast
MCM Property Services has submitted a planning application to transform a property at 165 Ormeau Road in south Belfast into a 30 bed back-packers' hostel. The low budget travellers will then have ano...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 2, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Houses Evacuated After Gas Alert In East Belfast Around 30 homes have been evacuated following a gas alert in east Belfast. According to the Fire Service, residents heard rumbling noises underneath t...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Fury As Medical Negligence Cases Go Unresolved After 27 Years
A medical negligence case involving a family from Northern Ireland has gone unresolved for 27 years. Another 55 cases are still ongoing after more than 15 years. The figures emerged in a Stormont le...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Recovery In NI Housing Market To Be 'Slow'
The Northern Ireland housing market is demonstrating erratic and uneven behaviour, according to the latest survey of house prices. The latest University of Ulster Quarterly House Price Index produce...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Green Light For Chicken Waste Incinerator
Plans for a chicken litter incinerator at Glenavy in County Antrim have been approved. The biomass-fuelled power plant will create 300-400 construction jobs and 30 permanent jobs. Environment minist...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Kelly 'Shocked' Over Longford News Closure
A Fianna Fáil TD has expressed his "shock and disappointment" at the news that the Longford News Newspaper is to close, along with its sister titles the Roscommon Champion and the Athlone Voice. The ...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Blair: Brown Was 'Maddening'
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that his successor Gordon Brown could be "maddening". Mr Blair makes the comment in his memoirs, entitled A Journey, which are published today. In extracts ...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Britain 'Not A Populaton Of Responsible Drinkers'
A new survey has claimed that Britain is a nation of 'irresponsible drinkers', with results showing that more than a quarter of drinkers exceed healthy limits each week. The survey, by the North West...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Study Into TB In Co. Down Cattle Announced
A study into the spread of TB in cattle is to start soon in County Down, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle Gildernew has announced. The Minister said: "This TB Biosecurity Study is ...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Man Arrested Over Melanie Hall Murder
Police investigating the murder of Melanie Hall have arrested a 39-year-old man. Melanie, 25, from Wiltshire, disappeared in 1996 after a night out at Cadillac's nightclub in Bath. Her remains were ...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Man Charged Over Bradford Murder
A 44-year-old man is due to appear in court today, charged with the murder of an elderly man in Bradford at the weekend. The 80-year-old man was found at a property on Gibson Street in the city on Sa...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Woman Dies After M5 Crash
A woman who was injured in a multiple vehicle collision on the M5 in Devon has died in hospital. Oxana Tukova, a 21-year-old Russian national, was one of seven people injured in the eight-vehicle col...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Man Bailed Over Teen Car Lake Deaths
A 21-year-old man who was arrested following the deaths of two teenagers in a car lake plunge on Tuesday has been released on bail. It is understood that he is being treated in hospital. Anwen Busby...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Anaconda Wins New Business In International Markets
Anaconda Equipment International in Dungannon has secured new export business worth almost £500,000 for its tracked conveyors and screening machinery as a result of its involvement in recent Invest No...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Half of Britons Get Sunburnt
Almost half of Britons got sunburnt this year and many of them would risk burning again in order to get a tan, a new survey has revealed. The research, commissioned by Superdrug and Cancer Research U...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Strabane's 'Uncle Hugo' Goes On SatNav
A regional accent is to be added to motorists' choices for their satellite navigation. BBC Radio Ulster listeners may be used to driving along to the sounds of local man Hugo Duncan's popular afterno...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Gang Fire Shots At Londonderry Home Shots have been fired at a Londonderry home. Four masked men fired a number of shots at the door to the house in Dove Gardens shortly before 11pm on Tuesday. Two m...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Body Of Missing Kayaker Found The body of missing kayaker Elizabeth Ashbee has been found in Caernarfon Bay. North Wales Police confirmed that the body of the 53-year-old Shrewsbury woman was found e...