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UK National News, Sep 10, 2009
Olympic Park Clean-Up On Track As 'Big Build' Ramps Up
The clean-up of the 2.5km2 Olympic Park, much of it contaminated through decades of industrial use, is almost complete and on track to beat its tough sustainability targets. The unprecedented clean-u...
Olympic Park Clean-Up On Track As 'Big Build' Ramps Up
The clean-up of the 2.5km2 Olympic Park, much of it contaminated through decades of industrial use, is almost complete and on track to beat its tough sustainability targets. The unprecedented clean-u...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 3, 2009
Lorry Driver Qualification Reviewed
A new European qualification for all professional lorry drivers has been launched in Northern Ireland. From 10 September, new drivers entering the industry will need to pass the Driver CPC (Ce...
Lorry Driver Qualification Reviewed
A new European qualification for all professional lorry drivers has been launched in Northern Ireland. From 10 September, new drivers entering the industry will need to pass the Driver CPC (Ce...
UK National News, Sep 1, 2009
Strangled Girl 'May Have Been Assaulted'
Police have not ruled out a sexual motive in the apparent murder of a nine-year-old girl found strangled in a lorry belonging to her 'step-father'. Stacey Lawrence's body was left in the cab of a lor...
Strangled Girl 'May Have Been Assaulted'
Police have not ruled out a sexual motive in the apparent murder of a nine-year-old girl found strangled in a lorry belonging to her 'step-father'. Stacey Lawrence's body was left in the cab of a lor...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2009
'Rotting Lettuce' Hid Contraband Tobacco
A Co Down lorry driver has been jailed for smuggling. A Newry man who smuggled six million cigarettes and half a tonne of hand rolling tobacco in decomposing lettuce has been jailed for three ...
'Rotting Lettuce' Hid Contraband Tobacco
A Co Down lorry driver has been jailed for smuggling. A Newry man who smuggled six million cigarettes and half a tonne of hand rolling tobacco in decomposing lettuce has been jailed for three ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 24, 2009
Road Deaths Blight Ireland's Roads
It has been a tragic 48-hours on the roads, both North and South of the Border. News of the latest five deaths on NI road accidents over the weekend has pushed the number of those killed to 78...
Road Deaths Blight Ireland's Roads
It has been a tragic 48-hours on the roads, both North and South of the Border. News of the latest five deaths on NI road accidents over the weekend has pushed the number of those killed to 78...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 10, 2009
Two More Die On NI Roads
Police are appealing for information after the latest of two fatal road accidents. A 25-year-old man has been killed in a road accident near Middletown in Co Armagh this morning. He was the d...
Two More Die On NI Roads
Police are appealing for information after the latest of two fatal road accidents. A 25-year-old man has been killed in a road accident near Middletown in Co Armagh this morning. He was the d...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 3, 2009
Arson Attacks Tackled Across NI
There will be a substantial repair bill following a North West arson attack. The deliberate blaze - at a skip hire company in Londonderry - was just one of four fires across Northern Ireland t...
Arson Attacks Tackled Across NI
There will be a substantial repair bill following a North West arson attack. The deliberate blaze - at a skip hire company in Londonderry - was just one of four fires across Northern Ireland t...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 24, 2009
Teen Dies In Midnight Crash
A young girl has died in a car crash in Co Antrim. The tragedy happened shortly after midnight on the Bann Road, Ballymoney, The car was driven by Shannan McCracken, who was just 18. Her car ...
Teen Dies In Midnight Crash
A young girl has died in a car crash in Co Antrim. The tragedy happened shortly after midnight on the Bann Road, Ballymoney, The car was driven by Shannan McCracken, who was just 18. Her car ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 20, 2009
Roads Victims Named
Police were last night appealing to anyone who witnessed a crash that left two motorcyclists in a serious condition in hospital in Co Fermanagh to contact them. The appeal came as the names of...
Roads Victims Named
Police were last night appealing to anyone who witnessed a crash that left two motorcyclists in a serious condition in hospital in Co Fermanagh to contact them. The appeal came as the names of...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 10, 2009
Gardaí Seize 2m Contraband Cigarettes
A successful operation to net a huge haul of illicit tobacco products in Dublin has just been revealed. Apparently part of a major international anti-smuggling initiative which has also result...
Gardaí Seize 2m Contraband Cigarettes
A successful operation to net a huge haul of illicit tobacco products in Dublin has just been revealed. Apparently part of a major international anti-smuggling initiative which has also result...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 6, 2009
Sixtieth Road Death Blights NI
There have now been 60 people killed on NI roads this year. The grim milestone was reached on Sunday when an 18-year-old woman died after the car she was travelling in was in collision with a ...
Sixtieth Road Death Blights NI
There have now been 60 people killed on NI roads this year. The grim milestone was reached on Sunday when an 18-year-old woman died after the car she was travelling in was in collision with a ...
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, May 29, 2009
Man In Court Over Fatal Lorry Crash
A man is due in court today in relation to the death of a man after a collision in the M6 in the West Midlands. A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after...
Man In Court Over Fatal Lorry Crash
A man is due in court today in relation to the death of a man after a collision in the M6 in the West Midlands. A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after...
UK National News, May 28, 2009
Start Planning Early For Increased Demand Says Rail Industry
Today the rail industry set out its vision for what the railway should look like and be able to deliver for passengers and freight users in 20 to 30 years time. In 'Planning ahead', a paper published...
Start Planning Early For Increased Demand Says Rail Industry
Today the rail industry set out its vision for what the railway should look like and be able to deliver for passengers and freight users in 20 to 30 years time. In 'Planning ahead', a paper published...
Northern Ireland News, May 20, 2009
Irish Road Deaths Continue To Rise
A driver has been killed in a road smash in Co Down. Yesterday, a total of three road deaths occurred in the Irish Republic, including that of a toddler. That accident was just a day after a...
Irish Road Deaths Continue To Rise
A driver has been killed in a road smash in Co Down. Yesterday, a total of three road deaths occurred in the Irish Republic, including that of a toddler. That accident was just a day after a...
UK National News, May 19, 2009
Double Fatalities After Motorway Crash
Two people are dead following a rush-hour car pile-up on a motorway in west Yorkshire. The road has been closed, and motorists are told to expect lengthy delays this morning after two incidents on th...
Double Fatalities After Motorway Crash
Two people are dead following a rush-hour car pile-up on a motorway in west Yorkshire. The road has been closed, and motorists are told to expect lengthy delays this morning after two incidents on th...
Northern Ireland News, May 19, 2009
Tragedy Hits Co Tyrone Farm
A two-year-old boy has been killed in a farm accident in Co Tyrone. The incident involved a lorry and left toddler Tadhg Sweeney dead. He was playing outside his family home at Mullaghslin, Carrickm...
Tragedy Hits Co Tyrone Farm
A two-year-old boy has been killed in a farm accident in Co Tyrone. The incident involved a lorry and left toddler Tadhg Sweeney dead. He was playing outside his family home at Mullaghslin, Carrickm...
Northern Ireland News, May 8, 2009
Village Mourns For Young Crash Fatality
The stunned community of Millisle today gathered for the funeral of a young man killed in a car collision earlier this week. Twenty-year-old Karl Wilkie junior died when his car crashed with another ...
Village Mourns For Young Crash Fatality
The stunned community of Millisle today gathered for the funeral of a young man killed in a car collision earlier this week. Twenty-year-old Karl Wilkie junior died when his car crashed with another ...
Northern Ireland News, May 7, 2009
Pregnant Woman Named As 41st Road Victim
The woman from Portrush who died yesterday in a car accident in Co Londonderry was six month pregnant. Kelly Louise Norris, 22, died when her car collided with a lorry at Mathers Cross on Atlantic R...
Pregnant Woman Named As 41st Road Victim
The woman from Portrush who died yesterday in a car accident in Co Londonderry was six month pregnant. Kelly Louise Norris, 22, died when her car collided with a lorry at Mathers Cross on Atlantic R...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2009
Crash Driver 'Had Done U-Turn On Motorway'
A driver, who caused a fatal car crash on the M1 motorway in Bedfordshire, was travelling in the wrong direction after doing a U-turn near roadworks, an inquest has heard. Mariusz Marcin Adamski, 24,...
Crash Driver 'Had Done U-Turn On Motorway'
A driver, who caused a fatal car crash on the M1 motorway in Bedfordshire, was travelling in the wrong direction after doing a U-turn near roadworks, an inquest has heard. Mariusz Marcin Adamski, 24,...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 17, 2009
Latest Bomb Alert Declared 'Hoax'
South Belfast is now returning to normal after a security alert was declared an elaborate hoax. A number of offices had been evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious object. It was found at Low...
Latest Bomb Alert Declared 'Hoax'
South Belfast is now returning to normal after a security alert was declared an elaborate hoax. A number of offices had been evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious object. It was found at Low...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 31, 2009
Hoax Security Alerts Close School
Hundreds of Belfast school children have been sent home following a hoax security alert. St Aidan's Primary School on the Springfield Road was closed after the discovery of a suspicious object on the...
Hoax Security Alerts Close School
Hundreds of Belfast school children have been sent home following a hoax security alert. St Aidan's Primary School on the Springfield Road was closed after the discovery of a suspicious object on the...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 24, 2009
22nd NI Road Victim Dies
The woman seriously injured in a road collision involving a car and a lorry in east Belfast last month has died in hospital. She was the 22nd person to die on Northern Ireland's roads so far this yea...
22nd NI Road Victim Dies
The woman seriously injured in a road collision involving a car and a lorry in east Belfast last month has died in hospital. She was the 22nd person to die on Northern Ireland's roads so far this yea...
UK National News, Mar 18, 2009
Investigation After Illegal Immigrants Found In Lorry
A police has been launched by the UK Border Agency after 26 suspected illegal immigrants were found on a lorrybound for south Wales. Gwent Police were called to a distribution centre in Chepstow in M...
Investigation After Illegal Immigrants Found In Lorry
A police has been launched by the UK Border Agency after 26 suspected illegal immigrants were found on a lorrybound for south Wales. Gwent Police were called to a distribution centre in Chepstow in M...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2009
Six Die On Irish Roads
The death of a Co Tyrone man overnight has brought the total number of road deaths across Ireland in the past 48 hours to six. Christopher McNeill, 26, from the Dungannon area, is also the 13th pers...
Six Die On Irish Roads
The death of a Co Tyrone man overnight has brought the total number of road deaths across Ireland in the past 48 hours to six. Christopher McNeill, 26, from the Dungannon area, is also the 13th pers...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 3, 2009
Harder Road To Get 'On The Buses'
Aspiring bus, coach and lorry drivers in NI will have a new theory test to do from next week. As of 10 March, a number of additional theory questions will be introduced for all such drivers. NI Drive...
Harder Road To Get 'On The Buses'
Aspiring bus, coach and lorry drivers in NI will have a new theory test to do from next week. As of 10 March, a number of additional theory questions will be introduced for all such drivers. NI Drive...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2009
Lorry Driver Jailed For M6 Death Crash
A Portuguese lorry driver has been found guilty of causing the deaths of a family of six in a crash on the M6. Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva was sentenced to three years in jail after killing the Sta...
Lorry Driver Jailed For M6 Death Crash
A Portuguese lorry driver has been found guilty of causing the deaths of a family of six in a crash on the M6. Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva was sentenced to three years in jail after killing the Sta...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2009
Firm Fined £65k After Tragic Contractor's Death
A Northern Ireland construction firm has been fined more than £65,000 after an employee died on-site almost two years ago. McNicholas Construction Services Limited was found guilty of breaching hea...
Firm Fined £65k After Tragic Contractor's Death
A Northern Ireland construction firm has been fined more than £65,000 after an employee died on-site almost two years ago. McNicholas Construction Services Limited was found guilty of breaching hea...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2009
Lorry Driver Remanded Over Girl's Abduction
A man arrested over the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl he met online, has today been remanded in custody charged with child abduction. Lorry driver Robert Williams, 49, of Whitburn, West Lothian...
Lorry Driver Remanded Over Girl's Abduction
A man arrested over the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl he met online, has today been remanded in custody charged with child abduction. Lorry driver Robert Williams, 49, of Whitburn, West Lothian...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 30, 2009
Relief As Stranded HSS Passengers Get Home
After more than 24 hours on board the HSS ferry just yards off its berth in Scotland, passengers returning to Belfast have spoken of their relief to be back on dry land. Almost 200 travellers and cre...
Relief As Stranded HSS Passengers Get Home
After more than 24 hours on board the HSS ferry just yards off its berth in Scotland, passengers returning to Belfast have spoken of their relief to be back on dry land. Almost 200 travellers and cre...
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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.