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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2003
Police appeal following hijacking of £1m worth of cigarettes
Police are appealing for information after a delivery vehicle containing more than £1 million worth of cigarettes was hijacked in Co Down on Monday. Several men dressed as road service workmen in yel...
Police appeal following hijacking of £1m worth of cigarettes
Police are appealing for information after a delivery vehicle containing more than £1 million worth of cigarettes was hijacked in Co Down on Monday. Several men dressed as road service workmen in yel...
UK National News, Dec 10, 2003
Two seriously injured in Staffordshire pile-up
At least two people have been seriously injured in a pile-up near Lichfield in Staffordshire this morning. The initial pile-up occurred amid thick fog on the southbound carriageway of the A38 between...
Two seriously injured in Staffordshire pile-up
At least two people have been seriously injured in a pile-up near Lichfield in Staffordshire this morning. The initial pile-up occurred amid thick fog on the southbound carriageway of the A38 between...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 21, 2003
Lorry driver appears in court over drugs seizure
A 39-year-old lorry driver, Patrick David McAuley has appeared in court today charged with possession and intent to supply a class B drug. The charge relates to the seizure of 300 kilos of cannabis w...
Lorry driver appears in court over drugs seizure
A 39-year-old lorry driver, Patrick David McAuley has appeared in court today charged with possession and intent to supply a class B drug. The charge relates to the seizure of 300 kilos of cannabis w...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2003
Cannabis worth £1.5m seized at Belfast docks
Cannabis worth an estimated street value of £1.5 million was seized by police at Belfast docks on Thursday. One man was arrested during the operation in which a lorry was stopped as it arrived off th...
Cannabis worth £1.5m seized at Belfast docks
Cannabis worth an estimated street value of £1.5 million was seized by police at Belfast docks on Thursday. One man was arrested during the operation in which a lorry was stopped as it arrived off th...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2003
Motorist escapes injury as roof ripped off car
The Frosses Road in Co Antrim was closed for a time today as police investigated an incident that resulted in the roof of a car being ripped off by steel girders. The driver of the car escaped seriou...
Motorist escapes injury as roof ripped off car
The Frosses Road in Co Antrim was closed for a time today as police investigated an incident that resulted in the roof of a car being ripped off by steel girders. The driver of the car escaped seriou...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2003
Belfast City Hall set for traditional arrival
One of the most famous Christmas trees in Northern Ireland is set to take up its traditional seasonal position this weekend. Each year, a tree measuring between 40 and 50 feet tall stands at the fron...
Belfast City Hall set for traditional arrival
One of the most famous Christmas trees in Northern Ireland is set to take up its traditional seasonal position this weekend. Each year, a tree measuring between 40 and 50 feet tall stands at the fron...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 20, 2003
Man dies in road traffic accident
A man has died in a road traffic accident in Co Tyrone this morning. William Duncan, 42, of Victoria Road, Bready, is believed to have been working on a lorry when the accident occurred on the Bond's...
Man dies in road traffic accident
A man has died in a road traffic accident in Co Tyrone this morning. William Duncan, 42, of Victoria Road, Bready, is believed to have been working on a lorry when the accident occurred on the Bond's...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 16, 2003
Woman remains critical following road crash
A woman remains in a critical condition in hospital today following a road traffic accident in Co Antrim yesterday. The woman was a passenger in a car which collided with a lorry on the Knockmore Roa...
Woman remains critical following road crash
A woman remains in a critical condition in hospital today following a road traffic accident in Co Antrim yesterday. The woman was a passenger in a car which collided with a lorry on the Knockmore Roa...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 3, 2003
Police make appeal following road death
Police are appealing for information after a man died in a road accident in Co Down yesterday. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was killed when his car collided with another vehicle on ...
Police make appeal following road death
Police are appealing for information after a man died in a road accident in Co Down yesterday. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was killed when his car collided with another vehicle on ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 2, 2003
Road accident leaves 15 people injured
A major road traffic accident has left 15 people injured in Co Antrim today. The incident occurred when a minibus and articulated lorry collided on the Belfast Road near Larne at around 9.30am on Thu...
Road accident leaves 15 people injured
A major road traffic accident has left 15 people injured in Co Antrim today. The incident occurred when a minibus and articulated lorry collided on the Belfast Road near Larne at around 9.30am on Thu...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 22, 2003
Road accident in Co Tyrone kills two men
Two men have been killed after their car collided with a lorry in Co Tyrone early this morning. The accident happened on the Gillydooley Road to Drumquin at around 8.20am on Monday. The road has bee...
Road accident in Co Tyrone kills two men
Two men have been killed after their car collided with a lorry in Co Tyrone early this morning. The accident happened on the Gillydooley Road to Drumquin at around 8.20am on Monday. The road has bee...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2003
Holyland gets clean up makeover
Volunteers from the University of Ulster, Queen’s University and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive took to the streets of the Holyland today in a bid to make south Belfast a cleaner place to live...
Holyland gets clean up makeover
Volunteers from the University of Ulster, Queen’s University and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive took to the streets of the Holyland today in a bid to make south Belfast a cleaner place to live...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2003
Electrical goods stolen during Ideal Home delivery
Police are appealing for information after a lorry was stolen containing £100,000 worth of electrical goods. The incident occurred as the driver of the vehicle made a delivery to the Ideal Home Exhib...
Electrical goods stolen during Ideal Home delivery
Police are appealing for information after a lorry was stolen containing £100,000 worth of electrical goods. The incident occurred as the driver of the vehicle made a delivery to the Ideal Home Exhib...
Business News, Sep 4, 2003
Construction companies fined for health & safety incidents
Two Co Antrim construction firms have been prosecuted for breaches of health and safety legislation, which in one case, almost led to the deaths of two workers on a building site. McCombe Brothers (A...
Construction companies fined for health & safety incidents
Two Co Antrim construction firms have been prosecuted for breaches of health and safety legislation, which in one case, almost led to the deaths of two workers on a building site. McCombe Brothers (A...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 4, 2003
HSENI prosecute construction firms
The Health and Safety Executive of Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully prosecuted two firms for breaches of health and safety procedures. The first case, held at Belfast Magistrates Court last ...
HSENI prosecute construction firms
The Health and Safety Executive of Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully prosecuted two firms for breaches of health and safety procedures. The first case, held at Belfast Magistrates Court last ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 1, 2003
Man appears in court over drugs find
A 39-year-old man has been remanded in custody for a week following the seizure of over £1 million worth of drugs in Co Antrim at the weekend. Paul Hughes, from Marian Park at Ballykinler in Co Down,...
Man appears in court over drugs find
A 39-year-old man has been remanded in custody for a week following the seizure of over £1 million worth of drugs in Co Antrim at the weekend. Paul Hughes, from Marian Park at Ballykinler in Co Down,...
UK National News, Aug 27, 2003
Lorry cleared from West Coast rail line
An articulated lorry has been cleared from the railway tracks between Abington and Carstairs on the West Coast main line in Scotland. The line reopened within three hours when the lorry had been remo...
Lorry cleared from West Coast rail line
An articulated lorry has been cleared from the railway tracks between Abington and Carstairs on the West Coast main line in Scotland. The line reopened within three hours when the lorry had been remo...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 26, 2003
Lorry in fuel tank spillage
Police are appealing for information after a steel fuel tank fell from a lorry in Newry last night. The incident occurred at the Clogue Roundabout at around 10pm. Prior to police arriving a number o...
Lorry in fuel tank spillage
Police are appealing for information after a steel fuel tank fell from a lorry in Newry last night. The incident occurred at the Clogue Roundabout at around 10pm. Prior to police arriving a number o...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2003
Rescue operation scaled down in devastated Baghdad UN HQ
The search for people trapped alive in the devastated Baghdad headquarters of the UN is being scaled down following yesterday afternoon's bomb attack. The latest casualty figures for those killed sta...
Rescue operation scaled down in devastated Baghdad UN HQ
The search for people trapped alive in the devastated Baghdad headquarters of the UN is being scaled down following yesterday afternoon's bomb attack. The latest casualty figures for those killed sta...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2003
Tanker driver dies as his vehicle veers off flyover
A man has died after the tanker he was driving plunged 20 feet from a motorway flyover near Manchester earlier this morning. The driver has not yet been named. Two cars and a lorry were also involve...
Tanker driver dies as his vehicle veers off flyover
A man has died after the tanker he was driving plunged 20 feet from a motorway flyover near Manchester earlier this morning. The driver has not yet been named. Two cars and a lorry were also involve...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 7, 2003
Two NI children die in Swedish road accident
Two children from Northern Ireland have died in a road traffic accident in Sweden. The youngsters who died were with their parents, two sisters and brother when the people carrier they were travellin...
Two NI children die in Swedish road accident
Two children from Northern Ireland have died in a road traffic accident in Sweden. The youngsters who died were with their parents, two sisters and brother when the people carrier they were travellin...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 7, 2003
Three men appear in court over drugs find
Three men have appeared in court today following the largest ever seizure of cannabis in Northern Ireland. Stephen Spence, 28, from Belfast, Stephen Martin, 40, from Carrickfergus, and Nigel Carter, ...
Three men appear in court over drugs find
Three men have appeared in court today following the largest ever seizure of cannabis in Northern Ireland. Stephen Spence, 28, from Belfast, Stephen Martin, 40, from Carrickfergus, and Nigel Carter, ...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2003
Illegal fuel plant uncovered in Co Tyrone
Customs officers last night dismantled an illegal fuel laundering plant in Co Tyrone in a joint operation with PSNI. The laundering operation was discovered on farm premises in the Pomeroy area of Co...
Illegal fuel plant uncovered in Co Tyrone
Customs officers last night dismantled an illegal fuel laundering plant in Co Tyrone in a joint operation with PSNI. The laundering operation was discovered on farm premises in the Pomeroy area of Co...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2003
PSNI in largest ever cannabis find
Police have seized drugs worth an estimated £2 million during the search of a lorry in Co Antrim on Tuesday. Four men were being questioned by police following the cannabis find which was discovered ...
PSNI in largest ever cannabis find
Police have seized drugs worth an estimated £2 million during the search of a lorry in Co Antrim on Tuesday. Four men were being questioned by police following the cannabis find which was discovered ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 26, 2003
Tanker explodes on motorway
A lorry tanker has exploded on the M2 motorway in Co Antrim this afternoon. Police have confirmed that the motorway is closed between Templepatrick and Antrim at the Rathbeg junction in both directio...
Tanker explodes on motorway
A lorry tanker has exploded on the M2 motorway in Co Antrim this afternoon. Police have confirmed that the motorway is closed between Templepatrick and Antrim at the Rathbeg junction in both directio...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 20, 2003
Funeral of road victim takes place
Police are still appealing for witnesses following the death of a man in a road traffic accident in Londonderry earlier in the week. The man, named locally as Odhran McKinney, 39, was buried at St. O...
Funeral of road victim takes place
Police are still appealing for witnesses following the death of a man in a road traffic accident in Londonderry earlier in the week. The man, named locally as Odhran McKinney, 39, was buried at St. O...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2003
£4.5m ecstasy haul was set for NI say police
A Northern Ireland man has been arrested following the interception of the largest consignment of ecstasy tablets intended for the province. The find is estimated to have a street value of £4.5 milli...
£4.5m ecstasy haul was set for NI say police
A Northern Ireland man has been arrested following the interception of the largest consignment of ecstasy tablets intended for the province. The find is estimated to have a street value of £4.5 milli...
UK National News, Jun 6, 2003
End of line for trains as Royal Mail drops rail
The Royal Mail has announced that it is the end of the line for the mail train as it unveiled plans to put in place a more efficient and flexible UK-wide distribution network by road and air. Althoug...
End of line for trains as Royal Mail drops rail
The Royal Mail has announced that it is the end of the line for the mail train as it unveiled plans to put in place a more efficient and flexible UK-wide distribution network by road and air. Althoug...
UK National News, Jun 5, 2003
Family of four die in motorway collision
A family of four have been killed following a road smash on the M1 in the early hours of this morning. The four died – two adults and a boy and a girl – after an articulated lorry collided with the ...
Family of four die in motorway collision
A family of four have been killed following a road smash on the M1 in the early hours of this morning. The four died – two adults and a boy and a girl – after an articulated lorry collided with the ...
UK National News, May 29, 2003
Two young girls arrested for endangering motorway drivers
Surrey police have arrested two nine-year-old girls today following a spate of incidents where missiles have been thrown from a bridge onto motorway traffic. Police said officers were "appalled" when...
Two young girls arrested for endangering motorway drivers
Surrey police have arrested two nine-year-old girls today following a spate of incidents where missiles have been thrown from a bridge onto motorway traffic. Police said officers were "appalled" when...
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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.