Belfast Telegraph back issues from August 2001:
Lodonderry: 1m for Walled City
Aug 01, 2001 ... HERITAGE chiefs today donated 1m to help preserve 33 buildings inthe most historic area of Londonderry. The buildings, all within the Walled City Conservation Area, willreceive much-needed upgrading work as a result of the grant from theHeritage Lottery Fund. The money was ...
What happens next ...
Aug 01, 2001; ... TONY Blair may well savour his holiday in Mexico. His time inNorthern Ireland has not nearly come to an end. When they rolled up their sleeves for this latest crisis, MrBlair and Bertie Ahern were agreed on one fundamental point - theywanted Northern Ireland off their necks so they ...
Net intact as red alert hour passes
Aug 01, 2001 ... THE much-hyped "Code Red" computer virus appeared to have passedby today without inflicting the widespread chaos predicted, expertssaid. IT engineers across the world were on standby throughout thenight bracing themselves for the outbreak of the "Internet rabies"which was tipped ...
Five rolls of copper wire taken
Aug 01, 2001 ... FIVE large rolls of copper conductor wire worth around 6,000 havebeen stolen from premises in Spa near Ballynahinch. The copper was taken ...
Firms 'must act on RSI'
Aug 01, 2001 ... FIRMS were today urged to do more to help workers sufferingrepetitive strain injuries ...
Shorts
Aug 01, 2001 ... TV debate on crime COLIN Stagg, who was cleared of the murder ofRachel Nickell, is to discuss with TV bosses the growing obsessionwith crime on television. He joins a panel who will debate the effects of crime shows withindustry chiefs at the Guardian Edinburgh International ...
Miniature horse is a real Touch of Class
Aug 01, 2001; ... HE stands no taller than29 inches, but, in his own right, 'TouchofClass' is a champion of a different kind. Forthis British miniature horse from Ulster has to have aspecial diet because he is allergic to normal equine diets. But that has not deterred him in the ...
What the paper's said
Aug 01, 2001 ... INDEPENDENT: Hamas vows vengeance after Israeli offensive killseight: Undaunted by international condemnation, Israel launched arocket attack yesterday on the West Bank headquarters of the radicalIslamic movement Hamas. After 15 years, High Court overturns ban on Farrakhan: ...
Pipe bomb thrown at rear of home
Aug 01, 2001; ... ARMY bomb expertsdefused an explosive device which was hurled ata house in Ballymena early today. The pipe bomb type device was thrown at the rear of a home in theSandown Park area. Meanwhile, a suspicious object found in the garden of a home inthe Fountain area of ...
Swashbuckling, toe-tapping Pan is a show for all ages
Aug 01, 2001 ... PETER PAN is the story of a boy who never grew up and,judging bythe oompa at Belfast's Grand Opera House last night, there areplenty like him. This swashbuckling production really is an all singing, alldancing affair from curtain up -a smorgasboard for the senses. With superb ...
Pig sector hit by falling prices
Aug 01, 2001 ... NORTHERN Ireland cattle farmers are on a high because live martshave opened again after a five month closure imposed because of foot-and-mouth disease, But their counterparts in the pigs sector are inthe doldrums because of falling prices. For the third successive week pig prices ...
Queen Mother may be off to hospital
Aug 01, 2001 ... SPECULATION mounted today that the Queen Mother was to beadmitted to hospital after suffering mild heat exhaustion. Palace aides declined to comment but insisted that the 100-year-old Royal, who is 101 on Saturday, was not seriously ill. "There is no cause for alarm," said the ...
Boys and girls stay in to play
Aug 01, 2001 ... FEARS of bullying and the dangers posed by traffic are puttingchildren off playing outdoors this summer, a survey showed today. A poll of 800 youngsters aged four to 16 for the Children'sSociety found that while about two-thirds felt they had enoughplaces to play outside, 61% did ...
Heinz hits a purple patch
Aug 01, 2001 ... HEINZ is adding "Funky Purple" to its crayon box of condimentcolours. The US company, hoping to build on last year's success with a"Blastin' Green" ketchup, said the new purple ketchup would be onshelves in US stores in September. In seven months, HJ Heinz sold more than 10 ...
Lord Mayor urges end to violence
Aug 01, 2001; ... BELFAST'S Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers today called an urgent meetingin a bid to halt the surge of violence sweeping the streets of thecity. Mr Rodgers has summoned the leaders of the various parties on thecity council to discuss the ongoing disturbances. The Lord Mayor said he was ...
New hospice team bids to restore unity ; But cleric angry with latest move
Aug 01, 2001; ... THE Northern Ireland Hospice's new bosses are due to hold talkslater today in a bid to re-build the unity of the organisation. Discussions are planned with members who had requisitioned nextweek's extraordinary general meeting. The aim of the August 8 EGM had been to replace ...
US trainee pilot steals plane and lands in Cuba
Aug 01, 2001 ... A STUDENT pilot, on his first solo flight from a Florida airport,stole the plane and flew to Havana, crash landing the Cessna on arocky coastline. Witnesses said he walked away from the craft, apparentlyunharmed. The pilot, John Reese, was taking a short test flight at ...
Curfew on teenagers 'impossible'
Aug 01, 2001 ... NEW regulations which come into force today extending childcurfews to teenagers will be virtually impossible to enforce,campaigners predict. Changes under the Criminal Justice and Police Act mean curfews,which could previously only be imposed on children aged under 10,can now be ...
Accused of wilfully neglecting children ; Foster coupleface cruelty charge
Aug 01, 2001; ... THIS is the Co Antrim couple accused of mistreating children theyhad fostered. Ellen Groves McIlree (58) and James Kirkwood McIlree (59)appeared at Newtownabbey Magistrates' Court yesterday on childcruelty charges. The former foster parents are alleged to have wilfully ...
Attack suspect on bail from Ulster ; 'He poses a serious risk to women'
Aug 01, 2001; ... THE Ulsterman being hunted by English police in connection to anumber of sex attacks is on bail from a Northern Ireland court,theBelfast Telegraph can reveal today. Adrian McKee, who is at the centre of a Greater Manchester Policeinvestigation, is facing charges linked to a sex ...
Reid orders UDA truce reviewed
Aug 01, 2001; ... SINN Fein and Alliance sent a wake up call to Secretary of StateJohn Reid today after he ruled that the UDA ceasefire is batteredbut not broken. Dr Reid, who ordered police to start an immediate review of UDA'sposition, saidindividual members of the group were involved inviolence ...
Family grief as murdered teen buried
Aug 01, 2001; ... A young girl looks at the flowers placed on the spot where theteenager, left, was murdered Pictures by Ian Trevithick THE smallparish church in Carnmoney will be packed with mourners today asmurdered teenager Gavin Brett is laid to rest. Gavin, an 18-year-old Protestant, died in ...
Nothing is agreed unless all agreed
Aug 01, 2001; ... THE British and Irish governments issued their all-or-nothingjoint plan for rescuing the Good Friday Agreement today, emphasisingthat all aspects of the proposals would stand or fall together. In what they described as "a fair, balanced and justifiedpackage", the governments laid ...
What's on
Aug 01, 2001 ... BELFAST -Grand Opera House: The summer show for all the family -Peter Pan. Reservationsfromthe Grand Opera House Ticket Shop, 2-4Great Victoria Street, Belfast. Telephone 028 9024 1919. GroupBookings 028 9022 2666. -The Devenish Complex: Blackjack's Quiz on Wednesdays; ...
Red tape 'danger to school trips'
Aug 01, 2001 ... SCHOOL trips are in danger of being consigned to history asteachers battle against ever-increasing mountains of red tape, itwas claimed today. Delegates at the Professional Association of Teachers conferencein Cardiff were due to vote on whether it was no longer worth theeffort ...
Caravan and cars taken in Saintfield theft
Aug 01, 2001 ... POLICE today appealed for information about two thefts inSaintfield. Two Honda Civics and a caravan were stolen from a locked shed atPeartree Road. A number of other items including a mobile diesel generator andBlack and Decker tools were also ...
Sheep go back on show
Aug 01, 2001; ... FARM livestock were back at Balmoral showgrounds today for thefirst time in eight months. Thanks to a relaxation in foot-and-mouth restrictions a pedigreeSuffolk sheep show and sale was held attracting exhibitors withalmost 160 entries. For RUAS chief executive Bill Yarr it ...
Sewage works 'not behind river pollution'
Aug 01, 2001 ... THE Department for Regional Development today rejected claimsthat an Antrim sewage works had caused pollution in the SixmilewaterRiver. Local anglers had alleged that the works at Belmont Road on theoutskirts of the town had pumped raw sewage into the waterway. But a DRD ...
Attwood anger at school blaze
Aug 01, 2001 ... AN attack on a west Belfast secondary school was today condemnedby SDLP councillor Alex Attwood. Scorch damage was caused to the ceiling, floor and walls of thegym at St Oliver Plunkett's School which is on the Glen Road. Police and the fire service were called to the blaze at ...
Peanut butter cancer scare
Aug 01, 2001 ... CANCER-causing chemicals have been found in peanut butter on salein the UK. Excessive levels of aflatoxin, a naturally occurring contaminantwith links to liver cancer, were found in pots of Tesco peanutbutter, research by the BBC found. They contained more than twice the ...
Mates back on security services body
Aug 01, 2001; ... TONY Blair has re-appointed former NIO minister and Tory MPMichael Mates as a member of Westminster's Intelligence and SecurityCommittee. Mr Mates was also recently elected chairman of the CommonsNorthern Ireland Affairs select committee in succession to PeterBrooke, who has ...
Police appeal after stabbing
Aug 01, 2001 ... DETECTIVES in Newtownabbey today appealed for witnesses to astabbing incident. One man was injured during a struggle with two other men in theChurch Road area shortly before midnight last ...
75% are breaching working limits deal ; Ulster worst for doctors' hours
Aug 01, 2001; ... NORTHERN Ireland's junior doctors work longer hours than any oftheir counterparts across the UK, new figures revealed today. And on the day that around 130 new Ulster juniors begin work inhospital wards, statistics show that 75% of all young medics arebreaching working hours ...
How the formula will be put into practice
Aug 01, 2001 ... Political Correspondent Chris Thornton outlines how the twogovernments intend to make today's package work TODAY'S document isa stab at making the four outstanding issues of the Agreement mesh. In attempting to resolve the sticking points of decommissioning,demilitarisation, ...
Dad charged with murders
Aug 01, 2001 ... A FILLING station proprietor from the Republic told gardai hekilled his sons "but didn't murder them", and said of his wife'skilling: "I did the damage, but I didn't plan it", a court hasheard. The 32-year-old former travelling salesman, Greg Fox, was chargedwith the murders of ...
Family plea for aid after US tragedy
Aug 01, 2001 ... THE family of a Londonderry man paralysed in a freak accident inthe United States today appealed for help in bringing him home. Don Duffy has been told that he will never walk again after hebroke his neck jumping into a swimming pool in Chicago. The tragedy took place just a ...
Farmed fish go back to the wild
Aug 01, 2001 ... THEDepartment of Leisure has been restocking various waters thissummer. Almost 10,000 rainbow and brown trout from the Movanagher FishFarm have been used in ...
Mum dies rescuing son (12) in river
Aug 01, 2001 ... A MOTHER drowned while trying to rescue her son from a river,police said today. The 33-year-old woman, who has not been named, had gone into theRiver Orchy at Dalmally, Argyll, to save her 12-year-old son. The boy managed to escape uninjured from the river but his motherwas ...
Appeals spark helpful response
Aug 01, 2001 ... CRIME Beat received five calls from appeals featured last week. Three calls involved the credit card fraud at various outlets inBelfast, with two callers giving the same name for the young ...
Briefs
Aug 01, 2001 ... Two men assaulted TWO Bangor men have been taken to hospitalafter they were beaten by a gang of four men wielding baseball bats. The victims, aged 17 and 18, were assaultedon the town'sClandeboye Road. Army makes safe device ARMY bomb experts have made safe a suspectdevice at ...
Funfair damaged in arson attack at Bangor
Aug 01, 2001; ... POLICE in Bangor were today treating as arson a fire which causedsubstantial damage to a funfair on the town's marina. A caravan, four-wheel drive vehicle and several of the funfair'sattractionswere badly damaged by the fire, It is thought to havebeen started by local youths who ...
Shot youth leaves hospital for funeral
Aug 01, 2001 ... THE injured Glengormley teenager who was shot in the foot by thesame gunmen who murdered Gavin Brettleft hospital last night so hecould attend the funeral of his best friend. Michael Farrell, a Catholic, was standing with his Protestantfriend Gavin and other pals near St Enda's GAA ...
Is Willie out of step on line-dancing?
Aug 01, 2001; ... IS Willie McCrea in bother with the Free Presbyterians? Thequestion arises from a document circulating among FreePresbyterianministers setting out the Church's official defence ofits condemnation ofline-dancing. It is clear from the document that the Church leadership has ...
It's down to the IRA ; WAY FORWARD: Decomissioning must begin
Aug 01, 2001 ... The British and Irish governments have produced few surprises foreither unionists or nationalists in their joint proposals, but willthey be enough to bridge the gap between the two and enable DavidTrimble to again put himself forward as First Minister when theAssembly is reconvened? That ...
Lessons of history are ignored
Aug 01, 2001; ... ISthe package on page one? You have the better of me today, forat the time of writing it is only "expected". For better or worse,it faces an uncertain welcome. George Santayana, Spanish-born sage who was to flower at Harvard,warned us that those who fail to remember the past are ...
Cricket: Cup finalists are still making history
Aug 01, 2001; ... THERE is a lot ofcricketing history between North and North Downand so it's appropriate that these two clubs should share centrestage in the last Deloitte & Touche NCU Cup final to be played atOrmeau tomorrow and Friday. In the good old days there were occasions when players turned ...
Badminton: Six of the best tipped for top
Aug 01, 2001 ... SIX of Ulster's talented under age badminton players areattending this week's Badminton Union of Ireland Summer Camp whichfinishes on Friday at Methodist College, Belfast. Dona Scott (Alpha and Wallace), Helen McGookin (GlengormleyMethodist and Ballyclare Secondary), Martin McAuley ...
Racing: Viva Vivo
Aug 01, 2001; ... CHRISTY Roche who won the first two races at Galway yesterday,should get on the mark again when Vivo runs in the Guinness GalwayHandicap Hurdle, the second biggest race of the meeting, tomorrow. This is a high-class competitive field but Vivo has a lot goingfor him as he was an ...
Motorsport: Duffus rides in for Ulster bid as top team pulls out
Aug 01, 2001; ... SCOTS rider Iain Duffus has provided a last minute rescue act forthe Ulster Grand Prix which takes place at Dundrod on August 18. Duffus is a member of the V and M Team which has ruled itself outof competing at Dundrod because they can't reach a financialagreement with the ...
Racing: Sheer delight for young O'Donoghue
Aug 01, 2001 ... AIDAN O'Brien's apprentice Colm O'Donoghue recorded his biggestsuccess to date and moved back to the top of the table as 20-1chance Sheer Tenby landed the IR100,000 McDonogh EBF Handicap atGalway last night. Trained in Tramore by retired jump jockey Paul Roche, 27, SheerTenby has ...
Racing: Amanda's Solo bid to pay off
Aug 01, 2001; ... AMANDA Perrett may regret not entering Solo Mio for the Gold Cupbut the regenerated seven-year-old entire can prove himself king ofthe stayers with victory in the JP Morgan Private Bank Goodwood Cuptomorrow. The son of star stallion Sadler's Wells has won both his startsfor the ...
Racing: Bookie mistake but punter has to pay the price
Aug 01, 2001 ... WHEN a punter makes a mistake, he has to pay for it, sometimesbig time. When the ' jam cookies' do so, they can reach for the rule bookand claim 'palpable error'. There are occasionswhen they are correct in doing so but inothers, it is questionable that they can reach for ...
GAA: Heavin trains eyes on another bonus
Aug 01, 2001 ... GER Heavin certainly knows the full meaning of the word trainingthis week. Not only has he been punishing himself out on the pitch inpreparation for Westmeath's clash with Meath but he has also beengetting to grips with a new job Heavin's training course inconnection with his ...
GAA: Farrell on ball for more glory
Aug 01, 2001 ... DESSIE Farrell is disappointed that he cannot follow a dualsporting career right now. But in contrast to some other high-profile GAA stars, Farrell'stwin pursuits are not football and hurling. Instead, it's football and hockey at which the Dublin skipperexcels. But ...
Football: Single move is welcomed
Aug 01, 2001; ... MORE joy is on the way for 'railway shunters.' Following tax freebets from October,comes the lifting of restrictions on single betsin Premiership matches. Britain's biggest bookmaker Ladborkes have admitted the currentrestrictions of a minimum treble unless the game is televised or ...
Football: Rush is on for Bangor festival
Aug 01, 2001 ... LIVERPOOL legendIan Rush will be on hand to help launch the thirdNorthern Ireland International Football Festival as it kicks off inBangor on Monday, August 6. Rush will accompany the Parade of Honour by all teams from theMcKee clock. This will be followed by the opening ceremony ...
Football: Officer arrests Glens while Blues stroll it
Aug 01, 2001 ... BELFAST'S Big Two had contrasting results last night withLinfield winning and Glentoran losing. Dundela beat the Glens 2-1 in an East Belfast derby at WilgarPark last night with an Officer inspiring Mervyn Bell's gentlemen tosuccess. David Officer got both goals for the home ...
Football: Old Firm may be handed Worthy chance
Aug 01, 2001 ... CELTIC and Rangers could get an early look at life in footballsouth of the border if they are invited to take part in thisseason's Worthington Cup. The Old Firm, who have already expressed their desire to quitScotland and play in the English Premiership, could enter theknockout ...
Football: Kid Hughes is a clever boy for Advocaat
Aug 01, 2001 ... RANGERS manager Dick Advocaat revealed that his suspicion thatyoung midfielder Stephen Hughes was a real prospect had beenconfirmed in the middle of contract talks. For the 18-year-old did not try to bargain his way to a bumperpay packet. All he wanted to know was when he could ...
Golf: McNeilly on a hat-trick
Aug 01, 2001 ... DAVID McNeilly of Ballydrain Harriers and Violet Cordner of LaganValley Orienteers head the line-up for the 22nd annual Scrabo Hillrace at Newtownards this evening. McNeilly (22) will be aiming for his third successive win in thethree-mile event which starts from Scrabo estate at ...
Boxing: Magee fright leaves some concern
Aug 01, 2001; ... BRIAN Magee survived the first crisis of his career last night atthe York Hall Bethnel Green. The Belfast man eventually took his unbeaten run to 13 but hadsurvive a first round onslaught that would have overcome lesser men. Late replacement Jamaican Chris Nembhard,based at ...
GAA: Roundabout route to 'semi' target
Aug 01, 2001 ... THERE have been suggestions on several fronts that the draw forthe Bank of Ireland All Ireland football championship quarter-finals was 'rigged'. Certainly, if the Association was in hot pursuit of localderbies, they have come up with just the right formula. But, as RTE's ...
Rugby: New leader Ward can take Ulster back to the future
Aug 01, 2001 ... PERHAPS the loudest cheer Andy Ward has ever received atRavenhill came as he left the pitch 10 minutes before half-timeduring Ulster's European Cup quarter-final against Toulouse twoyears ago. At the time Ulster had their backs to the wall, so in ordinarycircumstances it would ...
GAA: McRory in call for an end to 'repeats'
Aug 01, 2001 ... TYRONE joint manager Art McRory has joined the clamour urging areview of the All Ireland football championship qualifiers conceptfollowing the quarter-finals draw. McRory has no objection to teams from the same province meetingfor a second time in the series - but not in the last ...
GAA: No pain, no gain is Dolan's motto
Aug 01, 2001 ... DESSIE Dolan has grown accustomed to playing through the painbarrier for Westmeath. A troublesome ankle injury has proved a major handicap throughoutthis summer particularly since he exacerbated the problem againstLouth. A piece of bone float ing just beneath the surface of ...