Belfast Telegraph back issues from February 2007:
Tax exemptions on income from greyhound breeding announced
Feb 01, 2007 ... That's one of new provisions contained in the Finance Bill for2007.In addition, the Minister will allow first-time buyer relieffrom stamp duty in certain situations following a divorce orseparation.The Finance Bill puts into law measures announced in theBudget.Also announced today - a ...
Man taken in for questioning about fatal stabbing in Clare
Feb 01, 2007 ... 30 year old Charlie McDonagh, from Bridgecourt Estate in Ennis,was stabbed to death last Sunday.His 20 year old brother and ...
Is this the sickest show on TV?
Feb 01, 2007; ... Never mind Celebrity Big Brother, if you want a programme thatepitomises the ethical and existential bankruptcy of both British TVand our political economy, watch Fortune on ITV. Five "judges" are propositioned by a series of contestants to givethem money. The series pledges to ...
Russian court investigates claims of baby gagging at orphanage
Feb 01, 2007 ... A criminal case has been opened of the claims of maltreatment at ahospital in Yekaterinburg.An ...
Two Liverpool men sentenced to twelve years for cocaine smuggling
Feb 01, 2007 ... Twenty five-year old Paul Morgan and 23 year-old FrancisMcConlough, both with addresses in Liverpool, pleaded guilty to thecharges of possession for supply.When sentencing the men, Judge FrankO'Donnell told the ...
Explosion at Turkish oil refinery kills at least one
Feb 01, 2007 ... Local television is reporting that three other people were injuredat the installation sixty miles ...
Two arrested following Dublin tiger kidnapping
Feb 01, 2007 ... According to the Gardai a man and a woman were arrested and anumber of vehicles seized following the incident, in which a bankofficial, his ...
Laganside deserves world recognition
Feb 01, 2007; ... The corporation, which was set up by the Government in 1989 toregenerate the area that is now home to Belfast's Waterfront Hall andother landmark buildings, was given top marks in a review of its workcarried out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment's LEED ...
Direct ro-ro shipping to North America urged
Feb 01, 2007; ... A call has been made for the development of a direct ro-ro freightshipping service from Northern Ireland to North America.It came in areport from the Irish Exporters Association which said its researchsuggested that sufficient volumes existed to make such a routeviable.The association, ...
Ulster tycoon buys into Bupa scheme in Republic
Feb 01, 2007; ... Mr Quinn's cross-border Quinn Group, which has bases in Fermanaghand Cavan, has agreed to pay an estimated Euro 150m (pound(s)99.4m)for the health insurance services arm of private healthcare giantBupa's operation in the Republic.And the business magnate has alreadyfired the first salvo ...
Communityin shock after woman's death
Feb 01, 2007 ... Sarah Alice Walker, who was in her 60s, died after a collisionbetween a car and a concrete lorry just outside the village of Cladyyesterday.Father Brian McGoldrick of St Columba's Church, Donnyloup,where Mrs Walker's funeral is expected to take place at the weekend,said that the ...
Executive to build hundreds of homes
Feb 01, 2007 ... The mid-term review of its 10-Year Derry/Londonderry HousingStrategy was launched at the Guildhall yesterday.The five-year reviewis now out for public consultation and the Housing Executive is keento hear comments from all interested parties.Its area manager SeanMackie said the aims of ...
Real IRAvictim'sgrave is vandalised - again
Feb 01, 2007 ... A father-of-four, Mr Caldwell died on August 1, 2002, frommultiple injuries after a booby-trapped lunchbox blew up in his handsat the Territorial Army base in Caw, where he was working as a diggerdriver.At his inquest on Tuesday, his partner Mavis McFaul and her 18-year-old daughter ...
Politiciansblame dissidents for Waterside attacks on PSNI
Feb 01, 2007 ... Following violence at the Irish Street/Gobnascale interface overthe last three nights, it also emerged that CCTV cameras will beerected in the area within months.Trouble erupted again last nightwhen youths from Gobnascale and from Irish Street started to throwmissiles at each other at ...
Vacancy left for Thomas in Welsh team to face Ireland
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Toulouse player is accused of obscene and aggressive behaviourtowards Ulster supporters during the Heineken Cup match between thetwo sides on January 21st.The outcome of today's hearing willdetermine if he can line out for Wales against Ireland in the SixNations on Sunday.Elsewhere ...
Win a trip into space
Feb 01, 2007 ... New Scientist magazine andGerman carmaker Audi is offering tolaunch the lucky winner 62 miles up into sub-orbital space at speedsof more than 1,500mph. The winner will undergo 4 days of extensivetraining culminating in the sub-orbital flight.To be in with a chanceof winning this ...
Domestic violence victims remembered
Feb 01, 2007; ... Some of the UK's most influential figures in the lobby againstdomestic violence arrived in the city to speak at today's rally andseminar, held annually around the birthday of Caroline McGrellis, whowas brutally murdered by her husband, John McCrossan, in 1997.FoyleDay of Action Against ...
Website help for looking after children
Feb 01, 2007 ... Jacqui Harbinson, a Limavady childminder, has set upwww.childmindingonline.co.uk for other childminders and parents inthe council areas of Derry, Strabane or Limavady. Among its aims will be to help childminders publicise theirservices and advertise vacancies to prospective parents ...
Family's vigil forvictim of attack
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mark McShane (35), remained in a critical condition in BeaumontHospital after having a large part of his skull removed in anemergency operation.Mr McShane had been out with a friend inLetterkenny when the attack occurred in the early hours of Saturdayin the Convent Street area of the ...
Dublin Port strike suspended pending Labour Court case
Feb 01, 2007 ... Around 25 TEEU members have been on strike since earlier this weekfollowing the suspension of nine shore-based maintenance workers forrefusing to operate on tug boats.The Dublin Port Company says theyare required to do so under an agreement reached last year, but theirunion says they are ...
Police plea after girl's near miss
Feb 01, 2007 ... A PSNI spokesman said that on Monday evening, a woman was drivingalong Chapel Road when the girl, aged about five, appeared to stumblefrom the pavement in front of her.The spokesman said: "The driverstopped quickly and spoke to the girl, who said she had not beenhurt. She was ...
Woman allowed to sue Gardai for ignoring abuse claims
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Dublin woman says the abuse started in 1960, when she wasfive, and that when it was reported to Gardai seven years later, theytold her she must have enjoyed the abuse.The 51-year-old's case isthat they took no action and so the abuse continued until ...
Harney vows to close possible risk equalisation loophole
Feb 01, 2007 ... Yesterday, the Quinn Direct insurance firm said it had bought outBUPA's Irish business and believed it was exempt from the paymentsfor a period of three years as a new entrant to the market.Speakingtoday, Ms Harney said the whole market would fail if companies wereallowed to avoid risk ...
Lewis Moody ruled out of England's Six Nations opener
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Leicester flanker has failed to recover from a shoulderinjury.He will be ...
Man charged in connection with Co Armagh arson attack
Feb 01, 2007 ... Colum Smith, aged 57, is the father of four brothers who werefirst treated in hospital in Co Louth before being transferred to aburns unit in Dublin.Thomas O'Hare, aged 33, and Lisa McClatchey,aged 21, died after they were doused in flammable liquid and set onfire in south Armagh.Mr ...
Return to India: 20 years of change in the sub-continent
Feb 01, 2007 ... It was almost exactly 20 years ago. Two months of backpackingaround India was coming to an end. I'd been standing in line for whatseemed like hours trying to check into a Delhi hotel before taking anearly-morning flight back to London. Or three lines, to be precise.The first was to ...
Irish trade delegation to visit Egypt before end of year
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mr Ahern made the announcement after talks with Egypt's Trade andIndustry Minister in Cairo today on his four-day trip to the MiddleEast.The ...
FSA tells firms to prepare for shock
Feb 01, 2007; ... Publishing its annual Financial Risk Outlook, the regulator saidthat while the global economy is currently benign, there is anincreasing risk of conditions becoming more unsettled over the yearahead.The report pointed out that the increasingly complex nature offinancial markets combined ...
AstraZeneca in pound(s)410m bid to lift drugs pipeline
Feb 01, 2007; ... The UK's second largest pharmaceutical company is to report full-year results today and analysts are forecasting strong growth, withpre-tax profits of around $8.5bn compared with $6.7bn last year.Sales are expected to rise 9 per cent to $26.2bn. But the outlook for2007 is looking "less ...
Sky dismisses rising churn rate
Feb 01, 2007; ... Sky said the rate of this "churn" had increased to 11.9 per cent -well ahead of analysts predictions of 11 per cent. However, MrMurdoch was confident of meeting Sky's bid to achieve 10 millioncustomers in four years.He blamed a strategy of cutting discounts forcustomers who called ...
F&C shares plunge on threat to dividend
Feb 01, 2007; ... The group said it would pay its 2006 final dividend in line withexpectations, before "re-basing" its shareholder payouts this year tohelp to pay for a new round of investment in the business.AlainGrisay, who took over as the company's chief executive one year ago,said the group would ...
Ombudsman lashed over Equitable
Feb 01, 2007; ... In a 250-page report exploring the FOS's handling of EquitableLife members following the Society's collapse in 2000, Lord Neillwill accuse the FOS of failing to remain impartial in itsadjudication of disputes between financial services firms andconsumers. He will also accuse the FOS of ...
Vodafone: We won't overpay for Hutch
Feb 01, 2007; ... As he revealed that Vodafone had passed the landmark pound(s)200mcustomer threshold, Mr Sarin said the mobile phone giant would tablea formal bid in the next few weeks after receiving "someclarification" from Hutchinson on the potential deal in a matter ofdays.Vodafone would not go "over ...
Auction houses raise commissions as sales soar
Feb 01, 2007; ... Both Sotheby's and Christie's have raised their fees to capitaliseon the boom in the art market, and will take a larger cut from thebiggest lots.Starting on 6 February, with evening sales wherepaintings from Renoir, Lger and Schiele are among those likely tofetch more than pound(s)3m ...
Heads roll as Torex inquiry gathers pace
Feb 01, 2007; ... Iain Lynam, who is also working on a turnaround project for theNHS, has taken the executive reins at Torex Retail. He is working forDeloitte, the consultancy firm appointed by the group's board toinvestigate the accounts.Lawyers from Linklaters are also crawlingover the company, which ...
Tata takes a pounding over high Corus price
Feb 01, 2007; ... Tata's winning bid of pound(s)6.7bn represented a 53 per centpremium to the price Mittal Steel paid for Arcelor and was describedby one analyst as "absolutely ridiculous". On the Bombay stockexchange, Tata Steel shares fell 11 per cent, their biggest declinein eight months, as concern ...
Israeli PM testifies before inquiry into Lebanon war
Feb 01, 2007 ... The body was appointed to examine the Israeli Government'sdecisions during its failed attempt to destroy the Hezbollahmovement.Israel's army chief recently ...
BA backs down over free flights for non-execs
Feb 01, 2007; ... The plan, apparently devised with Mr Broughton's approval, wouldhave enabled all BA non-executives and their spouses to book freefirst-class flights in advance irrespective of whether the seatscould have been sold to fare-paying passengers.Following the leakingof an email revealing ...
Nasdaq plans to keep LSE stake if hostile bid fails
Feb 01, 2007; ... Chief executive Bob Greifeld, on a whistlestop tour of Londonaimed at winning over sceptical investors, said he wanted to retainthe stake for "four to six months" after a radical shake-up ofEurope's financial markets comes in in November. He also refused topredict victory saying: "It is ...
Repossessions soar as rate rises bite 17,000 homes seized in 2006.* 20,000 expected next year. *But fewer borrowers are in arrears
Feb 01, 2007; ... Warning that the situation was set to worsen, the Council ofMortgage Lenders said 17,000 homes were repossessed in 2006, up from10,310 in 2005. That meant one in every 690 mortgage holders was unable to keep upwith repayments and had their home seized.Michael Coogan, the ...
Big Brother makers deny cover-up of racism row
Feb 01, 2007 ... Endemol has denied secretly briefing housemates about the publicoutcry surrounding Jade Goody's bullying of Indian contestant ShilpaShetty.It also denied hiding footage from viewers followingallegation of further racist remarks made against the Bollywoodactress.Police are investigating ...
Gareth Thomas to learn outcome of ERC hearing today
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Toulouse player is accused of obscene and aggressive behaviourtowards Ulster supporters during the Heineken Cup match between thetwo ...
Reading's Sonko out for rest of season with knee injury
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Senegalese international suffered the injury when he fellawkwardly during the club's Premiership win over Sheffield ...
Does the US intend to attack Iran, or is it only sabre-rattling?
Feb 01, 2007 ... Why has this question arisen now? President Bush and other USofficials have upped the anti-Iranian rhetoric alarmingly recently.The new verbal onslaught began with Mr Bush's address to the nationon 10 January this year, when he rejected the Iraq Study Group planfor Iraq, and specifically ...
Garda security team to be removed from Shannon Airport
Feb 01, 2007 ... However, 10 permanent members of the force are to be stationed atShannon Garda Station to continue the security operation with thearmy.The 40 Gardai were stationed at the airport last Septemberfollowing statements from a group of protestors who vowed to closedown the airport in protest ...
Labour 'falling apart' as MPs turn on Blair
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Prime Minister, in one of his worst days at the despatch box,faced taunts in the Commons about the spectre of Watergate, and wastold by the Tory leader David Cameron to quit "in the nationalinterest" after Lord Levy's arrest on suspicion of perverting thecourse of justice.Alex ...
Young British Artists eclipsed by older generation
Feb 01, 2007; ... But there are now signs that older generations of major Britishpainters and sculptors are being rediscovered at the auction housesby the new band of collectors in the UK.Artists such as BridgetRiley, Anish Kapoor and Peter Doig have all broken the pound(s)1mbarrier in the past year, to ...
Asda to remove packaging from fruit and veg
Feb 01, 2007; ... In an experiment next week, Asda is to revisit the days of the1950s greengrocer by removing all packaging from most fresh produceat two stores in north-west England. If buyers are not put off, thepolicy will be applied to the chain's 316 stores in the UK.Asda, likeits supermarket peers, ...
Paxman on the attack over BBC's 'laughable' green policy
Feb 01, 2007; ... Paxman, the presenter of BBC's Newsnight said that, althoughproducers of the BBC series, fronted by Sir David Attenborough, wentto great lengths to highlight levels of climate change taking placeglobally, they were creating their own carbon footprint in theabsence of an official ...
Career robber has pound(s)180,000assets frozen by high court
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has now taken control of theassets belonging to Co Antrim man Seamus Patrick Cunningham - who iscurrently in Magilligan prison serving a six year prison service forrobbing a Securicor van in Antrim in 2003 - and his partner.Theassets frozen include a ...
NI assets agency seizes property of convicted robber
Feb 01, 2007 ... The property belonged to Seamus Patrick Cunningham and hispartners, from Dundrod in Co Antrim.Cunningham has a string ofconvictions dating back to 1985 for robbery, burglary and benefitfraud and is currently serving a jail sentence at ...
Air pollution raises risk of heart disease in women, says study
Feb 01, 2007; ... One of the largest studies of its kind has found that womenbreathing polluted city air were at increased risk of heart attacksand strokes. The study involved almost 66,000 women aged between 50and 79 who were monitored for nine years as part of the Women'sHealth Initiative, a major US ...
Chelsea keep on United's tail but Cole injury causes concern Chelsea 3 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Feb 01, 2007; ... The crowd in Stamford Bridge winced at Ashley Cole's bizarre self-inflicted second-half tumble and the player himself was left fearingthe very worst. The injury no one dared mention in the aftermath was damage to thecruciate ligament although that will be the worst-case scenario ...
Growing number of seized suspects
Feb 01, 2007; ... Of those, 174 have been charged with non-Terrorism Act offences,69 have been detained and dealt with by the Immigration Service and158 have been charged with terrorism offences. More than 90 areawaiting trial or on trial over terrorism-related offences. High-profile police ...
Ryanair wins appeal against Labour Court investigation
Feb 01, 2007 ... The airline brought these proceedings after the High Court held,in 2005, that there was a trade dispute between Ryanair and the tradeunion IMPACT, which represents ...
Wenger promises to send his young Gunners into final Arsenal 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur (aet; Arsenal win 5-3 on agg.)
Feb 01, 2007; ... And the manager Arsene Wenger has promised to keep faith with theplayers who have earned the club an appearance against Chelsea at theMillennium Stadium on 25 February in pursuit of a trophy it last wonin 1993. Wenger was full in his praise after watching his youthful ...
Minister publishes new consumer protection legislation
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mr Martin says the Consumer Protection Bill is the most importantreform in this area for 30 years and will help develop a "culture ofassertion" among consumers.The bill includes a ban on aggressive ...
Woods frightens rivals by vowing to improve
Feb 01, 2007; ... To Ernie Els he declared "keep improving", while to David Beckhamhe said "keep earning". Both should take it the right way. As a good friend, Els will, of course, as he tries at last to getone over on the world No 1 in this week's Desert Classic. And Beckhamshould, too, because ...
Birmingham's Muslims fear reprisals after anti-terror raids
Feb 01, 2007; ... Outside the blue-and-white police cordons, locals gathered tostare with a mixture of bafflement and horror as forensics officerscombed through the properties. Many expressed amazement thatapparently upstanding members of the community had been arrested. Asthe details of the alleged plot ...
The few who are regarded as traitors by extremists
Feb 01, 2007; ... But these few are aware that their service would make them targetsfor radical Muslims at home who believe they have betrayed theirreligion.Rahim served in Helmand and expects to go back. The 25-year-old is only too aware of the difficulties in marrying his religion tohis duties to his ...
Racing: Alner confident Listener can pass Gold Cup test
Feb 01, 2007; ... It may yet prove to have been the right image to follow in thequest for the most credible rival to title favourite Kauto Star. Butyesterday Robert Alner begged not to forget the persuasive picturethat came between the King George VI Chase six weeks ago and lastSaturday, the one in which ...
Sibierski's late show douses Villa fightback Newcastle United 3 - 1 Aston Villa
Feb 01, 2007; ... In the not so distant past it was the Magpies' long-suffering fanswho were being enticed by the prospect of Martin O'Neill, newAmerican owners and the cash injection necessary to rejuvenate atalented squad lacking strength in depth. This result, given lategloss by the substitute Antoine ...
Mascherano nears Mersey go-ahead
Feb 01, 2007; ... Mascherano received clearance to complete his Anfield moveyesterday when world football's governing body relented on its rulingthat prevents a player appearing competitively for three clubsbetween 31 July and 30 June the following year. Fifa acceptedLiverpool's argument that, as ...
Prosecutors consider charges in Litvinenko murder case
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mr Litvinenko, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, diedin hospital a number of weeks after being poisoned with radioactivePolonium-210.British police ...
West Ham finally get Upson for record fee
Feb 01, 2007; ... West Ham United appeared to be involved in the biggest deal inbreaking their transfer record to sign Matthew Upson from BirminghamCity for pound(s)7.5m. The 27-year-old will cost pound(s)6.5m plus another pound(s)1m inadd-ons taking the fee above the pound(s)7.25m paid last January ...