Belfast Telegraph back issues from May 2007:
Trial commences of Cork man accused of murdering brother
May 01, 2007 ... Patrick Lynch of Fairfield Square, Farranree in the city deniesmurdering 27-year-old Peter Lynch, a father of one whose partner waspregnant at the time. The court heard from Peter Lynch - the father of the two brothers -who was in the house at the time of the row on the 2nd of ...
Hay set to be named as new Northern Assembly speaker
May 01, 2007 ... The Foyle Assemblyman is to be appointed when Stormont reopens onMay 8th. His nomination follows weeks of negotiations between Sinn Fein andIan Paisley's DUP. Sinn Fein's Francie Molloy will take a new role as principaldeputy speaker and Stormont sources said a future ...
20-year-old man arrested following EUR 300,000 drug haul
May 01, 2007 ... GardaEURfound four kilos of cocaine and a small quantity of crackcocaine during a ...
Alan Vega Station:Blast First
May 01, 2007 ... But when your dreams turn out to be the same nightmares you've hadfor nigh on four decades, what have you lost? The former Suicidefront-man is on well-trodden ground here, with tracks such as"Psychopatha", "Crime Street Cree" and "Gun God Game" stalking thesame urban dystopia that hosted ...
Basia Bulat Oh, My Darling, Rough Trade
May 01, 2007 ... As the cover photo suggests, the floppy-hatted singer possesses anelfin charm, which comes across strongly on this debut album of nu-folk songs. Produced by Howard Bilerman (Godspeed You!, Arcade Fire), Oh, MyDarling is an enchanting collection of songs featuring Bulat'sbreathy ...
Dinosaur Jr Beyond,Play It Again Sam
May 01, 2007 ... The first recordings in 18 years by the original trio of Mascis,drummer Murph and bassist Lou (Sebadoh) Barlow, Beyond followsacclaimed performances at both last year's All Tomorrow's Parties,and presents a band at the top of their game, not just reclaiming oldterritory but pushing its ...
Ocean Colour Scene On the Leyline, Moseley Shoals
May 01, 2007 ... Then there's Simon Fowler, singer and main songwriter with OceanColour Scene, who labours vainly to snare one's interest in thelovelorn plaints that constitute the bulk of On the Leyline. Itdoesn't help that the few pieces written by his band mates are alsogloomy, despite the bright, ...
Natasha Bedingfield N.B. Sony
May 01, 2007 ... The more interesting tracks, however, are those on which shepushes herself in other directions. Her loose, laidback vocal on theopener "How Do You Do?", for instance, combines with acoustic guitar,fizzy synth horns and lolloping beat in a manner strikingly similarto Nelly Furtado - a ...
Manic Street Preachers Send Away the Tigers, Columbia
May 01, 2007 ... This is what seems to have happened with the Manic StreetPreachers, who on 2004's Lifeblood appeared to have lost much oftheir impetus, replacing their fiery spirit with an approach thatsounded like they were trying to emulateColdplay. In the interim,both Nicky Wire and James Dean ...
The new princes of Denmark
May 01, 2007 ... It makes a spellbinding introduction to a live show. Lined up fourabreast in front of their microphones, four young men wait for afifth behind them to kick into his bass drum. "Hey!" they chant inunison at the precise moment he begins to pound out a tribal beat,vocalising their ...
Nurses and employers back in talks
May 01, 2007 ... They are discussing the five-week long nurses' dispute over payand working conditions. The INO and the PNA have now presented the reforms they'reoffering in exchange for their demands - including a proposal to cutA&E waiting times by an average of four hours. Brendan Mulligan ...
The unseen Bob Dylan
May 01, 2007; ... DA Pennebaker has some unusual notions about musicians. "They arethe closest we have in our time to the saints," he told me some yearsago, "because they renounce the material world for something else, asa matter of course: they don't see any other way to do it." He may be right. As ...
Govt. to lobby EC President for NI corporation tax reduction
May 01, 2007 ... Dermot Ahern said it would help attract investors and improve theNorth's economy. Minister Ahern was scheduled to meet with Jose Manuel Barroso inStormont ...
Straightheads (18)
May 01, 2007; ... Danny Dyer plays a likely lad who hits the jackpot when analluring older woman (Gillian Anderson, pictured above) invites himhome, rogers him senseless and then offers him a lift. But theevening takes a hideous wrong turn when they're involved in a roadaccident and brutally attacked by ...
Next (12A)
May 01, 2007; ... And to think this idea earned someone a pay cheque! Cage, whoseincreasing resemblance to Gene Wilder is a cause of unintentionalhilarity, takes a side order of romance with Jessica Biel, while hejumps through the plot ...
The Breed (15)
May 01, 2007; ... Five college friends arrive on a remote island for a partyweekend, only to find a pack of GM attack dogs roaming the hillsready to tear them apart. The generic tropes look tired - don't go down to the basement, youidiot, there's a slavering hound waiting to ...
Reno 911!: Miami (15)
May 01, 2007; ... Based on a hit TV series, which mercifully we don't get in the UK,the Reno 911 team comprise a bunch of nincompoops, whose inept law-enforcement creates its very own cordon sanitaire of ...
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (12A)
May 01, 2007; ... It mostly fails, but tells an interesting story along the way ofhow a pin-up of the Sixties retreated from stardom and, instead,pursued an increasingly enigmatic line in sonic and lyric experiment.David Bowie, Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker and Johnny Marr are among thosesolicited for a view, ...
Gardai release names of two women killed in Longford crash
May 01, 2007 ... Florence Breen, in her eighties from Dun Laoghaire Co Dublin and60-year-old Ann Marie Doran of Coolarty in ...
The Painted Veil (12A) An Englishman abroad
May 01, 2007; ... The spoilt socialite of The Painted Veil may seem to have littlein common with the pintsized skinhead of This Is England, but bothare trying to cope with loneliness, and both attach themselves tocompany they later discover to be, in a word, wrong. The Painted Veil, based on ...
This Is England (18) Movie revists 1980s skinhead youth culture
May 01, 2007; ... Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is a lonely, pie-faced 12-year-old whocan't get through a school-day without being mocked for his flares,and picked on because his dad is not around. He is adopted as amascot by Woody, the leader of a gang of local skinheads, gets hishead shaved, and discovers ...
New 'Tour of Ireland' cycle race route unveiled
May 01, 2007 ... The race will run from August 22nd to 26th, and will be featuredon live TV around the world. The sport's top professionals are being slated to take part in therace, which begins a month after the end of the Tour de France. The opening stage of the Tour of Ireland runs from ...
Will there soon be a cure for everything?
May 01, 2007 ... This is a golden age for cancer drug discovery. More than threedecades on from US President Richard Nixon's famous declaration ofwar against the disease - decades during which progress at timesseemed painfully slow - we are finally starting to reap the benefitsof the billions of pounds ...
Obesity: It's time to stop the fat attack
May 01, 2007 ... My dad's cousin, Pat, died recently. She was the largest personI've ever known; probably 30 stone. Many years earlier, however, herslim, fit husband had died from bowel cancer. Her last years were astruggle as her spine collapsed and she became wheelchair-dependent.But she died in her ...
Man accused of murder saysthat he lied to police
May 01, 2007; ... Taking the stand in his defence for a second day, Colin Robinsonsaid he believed it was Mr Crymble's wife Jacqueline Crymble whosuffocated him with a black plastic bag because her lover and hisfriend Roger Ferguson was not the type of person to kill someone. Asked by Crymble's ...
Republican should be Lord Mayor: UUP man
May 01, 2007; ... The groundbreaking proposal was made by Ulster Unionist councillorDavy Browne, who said the post should be rotated between Sinn Feinand the UUP over the next two years. "The DUP and SDLP have both held the mayoral seat during the firsttwo years of the current term of office," he ...
World church leader in city
May 01, 2007; ... Dr Kobia has been on a two-day trip to Ireland, visiting bothnorth and south. Yesterday, he visited Dublin where he saw the Book of Kells andmet with staff and students from the Irish School of Ecumenics. In Belfast he was scheduled to preach at a lunchtime service atEdgehill ...
Council member to quit DUP for the UUP
May 01, 2007; ... Elaine McMillen, who represents the Court area of north Belfast,will officially leave the DUP during the monthly council meeting. Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph today, Mrs McMillen confirmedthat she will be resigning from the DUP during her second term as aBelfast city ...
DUP man Hay to become new Assembly Speaker
May 01, 2007; ... The DUP man, who emerged as front-runner during recentnegotiations, is expected to take over the role from the transitionalSpeaker, Eileen Bell, when the Assembly meets on May 8. The Telegraph reported a month ago that Donegal-born Mr Hay, whohas represented the DUP on the Policing ...
Adams hits the road for South's poll
May 01, 2007; ... Party President Gerry Adams was already out on the hustings acrossthree constituencies in the north west. And the party announced plans for "leadership visits" to 27 areasin the next six days. It comes as a senior party figure predicted it would be in aposition of power in ...
Civil servants in one-day strike
May 01, 2007; ... Courts, tax credit offices and local Revenue and Customs officesacross Northern Ireland were also picketed as part of the May Dayindustrial action. The pickets were supported by members of public sector unionUnison, the Fire Brigades Union and the Northern Ireland PublicServices ...
Smoothie wars
May 01, 2007 ... In the Eighties it was the hamburger giants that duelled fordominance in the high street. By the Nineties, coffee culture hadseeped across the Atlantic and names such as Costa, Nero and,Starbucks appeared on every corner. Now, the front line in the battle for our stomachs and ...
Power-sharing signals a new beginning: Barroso
May 01, 2007; ... Speaking after a Stormont lunch, Mr Barroso - making his firstvisit to the province - said the achievement of a new era in NorthernIreland's history could inspire other regions of Europe and beyond. And he confirmed a new round of European structural monies will beavailable over ...
48-acre parcel of land in bangor is sold for pound(s)65m
May 01, 2007; ... The 48-acre site at Rathgael Road in Bangor - the land adjacent tothe Northern Ireland Young Offenders' Centre - is considered to beone of the province's most significant land sale auctions to date. The pound(s)65m selling price equates to pound(s)1.3m an acre. Estate agent The ...
Rabbitte prepared to risk reputation on FG election pact
May 01, 2007 ... Mr Rabbitte insisted today that his alternative coalition withEnda Kenny would make a real difference to the quality of people'slives compared to the current Government. He claimed there were 10 key areas ...
FF promises to increase state pension to EUR 300-a-week
May 01, 2007 ... The party has today unveiled a range of proposals aimed atreforming the pension system. The ...
Greens promise to cut VAT and PRSI if elected to Govt
May 01, 2007 ... The party has today launched its taxation and spending policies,which also propose an increase in capital gains tax and the index-linking of tax bands and credits. Elsewhere, the Greens are promising to introduce a carbon levy oncoal, ...
SF confident of gaining several Dail seats nationwide
May 01, 2007 ... The party is contesting 41 out of the 43 constituencies says it iscampaigning on the basis that it can win a seat in each constituency. The party leadership will be travelling around 29 ...
Greens promise to cut VAT.
May 01, 2007 ... The party has launched its taxation and spending policies, whichalso propose an increase in capital gains tax and to index-link taxbands and credits to inflation. The party has proposed the introduction of a carbon levy on coal,gas and oil imports and the replacement of motor tax ...
New Consumer Protection Act comes into effect today
May 01, 2007 ... The Consumer Protection Act outlaws more than 30 differentpractices, including pyramid schemes, unwanted cold-calling, prize-draw scams and making false claims ...
Record number of disputes referred to LRC last year
May 01, 2007 ... In its latest annual report, the industrial disputes body says itdealt with almost 7,200 individual cases ...
Three held after robbery at Co Leitrim business premises
May 01, 2007 ... A large quantity of steel sheeting stolen from the premises inCarrigallen at around 5am has also been ...
Who are the brains of Britain?
May 01, 2007 ... Along with finding shelter, warmth, food, drink, sex, and money,mankind is beset by a chronic impulse that's slightly further downthe hierarchy of human needs but is just as strong: the impulse tofeel smarter than one's fellow man. The history of academic, legaland political debate seems ...
Roadworks cause major disruption at Red Cow roundabout
May 01, 2007 ... The works at the N7/Red Cow interchange forms part of the ongoingupgrade of the notoriously congested M50 motorway. Major traffic diversions have been put into place, with the entirewestern side of the N7 roundabout set to be removed. Two-hour tailbacks were ...
Help, my wife has become obese
May 01, 2007; ... I don't want to hurt her but she makes no effort to exercise orchange her diet. I don't want to spend the rest of my life withsomeone I don't fancy. What can I do? Yours sincerely, Richard This is a real male/female problem. Women, of course, want to beloved for their ...
Ahern says he has no plans to amend abortion legislation
May 01, 2007 ... Mr Ahern was responding to questions about Miss D, who is seekingpermission to travel to England to terminate her pregnancy. The 17-year-old, who is in state care, is four months pregnantwith a child that cannot survive due to a brain defect. Mr Ahern said today that the case ...
Lawrie must beat Reds again
May 01, 2007; ... After Chris Coleman was sacked last month, Northern Ireland bossSanchez took over the caretaker role at Craven Cottage with the remitto keep Fulham in the Premiership. He knew by doing that he would have a great chance of earning along-term contract. But despite getting on ...
Mourinho puts his job on line by dropping Shevchenko
May 01, 2007; ... The repercussions for Mourinho's relationship with RomanAbramovich over Shevchenko are likely to be serious, but in themeantime the manager is understood to have the full backing of theother senior players in his squad. Shevchenko became aware on Sundaymorning that he was not part of ...
Will Anfield's wall of sound make Chelsea crumble?
May 01, 2007; ... Frank Lampard claims that Chelsea were unaffected by theatmosphere the last time they faced a Champions League semi-final atAnfield. Those who witnessed their performance that night would begto differ. Acutely aware of the wall of sound rolling off the Kop,the England international ...
Alonso's determination fired by memories of frustrating night in stands
May 01, 2007; ... For Xabi Alonso, that night engineered a torture that not even theresponsibility of a critical penalty in Istanbul could equal. The Spanish international was an agonised spectator in the Anfieldstands two years ago as a consequence of a suspension yielded by atheatrical tumble from ...
Snooker: Blunder puts O'Sullivan in the pink
May 01, 2007; ... The Rocket, champion in 2001 and 2004, now faces the 1998 winner,John Higgins, in a quarter-final starting at 2.30pm today after theScot won the frame he required to get past Fergal O'Brien, 13-4,yesterday. Two other former champions were sent packing yesterday. FirstStephen ...
Cricket: Murdered Woolmer 'poisoned before he was strangled'
May 01, 2007; ... Preliminary tests revealed a drug in the late Pakistan coach'sbody that would have incapacitated him, according to the programme'smakers, who said it now seems certain that he had already beenrendered helpless before he was strangled. The final results of the toxicology tests are ...
How did Topshop become the high street's dominant fashion brand?
May 01, 2007; ... Why are we asking now? Because as you read this, at 309 Topshop stores across the countryBritish women are scooping up armfuls of the most eagerly anticipatedfashion collection in recent memory - and its creator doesn't evenclaim to have designed a stitch of the 90-piece ...
Challengers gather to take a shot at Teofilo
May 01, 2007; ... Thirty colts were declared for the first Classic at yesterday'spenultimate stage, bringing the prospect of a larger-than-averagefield when the final line-up is confirmed on Thursday. The record isthe 28 who went to post in 1930, when Diolite was first back. Twelve months ago Aidan ...
Scandal on Capitol Hill Madam Julia and the little black book that terrifies Washington
May 01, 2007 ... In Washington they call it "Taking out the trash" time - the deadhours of late Friday afternoon when a government department dumps anembarrassing piece of news, hopeful it will be overlooked by theSaturday papers and otherwise lost and forgotten amid the pleasuresof the weekend. And last ...
How politicians ape their primate ancestors
May 01, 2007; ... Apes and humans both share the ability to communicate with theirlimbs as well as their vocal cords and scientists believe it may bethe result of a common origin that evolved millions of years beforethe development of language. It could explain why politicians like toemphasise a point ...
Kitson on target to hit Owen comeback Reading 1 - 0 Newcastle United
May 01, 2007; ... The good news for Newcastle, and England, was that Michael Owenreturned to action after an absence through injury of 10 months and10 days, and completed his first full 90 minutes of action sinceBoxing Day 2005. England's coach Steve McClaren wasn't at the Madejski Stadium ...
Miss D granted leave to take judicial review challenge
May 01, 2007 ... Mr Justice Liam McKechnie has said he will hear the case onThursday. The girl is four months pregnant with a baby which the court hasheard has a life expectancy of three days because of a braincondition. Lawyers for the Attorney General said the HSE does not have thelegal ...
Hope for insomniacs as scientists unlock secrets of deep slumber
May 01, 2007; ... A study has found a way of stimulating the brain so that sleep-deprived people can feel the full restorative powers of an eight-hour period of slumber. The researchers have developed an electronic device thatstimulates the brain with harmless magnetic pulses which cross intothe ...
Henson in Welsh squad for upcoming Australia tour
May 01, 2007 ... Henson hasn't played since January because of a knee injury. Several key players are being rested for ...
Goodwood festival of speed: Gentlemen, start your engines Petrolheads and posh types love this annual automotive jamboree in June. Guy Adams reports
May 01, 2007 ... That's why Mr Toad, a copper-bottomed toff's toff down to hisleather goggles, boasts the cheery catchphrase: "Toot toot!" In 1993, the Earl of March decided to do his bit for poshpetrolheads by hosting a vintage car rally at his home nearChichester. It was supposed to be a small ...
Blair's bloody legacy: Iraq
May 01, 2007; ... Seven out of 10 people believe that Iraq will prove to be TonyBlair's most enduring legacy, according to an opinion poll for TheIndependent to mark the 10th anniversary today of the electionvictory that brought him to power. As the Prime Minister prepares to announce his ...
Road Test: TD 2000
May 01, 2007 ... Specifications Model: TD 2000 Price: pound(s)25,000 Bodywork: Glass-fibre over an integral steel frame (high torsionand anti-corrosion treated) Engine: 2.0-litre, four-cylinder Toyota unit developingapproximately 130bhp at 5,600rpm Transmission: ...
Former Thai PM moves closer to Man City takeover
May 01, 2007 ... The multi-millionaire businessman has been granted access to theclub's accounts before deciding whether to make a formal bid. Shinawatra, who failed in his efforts to buy Liverpool three yearsago, has ...
San Francisco ponders lessons of road collapse
May 01, 2007; ... The accident hit the San Francisco Bay area at perhaps its mostsensitive point - a maze of roadways and ramps leading to the BayBridge which connects Oakland and Berkeley to the city. The bridge is used by 270,000 cars every day and is a key routefor commerce. California's ...