Northern Ireland News for January 2010 : Page 16

Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
Wintery Conditions Trigger More Payments
There is to be a second round of Cold Weather Payments following a forecast for extremely low temperatures. The Department for Social Development has revealed it is to make the fuel payments for the ...
Business News, Jan 4, 2010
Lurgan Regeneration Work Begins
Work has begun on the regeneration of the town centre in Lurgan, Co Armagh. The £2.7m public realm scheme will focus on Market Street and Church Place and will include widening pavements and improvin...
UK National News, Jan 4, 2010
Shrewsbury Blast Inquiry Continues
Investigators today remained at the scene of a Shrewsbury explosion which injured 12 people early yesterday. Police said they were surprised no-one was killed when the suspected gas blast tore throu...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
ATM Robbers Hunted
The bank are facing further losses as - despite a major cross-border police air support operation being launched early yesterday - there's still no sign of the latest ATM to be taken. Neither content...
UK National News, Jan 4, 2010
Equality Minister Blasts 'Ageist' Beeb
Women's Secretary Harriet Harman has accused the BBC of "not valuing" older female news presenters. Speaking during a BBC radio interview, Ms Harman suggested female presenters at the corporation w...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
OFT 'Wrong' Over Ryanair Criticism
Irish budget airline Ryanair has attacked a British fair trading watchdog which said that its payment policy was "puerile and childish". In an interview published in an Irish newspaper today, Office ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
Brett Martin See Profits Drain Away
One of Northern Ireland's biggest building materials manufacturers has seen its pre-tax profits slump from £6.9m to £1.2m. Even though Co Antrim-based Brett Martin, is a global company with four site...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
Heart Op Alert
Even though the top Belfast Health Trust has said it will resume paying for cardiac operations outside NI to keep waiting lists down from this month, there are still too few heart operations taking pl...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
Co Antrim Wind Turbine Stalled
The NI Planning Service has still made no decision on an application by a Co Antrim manufacturer to construct a massive wind turbine at its Roughfort Road headquarters. People living near Mallusk pla...
UK National News, Jan 4, 2010
Man Stabbed In Rochdale Home
Police in Greater Manchester are hunting robbers who attacked a man with a kitchen knife. Three men burst through the front door of the 28-year-old victim's house on Stamford Street, Rochdale at abou...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 4, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Bollywood For Belfast Pooja Sridher, Jaiya Devi, Anoushka Sharma and Aanika Sharma proudly display the Crescent Arts Centre's new spring programme, which is being delivered to 10,000 homes across Bel...
UK National News, Jan 4, 2010
News In Brief
Glasgow Flies High Scotland's gateway airport has announced a multi-million pound investment package over the next two years as bosses predict a return to growth in 2010. Glasgow Airport is to spend ...