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Northern Ireland News for November 2011 : Page 3
UK National News, Nov 28, 2011
Ignore Strike – Driving Test Takers Told
Driving test candidates who have booked their test on November 30 are being urged to turn up for their test despite the threat of industrial action by examiners. Members of the Public and Commercial...
Ignore Strike – Driving Test Takers Told
Driving test candidates who have booked their test on November 30 are being urged to turn up for their test despite the threat of industrial action by examiners. Members of the Public and Commercial...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2011
New Tesco Promises Bumper Christmas
There's plenty of Christmas shopping in store today with a new state-of-the-art Tesco Extra store opening its doors at the Northcott Shopping Centre, Glengormley. Some 175 new jobs will be created to...
New Tesco Promises Bumper Christmas
There's plenty of Christmas shopping in store today with a new state-of-the-art Tesco Extra store opening its doors at the Northcott Shopping Centre, Glengormley. Some 175 new jobs will be created to...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2011
Homes Welcomed On Site Of MP's School
East Belfast MP Naomi Long and Chris Lyttle MLA have welcomed the official opening of a new £5m housing development on the site of the former Mersey Street Primary School. The listed building has be...
Homes Welcomed On Site Of MP's School
East Belfast MP Naomi Long and Chris Lyttle MLA have welcomed the official opening of a new £5m housing development on the site of the former Mersey Street Primary School. The listed building has be...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2011
Double Jeopardy Tried Again
The Scottish Government has announced changes to the double 'jeopardy rule' that will see those acquitted of crimes tried again in a broader range of circumstances. The 800-year-old principle preven...
Double Jeopardy Tried Again
The Scottish Government has announced changes to the double 'jeopardy rule' that will see those acquitted of crimes tried again in a broader range of circumstances. The 800-year-old principle preven...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2011
NI Screen Targets European Film Market
The official film production promotion body, Northern Ireland Screen is to lead a trade mission to the European Film Market, which takes place in Berlin from 9-17 February 2012. The European Film Mar...
NI Screen Targets European Film Market
The official film production promotion body, Northern Ireland Screen is to lead a trade mission to the European Film Market, which takes place in Berlin from 9-17 February 2012. The European Film Mar...
UK National News, Nov 28, 2011
Other News In Brief
Riots Will Happen Again Says Panel A panel looking into the cause of the London riots in August have said the riots will happen again if action is not taken. The independent Riots Communities ...
Other News In Brief
Riots Will Happen Again Says Panel A panel looking into the cause of the London riots in August have said the riots will happen again if action is not taken. The independent Riots Communities ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2011
Engineers Sought In Recruitment Drive
Jobs are in focus today with local company Schrader Electronics, which has facilities in Antrim and Carrickfergus, holding a recruitment drive to find around 40 engineers across a range of disciplines...
Engineers Sought In Recruitment Drive
Jobs are in focus today with local company Schrader Electronics, which has facilities in Antrim and Carrickfergus, holding a recruitment drive to find around 40 engineers across a range of disciplines...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2011
Shipwrecked Sailors Search Moves To Shallows
The search for five missing Russian sailors is continuing after finding limited traces of the ship and crew and is now moving to a 'low water' search. The men were onboard the Swanland, a cargo ship...
Shipwrecked Sailors Search Moves To Shallows
The search for five missing Russian sailors is continuing after finding limited traces of the ship and crew and is now moving to a 'low water' search. The men were onboard the Swanland, a cargo ship...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 28, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Customs Foil Tobacco Fraud A man has been arrested and thousands of illegal cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco, worth an estimated £9,313 in unpaid excise duty and VAT, have been seized by HM...
Other NI News In Brief
Customs Foil Tobacco Fraud A man has been arrested and thousands of illegal cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco, worth an estimated £9,313 in unpaid excise duty and VAT, have been seized by HM...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
Public Transport Set To Grind To A Halt
Commuters will be faced with a stark choice next week with no buses or trains operating across Northern Ireland next Wednesday. As part of the public sector strike, Translink has confirmed there woul...
Public Transport Set To Grind To A Halt
Commuters will be faced with a stark choice next week with no buses or trains operating across Northern Ireland next Wednesday. As part of the public sector strike, Translink has confirmed there woul...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Clegg To Launch £1bn Scheme For Youth Jobs
The Deputy Prime Minister has announced a scheme to help the UK's unprecedented Youth unemployment figures, committing £1 billion to put the young into work. Nick Clegg said the aim was to ensure all...
Clegg To Launch £1bn Scheme For Youth Jobs
The Deputy Prime Minister has announced a scheme to help the UK's unprecedented Youth unemployment figures, committing £1 billion to put the young into work. Nick Clegg said the aim was to ensure all...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Criminal Charge Over Girls' Rail Deaths
Criminal proceedings are to be brought against Network Rail for breaches in health and safety law that led to the deaths of two teenage girls in 2005. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) said on Fri...
Criminal Charge Over Girls' Rail Deaths
Criminal proceedings are to be brought against Network Rail for breaches in health and safety law that led to the deaths of two teenage girls in 2005. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) said on Fri...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
Traffic Congestion Clouds Air Quality
There's something in the air this week with news of improvements in Northern Ireland's air quality standard - but there's still big problems near major road junctions. The NI Environment Minister Ale...
Traffic Congestion Clouds Air Quality
There's something in the air this week with news of improvements in Northern Ireland's air quality standard - but there's still big problems near major road junctions. The NI Environment Minister Ale...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Other News In Brief
Shop Owner Fights Off Raiders With Broom Detectives from the Met's Flying Squad have released CCTV footage of a man wanted in connection with a violent attempted robbery at a jeweller in Dagen...
Other News In Brief
Shop Owner Fights Off Raiders With Broom Detectives from the Met's Flying Squad have released CCTV footage of a man wanted in connection with a violent attempted robbery at a jeweller in Dagen...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
Antrim Bomb Alert 'Elaborate Hoax'
Those behind a suspicious device found in Antrim this morning have been roundly condemned. The bomb alert which saw a number of families moved from their homes in Antrim has since ended and been decl...
Antrim Bomb Alert 'Elaborate Hoax'
Those behind a suspicious device found in Antrim this morning have been roundly condemned. The bomb alert which saw a number of families moved from their homes in Antrim has since ended and been decl...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Miliband 'Too Weak' To Criticise Strikes
Ed Miliband has been challenged to condemn next week's strike by Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party Sayeeda Warsi. Speaking on Thursday, Ms Warsi said that new figures from the Electoral Commissi...
Miliband 'Too Weak' To Criticise Strikes
Ed Miliband has been challenged to condemn next week's strike by Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party Sayeeda Warsi. Speaking on Thursday, Ms Warsi said that new figures from the Electoral Commissi...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Changes To EU Arrangement Agreed
France, Germany and Italy have agreed to propose changing EU treaties to "improve governance" of the eurozone, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Thursday. Speaking after meeting Germ...
Changes To EU Arrangement Agreed
France, Germany and Italy have agreed to propose changing EU treaties to "improve governance" of the eurozone, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Thursday. Speaking after meeting Germ...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Remains Found In Search For Murdered Wife
Human remains have been discovered by officers searching for Kate Prout, who was murdered by her husband in 2007. Gloucestershire police said on Thursday evening that Adrian Prout took police to Redh...
Remains Found In Search For Murdered Wife
Human remains have been discovered by officers searching for Kate Prout, who was murdered by her husband in 2007. Gloucestershire police said on Thursday evening that Adrian Prout took police to Redh...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
Tall Ships Sail Back Into Belfast
Belfast is to act as the starting point for The Tall Ships Races - an annual race series organised by Sail Training International - in just under three years' time. Fresh from the global success of t...
Tall Ships Sail Back Into Belfast
Belfast is to act as the starting point for The Tall Ships Races - an annual race series organised by Sail Training International - in just under three years' time. Fresh from the global success of t...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Drivers In Remote Islands Get Fuel Discount
The Government has announced that from March 2012 motorists in remote island communities will get a 5p per litre fuel discount. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander made the announcement o...
Drivers In Remote Islands Get Fuel Discount
The Government has announced that from March 2012 motorists in remote island communities will get a 5p per litre fuel discount. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander made the announcement o...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
PSNI's Croke Park Game Makes History
The police are set to take to the historic turf of Croke Park in Dublin. The PSNI Gaelic football team and their Gardaí counterparts are set to take their place in history with their first match at t...
PSNI's Croke Park Game Makes History
The police are set to take to the historic turf of Croke Park in Dublin. The PSNI Gaelic football team and their Gardaí counterparts are set to take their place in history with their first match at t...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
Farrans Bag Renewable Energy Contract
The sea and the air around NI are to be harnessed to generate much-needed power with Stormont Ministers this week announcing a £50m pound investment in renewable energy. Around 150 people will win jo...
Farrans Bag Renewable Energy Contract
The sea and the air around NI are to be harnessed to generate much-needed power with Stormont Ministers this week announcing a £50m pound investment in renewable energy. Around 150 people will win jo...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
RTE Faces Priest Allegations Censure
The family of a deceased Christian Brother accused of child abuse by an RTE documentary has called the programme "utterly despicable". In the second complaint against the Irish Republic's State broad...
RTE Faces Priest Allegations Censure
The family of a deceased Christian Brother accused of child abuse by an RTE documentary has called the programme "utterly despicable". In the second complaint against the Irish Republic's State broad...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
Downpatrick's Prospects Looking Up
A funding boost of just under £1m for a range of new initiatives in Downpatrick has just been announced. Department of Social Development (DSD) Minister Nelson McCausland (pictured) has said that the...
Downpatrick's Prospects Looking Up
A funding boost of just under £1m for a range of new initiatives in Downpatrick has just been announced. Department of Social Development (DSD) Minister Nelson McCausland (pictured) has said that the...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Jamie Oliver Slams Gove Over 'Eroding' Standards
The celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has slammed the Education Secretary for "eroding" the healthy school meal standards brought in after his lengthy campaign. Jamie said he was concerned that academy sch...
Jamie Oliver Slams Gove Over 'Eroding' Standards
The celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has slammed the Education Secretary for "eroding" the healthy school meal standards brought in after his lengthy campaign. Jamie said he was concerned that academy sch...
Recruitment News, Nov 25, 2011
Powerful Boost For Renewable Energy Jobs
The sea and the air around NI are to be harnessed to generate much-needed power with Stormont Ministers this week announcing a £50m pound investment in renewable energy. Around 150 people will win jo...
Powerful Boost For Renewable Energy Jobs
The sea and the air around NI are to be harnessed to generate much-needed power with Stormont Ministers this week announcing a £50m pound investment in renewable energy. Around 150 people will win jo...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 25, 2011
Building Firm Boss Fined Over Sea Pollution
A construction boss has been fined and bound over in the sum of £500 for two years for pollution. At Coleraine Magistrates' Court, Jack Gibson, of Gibson (Banbridge) Ltd was sentenced after accepting...
Building Firm Boss Fined Over Sea Pollution
A construction boss has been fined and bound over in the sum of £500 for two years for pollution. At Coleraine Magistrates' Court, Jack Gibson, of Gibson (Banbridge) Ltd was sentenced after accepting...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Met Scientist Awarded For Extreme Weather Discovery
One of the Met Office’s leading scientists has won a prestigious award for research, which has shed new light on how climate change could influence extreme weather over Europe. Dr Adam Scaife has won...
Met Scientist Awarded For Extreme Weather Discovery
One of the Met Office’s leading scientists has won a prestigious award for research, which has shed new light on how climate change could influence extreme weather over Europe. Dr Adam Scaife has won...
Recruitment News, Nov 25, 2011
British Workers Needed To Rebuild NZ's Christchurch
Migrations experts are looking for skilled trades people, engineers and construction workers to emigrate to New Zealand and help rebuild Christchurch. The city was damaged in a devastating earthquake...
British Workers Needed To Rebuild NZ's Christchurch
Migrations experts are looking for skilled trades people, engineers and construction workers to emigrate to New Zealand and help rebuild Christchurch. The city was damaged in a devastating earthquake...
UK National News, Nov 25, 2011
Gov Enters Cyber Security Sphere
The Government has published its new Cyber Security Strategy, to make the UK a more "resilient" digital country. The Government said the strategy would bring a "new era of unprecedented cooperation"...
Gov Enters Cyber Security Sphere
The Government has published its new Cyber Security Strategy, to make the UK a more "resilient" digital country. The Government said the strategy would bring a "new era of unprecedented cooperation"...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A showery start with outbreaks most frequent north of Lough Neagh and through the morning, before dwindling during the afternoon as the northwest breezes ease and brighter spells of weak sunshine prosper. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A dry night, save for a few light showers around the coasts, with prolonged clear spells and light winds bringing a frosty dawn for many in central and southern parts. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
