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Northern Ireland News for November 2011 : Page 8
Business News, Nov 17, 2011
UTV Hopes For Festive Boost To Revenue
UTV Media plc has seen a modest increase in overall revenue compared to the same period last year - but is hoping for a bumper Christmas to boost losses in some markets. The Belfast-based broadcaster...
UTV Hopes For Festive Boost To Revenue
UTV Media plc has seen a modest increase in overall revenue compared to the same period last year - but is hoping for a bumper Christmas to boost losses in some markets. The Belfast-based broadcaster...
UK National News, Nov 17, 2011
Flu Vaccination Delayed For 'More Advice'
The Department of Health has said on Thursday that it needs further advice from the committee looking into the flu vaccine before it can roll out a larger programme. The announcement follows a reque...
Flu Vaccination Delayed For 'More Advice'
The Department of Health has said on Thursday that it needs further advice from the committee looking into the flu vaccine before it can roll out a larger programme. The announcement follows a reque...
UK National News, Nov 17, 2011
Start-Up Bonus For Service Personnel Extended
The 'Be the Boss' scheme, that gives money to ex-service personnel to start-up their own business, is being expanded to include all service-leavers, according to the Government. The scheme offers bu...
Start-Up Bonus For Service Personnel Extended
The 'Be the Boss' scheme, that gives money to ex-service personnel to start-up their own business, is being expanded to include all service-leavers, according to the Government. The scheme offers bu...
Business News, Nov 17, 2011
Progress Made On £4.33m Investment In Limavady
Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has set out Roads Service's progress on investment totalling £4.33million for Maintenance and Network Development schemes in the Limavady area this year. T...
Progress Made On £4.33m Investment In Limavady
Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has set out Roads Service's progress on investment totalling £4.33million for Maintenance and Network Development schemes in the Limavady area this year. T...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
Single Education Body For NI Finally Agreed
The long-awaited Education and Skills Authority (ESA) looks like becoming a reality soon with the Chairman of the Education Committee and DUP Education Spokesman Mervyn Storey welcoming a 'memorandum ...
Single Education Body For NI Finally Agreed
The long-awaited Education and Skills Authority (ESA) looks like becoming a reality soon with the Chairman of the Education Committee and DUP Education Spokesman Mervyn Storey welcoming a 'memorandum ...
UK National News, Nov 17, 2011
Airlines Call For End To Passenger Tax
Airlines from the UK and Irish Republic are calling for the UK government to get rid of the Air Passenger Duty. The tax applies to almost every ticket on a flight taken from within the UK and has ris...
Airlines Call For End To Passenger Tax
Airlines from the UK and Irish Republic are calling for the UK government to get rid of the Air Passenger Duty. The tax applies to almost every ticket on a flight taken from within the UK and has ris...
UK National News, Nov 17, 2011
Reward For Stolen Ruby Remembrance Poppy
An appeal has been launched for public assistance after the theft of a £25k gem-encrusted 'Remembrance Poppy' in West London. Police said on Thursday they were asking for witnesses or anyone with inf...
Reward For Stolen Ruby Remembrance Poppy
An appeal has been launched for public assistance after the theft of a £25k gem-encrusted 'Remembrance Poppy' in West London. Police said on Thursday they were asking for witnesses or anyone with inf...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
Mini PSNI 'Eye In The Sky' Proposal Welcomed
Police aerial surveillance in Northern Ireland looks set to go high-tech - and more compact than ever before - with a member of the NI Policing Board welcoming news that the PSNI is considering the us...
Mini PSNI 'Eye In The Sky' Proposal Welcomed
Police aerial surveillance in Northern Ireland looks set to go high-tech - and more compact than ever before - with a member of the NI Policing Board welcoming news that the PSNI is considering the us...
UK National News, Nov 17, 2011
Car Fuel By Credit Card 'Costs More'
Nearly two thirds of domestic petrol purchases are made by credit card, according to new research by a credit group. The findings by Equifax reveal that more that 58% of us use credit cards to pay ...
Car Fuel By Credit Card 'Costs More'
Nearly two thirds of domestic petrol purchases are made by credit card, according to new research by a credit group. The findings by Equifax reveal that more that 58% of us use credit cards to pay ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
Ulster University Hosts Major Policing Event
There's a major policing conference underway today in NI with a tribute already paid to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The Stormont Justice Minister David Ford has praised the commitm...
Ulster University Hosts Major Policing Event
There's a major policing conference underway today in NI with a tribute already paid to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The Stormont Justice Minister David Ford has praised the commitm...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
Enda Kenny Begins Two-Day Visit North
The first official visit to NI by the Republic of Ireland's current leader, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, is taking place today and on Friday. He travelled to Belfast first and is then is due to go to Ar...
Enda Kenny Begins Two-Day Visit North
The first official visit to NI by the Republic of Ireland's current leader, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, is taking place today and on Friday. He travelled to Belfast first and is then is due to go to Ar...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
UTV Hopes For Festive Boost To Revenue
UTV Media plc has seen a modest increase in overall revenue compared to the same period last year - but is hoping for a bumper Christmas to boost losses in some markets. The Belfast-based broadcaster...
UTV Hopes For Festive Boost To Revenue
UTV Media plc has seen a modest increase in overall revenue compared to the same period last year - but is hoping for a bumper Christmas to boost losses in some markets. The Belfast-based broadcaster...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
SF Tackles Fuel Poverty
The Sinn Fein Chair of the Social Development Committee, Alex Maskey, has convened a round table discussion aimed at tackling fuel poverty - an issue that particularly impacts on the elderly. The inn...
SF Tackles Fuel Poverty
The Sinn Fein Chair of the Social Development Committee, Alex Maskey, has convened a round table discussion aimed at tackling fuel poverty - an issue that particularly impacts on the elderly. The inn...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
Progress On Limavady Roads' Investment
The Roads Service is making an investment totalling £4.33million for maintenance and network development schemes in the Limavady area this year. Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has said: ...
Progress On Limavady Roads' Investment
The Roads Service is making an investment totalling £4.33million for maintenance and network development schemes in the Limavady area this year. Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has said: ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
Benefit Frauds Sentenced In Court
Nine people were convicted at Belfast Magistrates' court yesterday for claiming benefits they were not entitled to. David Crawford (33) of Fairview Road, Newtownabbey claimed Incapacity Benefit and ...
Benefit Frauds Sentenced In Court
Nine people were convicted at Belfast Magistrates' court yesterday for claiming benefits they were not entitled to. David Crawford (33) of Fairview Road, Newtownabbey claimed Incapacity Benefit and ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 17, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Robinson Backs Olympics The DUP Leader and First Minister Peter Robinson (pictured) has visited the Rathgael Gymnastics Club in Bangor to promote the 'I AM BG' initiative and met with gymnasts...
Other NI News In Brief
Robinson Backs Olympics The DUP Leader and First Minister Peter Robinson (pictured) has visited the Rathgael Gymnastics Club in Bangor to promote the 'I AM BG' initiative and met with gymnasts...
Business News, Nov 17, 2011
Northern Rock Bought By Virgin
Richard Branson's Virgin investment company is to purchase the formerly troubled Northern Rock bank, according to a Government announcement on Thursday. The bank was one of the first to be bailed ou...
Northern Rock Bought By Virgin
Richard Branson's Virgin investment company is to purchase the formerly troubled Northern Rock bank, according to a Government announcement on Thursday. The bank was one of the first to be bailed ou...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2011
NI In 'Top Four' Of UK Unemployment League
Details of the local labour market have been published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA) and taken along with parallel national data, some of it makes grim reading. I...
NI In 'Top Four' Of UK Unemployment League
Details of the local labour market have been published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA) and taken along with parallel national data, some of it makes grim reading. I...
UK National News, Nov 16, 2011
Gov 'Failing the Nation' As Jobless Hits 2.62M
The coalition Government has been accused of "failing the nation" after unemployment figures released on Wednesday revealed another 129,000 are out of work. UK unemployment rose again in the three m...
Gov 'Failing the Nation' As Jobless Hits 2.62M
The coalition Government has been accused of "failing the nation" after unemployment figures released on Wednesday revealed another 129,000 are out of work. UK unemployment rose again in the three m...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2011
Unemployment Shock Rankles Politicians
Shocking figures produced for the London House of Commons Library that show Londonderry's Foyle constituency as one of the worst areas in the UK affected by unemployment "underlines the need for a coh...
Unemployment Shock Rankles Politicians
Shocking figures produced for the London House of Commons Library that show Londonderry's Foyle constituency as one of the worst areas in the UK affected by unemployment "underlines the need for a coh...
UK National News, Nov 16, 2011
Central Bank Warns Of Double Dip
The Bank of England is warning of an increased threat of a double-dip recession next year. The bank said there was a greater chance of the economy contracting in the first three quarters of 2012 comp...
Central Bank Warns Of Double Dip
The Bank of England is warning of an increased threat of a double-dip recession next year. The bank said there was a greater chance of the economy contracting in the first three quarters of 2012 comp...
UK National News, Nov 16, 2011
Occupy London To Be Served Legal Notice
Protestors camped outside St Paul's Cathedral are expected to be handed legal notice to clear the area, just as the New York protests were removed forcibly by police on Monday. The City of London Co...
Occupy London To Be Served Legal Notice
Protestors camped outside St Paul's Cathedral are expected to be handed legal notice to clear the area, just as the New York protests were removed forcibly by police on Monday. The City of London Co...
Business News, Nov 16, 2011
Ireland's Exports Make 'Crucial' Recovery
The Enterprise Minister has welcomed the latest figures published by the CSO, showing a 4% rise in exports in September despite the difficulties in the global economy. Speaking about the figures, Ri...
Ireland's Exports Make 'Crucial' Recovery
The Enterprise Minister has welcomed the latest figures published by the CSO, showing a 4% rise in exports in September despite the difficulties in the global economy. Speaking about the figures, Ri...
Business News, Nov 16, 2011
NI In Top Four Of UK Unemployment League
Details of the local labour market have been published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA) and taken along with parallel national data, some of it makes grim reading. I...
NI In Top Four Of UK Unemployment League
Details of the local labour market have been published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA) and taken along with parallel national data, some of it makes grim reading. I...
Recruitment News, Nov 16, 2011
Foster Set For Progress, Despite Dole Queue
As the whole of the UK reels from the latest news that 2.6 million people are now out of work, the Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced further measures to create employment. Comm...
Foster Set For Progress, Despite Dole Queue
As the whole of the UK reels from the latest news that 2.6 million people are now out of work, the Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced further measures to create employment. Comm...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2011
Foster Set For Progress, Despite Dole Queue
As the whole of the UK reels from the latest news that 2.6 million people are now out of work, the Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster (pictured) has announced further measures to create employ...
Foster Set For Progress, Despite Dole Queue
As the whole of the UK reels from the latest news that 2.6 million people are now out of work, the Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster (pictured) has announced further measures to create employ...
UK National News, Nov 16, 2011
Risk Of 'Fuel Debts' Spark Campaign
A campaign to make energy customers aware of their rights has been launched as this winter brings risks of "fuel debt". Consumer groups have come together to advise people how to deal with fuel debt,...
Risk Of 'Fuel Debts' Spark Campaign
A campaign to make energy customers aware of their rights has been launched as this winter brings risks of "fuel debt". Consumer groups have come together to advise people how to deal with fuel debt,...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 16, 2011
'Crown Crisis' Resignation Threat Recedes
What appeared to be a growing crisis over the possible removal of the British Crown and other symbols from the NI Prison Service seems to have subsided overnight with a clarification from the Stormont...
'Crown Crisis' Resignation Threat Recedes
What appeared to be a growing crisis over the possible removal of the British Crown and other symbols from the NI Prison Service seems to have subsided overnight with a clarification from the Stormont...
UK National News, Nov 16, 2011
Guilty Plea For Wembley Killing
A man has pleaded guilty to the fatal assault of another man outside Wembley Stadium in September. Ian Mytton, 41, of Gateley Close, Redditch, Worcestershire, appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday...
Guilty Plea For Wembley Killing
A man has pleaded guilty to the fatal assault of another man outside Wembley Stadium in September. Ian Mytton, 41, of Gateley Close, Redditch, Worcestershire, appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday...
UK National News, Nov 16, 2011
Johnson Resigns As England Coach
Martin Johnson has resigned from his post as manager of England's rugby union team after a disappointing World Cup campaign and a number of player controversies. Johnston's contract was due to expir...
Johnson Resigns As England Coach
Martin Johnson has resigned from his post as manager of England's rugby union team after a disappointing World Cup campaign and a number of player controversies. Johnston's contract was due to expir...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and 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.
