Northern Ireland News for September 2011 : Page 10

UK National News, Sep 13, 2011
Music Shop Sting Leads To 37 Arrests
A group of 37 gun traders and drug suppliers have been sentenced to over 400 years imprisonment in total, after a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) sting operation. According to the Metropolitan Poli...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2011
Army Apologise For Shooting Man 40 Years Ago
The Chief of the General Staff of the British Army has officially apologised to the family of a man shot dead by a soldier in Londonderry 40 years ago. Billy McGreanery, 41, was killed by a member o...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2011
Carrickfergus Trader Fined For Restricting Consumers' Rights
A Carrickfergus motor trader has been fined a total of £200, plus £28 court costs, at Belfast Magistrates Court. In a case brought by the Trading Standards Service of the Department of Enterprise, T...
UK National News, Sep 13, 2011
Other News In Brief
River Mersey Body Boyfriend Of Drowned Girl Police have confirmed that a body found in the River Mersey is the boyfriend of a girl found drowned two weeks ago. Robbie Crofts, 21, had not been seen si...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2011
NI Businesses Anticipate Less Reliance On Public Sector
According to a recent research report, two-thirds of businesses in Northern Ireland (67%) believe the economy will have less reliance on the public sector over the next decade. The findings of the re...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2011
Local Firms Encouraged To Explore Export Opportunities
Speaking at a recent meeting with Invest Northern Ireland, Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has encouraged local firms to seize export opportunities. The meeting, which was also attended by Invest N...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2011
Former Bishop Call For End To Clerical Celibacy
The former Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, has claimed that there needs to be a place in the modern Catholic church for a married priesthood and has called for an end to clerical celibacy. Dr Daly,...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2011
UTV Invests £1.5m In HD Technology
UTV has invested £1.5 million in a new state-of-the-art HD television production gallery, which boasts a 96 screen wall and a five-metre long mixing desk. The new HD production gallery is the technica...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 13, 2011
Cinemagic's Partnership The 'Key To Success'
Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People and Coca-Cola HBC Northern Ireland are celebrating the continuation of their partnership ahead of the highly anticipated opening o...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
Thousands Flocked To Bangor BBC Proms
Thousands of people enjoyed an evening of classical and contemporary music in the grounds of Castle Park, Bangor at this year's BBC Proms in the Park on Saturday 10 September. An audience of 4,000 we...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2011
Music Copyright Extended
A new EU ruling has extended copyright on sound recordings from 50 to 70 years. This means recordings such as Cliff Richard's Move It, Connie Francis's Who's Sorry Now and Andy William's Are You Sinc...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2011
UK Household Budgets Face Further Squeeze
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that household budgets could be squeezed for the next 10 years as the impact of tax rises and cuts is felt. Its recent survey suggests families have...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2011
Irish Travelers Quizzed Over Slavery Ring
UK police are questioning five Irish people in connection with a suspected slavery ring. Four men and a woman were arrested yesterday after 200 officers stormed a caravan site in Leighton Buzzard, Be...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2011
UK Banks To Face Major Shake-Up
A government-backed commission has suggested that UK banks should ring-fence their retail banking divisions in order to protect them from riskier investment banking arms. The Independent Commission o...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
NI Battens Down Hatches As Gales Approach
Northern Ireland is currently preparing for the onslaught of extreme weather conditions of the tailend of Hurricane Katia, as it sweeps across the Atlantic. The Met Office has issued a severe weather...
Recruitment News, Sep 12, 2011
Job Losses for Cookstown But Opportunities for Coalisland
A total of 12 new jobs are in the pipeline at a Coalisland recycling facility which has just embarked on mattress recycling. Envirogreen at Western Business Park, handles a wide range of recyclable m...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2011
Tax Avoidance Tactics Needed To Defend Workers' Rights
Workers should emulate the tactics of the tax avoiders to prevent further government erosion of their rights, the leader of the country's biggest union, Unite, Len McCluskey will tell Congress today. ...
UK National News, Sep 12, 2011
Bowel Cancer Death Rates Must Not Be Ignored Warns Charity
Figures issued today by Beating Bowel Cancer reveal that bowel cancer death rates vary significantly across the UK, depending on where you live. These latest statistics released by the charity show ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
Smaller Traders At Risk From Scams
Small and medium businesses are being urged to be extra vigilant to avoid being caught out by scammers. The warning comes from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment's Trading Standards ...
Business News, Sep 12, 2011
Major Belfast Casualty Unit To Close
An apparent 'temporary' move to close a busy south Belfast Accident & Emergency (A&E) facility has been described as being 'safety-led' by a Northern politician. The DUP Health Spokesman Jim Wells ha...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
Butcher 'Cuts The Mustard' With UK Award
Northern Ireland knows all about good taste, with news that the UK Taste Supreme Champion Food winner is from Moira. The Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has congratulated McCartney's butch...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
Lymphoma Treatment In Focus
Starting today, the Ulster Cancer Foundation is using Lymphoma Awareness Week to launch an initiative - including a new fact sheet - about the disease that affects more than 1,000 local people. Liz A...
Business News, Sep 12, 2011
ESRI Predicts Irish Debt Crisis Is Less Severe
Economists say that Ireland's debt crisis could be less severe than originally estimated and gross debt will peak earlier than expected. A new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ES...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
'Dig For Victory' Call On Healthy Lifestyle
Co Antrim people are being urged to 'dig for victory' - and unlike the development of wartime allotments, this time the aim is to 'win' a healthier lifestyle. The Stormont Social Development Minister...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
NI Developer To Finish Limerick Centre
A Northern Irish property developer has taken on the job of finishing a half built shopping centre in Limerick. According to the Irish Times, Suneil Sharma has agreed to take over building the Parkwa...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
£4.5m Housing Project For North Belfast
It has been revealed that a new housing development, at a former NI Housing Executive site, will provide housing for those in urgent need. Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has outlined...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 12, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Ciggie Man Jailed A convicted cigarette fraudster from Co Tyrone has been jailed for three years for failing to pay a £500,000 confiscation order. Aiden Francis Grew (55) from Benburb Street in Black...
Recruitment News, Sep 9, 2011
Sainsbury's Gets New Property Boss
Sainsbury's has announced the appointment of Philip Bell-Brown as Director of Property Development. Philip joins Sainsbury's from Dixons Retail where he was Group Property Director. In his new role...
Recruitment News, Sep 9, 2011
CBI Construction Council Appoints New Chair
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has announced the appointment of Steve Hindley CBE as the new Chairman of its Construction Council, with immediate effect. A civil engineer with more than ...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2011
Rape Crime Figures Discrepancies Revealed
New figures released by the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate show wide disparities in the way that police forces in England and Wales record allegations of rape. According to the figures, the p...