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Northern Ireland News for August 2012 : Page 13
Northern Ireland News, Aug 7, 2012
Derry Council 'Dragging Heels' On Independent Traders' Ideas
Northern Irish traders have accused Derry City Council of "dragging its heels" in responding to a plan for regenerating the city centre. The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Traders Association (N...
Derry Council 'Dragging Heels' On Independent Traders' Ideas
Northern Irish traders have accused Derry City Council of "dragging its heels" in responding to a plan for regenerating the city centre. The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Traders Association (N...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 7, 2012
Thousands Of Jobs Disappear In NI Private Sector
Almost 11,000 jobs have been lost in Northern Ireland's private sector over the past two years, a report has found. The Economic Outlook report compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts that ...
Thousands Of Jobs Disappear In NI Private Sector
Almost 11,000 jobs have been lost in Northern Ireland's private sector over the past two years, a report has found. The Economic Outlook report compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts that ...
Business News, Aug 7, 2012
Records Broken By NI In UK Food Awards
Forty-six food and drink companies racked up a record 195 gold stars for quality products in this year’s UK Great Taste Awards, Alastair Hamilton, Invest Northern Ireland Chief Executive, announced to...
Records Broken By NI In UK Food Awards
Forty-six food and drink companies racked up a record 195 gold stars for quality products in this year’s UK Great Taste Awards, Alastair Hamilton, Invest Northern Ireland Chief Executive, announced to...
UK National News, Aug 7, 2012
Former Head Of Online Security At Lloyds Admits £2.4m Fraud
A former Lloyds Bank worker in charge of online security has admitted carrying out a £2.4m fraud. 50-year-old Jessica Harper had been accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments between 20...
Former Head Of Online Security At Lloyds Admits £2.4m Fraud
A former Lloyds Bank worker in charge of online security has admitted carrying out a £2.4m fraud. 50-year-old Jessica Harper had been accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments between 20...
UK National News, Aug 7, 2012
Police Officer And Journalist Arrested In Corrupt Payments Investigation
A police officer and a journalist have been arrested in connection with corrupt payments as part of the ongoing Operation Elveden. The 37-year-old journalist was arrested at his home in north London ...
Police Officer And Journalist Arrested In Corrupt Payments Investigation
A police officer and a journalist have been arrested in connection with corrupt payments as part of the ongoing Operation Elveden. The 37-year-old journalist was arrested at his home in north London ...
Recruitment News, Aug 7, 2012
Strike Action On The Cards, As Salford Pathologists Face £6,000 Pay Axe
The threat of industrial action by pathology staff at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is on the cards, Unite, the largest union in the country, has warned. The threat comes in the wake of a propos...
Strike Action On The Cards, As Salford Pathologists Face £6,000 Pay Axe
The threat of industrial action by pathology staff at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is on the cards, Unite, the largest union in the country, has warned. The threat comes in the wake of a propos...
Recruitment News, Aug 7, 2012
Cygnus Project Brings 1,200 Jobs To The UK
GDF SUEZ as operator with partners Centrica and Bayerngas have announced sanctioning of the £1.4 billion Cygnus project to develop the sixth largest gas field in the UK Southern North Sea. GDF SUEZ ...
Cygnus Project Brings 1,200 Jobs To The UK
GDF SUEZ as operator with partners Centrica and Bayerngas have announced sanctioning of the £1.4 billion Cygnus project to develop the sixth largest gas field in the UK Southern North Sea. GDF SUEZ ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 7, 2012
Decade Of Centenaries Exhibit Opens
A new interactive exhibition, detailing some of the many important centenaries being marked in Belfast over the coming years, has opened at the City Hall. At an opening ceremony last night, junior mi...
Decade Of Centenaries Exhibit Opens
A new interactive exhibition, detailing some of the many important centenaries being marked in Belfast over the coming years, has opened at the City Hall. At an opening ceremony last night, junior mi...
UK National News, Aug 7, 2012
Hospital Abuse Reports Calls For Fundamental Changes
A report into abuse at a private hospital has called for fundamental changes to be made to how care for vulnerable adults is commissioned and monitored. The serious case review into events at Winterb...
Hospital Abuse Reports Calls For Fundamental Changes
A report into abuse at a private hospital has called for fundamental changes to be made to how care for vulnerable adults is commissioned and monitored. The serious case review into events at Winterb...
UK National News, Aug 7, 2012
Church Of England Sells £1.9m Shares In News Corp
Citing a fear that it has failed to learn lessons from the phone-hacking scandal, the Church of England has sold all of its shares in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. The church first raised concer...
Church Of England Sells £1.9m Shares In News Corp
Citing a fear that it has failed to learn lessons from the phone-hacking scandal, the Church of England has sold all of its shares in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. The church first raised concer...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 7, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
Bike Hire Scheme For Belfast Belfast is to get its own public bicycle hire scheme with 30 stands across the city hosting 300 bikes. The Department of Regional Development has awarded £700,000...
Other NI News In Brief
Bike Hire Scheme For Belfast Belfast is to get its own public bicycle hire scheme with 30 stands across the city hosting 300 bikes. The Department of Regional Development has awarded £700,000...
UK National News, Aug 7, 2012
Other News In Brief
Tean GB Match Beijing Gold Medal Haul Britain’s Olympic athletes have now equalled their Beijing gold medal haul, winning 19 gold medals to date. Alistair Brownlee's triumph in the triathlon ...
Other News In Brief
Tean GB Match Beijing Gold Medal Haul Britain’s Olympic athletes have now equalled their Beijing gold medal haul, winning 19 gold medals to date. Alistair Brownlee's triumph in the triathlon ...
Business News, Aug 7, 2012
New Car Registrations Up 9.3%
New car registrations continue to improve, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). They rose 9.3% in July to 143,884 units – the fifth monthly gain in a row and the best o...
New Car Registrations Up 9.3%
New car registrations continue to improve, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). They rose 9.3% in July to 143,884 units – the fifth monthly gain in a row and the best o...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
DUP Politicans Clash Over Tobacco Packaging
TWO senior DUP politicians have clashed over plans to bring in plain tobacco packaging, the News Letter has reported. Health minister Edwin Poots has endorsed the Westminster plan for plain standardi...
DUP Politicans Clash Over Tobacco Packaging
TWO senior DUP politicians have clashed over plans to bring in plain tobacco packaging, the News Letter has reported. Health minister Edwin Poots has endorsed the Westminster plan for plain standardi...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
Missing Man's Family 'At Their Wits' End'
The family of a missing man from Northern Ireland’s north coast said they are "at their wits end" as the search for him approaches its third week, the Belfast Telegraph has reported. Dean Patton was ...
Missing Man's Family 'At Their Wits' End'
The family of a missing man from Northern Ireland’s north coast said they are "at their wits end" as the search for him approaches its third week, the Belfast Telegraph has reported. Dean Patton was ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
Gay Pride Parade Attracts Thousands
Thousands of people turned out to watch Belfast's annual Gay Pride parade in Belfast at the weekend. The weather was bright and sunny for the Saturday parade and party in Custom House Square. About ...
Gay Pride Parade Attracts Thousands
Thousands of people turned out to watch Belfast's annual Gay Pride parade in Belfast at the weekend. The weather was bright and sunny for the Saturday parade and party in Custom House Square. About ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
Belfast Waiting List Spike For Joint Operations
The number of people in the Belfast Health Trust waiting for knee and hip operations has nearly doubled in the past two years, according to the BBC. There are currently more than 1,527 people waiting...
Belfast Waiting List Spike For Joint Operations
The number of people in the Belfast Health Trust waiting for knee and hip operations has nearly doubled in the past two years, according to the BBC. There are currently more than 1,527 people waiting...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
Care Home Strike Enters Second Month
Staff at one of Northern Ireland's main children's care homes are striking for a second month over a new shift pattern. 13 night shift supervisors at Lakewood Regional Secure Centre in Bangor said th...
Care Home Strike Enters Second Month
Staff at one of Northern Ireland's main children's care homes are striking for a second month over a new shift pattern. 13 night shift supervisors at Lakewood Regional Secure Centre in Bangor said th...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
Derry Drugs Charge Men's Names Kept Secret
A judge in Londonderry has banned the media from naming three men accused of drugs offences, because of concerns for the men's safety. District Judge Barney McElhom said criminal elements in the city...
Derry Drugs Charge Men's Names Kept Secret
A judge in Londonderry has banned the media from naming three men accused of drugs offences, because of concerns for the men's safety. District Judge Barney McElhom said criminal elements in the city...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
'Welcome To NI' Signs 'Waste' - Sinn Fein MLA
A Sinn Fein MLA has blasted 'Welcome to Northern Ireland' signs as a waste of money and said they should be taken down. Phil Flanagan, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, said the money spent on welc...
'Welcome To NI' Signs 'Waste' - Sinn Fein MLA
A Sinn Fein MLA has blasted 'Welcome to Northern Ireland' signs as a waste of money and said they should be taken down. Phil Flanagan, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, said the money spent on welc...
Business News, Aug 6, 2012
Causeway Geotech Ltd To Invest In Export Marketing Campaign
A new company set up just six months ago in Ballymoney to specialise in geotechnical ground investigation is planning to take on seven new staff and invest in a comprehensive export marketing campaign...
Causeway Geotech Ltd To Invest In Export Marketing Campaign
A new company set up just six months ago in Ballymoney to specialise in geotechnical ground investigation is planning to take on seven new staff and invest in a comprehensive export marketing campaign...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
Belfast To Host Strongest Man Comp
Belfast is to host the World and UK Strongest Man competitions. The Belfast Ultimate Strongman Giant Weekend will run from August 23 to Monday August 27 in the Odyssey Arena on Queen's Quay, home to ...
Belfast To Host Strongest Man Comp
Belfast is to host the World and UK Strongest Man competitions. The Belfast Ultimate Strongman Giant Weekend will run from August 23 to Monday August 27 in the Odyssey Arena on Queen's Quay, home to ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 6, 2012
Tourist Board Sponsors Hospitality Award
Booming bars and commendable cafes will be honoured at the Belfast Business Awards this November. The awards will take place on Thursday November 8 and will be hosted by Sarah Travers of the BBC. Ap...
Tourist Board Sponsors Hospitality Award
Booming bars and commendable cafes will be honoured at the Belfast Business Awards this November. The awards will take place on Thursday November 8 and will be hosted by Sarah Travers of the BBC. Ap...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2012
Search Launched For Missing Girl
Police are appealing for assistance in tracing a 12-year-old girl who went missing in New Addington on Friday afternoon. Tia Sharp was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in New Addington at aro...
Search Launched For Missing Girl
Police are appealing for assistance in tracing a 12-year-old girl who went missing in New Addington on Friday afternoon. Tia Sharp was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in New Addington at aro...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2012
Nearly 2,000 Years Of Rioting Sentences Handed Out
Exactly a year after riots broke out in London, figures show that prison sentences totalling more than 1,800 years have been handed out to those involved in the disorder. In the worst public unrest f...
Nearly 2,000 Years Of Rioting Sentences Handed Out
Exactly a year after riots broke out in London, figures show that prison sentences totalling more than 1,800 years have been handed out to those involved in the disorder. In the worst public unrest f...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2012
Golden Weekend At Olympics
World record holder Usain Bolt has won the 100m men's sprint at the Olympics, pushing him to gold. He set an Olympic record with the time of 9.53 seconds, half a second slower than his own world reco...
Golden Weekend At Olympics
World record holder Usain Bolt has won the 100m men's sprint at the Olympics, pushing him to gold. He set an Olympic record with the time of 9.53 seconds, half a second slower than his own world reco...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2012
Human Rights Bid Fails Against Back-To-Work Schemes
A graduate has lost her attempt to challenge a government scheme which she said was similar to forced labour. Cait Reilly, a University of Birmingham geology graduate, took a case to the High Court a...
Human Rights Bid Fails Against Back-To-Work Schemes
A graduate has lost her attempt to challenge a government scheme which she said was similar to forced labour. Cait Reilly, a University of Birmingham geology graduate, took a case to the High Court a...
Recruitment News, Aug 6, 2012
Axing Of Apprenticeship Schemes 'Short-Sighted' - Heading
SDLP Lisburn Cllr Brian Heading has said it is nonsensical for the Department of Employment and Learning to cut apprenticeship schemes for those over the age of 25. This will take effect from the end...
Axing Of Apprenticeship Schemes 'Short-Sighted' - Heading
SDLP Lisburn Cllr Brian Heading has said it is nonsensical for the Department of Employment and Learning to cut apprenticeship schemes for those over the age of 25. This will take effect from the end...
UK National News, Aug 6, 2012
Louise Mensch Quits British Politics
Louise Mensch has left British politics after two and a half years as MP of Corby and East Northamptonshire. She told the Northamptonshire Telegraph, who broke the story this morning, that she plans ...
Louise Mensch Quits British Politics
Louise Mensch has left British politics after two and a half years as MP of Corby and East Northamptonshire. She told the Northamptonshire Telegraph, who broke the story this morning, that she plans ...
Recruitment News, Aug 6, 2012
Humphreys Welcomes 800 Luas Link Up Jobs
Labour TD Kevin Humphreys today welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to allow a link up of the city's two LUAS lines. "This is fantastic news for Dublin and is guaranteed to improve life for com...
Humphreys Welcomes 800 Luas Link Up Jobs
Labour TD Kevin Humphreys today welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to allow a link up of the city's two LUAS lines. "This is fantastic news for Dublin and is guaranteed to improve life for com...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A chilly start with a widespread frost and some freezing fog, any freezing fog slow to clear. Otherwise bright with sunny spells and coastal showers. Light winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Coastal showers dying out with a widespread frost developing along with freezing fog, which could become extensive. Winds remaining light. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
