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Northern Ireland News for August 2012 : Page 6
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2012
Mike Nesbitt Steps In On Gay 'Disease' Comments
The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has once again found himself stepping in to distance the party from a member’s views on homosexuality. Jackie Crawford, who sits on Magherafelt District Counci...
Mike Nesbitt Steps In On Gay 'Disease' Comments
The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has once again found himself stepping in to distance the party from a member’s views on homosexuality. Jackie Crawford, who sits on Magherafelt District Counci...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2012
University Of Ulster Blunder: Foundation Year For Extra Students
An engineering department that mistakenly sent acceptance emails to 190 too many students has announced it will offer a foundation year for those affected. In the blunder at the University of Ulster,...
University Of Ulster Blunder: Foundation Year For Extra Students
An engineering department that mistakenly sent acceptance emails to 190 too many students has announced it will offer a foundation year for those affected. In the blunder at the University of Ulster,...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2012
13-Year-Old Dies In Horse-Riding Accident
A teenage girl from County Tyrone has died in a horse-riding accident. 13-year-old Hannah Wiley, from Artigarvan, was taking part in a show-jumping event at Eglington Equestrian Centre when the accid...
13-Year-Old Dies In Horse-Riding Accident
A teenage girl from County Tyrone has died in a horse-riding accident. 13-year-old Hannah Wiley, from Artigarvan, was taking part in a show-jumping event at Eglington Equestrian Centre when the accid...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2012
Church Of Ireland Veteran Backs Gay Marriage
A senior Church of Ireland cleric, now retired, has backed calls for gay marriage to be made legal. Canon Charles Kenny, who retired from St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast in 2000, told the Belfast Tele...
Church Of Ireland Veteran Backs Gay Marriage
A senior Church of Ireland cleric, now retired, has backed calls for gay marriage to be made legal. Canon Charles Kenny, who retired from St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast in 2000, told the Belfast Tele...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2012
UDA Denies Threatening Journalist
The Ulster Defence Association has denied issuing a death threat to a Belfast-based journalist. The National Union of Journalists announced and condemned the death threat, but did not name the journa...
UDA Denies Threatening Journalist
The Ulster Defence Association has denied issuing a death threat to a Belfast-based journalist. The National Union of Journalists announced and condemned the death threat, but did not name the journa...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 20, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
Miss Northern Ireland On Way Home From Worlds Miss Northern Ireland Tiffany Brien, of Holywood, missed out on the top spot at this year’s Miss World contest in Chine at the weekend. But she m...
Other NI News In Brief
Miss Northern Ireland On Way Home From Worlds Miss Northern Ireland Tiffany Brien, of Holywood, missed out on the top spot at this year’s Miss World contest in Chine at the weekend. But she m...
Recruitment News, Aug 20, 2012
PwC A Level Schemes Five Times Higher Since Start Of Recession
Interest in school leaver entry schemes at professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has risen to five times the levels experienced pre-recession, as school and college leavers consider ...
PwC A Level Schemes Five Times Higher Since Start Of Recession
Interest in school leaver entry schemes at professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has risen to five times the levels experienced pre-recession, as school and college leavers consider ...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
Shop Worker Jailed For Fraudulent £1m Lottery Claim
A worker at a Manchester shop has been jailed for fraudulently trying to claim a £1m lottery win of an elderly woman. 30-year-old Farrakh Nizzar told 77-year-old Maureen Holt that she hadn’t won anyt...
Shop Worker Jailed For Fraudulent £1m Lottery Claim
A worker at a Manchester shop has been jailed for fraudulently trying to claim a £1m lottery win of an elderly woman. 30-year-old Farrakh Nizzar told 77-year-old Maureen Holt that she hadn’t won anyt...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
15 Months For Mother Who Left Baby Alone While She Partied
A mother who left her baby daughter home alone every day for a week while she went out drinking, has been jailed for 15 months. The 20-year-old woman of Brecon, Powys, admitted neglect of the 15-mont...
15 Months For Mother Who Left Baby Alone While She Partied
A mother who left her baby daughter home alone every day for a week while she went out drinking, has been jailed for 15 months. The 20-year-old woman of Brecon, Powys, admitted neglect of the 15-mont...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
Man Held After Discovery Of 80-Year-Old Woman's Body
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the suspected murder of an 80-year-old woman in Southhampton. The woman’s body was discovered at her home in Ocean Village by family members on ...
Man Held After Discovery Of 80-Year-Old Woman's Body
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the suspected murder of an 80-year-old woman in Southhampton. The woman’s body was discovered at her home in Ocean Village by family members on ...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
Search Continues For 4-Year-Old Who Fell From Jetty
The search for a four-year-old boy who fell into water near a jetty in Burnham-on-Sea is continuing. Emergency services were called just after 18:00 on Sunday. An air and sea search involving coast...
Search Continues For 4-Year-Old Who Fell From Jetty
The search for a four-year-old boy who fell into water near a jetty in Burnham-on-Sea is continuing. Emergency services were called just after 18:00 on Sunday. An air and sea search involving coast...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
Councils Advised To Sell Most Expensive Homes
The Policy Exchange has said that councils should sell off their most expensive house and reinvest the money in building cheaper homes. Selling top homes when they become vacant would raise £4.5bn a ...
Councils Advised To Sell Most Expensive Homes
The Policy Exchange has said that councils should sell off their most expensive house and reinvest the money in building cheaper homes. Selling top homes when they become vacant would raise £4.5bn a ...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
Gu Kailai Given Suspended Death Sentence For Niel Heywood Murder
Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has been jailed for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu was found guilty of poisoning Mr Heywood on November 2011, she did...
Gu Kailai Given Suspended Death Sentence For Niel Heywood Murder
Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has been jailed for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu was found guilty of poisoning Mr Heywood on November 2011, she did...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
New Rules For Charity Fundraising
New rules have been introduced to protect the public from charity fundraisers, which would see charities facing fines of up to £1000 if breached. The rules have been introduced following a year-long ...
New Rules For Charity Fundraising
New rules have been introduced to protect the public from charity fundraisers, which would see charities facing fines of up to £1000 if breached. The rules have been introduced following a year-long ...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
Prince Philip Released From Hospital
The Duke of Edinburgh has been discharged from hospital after a 5-night stay at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where he received treatment for a bladder infection. It was the 91-year-old’s third hospital ...
Prince Philip Released From Hospital
The Duke of Edinburgh has been discharged from hospital after a 5-night stay at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where he received treatment for a bladder infection. It was the 91-year-old’s third hospital ...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
BAA To Sell Stansted Airport
Following a long-running legal battle, airports operator BAA has announced it will sell Stansted Airport. BAA has been fighting a 2009 Competition Commission ruling that it must sell Stansted because...
BAA To Sell Stansted Airport
Following a long-running legal battle, airports operator BAA has announced it will sell Stansted Airport. BAA has been fighting a 2009 Competition Commission ruling that it must sell Stansted because...
Business News, Aug 20, 2012
Visual Effects Firm Targets Global Business
Belfast-based visual effects company Factory Pictures is targeting global business across the television, film and advertising industries with support from Invest Northern Ireland. The company is aim...
Visual Effects Firm Targets Global Business
Belfast-based visual effects company Factory Pictures is targeting global business across the television, film and advertising industries with support from Invest Northern Ireland. The company is aim...
UK National News, Aug 20, 2012
Other News In Brief
Man Jailed For ‘Brutal’ Murder Of Pensioner A man has been jailed for life for the "brutal" murder of an 80-year-old Perthshire woman in her own home. Jenny Methven died after being beaten on...
Other News In Brief
Man Jailed For ‘Brutal’ Murder Of Pensioner A man has been jailed for life for the "brutal" murder of an 80-year-old Perthshire woman in her own home. Jenny Methven died after being beaten on...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 17, 2012
Machete Charges Man 'Attacked Own Family'
A 23-year-old Derry man has appeared in court accused of attacking members of his family with a machete, the BBC has reported. Londonderry Courthouse heard that the mother, brother and girlfriend of ...
Machete Charges Man 'Attacked Own Family'
A 23-year-old Derry man has appeared in court accused of attacking members of his family with a machete, the BBC has reported. Londonderry Courthouse heard that the mother, brother and girlfriend of ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 17, 2012
MTV Awards Brought £22m To Belfast, Council Claims
The MTV Europe Music Awards held last November in Belfast pumped £22m into the city's economy, Belfast City Council has claimed. New figures from the council suggest that £10m was generated in additi...
MTV Awards Brought £22m To Belfast, Council Claims
The MTV Europe Music Awards held last November in Belfast pumped £22m into the city's economy, Belfast City Council has claimed. New figures from the council suggest that £10m was generated in additi...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 17, 2012
Michaela McAreavey: Police Ask For More Time To Investigate Security Guard
Police in Mauritius who are re-investigating the murder of Michaela McAreavey have asked for more time to examine evidence connected to a former security guard at the hotel where she was killed. Dass...
Michaela McAreavey: Police Ask For More Time To Investigate Security Guard
Police in Mauritius who are re-investigating the murder of Michaela McAreavey have asked for more time to examine evidence connected to a former security guard at the hotel where she was killed. Dass...
Business News, Aug 17, 2012
Concerns Raised As Barnardos Is Forced To Close
Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has said the decision by the children's Charity Barnardos to close its offices and services in the State for a week highlights the difficult financial pressures being e...
Concerns Raised As Barnardos Is Forced To Close
Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has said the decision by the children's Charity Barnardos to close its offices and services in the State for a week highlights the difficult financial pressures being e...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 17, 2012
Dad In Bid To Swim Between Antrim And Mull Of Kintyre
A 43-year-old South African is hoping to be the first person to ever successfully swim the 10.5 miles between north Antrim and the Mull of Kintyre. Wayne Soutter, who now lives and works in England, ...
Dad In Bid To Swim Between Antrim And Mull Of Kintyre
A 43-year-old South African is hoping to be the first person to ever successfully swim the 10.5 miles between north Antrim and the Mull of Kintyre. Wayne Soutter, who now lives and works in England, ...
UK National News, Aug 17, 2012
Ian Brady 'May Have Revealed' Location Of Keith Bennett
The location of the body of the last missing Moors murder victim, 12-year-old Keith Bennett, may have been revealed in a letter. Police are investigating if Ian Brady gave details of the location to ...
Ian Brady 'May Have Revealed' Location Of Keith Bennett
The location of the body of the last missing Moors murder victim, 12-year-old Keith Bennett, may have been revealed in a letter. Police are investigating if Ian Brady gave details of the location to ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 17, 2012
400 Students' Places Withdrawn After University Blunder
More than 400 students who were told they had a place at the University of Ulster have now had their unconditional offers withdrawn as they were the result of a computer mistake. Professor Millar, de...
400 Students' Places Withdrawn After University Blunder
More than 400 students who were told they had a place at the University of Ulster have now had their unconditional offers withdrawn as they were the result of a computer mistake. Professor Millar, de...
Business News, Aug 17, 2012
B/E Aerospace Commended On Operational Improvements
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster visited B/E Aerospace (UK) in Kilkeel today to commend the firm on the operational improvements it has made at the plant. B/E Aerospace in Kilkeel manufactures and a...
B/E Aerospace Commended On Operational Improvements
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster visited B/E Aerospace (UK) in Kilkeel today to commend the firm on the operational improvements it has made at the plant. B/E Aerospace in Kilkeel manufactures and a...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 17, 2012
Enniskillen Residents Left In Tears By Sewage Smell
Residents of an Enniskillen housing development are having their lives blighted by the smell of raw sewage, according to the Impartial Reporter newspaper. Some people living on Danny's Mill Road have...
Enniskillen Residents Left In Tears By Sewage Smell
Residents of an Enniskillen housing development are having their lives blighted by the smell of raw sewage, according to the Impartial Reporter newspaper. Some people living on Danny's Mill Road have...
UK National News, Aug 17, 2012
Anthrax Outbreak Feared After Death In Blackpool
A drug user in Blackpool has died of anthrax, raising concerns of a second outbreak of death and serious illness among injecting heroin users in Britain. Last month another drug user was hospitalised...
Anthrax Outbreak Feared After Death In Blackpool
A drug user in Blackpool has died of anthrax, raising concerns of a second outbreak of death and serious illness among injecting heroin users in Britain. Last month another drug user was hospitalised...
UK National News, Aug 17, 2012
Michael Gove Ignored His Own Panels Advice On Selling Playing Fields
Education minister Michael Gove has ignored expert advice from an independent panel, that he established, over the sale of school playing fields, the Guardian has reported. In the past 15 months the ...
Michael Gove Ignored His Own Panels Advice On Selling Playing Fields
Education minister Michael Gove has ignored expert advice from an independent panel, that he established, over the sale of school playing fields, the Guardian has reported. In the past 15 months the ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 17, 2012
Facebook Must Provide Names In Belfast Abusive Messages Case
The social networking site Facebook has been ordered to identify people who posted abusive messages online about a Belfast company. Belfast High Court was told that three staff members from an unname...
Facebook Must Provide Names In Belfast Abusive Messages Case
The social networking site Facebook has been ordered to identify people who posted abusive messages online about a Belfast company. Belfast High Court was told that three staff members from an unname...
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