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Northern Ireland News for February 2013 : Page 7
UK National News, Feb 18, 2013
Man 'Left For Dead' Following Knife Attack
A 59-year-old man has been stabbed repeatedly outside his house as two men demanded his car keys. The attack happened just before 10.00 on Sunday morning as the, as-yet-unnamed victim came out of his...
Man 'Left For Dead' Following Knife Attack
A 59-year-old man has been stabbed repeatedly outside his house as two men demanded his car keys. The attack happened just before 10.00 on Sunday morning as the, as-yet-unnamed victim came out of his...
UK National News, Feb 18, 2013
Suspended Sentence For Man Who Left Pigs Head At Muslim Centre
A man who left a severed pig’s head outside a Muslim community centre on Boxing Day has avoided jail. 24-year-old Liam Ferrar received a 12-week sentence, which was suspended for a year. The court he...
Suspended Sentence For Man Who Left Pigs Head At Muslim Centre
A man who left a severed pig’s head outside a Muslim community centre on Boxing Day has avoided jail. 24-year-old Liam Ferrar received a 12-week sentence, which was suspended for a year. The court he...
Recruitment News, Feb 18, 2013
100 More Jobs For Facebooks Dublin HQ
100 additional jobs are to be created at the Dublin headquarters of social networking giant, Facebook, bringing the company’s total workforce in Ireland to 500. The jobs are already being advertised ...
100 More Jobs For Facebooks Dublin HQ
100 additional jobs are to be created at the Dublin headquarters of social networking giant, Facebook, bringing the company’s total workforce in Ireland to 500. The jobs are already being advertised ...
UK National News, Feb 18, 2013
Environment Minister To Meet Retailers And Trade Bodies
The environment secretary, food retailers and trade bodies are to meet to establish a coordinated response to the ongoing horsemeat crisis, in an effort to restore consumer confidence. Owen Paterson ...
Environment Minister To Meet Retailers And Trade Bodies
The environment secretary, food retailers and trade bodies are to meet to establish a coordinated response to the ongoing horsemeat crisis, in an effort to restore consumer confidence. Owen Paterson ...
UK National News, Feb 18, 2013
OFcom Consider Sanctions Against Psychic TV Over Jackson And Dowler Claims
Ofcom could issue a fine to a 'psychic' television channel after two of it’s 'psychic' presenters made claims about Michael Jackson and the police investigation into murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. ...
OFcom Consider Sanctions Against Psychic TV Over Jackson And Dowler Claims
Ofcom could issue a fine to a 'psychic' television channel after two of it’s 'psychic' presenters made claims about Michael Jackson and the police investigation into murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. ...
UK National News, Feb 18, 2013
Final Mass Held At Soho Church For Gays and Lesbians
A central London Catholic church is to hold its final mass for gay and lesbian worshippers as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales said it conflicted with religious teachings o...
Final Mass Held At Soho Church For Gays and Lesbians
A central London Catholic church is to hold its final mass for gay and lesbian worshippers as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales said it conflicted with religious teachings o...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2013
Nesbitt Hits Back Over Resignations
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has hit back at comments made by Basil McCrea and John McCallister, following news that they are resigning from the party. On Thursday, the two MLAs quit the UUP o...
Nesbitt Hits Back Over Resignations
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has hit back at comments made by Basil McCrea and John McCallister, following news that they are resigning from the party. On Thursday, the two MLAs quit the UUP o...
UK National News, Feb 18, 2013
Doctors Warn Of Epidemic As They Call For Tax On Fizzy Drinks
In a call to action over obesity, doctors are pushing for a heavy tax on fizzy drinks and for junk food TV ads to be banned until the watershed. Describing the UKs ballooning waistlines as a "huge cr...
Doctors Warn Of Epidemic As They Call For Tax On Fizzy Drinks
In a call to action over obesity, doctors are pushing for a heavy tax on fizzy drinks and for junk food TV ads to be banned until the watershed. Describing the UKs ballooning waistlines as a "huge cr...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2013
Man In Court Over Stephen Davidson Murder
A 40-year-old man has appeared before a special sitting of Newtownards Magistrates’ Court over the killing of 31-year-old Stephen Davidson in Bangor. The man was arrested last Monday 11 February. The...
Man In Court Over Stephen Davidson Murder
A 40-year-old man has appeared before a special sitting of Newtownards Magistrates’ Court over the killing of 31-year-old Stephen Davidson in Bangor. The man was arrested last Monday 11 February. The...
UK National News, Feb 18, 2013
Other News In Brief
Actor Richard Briers Dies Aged 79 Actor Richard Briers has died at the age of 79, his agent has said. The star, best known for his role in TV's The Good Life, was an accomplished stage actor,...
Other News In Brief
Actor Richard Briers Dies Aged 79 Actor Richard Briers has died at the age of 79, his agent has said. The star, best known for his role in TV's The Good Life, was an accomplished stage actor,...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2013
Thatcher's NI Bus Up For Auction
A Northern Irish 'battle bus' which was built for Margaret Thatcher's tour of Northern Ireland in the 1980s is to go under the gavel at an English auction house. J P Humbert Auctioneers of Towcester,...
Thatcher's NI Bus Up For Auction
A Northern Irish 'battle bus' which was built for Margaret Thatcher's tour of Northern Ireland in the 1980s is to go under the gavel at an English auction house. J P Humbert Auctioneers of Towcester,...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2013
Two Arrested Over North Belfast Shooting
A man has been arrested following the shooting of two men in north Belfast on Friday. The 24-year-old was arrested on Saturday night on suspicion of attempted murder and making threats to kill. The ...
Two Arrested Over North Belfast Shooting
A man has been arrested following the shooting of two men in north Belfast on Friday. The 24-year-old was arrested on Saturday night on suspicion of attempted murder and making threats to kill. The ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2013
NI Businesses Prepare For EU Funding Programme
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has launched a strategy to prepare Northern Ireland for a funding programme which could create business collaborations across the EU. The 'Northern Ireland Horizon 2...
NI Businesses Prepare For EU Funding Programme
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has launched a strategy to prepare Northern Ireland for a funding programme which could create business collaborations across the EU. The 'Northern Ireland Horizon 2...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2013
Public Asked To 'Buy A Brick' For Hospice
A Northern Ireland charity which cares for children, young people and adults with a life-limiting illness has launched a campaign to raise £3m for a new hospice building. Local business, community, d...
Public Asked To 'Buy A Brick' For Hospice
A Northern Ireland charity which cares for children, young people and adults with a life-limiting illness has launched a campaign to raise £3m for a new hospice building. Local business, community, d...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2013
Other News In Brief
Lurgan Children Found With Stun Gun Police were called in Lurgan on Saturday after two children were seen playing with a stun gun they had found. The two children, both eight years old, found...
Other News In Brief
Lurgan Children Found With Stun Gun Police were called in Lurgan on Saturday after two children were seen playing with a stun gun they had found. The two children, both eight years old, found...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2013
TBA
Seven foreigner nationals working for construction company Setraco are being held hostage after being kidnapped from a site in Bauchi state, in the north of Nigeria. Among them is at least one Britis...
TBA
Seven foreigner nationals working for construction company Setraco are being held hostage after being kidnapped from a site in Bauchi state, in the north of Nigeria. Among them is at least one Britis...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
Horsemeat Scandal Has Spread To Schools And Hospitals
The ongoing horsemeat controversy has now spread to include some schools and hospitals after it was revealed a number of products destined for the institutions contained equine DNA. It is understood ...
Horsemeat Scandal Has Spread To Schools And Hospitals
The ongoing horsemeat controversy has now spread to include some schools and hospitals after it was revealed a number of products destined for the institutions contained equine DNA. It is understood ...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
Five Injured In Hotel Balcony Collapse
A hotel balcony has collapsed seriously injuring five people in Brighouse, Yorkshire this morning. Yorkshire Ambulance Service have said that ambulance crews were called to the Casa hotel and restaur...
Five Injured In Hotel Balcony Collapse
A hotel balcony has collapsed seriously injuring five people in Brighouse, Yorkshire this morning. Yorkshire Ambulance Service have said that ambulance crews were called to the Casa hotel and restaur...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
Corrie Actor Charged With Child Rape
Michael Le Vell, the actor who plays Kevin Webster in the soap Coronation Street, has been charged with a series of sex offences, including child rape. The 48-year-old actor is facing a total of 19 c...
Corrie Actor Charged With Child Rape
Michael Le Vell, the actor who plays Kevin Webster in the soap Coronation Street, has been charged with a series of sex offences, including child rape. The 48-year-old actor is facing a total of 19 c...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
Police Reveal Possible Paedophile Link To 25 Year Old Disappearance
It has been revealed that a teenage boy may have been murdered in an area known to have an active paedophile ring at the time of his disappearance 25 years ago. Lee Boxell, 15 at the time of his disa...
Police Reveal Possible Paedophile Link To 25 Year Old Disappearance
It has been revealed that a teenage boy may have been murdered in an area known to have an active paedophile ring at the time of his disappearance 25 years ago. Lee Boxell, 15 at the time of his disa...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2013
Irish Building Firms Merger Dropped
A business merger of Lagan Cement and Quinn Building Products will now not go ahead, it has been confirmed. A spokesman for Lagan Cement Group said: "In late December of last year, Lagan Cement Group...
Irish Building Firms Merger Dropped
A business merger of Lagan Cement and Quinn Building Products will now not go ahead, it has been confirmed. A spokesman for Lagan Cement Group said: "In late December of last year, Lagan Cement Group...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
Convicts Arrested Over Child Murderer Death In Prison
Two inmates have been arrested following the death in prison of a man jailed for the torture and murder of his partner's two-year-old daughter. In February 2009 Subhan Anwar was sentenced to a minimu...
Convicts Arrested Over Child Murderer Death In Prison
Two inmates have been arrested following the death in prison of a man jailed for the torture and murder of his partner's two-year-old daughter. In February 2009 Subhan Anwar was sentenced to a minimu...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
IPSA To Investigate Dorries Expenses Claims
Expenses claims submitted by MP Nadine Dorries will be investigated by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). The MP for faces an inquiry into her spending on accommodation and tra...
IPSA To Investigate Dorries Expenses Claims
Expenses claims submitted by MP Nadine Dorries will be investigated by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). The MP for faces an inquiry into her spending on accommodation and tra...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
Total Of Unpaid Carers Reach 5.8 Million
Some 5.8 million people in England and Wales are unpaid carers, a rise of 600,00 since 2011, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Unpaid carers working for 50 or more hours a week a...
Total Of Unpaid Carers Reach 5.8 Million
Some 5.8 million people in England and Wales are unpaid carers, a rise of 600,00 since 2011, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Unpaid carers working for 50 or more hours a week a...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2013
Bloody Sunday Families Offered £50,000
The families of the victims of Bloody Sunday have been each offered £50,000 compensation, according to the BBC. The same amount has also been offered to people who were injured in the shootings. BBC...
Bloody Sunday Families Offered £50,000
The families of the victims of Bloody Sunday have been each offered £50,000 compensation, according to the BBC. The same amount has also been offered to people who were injured in the shootings. BBC...
UK National News, Feb 15, 2013
Citizens Advice Call For Immediate Suspension Of Payday Loan Co. Licenses
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) are being urged to use new powers to immediately suspend the licences of four payday lenders, who Citizens Advice claim are "causing significant distress" to customers...
Citizens Advice Call For Immediate Suspension Of Payday Loan Co. Licenses
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) are being urged to use new powers to immediately suspend the licences of four payday lenders, who Citizens Advice claim are "causing significant distress" to customers...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2013
John McCallister Quits UUP
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Basil McCrea and deputy leader John McCallister are to resign. The decisions are in protest at the UUP and DUP’s decision to back a joint candidate for the Mid Ulster by-e...
John McCallister Quits UUP
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Basil McCrea and deputy leader John McCallister are to resign. The decisions are in protest at the UUP and DUP’s decision to back a joint candidate for the Mid Ulster by-e...
Recruitment News, Feb 15, 2013
Jobs Boost For Louth Welcomed
Louth Fianna Fáil TD Seams Kirk has described today’s announcement that Ebay is to create 450 in Dundalk as "an extremely significant development and a major boost for the economy of the North East". ...
Jobs Boost For Louth Welcomed
Louth Fianna Fáil TD Seams Kirk has described today’s announcement that Ebay is to create 450 in Dundalk as "an extremely significant development and a major boost for the economy of the North East". ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 15, 2013
Horsemeat Burgers Supplied To NI Hospitals
Burgers which contained horsemeat have been supplied to hospitals in Northern Ireland, it has been confirmed. David Bingham, from the health service's business services organisation, which provides m...
Horsemeat Burgers Supplied To NI Hospitals
Burgers which contained horsemeat have been supplied to hospitals in Northern Ireland, it has been confirmed. David Bingham, from the health service's business services organisation, which provides m...
Business News, Feb 15, 2013
New Contract For Wrightbus Welcomed
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has congratulated Ballymena-based bus builders Wrightbus on securing an order for 179 buses from FirstGroup, the UK's leading bus and rail operator. Wrightbus has be...
New Contract For Wrightbus Welcomed
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has congratulated Ballymena-based bus builders Wrightbus on securing an order for 179 buses from FirstGroup, the UK's leading bus and rail operator. Wrightbus has be...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A very mild, but mostly cloudy day, although with some bright or sunny spells. It will be mostly dry in the morning, but a little patchy light rain or drizzle at times in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 14 °C.Tonight:A band of heavier rain will move east during the evening before clearing eastwards after midnight. then mostly dry through the early hours, but a little rain towards dawn. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
