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Northern Ireland News for February 2014 : Page 9
UK National News, Feb 13, 2014
Operation Return Targets UK Criminals In The Netherlands
The National Crime Agency (NCA) have released the names of some of the UK's most wanted criminals thought to be on the run in the Netherlands. The names have been released as part of Operation Return...
Operation Return Targets UK Criminals In The Netherlands
The National Crime Agency (NCA) have released the names of some of the UK's most wanted criminals thought to be on the run in the Netherlands. The names have been released as part of Operation Return...
UK National News, Feb 13, 2014
Dave Lee Travis Cleared Of Indecent Assault
Dave Lee Travis has been cleared at his trial for indecent and sexual assault. Earlier on Thursday, the jury in the trial of the former BBC DJ had been instructed that a majority verdict would be acc...
Dave Lee Travis Cleared Of Indecent Assault
Dave Lee Travis has been cleared at his trial for indecent and sexual assault. Earlier on Thursday, the jury in the trial of the former BBC DJ had been instructed that a majority verdict would be acc...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
Action Plan Launched To Promote Strangford Lough
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has launched an action plan focused on promoting and improving the heritage and role of Strangford Lough within Northern Ireland. The 'Heritage Management Strategy ...
Action Plan Launched To Promote Strangford Lough
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has launched an action plan focused on promoting and improving the heritage and role of Strangford Lough within Northern Ireland. The 'Heritage Management Strategy ...
UK National News, Feb 13, 2014
Chancellor Warns Scotland Over Sharing The Pound
The UK would have no reason to share its currency with an independent Scotland, the Chancellor George Osborne has said. The chancellor laid out his position during a speech in Edinburgh marking the p...
Chancellor Warns Scotland Over Sharing The Pound
The UK would have no reason to share its currency with an independent Scotland, the Chancellor George Osborne has said. The chancellor laid out his position during a speech in Edinburgh marking the p...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
New Security Installed At West Belfast Peaceline
Sinn Féin Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile has said Minister David Ford and the Department of Justice must act to reassure the fears of residents living along Strand Walk. His calls come after the inst...
New Security Installed At West Belfast Peaceline
Sinn Féin Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile has said Minister David Ford and the Department of Justice must act to reassure the fears of residents living along Strand Walk. His calls come after the inst...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
Pair To Go On Trial For Bernie Acheson Murder
A husband and wife now face murder charges in connection with the death of a pensioner. Jennifer Toland, 24, and Paul Toland, 40, from County Antrim had previously been charges with manslaughter. To...
Pair To Go On Trial For Bernie Acheson Murder
A husband and wife now face murder charges in connection with the death of a pensioner. Jennifer Toland, 24, and Paul Toland, 40, from County Antrim had previously been charges with manslaughter. To...
UK National News, Feb 13, 2014
River Severn Reaches Record High
The Environment Agency has reported that the River Severn in Worchester has reached record levels of almost 19ft. Measured at 5am this morning in the city's Barbourne area the water reached 18ft 7in ...
River Severn Reaches Record High
The Environment Agency has reported that the River Severn in Worchester has reached record levels of almost 19ft. Measured at 5am this morning in the city's Barbourne area the water reached 18ft 7in ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
Newry Pipe Bomb Condemned
A family of five has escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at their home in Newry on Wednesday night. The blast, which occurred on Patricia Park at around 9.20pm, caused substantial damage to t...
Newry Pipe Bomb Condemned
A family of five has escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at their home in Newry on Wednesday night. The blast, which occurred on Patricia Park at around 9.20pm, caused substantial damage to t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
NI Higher Education Numbers Fall
The number of Northern Ireland students enrolled at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK fell by 2% between 2011/12 and 2012/13, according to figures released by the Deployment for Employmen...
NI Higher Education Numbers Fall
The number of Northern Ireland students enrolled at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK fell by 2% between 2011/12 and 2012/13, according to figures released by the Deployment for Employmen...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
NIHE Allocates £20,000 To The Restore Iconic Murals
SDLP Area Representative for the Moor, Emmet Doyle, has welcomed news the Housing Executive has allocated £20,000 to the Bogside Artists to restore four of the iconic murals in 'The People’s Gallery'....
NIHE Allocates £20,000 To The Restore Iconic Murals
SDLP Area Representative for the Moor, Emmet Doyle, has welcomed news the Housing Executive has allocated £20,000 to the Bogside Artists to restore four of the iconic murals in 'The People’s Gallery'....
UK National News, Feb 13, 2014
Trump Pulls Planning Application For Second Scottish Golf Course
A planning application for a second golf course at the Aberdeenshire resort owned by Donald Trump has been withdrawn. It is understood that the application for the McLeod course at the Menie Estate w...
Trump Pulls Planning Application For Second Scottish Golf Course
A planning application for a second golf course at the Aberdeenshire resort owned by Donald Trump has been withdrawn. It is understood that the application for the McLeod course at the Menie Estate w...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
NI House Prices To Increase
House prices in Northern Ireland are expected to increase by 4%, according to an expert. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) spokesman Mr Samual Dickey said: "This year started as 2013 en...
NI House Prices To Increase
House prices in Northern Ireland are expected to increase by 4%, according to an expert. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) spokesman Mr Samual Dickey said: "This year started as 2013 en...
Business News, Feb 13, 2014
Council Launches Programme To Support 500 Small Businesses
A new programme has been launched by Belfast City Council to offer support to nearly 500 small businesses in the city. 'Go for Growth' aims to provide small businesses and social enterprises with the...
Council Launches Programme To Support 500 Small Businesses
A new programme has been launched by Belfast City Council to offer support to nearly 500 small businesses in the city. 'Go for Growth' aims to provide small businesses and social enterprises with the...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
Queen's Partners With Manchester Uni To Fight Against Prostate Cancer
Queen's University has announced it is to partner with the University of Manchester to form the first regional Movember Centre of Excellence in the fight against prostate cancer. The radical developm...
Queen's Partners With Manchester Uni To Fight Against Prostate Cancer
Queen's University has announced it is to partner with the University of Manchester to form the first regional Movember Centre of Excellence in the fight against prostate cancer. The radical developm...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 13, 2014
Other News In Brief
Further Sleet And Snow Expected The public is being asked to be aware of the risk of disruption to travel, as Northern Ireland prepares for another evening of sleet and snow that will continue...
Other News In Brief
Further Sleet And Snow Expected The public is being asked to be aware of the risk of disruption to travel, as Northern Ireland prepares for another evening of sleet and snow that will continue...
UK National News, Feb 13, 2014
Other News In Brief
Two Firms Receive Over £8m For Energy Storage Two British companies have been awarded over £8million to spur on innovation in storing energy, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has...
Other News In Brief
Two Firms Receive Over £8m For Energy Storage Two British companies have been awarded over £8million to spur on innovation in storing energy, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
Man Arrested After Bodies Found In House
Police investigating the discovery of two bodies in a house in North Tyneside have arrested 25-year-old man. The bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in a house after Northumbria Police were c...
Man Arrested After Bodies Found In House
Police investigating the discovery of two bodies in a house in North Tyneside have arrested 25-year-old man. The bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in a house after Northumbria Police were c...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
Two Bailed After Baby Dies In Dog Attack
The 11-month-old baby who died after being mauled by a pet dog at a house in Lancashire has been named as Ava-Jayne Marie Corless. The girl died at Royal Blackburn Hospital a short time after the att...
Two Bailed After Baby Dies In Dog Attack
The 11-month-old baby who died after being mauled by a pet dog at a house in Lancashire has been named as Ava-Jayne Marie Corless. The girl died at Royal Blackburn Hospital a short time after the att...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
M2 Remains Closed After Mystery Hole Opens In Central Reservation
The M2 in Kent remains closed following the appearance of a 6ft wide and 15ft deep hole in the motorway's central reservation. Some 10 miles of the road between Junction five and Junction six have be...
M2 Remains Closed After Mystery Hole Opens In Central Reservation
The M2 in Kent remains closed following the appearance of a 6ft wide and 15ft deep hole in the motorway's central reservation. Some 10 miles of the road between Junction five and Junction six have be...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 12, 2014
Arrest Made In Andrew Allen Murder Investigation
Gardaí investigating the murder of a father of two from L'Derry have arrested a man in his 40s. Andrew Allen was shot and killed on 9 February 2012 at his house at Links View Park, Buncrana in County...
Arrest Made In Andrew Allen Murder Investigation
Gardaí investigating the murder of a father of two from L'Derry have arrested a man in his 40s. Andrew Allen was shot and killed on 9 February 2012 at his house at Links View Park, Buncrana in County...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
CPS To Charge Man With 1993 Schoolgirl Murder
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have said that they have sufficient evidence to charge a 45-year-old man with the 1993 murder of schoolgirl Claire Tiltman. Miss Tiltman was found dead in an alley...
CPS To Charge Man With 1993 Schoolgirl Murder
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have said that they have sufficient evidence to charge a 45-year-old man with the 1993 murder of schoolgirl Claire Tiltman. Miss Tiltman was found dead in an alley...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
Man Pleads Guilty To Uploading Rigby Videos
Royal Barnes, 23, of Hackney, east London, has pleaded guilty to posting three videos on YouTube glorifying the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London last May. In one video he p...
Man Pleads Guilty To Uploading Rigby Videos
Royal Barnes, 23, of Hackney, east London, has pleaded guilty to posting three videos on YouTube glorifying the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London last May. In one video he p...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 12, 2014
Larne Shooting: Men Arrested
Two men have been arrested in Larne in County Antrim in relation to a shooting at a house last month. Detectives arrested a 23-year-old man and a 42-year-old man in the town on Wednesday morning. A ...
Larne Shooting: Men Arrested
Two men have been arrested in Larne in County Antrim in relation to a shooting at a house last month. Detectives arrested a 23-year-old man and a 42-year-old man in the town on Wednesday morning. A ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 12, 2014
Lowering Corp. Tax A 'Key Priority' - McGuinness
Lowering Corporation Tax is 'a key priority for promoting economic growth', the deputy First Minister has said. Martin McGuinness was speaking at the 'Showcasing the Recovery' business breakfast at t...
Lowering Corp. Tax A 'Key Priority' - McGuinness
Lowering Corporation Tax is 'a key priority for promoting economic growth', the deputy First Minister has said. Martin McGuinness was speaking at the 'Showcasing the Recovery' business breakfast at t...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
West Sussex House Searched Following Syrian Bombing
A house is West Sussex is being searched by anti-terror police in connection with a suicide bombing in Syria, thought to have been carried out by a British man. The investigation South East Counter...
West Sussex House Searched Following Syrian Bombing
A house is West Sussex is being searched by anti-terror police in connection with a suicide bombing in Syria, thought to have been carried out by a British man. The investigation South East Counter...
Recruitment News, Feb 12, 2014
Roscommon Job Announcements Welcomed
Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has said that the 250 jobs announced for Roscommon in the last week by a number of global pharmaceutical companies are a massive vote of confid...
Roscommon Job Announcements Welcomed
Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has said that the 250 jobs announced for Roscommon in the last week by a number of global pharmaceutical companies are a massive vote of confid...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
UK Deaths Linked To 'Legal Highs' Soar 800%
The deadly risk of so-called 'legal highs' and other designer drugs, such as the notorious 'meow meow', has been confirmed by a huge leap in their links to drug-related deaths in the UK. One expert d...
UK Deaths Linked To 'Legal Highs' Soar 800%
The deadly risk of so-called 'legal highs' and other designer drugs, such as the notorious 'meow meow', has been confirmed by a huge leap in their links to drug-related deaths in the UK. One expert d...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 12, 2014
Appeal Over Bangor Shooting
Detectives investigating a double shooting in Bangor on Monday 10 February are making an appeal for witnesses. Two men aged 24 and 33 were shot in their car in the Eastway area of the Whitehill estat...
Appeal Over Bangor Shooting
Detectives investigating a double shooting in Bangor on Monday 10 February are making an appeal for witnesses. Two men aged 24 and 33 were shot in their car in the Eastway area of the Whitehill estat...
UK National News, Feb 12, 2014
Thousands More Could Be Prescribed Statins - NICE
Thousands more people could be prescribed statins to help lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, under draft guidance. In an update to the existing guideline on li...
Thousands More Could Be Prescribed Statins - NICE
Thousands more people could be prescribed statins to help lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, under draft guidance. In an update to the existing guideline on li...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 12, 2014
Fifteen NI People Die Annually Waiting For A Transplant
Around 200 people in Northern Ireland are on the transplant waiting list and unfortunately around 15 people die each year waiting for an organ. Despite support for organ donation being extremely high...
Fifteen NI People Die Annually Waiting For A Transplant
Around 200 people in Northern Ireland are on the transplant waiting list and unfortunately around 15 people die each year waiting for an organ. Despite support for organ donation being extremely high...
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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.
