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Northern Ireland News for March 2014 : Page 5
UK National News, Mar 21, 2014
No Make-Up Selfies Get £2m For Cancer Research
The "no make-up selfie" crazy phenomenon has reached over £2m in 48 hours for a Cancer Research campaign. The campaign is women posting pictures of themselves without make-up. Thousands of woman ha...
No Make-Up Selfies Get £2m For Cancer Research
The "no make-up selfie" crazy phenomenon has reached over £2m in 48 hours for a Cancer Research campaign. The campaign is women posting pictures of themselves without make-up. Thousands of woman ha...
Business News, Mar 21, 2014
Alliance Unaware Of Economic Realities – UUP
Councillor John Stewart has said he is "amazed" by comments made by Alliance Party MLA Anna Lo. In an interview earlier this week, Ms Lo voiced her support for a united Ireland, but her comments hav...
Alliance Unaware Of Economic Realities – UUP
Councillor John Stewart has said he is "amazed" by comments made by Alliance Party MLA Anna Lo. In an interview earlier this week, Ms Lo voiced her support for a united Ireland, but her comments hav...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2014
Meningitis B Jab To Be Free For Babies
The life-saving vaccine against Meningitis B disease will be made free on the NHS for babies if an agreement is reached with the manufacturers. It is a U-turn from the Government who rejected the rul...
Meningitis B Jab To Be Free For Babies
The life-saving vaccine against Meningitis B disease will be made free on the NHS for babies if an agreement is reached with the manufacturers. It is a U-turn from the Government who rejected the rul...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2014
Couple Admit Burying Parents In Garden
Susan Edwards, 55, and her husband Christopher, 57, have admitted burying her parents in the back garden of their home 16 years ago. They denied murdering Mr and Mrs Wycherley in a earlier court hear...
Couple Admit Burying Parents In Garden
Susan Edwards, 55, and her husband Christopher, 57, have admitted burying her parents in the back garden of their home 16 years ago. They denied murdering Mr and Mrs Wycherley in a earlier court hear...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Traffic Disrupted As Lorry Overturns
Traffic was disrupted at Strabane Roundabout in County Tyrone today after a lorry overturned. The vehicle overturned on Bradley Way, spilling its contents over the road and a traffic island at 07:20 ...
Traffic Disrupted As Lorry Overturns
Traffic was disrupted at Strabane Roundabout in County Tyrone today after a lorry overturned. The vehicle overturned on Bradley Way, spilling its contents over the road and a traffic island at 07:20 ...
Recruitment News, Mar 21, 2014
McDonalds Create 60 Jobs In Kilkenny
Sixty new jobs are to be created in Kilkenny city by fast-food chain McDonalds. The restaurant has announced that it will open a new premises on Hedron Road on the outskirts of the city, replacing it...
McDonalds Create 60 Jobs In Kilkenny
Sixty new jobs are to be created in Kilkenny city by fast-food chain McDonalds. The restaurant has announced that it will open a new premises on Hedron Road on the outskirts of the city, replacing it...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Police Seize £900k Cannabis
A haul of herbal cannabis estimated to be worth £900k has been seized during police raids in south Belfast. The properties were searched by the PSNI's Organised Crime Branch on Wednesday. Cannabis w...
Police Seize £900k Cannabis
A haul of herbal cannabis estimated to be worth £900k has been seized during police raids in south Belfast. The properties were searched by the PSNI's Organised Crime Branch on Wednesday. Cannabis w...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2014
Petrol Prices At Three-Year Low
Petrol prices have fallen to their lowest in three years with the cheaper fuel sold in Yorkshire and the Humber, according the Automobile Association (AA). The national average for petrol is nearly n...
Petrol Prices At Three-Year Low
Petrol prices have fallen to their lowest in three years with the cheaper fuel sold in Yorkshire and the Humber, according the Automobile Association (AA). The national average for petrol is nearly n...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Direct Link Between Troubles And Suicide - UU
The University of Ulster has said new research it has carried out indicates a direct link between suicidal behaviour in Northern Ireland having experienced the violence of the Troubles first hand. Le...
Direct Link Between Troubles And Suicide - UU
The University of Ulster has said new research it has carried out indicates a direct link between suicidal behaviour in Northern Ireland having experienced the violence of the Troubles first hand. Le...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Four Escape Injury In Petrol Bomb Attack
Four people have escaped injury after their house was set alight in a petrol bomb attack. The incident occurred at about 02:25 in the early hours of this morning at a property on Culbane Road, Portgl...
Four Escape Injury In Petrol Bomb Attack
Four people have escaped injury after their house was set alight in a petrol bomb attack. The incident occurred at about 02:25 in the early hours of this morning at a property on Culbane Road, Portgl...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
£20m Office Development Approved For Titanic Quarter
3,000 sq m of office space is to be built in Belfast's ever-expanding Titanic Quarter. Construction work on the £20m development is expected to create about 2,000 jobs. The two blocks of six and sev...
£20m Office Development Approved For Titanic Quarter
3,000 sq m of office space is to be built in Belfast's ever-expanding Titanic Quarter. Construction work on the £20m development is expected to create about 2,000 jobs. The two blocks of six and sev...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2014
Kensington Palace Reveal Identity Of Prince George's Nanny
Kensington Palace has revealed the identity of Prince George's nanny. The Spanish woman Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo has asked for her private life to be respected. Mrs Turrion Borrallo has started...
Kensington Palace Reveal Identity Of Prince George's Nanny
Kensington Palace has revealed the identity of Prince George's nanny. The Spanish woman Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo has asked for her private life to be respected. Mrs Turrion Borrallo has started...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Coleraine Man Jailed Over CO Poisoning
A Coleraine man has been sentenced to two years in jail and fined £19k after two 18-year-old friends died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday apartment in Castlerock in August 2010. George Brow...
Coleraine Man Jailed Over CO Poisoning
A Coleraine man has been sentenced to two years in jail and fined £19k after two 18-year-old friends died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday apartment in Castlerock in August 2010. George Brow...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Other News In Brief
Men Arrested Over Tryone Fuel Laundering Three men have been arrested by HM Customs as part of investigations into fuel fraud. Customs and police officers raided a business premises and seize...
Other News In Brief
Men Arrested Over Tryone Fuel Laundering Three men have been arrested by HM Customs as part of investigations into fuel fraud. Customs and police officers raided a business premises and seize...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Severe Rise In Scarlet Fever Cases
Northern Ireland has been endured a sharp rise in the number of scarlet fever cases since Christmas, according to the Public Health Agency (PHA). It said that in the first eight weeks of 2014 there w...
Severe Rise In Scarlet Fever Cases
Northern Ireland has been endured a sharp rise in the number of scarlet fever cases since Christmas, according to the Public Health Agency (PHA). It said that in the first eight weeks of 2014 there w...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Fisherman Dies After Boat Capsizes In Lough Ree
A man has died after a boat he was travelling in capsized in Lough Ree in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday. Another man who was also in the boat is critically ill in hospital and a third man is mi...
Fisherman Dies After Boat Capsizes In Lough Ree
A man has died after a boat he was travelling in capsized in Lough Ree in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday. Another man who was also in the boat is critically ill in hospital and a third man is mi...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2014
Japanese Firm Move Rail Business To The UK
The Japanese electronics firm Hitachi is to move its global rail business from Japan to the United Kingdom. The move is expected to help expand its rail business from 2,500 to 4,000 workers and raise...
Japanese Firm Move Rail Business To The UK
The Japanese electronics firm Hitachi is to move its global rail business from Japan to the United Kingdom. The move is expected to help expand its rail business from 2,500 to 4,000 workers and raise...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 21, 2014
Waste Processing Plant Abandoned
A new major waste processing plant planned for the north east has been shelved, it has been revealed. The Joint Committee of the North West Regional Waste Management Group (NWRWMG) yesterday recommen...
Waste Processing Plant Abandoned
A new major waste processing plant planned for the north east has been shelved, it has been revealed. The Joint Committee of the North West Regional Waste Management Group (NWRWMG) yesterday recommen...
UK National News, Mar 21, 2014
Other News In Brief
GRI Confirm Six Cases Of Swine Flu Glasgow Royal Infirmary has confirmed six cases of swine flu. Six patients are being treated for the H1N1 virus, however, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC...
Other News In Brief
GRI Confirm Six Cases Of Swine Flu Glasgow Royal Infirmary has confirmed six cases of swine flu. Six patients are being treated for the H1N1 virus, however, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC...
Recruitment News, Mar 20, 2014
UK Employment Hit Record High In January
The number of people on employment in the UK has risen to a record high of 30.2m in the three months to January. New figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that employment rose by 105...
UK Employment Hit Record High In January
The number of people on employment in the UK has risen to a record high of 30.2m in the three months to January. New figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that employment rose by 105...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2014
Royal Navy Survey Ship To Join MH370 Search
A Royal Navy coastal survey ship is being sent to join in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. HMS Echo is to make its way from Perth and travel some 1,550 miles to the search site....
Royal Navy Survey Ship To Join MH370 Search
A Royal Navy coastal survey ship is being sent to join in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. HMS Echo is to make its way from Perth and travel some 1,550 miles to the search site....
UK National News, Mar 20, 2014
Body Washes Up On Suffolk Beach
A body found on a Suffolk beach might that be that of an Albanian man who jumped from a ferry while being deported. According to a report by the BBC, the body had been in the water "for some time" be...
Body Washes Up On Suffolk Beach
A body found on a Suffolk beach might that be that of an Albanian man who jumped from a ferry while being deported. According to a report by the BBC, the body had been in the water "for some time" be...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2014
Man Released Following Police Search
A man detained by police under the Terrorism Act in the Bushmills area of County Antrim has been released. The 40-year-old was arrested on Wednesday after a police search in the area. He has now been...
Man Released Following Police Search
A man detained by police under the Terrorism Act in the Bushmills area of County Antrim has been released. The 40-year-old was arrested on Wednesday after a police search in the area. He has now been...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2014
Next Annual Profit Increases Of 11%
Clothing retailer Next, which is the biggest in the sector in Britain, has reported a pre-tax profit rise of 11.8%, to almost £700m. The growth in its online and catalogue business, the retailer said...
Next Annual Profit Increases Of 11%
Clothing retailer Next, which is the biggest in the sector in Britain, has reported a pre-tax profit rise of 11.8%, to almost £700m. The growth in its online and catalogue business, the retailer said...
Business News, Mar 20, 2014
No Cuts To NI Fuel Duty Criticised
Naomi Long has criticised Chancellor George Osborne after fuel duty was not cut from the Budget. The Alliance MP made the comments after Mr Osborne delivered his speech to Parliament, during which h...
No Cuts To NI Fuel Duty Criticised
Naomi Long has criticised Chancellor George Osborne after fuel duty was not cut from the Budget. The Alliance MP made the comments after Mr Osborne delivered his speech to Parliament, during which h...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2014
Officers Granted Extra Time In McConville Investigation
Detectives from Serious Crime Branch investigating the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in 1972 have been granted additional time to question a 77-year-old man arrested in west Belfast on Tuesd...
Officers Granted Extra Time In McConville Investigation
Detectives from Serious Crime Branch investigating the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in 1972 have been granted additional time to question a 77-year-old man arrested in west Belfast on Tuesd...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2014
£19m To Provide 600 Affordable Homes By 2020
A £19m loans fund is expected to provide 600 affordable homes by 2020, according to Finance Minister Simon Hamilton. The Affordable Home Loans Fund was announced today by the Minister and is the loca...
£19m To Provide 600 Affordable Homes By 2020
A £19m loans fund is expected to provide 600 affordable homes by 2020, according to Finance Minister Simon Hamilton. The Affordable Home Loans Fund was announced today by the Minister and is the loca...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 20, 2014
Transport For Sick Children Expanded
A new team has been set up to expand services to transport sick children in Northern Ireland. Health Minister Edwin Poots launched the expansion of the Northern Ireland Specialist Transport and Retri...
Transport For Sick Children Expanded
A new team has been set up to expand services to transport sick children in Northern Ireland. Health Minister Edwin Poots launched the expansion of the Northern Ireland Specialist Transport and Retri...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2014
EE Network Fails After BEing Voted UK's Best
Mobile network operator EE suffered a technical problem that stopped some of its 27 million customers from using its network between Wednesday evening to Thursday morning, only a week after customers ...
EE Network Fails After BEing Voted UK's Best
Mobile network operator EE suffered a technical problem that stopped some of its 27 million customers from using its network between Wednesday evening to Thursday morning, only a week after customers ...
UK National News, Mar 20, 2014
Melanie Hall Murder: Police Appeal For Information On Car
Detectives investigating the murder of Melanie Hall have appealed for information about a car that may be linked to her disappearance, 17 years ago. Following the broadcast of an appeal on the BBC's ...
Melanie Hall Murder: Police Appeal For Information On Car
Detectives investigating the murder of Melanie Hall have appealed for information about a car that may be linked to her disappearance, 17 years ago. Following the broadcast of an appeal on the BBC's ...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A showery start with outbreaks most frequent north of Lough Neagh and through the morning, before dwindling during the afternoon as the northwest breezes ease and brighter spells of weak sunshine prosper. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A dry night, save for a few light showers around the coasts, with prolonged clear spells and light winds bringing a frosty dawn for many in central and southern parts. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
