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Northern Ireland News for August 2014 : Page 8
UK National News, Aug 14, 2014
Cars Pulled From Sea After Sudden Tide
Redcar RNLI have recovered two cars from the sea off Teeside after drivers were caught out by the incoming tide. The lifeboat was called out after multiple 999 calls about a car stuck in the sea wit...
Cars Pulled From Sea After Sudden Tide
Redcar RNLI have recovered two cars from the sea off Teeside after drivers were caught out by the incoming tide. The lifeboat was called out after multiple 999 calls about a car stuck in the sea wit...
UK National News, Aug 14, 2014
Other News In Brief
Fish Poaching Crackdown Launched Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have launched a crackdown on fish poaching. Four poaching "hot spots" across Wales will be targeted including the Loughor Estuar...
Other News In Brief
Fish Poaching Crackdown Launched Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have launched a crackdown on fish poaching. Four poaching "hot spots" across Wales will be targeted including the Loughor Estuar...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2014
NI A-Level Grades Rise Slightly
There has been a slight increase in the amount of Northern Ireland students achieving the A* - C grade in this year's A levels, the Department of Education has said. The number rose to 83.7% from 83.5...
NI A-Level Grades Rise Slightly
There has been a slight increase in the amount of Northern Ireland students achieving the A* - C grade in this year's A levels, the Department of Education has said. The number rose to 83.7% from 83.5...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2014
Other News In Brief
Waterside Shooting - Man released Two men have been released following their arrest over the shooting of a man in L'Derry last month. A 32-year-old man was shot in both legs in Lincoln Court ...
Other News In Brief
Waterside Shooting - Man released Two men have been released following their arrest over the shooting of a man in L'Derry last month. A 32-year-old man was shot in both legs in Lincoln Court ...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
UK Unemployment At Six Year Low
New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the UK unemployment rate fell to 6.4% in the three months to June, it's lowest since 2008. The number of people unemployed now stands at ...
UK Unemployment At Six Year Low
New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the UK unemployment rate fell to 6.4% in the three months to June, it's lowest since 2008. The number of people unemployed now stands at ...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Ched Evans Petition Receives Over 60,000 Signatures
A petition calling on Sheffield United to not re-employ convicted rapist Ched Evans has received over 60,000 signatures. The 25-year-old footballer was jailed for five years in April 2012 after being...
Ched Evans Petition Receives Over 60,000 Signatures
A petition calling on Sheffield United to not re-employ convicted rapist Ched Evans has received over 60,000 signatures. The 25-year-old footballer was jailed for five years in April 2012 after being...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Police Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Aberdeen Crash
Police in Aberdeen have reported the death of a 26-year-old man in a car crash on the A956 Charleston flyover. The man died when a Vauxhall Corsa, that he was a passenger in, collided with a Ford foc...
Police Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Aberdeen Crash
Police in Aberdeen have reported the death of a 26-year-old man in a car crash on the A956 Charleston flyover. The man died when a Vauxhall Corsa, that he was a passenger in, collided with a Ford foc...
Recruitment News, Aug 13, 2014
Call For British Workers To Receive A Pay Increase
Record low pay and rising insecure employment are blighting economic recovery, despite the apparent fall in unemployment, Unite the union said today. Unite repeated its call for Britain's workers to ...
Call For British Workers To Receive A Pay Increase
Record low pay and rising insecure employment are blighting economic recovery, despite the apparent fall in unemployment, Unite the union said today. Unite repeated its call for Britain's workers to ...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Suspected Burglar Disrupts Trains In London
A suspected burglar has disrupted commuters in London after climbing a tree in an effort to evade police. It is understood that the man, suspected of trying to break into a retail park at about 2am o...
Suspected Burglar Disrupts Trains In London
A suspected burglar has disrupted commuters in London after climbing a tree in an effort to evade police. It is understood that the man, suspected of trying to break into a retail park at about 2am o...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
Environment Minister Calls On London To Resolve DVA 'Issues'
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has said the Minister for Transport in London must deal with problems being faced by people in Northern Ireland over the licensing of vehicles, since the Drive Vehic...
Environment Minister Calls On London To Resolve DVA 'Issues'
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has said the Minister for Transport in London must deal with problems being faced by people in Northern Ireland over the licensing of vehicles, since the Drive Vehic...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Man U Ban Tablets And Laptops From Stadium
Tablets and laptops are to be banned from the stands at Old Trafford. Manchester United has announced that fans will no longer be allowed to bring tablets and laptops into its stadium. It says that ...
Man U Ban Tablets And Laptops From Stadium
Tablets and laptops are to be banned from the stands at Old Trafford. Manchester United has announced that fans will no longer be allowed to bring tablets and laptops into its stadium. It says that ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
Dairy Industry Still Calculating Effects Of Russia Ban - UFU
The UK dairy industry is still attempting to calculate the effect of the current ban on EU agri-foods being imported to Russia, the deputy president of the Ulster Farmers' Union has said. Barclay Bel...
Dairy Industry Still Calculating Effects Of Russia Ban - UFU
The UK dairy industry is still attempting to calculate the effect of the current ban on EU agri-foods being imported to Russia, the deputy president of the Ulster Farmers' Union has said. Barclay Bel...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
Pubs Of Ulster Issues A-Level Results Warning
Pubs of Ulster today has issued a reminder to the pubs and clubs of Northern Ireland to be extra vigilant during exam results day. Thousands of students will be receiving their A level results on 14 ...
Pubs Of Ulster Issues A-Level Results Warning
Pubs of Ulster today has issued a reminder to the pubs and clubs of Northern Ireland to be extra vigilant during exam results day. Thousands of students will be receiving their A level results on 14 ...
Business News, Aug 13, 2014
NI Firms Break Records At UK Great Taste Awards
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has announced that Northern Ireland food and drink companies have broken all previous records in this year’s UK Great Taste Awards. 99 Northern...
NI Firms Break Records At UK Great Taste Awards
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has announced that Northern Ireland food and drink companies have broken all previous records in this year’s UK Great Taste Awards. 99 Northern...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
DRD Announce New Causeway Walk And Cycle Path
A new walkway and cycle path is to be built at the Giant's Causeway, it has been announced. The proposed foot and bike route will be over two miles long and run from the Causeway to the Aird. The De...
DRD Announce New Causeway Walk And Cycle Path
A new walkway and cycle path is to be built at the Giant's Causeway, it has been announced. The proposed foot and bike route will be over two miles long and run from the Causeway to the Aird. The De...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
'Grenade' Found In Church Graveyard
Police have carried out a controlled explosion on a grenade that was found during a security alert at a graveyard in Coleraine, County L'Derry. Army Technical Officers were called to the scene at Lau...
'Grenade' Found In Church Graveyard
Police have carried out a controlled explosion on a grenade that was found during a security alert at a graveyard in Coleraine, County L'Derry. Army Technical Officers were called to the scene at Lau...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
QUB Releases A Level Results Advice
Secondary school students across Northern Ireland will be receiving their A-level results on Thursday 14 August, and Queen's University Belfast has issued advice to those awaiting grades. Jennifer Dw...
QUB Releases A Level Results Advice
Secondary school students across Northern Ireland will be receiving their A-level results on Thursday 14 August, and Queen's University Belfast has issued advice to those awaiting grades. Jennifer Dw...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
Man Arrested Following Two Vehicle Crash
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a road crash in County Antrim that left a teenage girl critically injured. The collision occurred between a black Hyundai Santa Fe and a blue R...
Man Arrested Following Two Vehicle Crash
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a road crash in County Antrim that left a teenage girl critically injured. The collision occurred between a black Hyundai Santa Fe and a blue R...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Head Teacher Unions Join Forces For Alternative League Tables
Head teachers unions have come together in support of a new league table system, which they say will "offer more information to parents". Saying that the current system does not "tell the full story"...
Head Teacher Unions Join Forces For Alternative League Tables
Head teachers unions have come together in support of a new league table system, which they say will "offer more information to parents". Saying that the current system does not "tell the full story"...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Devon Country Park Closed After Suspected Norovirus Outbreak
A suspected norovirus outbreak has closed a country park in Devon. It is understood that some 91 cases of sickness have been reported since Friday at the River Dart Country Park in Ashburton in Devon...
Devon Country Park Closed After Suspected Norovirus Outbreak
A suspected norovirus outbreak has closed a country park in Devon. It is understood that some 91 cases of sickness have been reported since Friday at the River Dart Country Park in Ashburton in Devon...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
RAF Drop Third Round Of Aid Into Iraq
A third round of aid drops have been successfully completed by the RAF in northern Iraq. Aid is being dropped to assist thousands of people fleeing Islamist militants. Clean water and shelters have ...
RAF Drop Third Round Of Aid Into Iraq
A third round of aid drops have been successfully completed by the RAF in northern Iraq. Aid is being dropped to assist thousands of people fleeing Islamist militants. Clean water and shelters have ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
'Preferred Applicants' For West Gas Project Announced
Northern Ireland Energy Holdings and Scotia Gas Networks have been selected as the 'preferred applicants' for a project to extend the gas network to the west of the region, including Dungannon, Coalis...
'Preferred Applicants' For West Gas Project Announced
Northern Ireland Energy Holdings and Scotia Gas Networks have been selected as the 'preferred applicants' for a project to extend the gas network to the west of the region, including Dungannon, Coalis...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
NI Unemployment Drops 0.5%
Unemployment in Northern Ireland dropped 0.5% to 6.7% for the period April - June 2014, according to the latest Labour Force Survey. The figure is down 0.5% from the rate recorded in the previous qua...
NI Unemployment Drops 0.5%
Unemployment in Northern Ireland dropped 0.5% to 6.7% for the period April - June 2014, according to the latest Labour Force Survey. The figure is down 0.5% from the rate recorded in the previous qua...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 13, 2014
Other News In Brief
£200k Invested In Banbridge Road Network Over £200,000 is being invested in the road network in the Leitrim/Ballyward area of Banbridge District area over the next few months, according to the...
Other News In Brief
£200k Invested In Banbridge Road Network Over £200,000 is being invested in the road network in the Leitrim/Ballyward area of Banbridge District area over the next few months, according to the...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Investigation Launched After Elderly Couple Found Shot Dead
An investigation has been launched following the discovery of an elderly couple shot dead at a house in Bosbury, near Ledbury. Police responding to a call found the bodies of a couple, thought to be ...
Investigation Launched After Elderly Couple Found Shot Dead
An investigation has been launched following the discovery of an elderly couple shot dead at a house in Bosbury, near Ledbury. Police responding to a call found the bodies of a couple, thought to be ...
UK National News, Aug 13, 2014
Other News In Brief
Lancaster Bomber Fly Together For First Time In 50 Years The last two airworthy Lancaster bombers have flown together for the first time in 50 years. The World War Two bombers flew together o...
Other News In Brief
Lancaster Bomber Fly Together For First Time In 50 Years The last two airworthy Lancaster bombers have flown together for the first time in 50 years. The World War Two bombers flew together o...
Recruitment News, Aug 12, 2014
SSE Airtricity Creates Over 140 Call Centre Jobs
SSE Airtricity has confirmed it is to create 143 new jobs in Belfast. The call centre roles will be in the areas of customer service, sales and administrative support. The company currently employs ...
SSE Airtricity Creates Over 140 Call Centre Jobs
SSE Airtricity has confirmed it is to create 143 new jobs in Belfast. The call centre roles will be in the areas of customer service, sales and administrative support. The company currently employs ...
Business News, Aug 12, 2014
Fourth Cohort Of The Software Testers' Academy Launches
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry and Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster today launched the fourth cohort of the Software Testers' Academy. The Academy, which has...
Fourth Cohort Of The Software Testers' Academy Launches
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry and Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster today launched the fourth cohort of the Software Testers' Academy. The Academy, which has...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2014
143 Jobs Announced
143 jobs are to be created in Belfast through an expansion of energy company SSE Airtricity. The company currently employs 98 staff in two Belfast offices and is creating 143 additional call centre j...
143 Jobs Announced
143 jobs are to be created in Belfast through an expansion of energy company SSE Airtricity. The company currently employs 98 staff in two Belfast offices and is creating 143 additional call centre j...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 12, 2014
Historical Abuse Turns To Australia
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry is to turn its attentions to a migration scheme that involved the transport of children from Northern Ireland to Australia, when it recommences public hearin...
Historical Abuse Turns To Australia
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry is to turn its attentions to a migration scheme that involved the transport of children from Northern Ireland to Australia, when it recommences public hearin...
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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.
