Northern Ireland News for October 2015 : Page 7

Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
Man Murdered In Coalisland Named
Police have named a man whose body was found in a garage in Co Tyrone. The body of Gediminas Stauskas, 32, was discovered in the Moor Road area in Coalisland at around 1pm on Thursday. Mr Stauskas ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
North Belfast Security Alert 'Elaborate Hoax'
A suspicious object discovered in north Belfast has been declared an elaborate hoax. The item was found on the Oldpark Road on Monday morning and a security alert was launched. Police and army bomb ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
Three Men Stabbed In North Belfast
Police have arrested a man in his 30s after three men were stabbed in north Belfast. The incident occurred at a property in the Limestone Road area at around 6.30am on Monday. The three men are curr...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
Grenade Thrown At Police In East Belfast
A military style hand grenade was thrown at police in east Belfast on Friday. Police officers were responding to reports from local residents of anti-social behaviour in the Short Strand area when th...
Recruitment News, Oct 19, 2015
London Firm To Establish Offices In Belfast
Clarus Financial Technology, a London-based Fintech company, is establishing a research and development centre in Belfast with support from Invest Northern Ireland, creating 15 new jobs. The company ...
Business News, Oct 19, 2015
Chemtest Ireland To Create 15 New Jobs
Chemtest Ireland in West Belfast has announced it is to create 15 new analyst and administration positions as part of growth efforts supported by Invest Northern Ireland. The business is focused on e...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
Man Charged With Craigavon Murder
A man has been charged with the murder of 34-year-old Marcell Seeley. Mr Seeley's body was discovered at a flat in the Dingwell Park area in Craigavon on Tuesday afternoon. The 24-year-old suspect w...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
ITV Acquires UTV Television
UTV has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to sell the entire issued share capital of UTV Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary UTV Ireland Limited to ITV. UTV Television wa...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Teenager Charged With Murder Of 17-Year-Old
A 16-year-old male is to appear in court charged with the murder of another teenager in Acton on Friday. Police have identified the deceased as 17-year-old Usaama Ali, who died of a single stab wound...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Appeal Issued For Missing 14-Year-Old
Police are appealing for help to trace 14-year-old Rebecca Hancey from Edmonton. The teenager was last seen at Hounslow Central train station on the evening of Sunday, 18 October, but sent a text mes...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
Man Attacked In Co Antrim
Police are appealing for information after a man was attacked on a garage forecourt in Co Antrim. The assault occurred in the Castle Street area in Ballycastle at around 6.45pm on Saturday. The vict...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Man Charged With Four Murders Between 2014 and 2015
A 40-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murder of four men between June 2014 and September 2015. Stephen John Port, of Cooke Street, Barking, has been charged with four counts of mu...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Technology Helps Convict Man Of 1984 Wakefield Attack
A 56-year-old has been charged in connection with a violent sex attack in West Yorkshire more than 30 years ago. Officers from the Major Incident Review Team opened a new investigation into an attack...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
NCA To Lead Investigation Into Alleged Police Corruption
The National Crime Agency (NCA) is to lead an investigation into alleged police corruption during the original Stephen Lawrence murder investigation. The NCA is managing the investigation on behalf o...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Scarborough Man Jailed For Thousands Of Images Of Children
A 50-year-old Scarborough man has been jailed after being found with thousands of indecent images and videos of children on his computer. The National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested Roy Dove at Manchest...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Serving Police Officer Charged With Seven Counts Of Rape
A serving police office has been charged with seven counts of rape and one count of assault. PC Michael Graham, 47, an officer in Hounslow, was arrested at his home on 06 October and charged the foll...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Man Charged Over Walsall Cocaine Find
Cocaine worth an estimated £140,000 has been seized by police in Walsall during a vehicle stop following a suspected drug deal. Police stopped a white Peugeot car in Magram Terrace, Walsall, after wi...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
£5m Secured For Counter Terrorism Initiatives
A total of £5 million has been secured for local initiatives, campaigns and charities to help counter extremist ideologies, the Prime Minister has announced. The money will be used to build a nationa...
UK National News, Oct 19, 2015
Other News In Brief
O2 Arena Evacuated Following Restaurant Fire Up to 1,200 people were evacuated from the O2 Arena on Sunday when a fire was discovered in a restaurant inside the complex. Firefighters quickl...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
New Belfast City To Brussels Flight Announced
Brussels Airlines has announced it is to fly between Brussels and George Best Belfast City Airport. The new service will operate five times a week and is to start on 27 March next year. Flights will...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
SDLP's Dominic Bradley To Retire Next Year
SDLP Assembly Member Dominic Bradley MLA has announced that he is to retire from frontline politics at the next election. Mr Bradley has been an SDLP Assembly Member since 2003. He said he believed ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 19, 2015
Other News In Brief
Firmus Announces Energy Plans In L'Derry Firmus Energy has announced plans to develop a network of pipes transporting gas energy to Culmore in L'Derry. The firm is currently drawing up plans...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 16, 2015
Viable Explosive Type Device Discovered During Security Alert
A 'viable explosive type device' has been discovered during a security alert in north Belfast. The alert in the Linden Gardens area is ongoing and residents remain out of their homes. SDLP north Bel...
Business News, Oct 16, 2015
Better Leisure Centres Announces Play Schemes Over Half Term
Belfast's Better Leisure Centres are offering a range of 'frighteningly good fun' play schemes over the October half-term school break. Children will enjoy an exciting mix of spooky sports, creepy cr...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 16, 2015
Hayes Fuels And Stanley Gibson Fined For Death Of Employee
NI firm Hayes Fuels and independent safety consultant Stanley Gibson have been fined after health and safety failings led to the death of an employee. Hayes Fuels and Stanley Gibson were fined a tota...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 16, 2015
Shots Fired Through Window In L'Derry
Shots have been fired through the window of a house in L'Derry. A couple and their daughter were in the property at the time of the attack, which occurred in the Whitethorn Drive area at around 10.45...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 16, 2015
Masked Men Attack Man With Baseball Bats In Co Antrim
A group of masked men have attacked a man with baseball bats in Cullybackey, Co Antrim. The assault occurred in the Monkstown Grove area at around 11pm on Thursday. It was reported that the victim, ...
UK National News, Oct 16, 2015
Police Officer In Stable Condition After Hackney Shooting
A police officer is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot in an incident in Hackney. It is understood that the Specialist Firearms Command officer suffered a gunshot wound in an incident...
Recruitment News, Oct 16, 2015
UUP Welcomes Teleperformance Jobs Announcement
The Ulster Unionist Party has welcomed the announcement that Teleperformance will create 800 jobs in Enniskillen by 2018. Tom Elliott, Ulster Unionist MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone, said: "This is ...
UK National News, Oct 16, 2015
Renewed Appeal In 1995 School Teacher Murder Investigation
A fresh appeal for information has been issued 20 years after the murder of a Walthamstow school teacher. Joy Hewer was sexually assaulted and stabbed in an attack at her flat in Walthamstow on Tuesd...