Northern Ireland News for November 2015 : Page 9

Northern Ireland News, Nov 4, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud An Enniskillen man has been convicted for claiming benefits he was not entitled to at Enniskillen Magistrates' Court. Liam Murphy claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Michelin Tyres To Close Ballymena Factory By Mid-2018
Michelin Tyres is to close its factory in Ballymena by mid-2018 with the loss of 860 jobs. The firm said it is is due to the "significant downturn" for truck tyres in Europe since the financial cris...
Business News, Nov 3, 2015
Global Entrepreneurship Week To Launch In Belfast
Several free events for new and existing entrepreneurs will be taking place in Belfast as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). GEW runs from 16 to 22 November and is one of the world's largest...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Pipe Bomb Type Device Found In West Belfast
A pipe bomb type device has been discovered in west Belfast. The "crude but viable" device was found during a security alert in the Rodney Drive area on Tuesday morning. Police and army bomb disposa...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Kayak Of Missing NI Man Found In Scotland
A kayak believed to belong to missing Co Antrim man Robert Hanna has been found off the coast of Scotland. The father of three went missing over five weeks ago after he failed to return from a kayaki...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
Police Appeal For Witnesses Following RTC In Wales
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was left with serious injuries following a road traffic collision (RTC) in Wales. The incident happened yesterday, 02 November on the A525 Ruthin Road, ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Man Charged With Attempted Murder
A man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Armagh. A 30-year-old man was attacked in the Killuney Drive area at around 3.40pm on Sunday. He was taken to hospital to...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
Police Hunt For Car Last Seen Twenty Years Ago
Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of a classic American car last seen in 1995. The red Ford Mustang was found to have been stolen from a garage on 15 October in Sloansway. The t...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
Weir Group To Cut 400 Overseas Jobs
Glasgow-based engineering company Weir Group has announced it is to cut 400 jobs overseas. The firm said it expected trading conditions in the fourth quarter to be challenging due to declines in upst...
Recruitment News, Nov 3, 2015
Michelin Tyres To Close Ballymena Factory By Mid-2018
Michelin Tyres is to close its factory in Ballymena by mid-2018 with the loss of 860 jobs. The firm said it is is due to the "significant downturn" for truck tyres in Europe since the financial cris...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
New Package To Help Underachievement In Schools Unveiled
A new package designed to help underachievement in schools has been introduced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan. The move comes after the latest figures found too many places are lagging behind, m...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Masked Men Assault Man In Coleraine
Four masked men have attacked a man in Cookstown and told him to leave the country. The incident happened in the Gortacar Road area at around 11.30pm on Saturday. The thugs broke into the property a...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
Man Shot In Face With Pellet Gun During Robbery In Brixton
A man has been shot in the face with a pellet gun during a robbery in Brixton, south London. The 44-year-old employee has been treated in hospital for his injuries however he needs surgery to remove ...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
Peter Donaldson Dies Aged 70
BBC Radio 4 broadcaster Peter Donaldson has died at the age of 70. The news was announced during Radio 4 news this morning, 03 November. Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys tweeted: "He was quite simply...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
Almost Half Of Shoppers Find Slow Pace Of High Street Biggest Bugbear
Almost half of UK shoppers find the slow pace of high streets their biggest bugbears, according to a survey carried out by Argos. 31% of pavement hoggers and 27% of dawdling pedestrians are not the o...
UK National News, Nov 3, 2015
Other News In Brief
Police Issue Appeal To Trace Missing Man Police are appealing for information in helping to trace a missing man in Wales. Brian Roberts, 62, from the Rhyl area, was last seen in Parc Esmor on...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Man Armed With Hatchet Robs Shop In North Belfast
A man armed with a hatchet has robbed a shop in north Belfast. The incident occurred at premises just before 7.30pm on the Serpentine Road on Sunday. Staff members were threatened by the man and he ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Police Appeal For Missing Man
Police in Larne have issued an appeal to help trace missing 21-year-old William Davey. William was last seen in the early hours of Sunday morning after being out for Halloween. He is described as 5f...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 3, 2015
Other News In Brief
Farmer Fined For Pollution Offence A farmer has been fined for a pollution offence at Newry Magistrates' Court. Mr Jeff Mathers from Co Down was fined £2,000, and an offenders levy of £15 af...
Recruitment News, Nov 2, 2015
Engineering Construction Workers Agree 6% Pay Deal
Engineering construction workers have agreed to a 6 per cent pay deal over three years. The membership of both unions Unite and GMB, voted 66.8 per cent to accept the deal which begins from 4 January...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 2, 2015
Majority Of MLAs Favour Same Sex Marriage
A majority of MLAs have voted in favour of legalising same sex marriage in Northern Ireland, however the DUP has lodged a petition of concern ahead of the vote. This means that while the majority fav...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 2, 2015
Woman Arrested After Pedestrian Killed In Belfast
A woman has been arrested after she struck and killed a pedestrian in south Belfast. The man, aged in his 30s, died after being hit by a car at around 11.20pm on Sunday. A 34-year-old woman was arre...
Business News, Nov 2, 2015
Power NI Joins Forces With Marie Curie
Power NI has joined forces with Northern Ireland charity Marie Curie on their new Autumn ad campaign, donating 30p from each download of Triona's version of the popular Ash single 'Shining Light', whi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 2, 2015
Teenager Stabbed In West Belfast
An 18-year-old man has been stabbed in west Belfast. The incident happened in the Cullingtree Road area at around 6am on Sunday. The victim is believed to be in a critical condition in hospital. De...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 2, 2015
Two Arrested In Connection With Murder Of Gediminas Stauskas
Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Lithuanian national in Co Tyrone in October. The body of Gediminas Stauskas, 32, was discovered in the Moor Road area in Coalisland. Two...
UK National News, Nov 2, 2015
Man's Body Discovered Around 20 Hours After Fatal Collision
Police have appealed for witnesses after the body of a man was found in a crashed vehicle in North Lincolnshire. The man's body was found inside the vehicle at about 4am on Monday, 02 November. Poli...
UK National News, Nov 2, 2015
Fog Causing Flight Cancellations Across UK
Forty five flights have been cancelled at Heathrow Airport due to thick fog. A second day of thick fog is disrupting flights across the UK, with airports in Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Glasgow, Belfa...
UK National News, Nov 2, 2015
Third Man Arrested In Data Theft Investigation
Police investigating an alleged data theft from communications company TalkTalk have arrested a man in south Staffordshire. The Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU) and the National Crime Ag...
UK National News, Nov 2, 2015
Witness Appeal Following Sexual Assault In Wolverhampton
Police have appealed for witnesses after a woman was sexually assault in Wolverhampton last week. Wolverhampton Police have reported that a 35-year-old woman was out running in Penn on Wednesday, 28 ...
UK National News, Nov 2, 2015
Eight Arrested After Disturbance At Unlicensed Music Event
Eight people have been arrested following a disturbance at an unlicensed music event in Lambeth on Saturday, 31 October. Police were called to a disused building in Whitgift Street in the early hours...