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Northern Ireland News for February 2015 : Page 6
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2015
Rise In Year-Long Unemployed
The number of people unemployed for one year or more in Northern Ireland rose 8.2 % to 55.6% over the period October - December 2014, according to the latest labour market figures. The unemployment r...
Rise In Year-Long Unemployed
The number of people unemployed for one year or more in Northern Ireland rose 8.2 % to 55.6% over the period October - December 2014, according to the latest labour market figures. The unemployment r...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2015
Other News In Brief
Attempted Distraction Burglary, Ballyhackmore An elderly woman has been the victim of an attempted distraction burglary in Ballyhackmore, Belfast. At about 10:00 on the morning of Tuesday 17 ...
Other News In Brief
Attempted Distraction Burglary, Ballyhackmore An elderly woman has been the victim of an attempted distraction burglary in Ballyhackmore, Belfast. At about 10:00 on the morning of Tuesday 17 ...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Mother Appeals To Missing Son
The mother of a boy who disappeared in Greece in 1991 has issued a direct appeal for him to make contact. Ben Needham went missing on the island of Kos during a family holiday in 1991. He was 21 mont...
Mother Appeals To Missing Son
The mother of a boy who disappeared in Greece in 1991 has issued a direct appeal for him to make contact. Ben Needham went missing on the island of Kos during a family holiday in 1991. He was 21 mont...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
QUB Joins Japanese Institute To Prevent Cyber Attacks
Queen's University Belfast is working with a Japanese institute to help reduce the threat of cyber attacks. The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen's has signed a 'Memoranda of...
QUB Joins Japanese Institute To Prevent Cyber Attacks
Queen's University Belfast is working with a Japanese institute to help reduce the threat of cyber attacks. The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen's has signed a 'Memoranda of...
Recruitment News, Feb 17, 2015
Police Forces Support Improved Pay Offer
Members of Unite the union, working for police forces in England and Wales have backed an improved pay offer in a ballot, it has been announced. Civilian staff, including 999 call handlers, scene of ...
Police Forces Support Improved Pay Offer
Members of Unite the union, working for police forces in England and Wales have backed an improved pay offer in a ballot, it has been announced. Civilian staff, including 999 call handlers, scene of ...
Business News, Feb 17, 2015
Lignum Interiors Secures Contract In Northern Iraq
Lignum Interiors based in Downpatrick has recently secured a six-figure contract in Northern Iraq. The company is fitting out a luxury apartment complex in Northern Iraq and secured the deal with adv...
Lignum Interiors Secures Contract In Northern Iraq
Lignum Interiors based in Downpatrick has recently secured a six-figure contract in Northern Iraq. The company is fitting out a luxury apartment complex in Northern Iraq and secured the deal with adv...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Prescription Charges Proposed
Northern Ireland's Health Minister has proposed re-introducing prescription charges in order to raise funds for the provision of specialist drugs. Jim Wells was speaking in the Assembly today as he r...
Prescription Charges Proposed
Northern Ireland's Health Minister has proposed re-introducing prescription charges in order to raise funds for the provision of specialist drugs. Jim Wells was speaking in the Assembly today as he r...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Cornwall NHS Trust Declares 'Significant Incident'
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has declared a "significant incident", asking people to only come to its A&E department if it is urgent. The NHS trust said that it is "extremely busy with difficul...
Cornwall NHS Trust Declares 'Significant Incident'
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has declared a "significant incident", asking people to only come to its A&E department if it is urgent. The NHS trust said that it is "extremely busy with difficul...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Man Arrested In Connection With Mugging 92-Year-Old
A man has been arrested in connection with the mugging of a 92-year-old man outside his home in Soho. Police had issued an appeal for information after Stanley Evans was pushed to the ground in the c...
Man Arrested In Connection With Mugging 92-Year-Old
A man has been arrested in connection with the mugging of a 92-year-old man outside his home in Soho. Police had issued an appeal for information after Stanley Evans was pushed to the ground in the c...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Town Crier Resigns Over Fake Military History
A town crier has resigned from his position in six towns after being exposed as lying about a military career. Anthony Church claimed to have been a "regimental sergeant major" and appeared wearing a...
Town Crier Resigns Over Fake Military History
A town crier has resigned from his position in six towns after being exposed as lying about a military career. Anthony Church claimed to have been a "regimental sergeant major" and appeared wearing a...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Police Appeal For Information On Security Firm Robbery
Police Scotland are searching for those responsible for a robbery at cash transit and security firm, Loomis, on Thursday of last week. It is understood a "high five-figure sum" was stolen in cash fro...
Police Appeal For Information On Security Firm Robbery
Police Scotland are searching for those responsible for a robbery at cash transit and security firm, Loomis, on Thursday of last week. It is understood a "high five-figure sum" was stolen in cash fro...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Catholic Church Vandalised With Sectarian Graffiti
A Catholic church in east Belfast has been vandalised with sectarian graffiti. Paint was daubed on the doors of the church in Willowfield overnight. It appeared after a memorial on the Newtownards Ro...
Catholic Church Vandalised With Sectarian Graffiti
A Catholic church in east Belfast has been vandalised with sectarian graffiti. Paint was daubed on the doors of the church in Willowfield overnight. It appeared after a memorial on the Newtownards Ro...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Man Fined £30k Over Planning Non-Compliance
A man from Newry, County Down, has been fined £30,000 at Newry Magistrates' Court for non-compliance with a Department of the Environment Planning Enforcement Notice. Mr Francis McGuiness of Newtown ...
Man Fined £30k Over Planning Non-Compliance
A man from Newry, County Down, has been fined £30,000 at Newry Magistrates' Court for non-compliance with a Department of the Environment Planning Enforcement Notice. Mr Francis McGuiness of Newtown ...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Plans Announced To Make Young People Work For Benefits
The Prime Minister has announced a proposal for 18 to 21-year-olds claiming benefits to do daily work experience. The proposed reform, known as Community Work Programme, would see young people not in...
Plans Announced To Make Young People Work For Benefits
The Prime Minister has announced a proposal for 18 to 21-year-olds claiming benefits to do daily work experience. The proposed reform, known as Community Work Programme, would see young people not in...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Golf Fans Urged To Book Open Tickets
Northern Ireland golfing fans are being urged to make sure they book tickets for this year's Irish Open at Royal County Down, with just 100 days to go. Following confirmation that Sergio Garcia and E...
Golf Fans Urged To Book Open Tickets
Northern Ireland golfing fans are being urged to make sure they book tickets for this year's Irish Open at Royal County Down, with just 100 days to go. Following confirmation that Sergio Garcia and E...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Teenagers Arrested By Anti-Terrorism Police
Two teenagers have been arrested by counter-terrorism police in Greater Manchester. Northern West Counter Terrorism Unit arrested a boy and girl, both aged 16, in the Mossley area of Tameside on susp...
Teenagers Arrested By Anti-Terrorism Police
Two teenagers have been arrested by counter-terrorism police in Greater Manchester. Northern West Counter Terrorism Unit arrested a boy and girl, both aged 16, in the Mossley area of Tameside on susp...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Two Arrested Over Bath Truck Accident Deaths
Police investigating a fatal tipper truck accident in Bath have arrested two men. Four people died after the 30-tonne truck lost control on Lansdown Lane hitting pedestrians and parked cars on 09 Feb...
Two Arrested Over Bath Truck Accident Deaths
Police investigating a fatal tipper truck accident in Bath have arrested two men. Four people died after the 30-tonne truck lost control on Lansdown Lane hitting pedestrians and parked cars on 09 Feb...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Police Search For Woman Who Grabbed Baby By Throat
Police are searching for a woman who grabbed a one-year-old child by the throat at a pharmacy in London. It is understood that the woman, believed to be in her 60s, approached a woman pushing her chi...
Police Search For Woman Who Grabbed Baby By Throat
Police are searching for a woman who grabbed a one-year-old child by the throat at a pharmacy in London. It is understood that the woman, believed to be in her 60s, approached a woman pushing her chi...
UK National News, Feb 17, 2015
Other News In Brief
Birmingham City FC Owners Enter Receivership The company that owns Birmingham City Football Club has entered receivership. Birmingham International Holdings Limited (BIHL) said that "fracti...
Other News In Brief
Birmingham City FC Owners Enter Receivership The company that owns Birmingham City Football Club has entered receivership. Birmingham International Holdings Limited (BIHL) said that "fracti...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Three Arrested Over 1972 Murder
Three men have been arrested by detectives investigating the sectarian murder of a man in east Belfast in 1972. 32-year-old Patrick Benstead was found dead in Crossley Street on 2 December after he h...
Three Arrested Over 1972 Murder
Three men have been arrested by detectives investigating the sectarian murder of a man in east Belfast in 1972. 32-year-old Patrick Benstead was found dead in Crossley Street on 2 December after he h...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Currynierin Security Alert Remains In Place
A security alert remains in place in the Currynierin estate on the outskirts of L'Derry city for a second day. Police said they wanted to examine a suspicious object in daylight. The alert began on ...
Currynierin Security Alert Remains In Place
A security alert remains in place in the Currynierin estate on the outskirts of L'Derry city for a second day. Police said they wanted to examine a suspicious object in daylight. The alert began on ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Further Six Projects In Shared Education Programme
A further six projects involving over 20 schools have signed up to the second call in the Shared Education Campuses Programme. The Shared Education Campuses Programme was launched in January 2014 by ...
Further Six Projects In Shared Education Programme
A further six projects involving over 20 schools have signed up to the second call in the Shared Education Campuses Programme. The Shared Education Campuses Programme was launched in January 2014 by ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Four Star Hotel Announced For Titanic Buildings
A new four star hotel is to be built in the derelict Harland and Wolff Drawing Offices where the RMS Titanic was designed in Belfast, following a £4.9m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Harla...
Four Star Hotel Announced For Titanic Buildings
A new four star hotel is to be built in the derelict Harland and Wolff Drawing Offices where the RMS Titanic was designed in Belfast, following a £4.9m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Harla...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 17, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Fined Over Fisheries Offences A man has been fined after being convicted of two charges in relation to fisheries offences at Fermanagh Magistrates' Court. Gabriel McBarron of Derrin Road,...
Other News In Brief
Man Fined Over Fisheries Offences A man has been fined after being convicted of two charges in relation to fisheries offences at Fermanagh Magistrates' Court. Gabriel McBarron of Derrin Road,...
UK National News, Feb 16, 2015
Two Bodies Found By Police Making Next Of Kin Visit
Police visiting a flat in west London to inform the next of kin of the death of a man on Friday, discovered the bodies of two more people. The body of a 30-year-old man had been found on a first-floo...
Two Bodies Found By Police Making Next Of Kin Visit
Police visiting a flat in west London to inform the next of kin of the death of a man on Friday, discovered the bodies of two more people. The body of a 30-year-old man had been found on a first-floo...
Business News, Feb 16, 2015
AJ Power Aims To Increase Middle East Sales
AJ Power, the Craigavon based manufacturer of diesel generating equipment, expects to increase sales in the Middle East by upwards of 50 per cent this year. The company, which has taken part in a ser...
AJ Power Aims To Increase Middle East Sales
AJ Power, the Craigavon based manufacturer of diesel generating equipment, expects to increase sales in the Middle East by upwards of 50 per cent this year. The company, which has taken part in a ser...
Recruitment News, Feb 16, 2015
IDA To Invest In Galway
IDA Ireland is to invest in buildings in Galway as part of the Action Plan for Jobs. Seán Kyne, Fine Gael TD for Galway West, has welcomed the news. He said: "I very much welcome the news today th...
IDA To Invest In Galway
IDA Ireland is to invest in buildings in Galway as part of the Action Plan for Jobs. Seán Kyne, Fine Gael TD for Galway West, has welcomed the news. He said: "I very much welcome the news today th...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2015
Translink Price Hikes In Effect
Increases to prices across Translink's services have come into effect, following two years of being frozen. Most Metro fares have increased by 10p, while Ulsterbus journeys have increased on average ...
Translink Price Hikes In Effect
Increases to prices across Translink's services have come into effect, following two years of being frozen. Most Metro fares have increased by 10p, while Ulsterbus journeys have increased on average ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2015
Residents Evacuated In North Belfast Alert
Residents have been forced to evacuate their homes in north Belfast following a report of a suspicious object in the area. The homes in Clifton Crescent were evacuated after the report of an object i...
Residents Evacuated In North Belfast Alert
Residents have been forced to evacuate their homes in north Belfast following a report of a suspicious object in the area. The homes in Clifton Crescent were evacuated after the report of an object i...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 16, 2015
IRA Victims' Memorial Garden Attacked
A memorial garden in east Belfast for two men murdered by the IRA has been vandalised. The garden was erected in memory of Jimmy McCurrie and Bobby Neill, who were killed in 1970. It is situated on t...
IRA Victims' Memorial Garden Attacked
A memorial garden in east Belfast for two men murdered by the IRA has been vandalised. The garden was erected in memory of Jimmy McCurrie and Bobby Neill, who were killed in 1970. It is situated on t...
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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.
