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Northern Ireland News for February 2015 : Page 9
UK National News, Feb 11, 2015
Party Leaders Clash Over HSBC Allegations
David Cameron has been described as a "dodgy prime minister surrounded by dodgy donors", by Labour leader Ed Miliband. The party leaders have clashed in the Commons over party donations. Mr Miliband...
Party Leaders Clash Over HSBC Allegations
David Cameron has been described as a "dodgy prime minister surrounded by dodgy donors", by Labour leader Ed Miliband. The party leaders have clashed in the Commons over party donations. Mr Miliband...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2015
One Arrested In Merseyside Anti-Terrorism Raids
Anti-terrorism police have carried out raids on five addresses in Merseyside. A 31-year-old man has been arrested by officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit (NWCTU) and Merseyside Police ...
One Arrested In Merseyside Anti-Terrorism Raids
Anti-terrorism police have carried out raids on five addresses in Merseyside. A 31-year-old man has been arrested by officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit (NWCTU) and Merseyside Police ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2015
Two Women Killed In Separate Accidents
Two women have died in separate road crashes in Northern Ireland. Both incidents occurred on Tuesday (10 February). A woman, understood to be in her 70s, was involved in a three-vehicle collision ...
Two Women Killed In Separate Accidents
Two women have died in separate road crashes in Northern Ireland. Both incidents occurred on Tuesday (10 February). A woman, understood to be in her 70s, was involved in a three-vehicle collision ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2015
£150k Of Cannabis Found In Belfast
Around £150,000 worth of cannabis has been discovered by police in north Belfast. They have described the find as "very significant". The discovery was made at Duncrue Crescent in the city after o...
£150k Of Cannabis Found In Belfast
Around £150,000 worth of cannabis has been discovered by police in north Belfast. They have described the find as "very significant". The discovery was made at Duncrue Crescent in the city after o...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2015
Council Vote To Replace Stolen Statue
Limavady Borough Council have voted to replace the stolen Manannán Mac Lir sculpture. The six-foot Celtic sea god statue was stolen from Binevenagh Mountain last month, and has not been seen since, ...
Council Vote To Replace Stolen Statue
Limavady Borough Council have voted to replace the stolen Manannán Mac Lir sculpture. The six-foot Celtic sea god statue was stolen from Binevenagh Mountain last month, and has not been seen since, ...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2015
Police Search Field In Blackpool In 2007 Disappearance Case
Police investigating the 2007 disappearance of 15-year-old Paige Chivers are conducting a search on an area of land in Blackpool. The teenager was last seen in Blackpool during the August 2007 bank h...
Police Search Field In Blackpool In 2007 Disappearance Case
Police investigating the 2007 disappearance of 15-year-old Paige Chivers are conducting a search on an area of land in Blackpool. The teenager was last seen in Blackpool during the August 2007 bank h...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2015
Police Appeal For Witnesses Following Fatal Road Accident
Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses after a nine-year-old boy died after being hit by a car on Tuesday. Police said the boy was hit by a black Vauxhall Corsa near Cadham at about 17:40. The ...
Police Appeal For Witnesses Following Fatal Road Accident
Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses after a nine-year-old boy died after being hit by a car on Tuesday. Police said the boy was hit by a black Vauxhall Corsa near Cadham at about 17:40. The ...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2015
Labour Criticised For 'Sexist' Campaign Bus
The Labour Party has been criticised following the launch a pink minibus, which will transport female MPs around the UK to talk to female voters "around the kitchen table". The party's deputy leader,...
Labour Criticised For 'Sexist' Campaign Bus
The Labour Party has been criticised following the launch a pink minibus, which will transport female MPs around the UK to talk to female voters "around the kitchen table". The party's deputy leader,...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2015
Embassy Closed And Diplomatic Staff Withdrawn From Yemen
The Foreign Office has confirmed that all British diplomatic staff have been withdrawn from Yemen and the embassy has been closed due to the security situation. The office also advised any Britons re...
Embassy Closed And Diplomatic Staff Withdrawn From Yemen
The Foreign Office has confirmed that all British diplomatic staff have been withdrawn from Yemen and the embassy has been closed due to the security situation. The office also advised any Britons re...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2015
Other News In Brief
Firefighters Announce Strike Action The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced strike action "in the coming weeks". Firefighters across England will stage a 24-hour strike in an ongoing dis...
Other News In Brief
Firefighters Announce Strike Action The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced strike action "in the coming weeks". Firefighters across England will stage a 24-hour strike in an ongoing dis...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2015
Police Investigate 'UDA Recruitment' Mural
Calls have been made for police to take action on a controversial mural calling for people to join the UDA. The mural in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, features a masked gunman and reads: "Better to die o...
Police Investigate 'UDA Recruitment' Mural
Calls have been made for police to take action on a controversial mural calling for people to join the UDA. The mural in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, features a masked gunman and reads: "Better to die o...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2015
Other News In Brief
Woman's Car Hijacked In South Belfast A woman has been forced from her car during an armed hijacking in south Belfast. Police said the incident happened in the Strangford Avenue area of Balm...
Other News In Brief
Woman's Car Hijacked In South Belfast A woman has been forced from her car during an armed hijacking in south Belfast. Police said the incident happened in the Strangford Avenue area of Balm...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2015
Death Threat Against DFM
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said he will "not be deterred" by a plot to launch a rocket attack against him. The Sinn Féin MLA said he would continue to "serve all the people of this c...
Death Threat Against DFM
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said he will "not be deterred" by a plot to launch a rocket attack against him. The Sinn Féin MLA said he would continue to "serve all the people of this c...
Recruitment News, Feb 10, 2015
Purepipe To Create Six New Jobs
Belfast-based Purepipe is investing £250,000 and creating six new jobs as part of plans to boost sales in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland has offered the company £4...
Purepipe To Create Six New Jobs
Belfast-based Purepipe is investing £250,000 and creating six new jobs as part of plans to boost sales in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland has offered the company £4...
Business News, Feb 10, 2015
Purepipe To Invest £250,000 And Create Six New Jobs
Belfast-based Purepipe is investing £250,000 and creating six new jobs as part of plans to boost sales in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland has offered the company £4...
Purepipe To Invest £250,000 And Create Six New Jobs
Belfast-based Purepipe is investing £250,000 and creating six new jobs as part of plans to boost sales in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland has offered the company £4...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Birmingham Council Considers Job Cuts In Money Saving Drive
Birmingham City Council has voted to reduce the opening hours of the city's new £189 million library by almost half. Opening hours of the library, which opened in September 2013, are to be cut from 7...
Birmingham Council Considers Job Cuts In Money Saving Drive
Birmingham City Council has voted to reduce the opening hours of the city's new £189 million library by almost half. Opening hours of the library, which opened in September 2013, are to be cut from 7...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2015
Man Arrested Over Missing Co Tyrone Woman
Police investigating the disappearance of a County Tyrone woman two years ago have arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of murder. Charlotte Murray, originally from Omagh, was 34-years-old when sh...
Man Arrested Over Missing Co Tyrone Woman
Police investigating the disappearance of a County Tyrone woman two years ago have arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of murder. Charlotte Murray, originally from Omagh, was 34-years-old when sh...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Four-Year-Old Among Dead In Truck Accident
A four-year-old girl has died after being hit by a truck in Bath. A Scania tipper truck hit the girl as she walked with her grandmother on Lansdown Lane, Bath, at about 16:00 on Monday. Three men in...
Four-Year-Old Among Dead In Truck Accident
A four-year-old girl has died after being hit by a truck in Bath. A Scania tipper truck hit the girl as she walked with her grandmother on Lansdown Lane, Bath, at about 16:00 on Monday. Three men in...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2015
Lisburn Security Alert 'A Hoax'
Police have confirmed an earlier security alert in Lisburn, County Antrim, was a hoax. An alert began on Tuesday morning when police received a report that a device may have been left in the Flowbog ...
Lisburn Security Alert 'A Hoax'
Police have confirmed an earlier security alert in Lisburn, County Antrim, was a hoax. An alert began on Tuesday morning when police received a report that a device may have been left in the Flowbog ...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Leicestershire Beat Police Will No Longer Investigate Crime
Beat offices in Leicestershire are to stop investigating crimes and expected to focus on patrols and issues such as anti-social behaviour. The force has announced the change following a review of th...
Leicestershire Beat Police Will No Longer Investigate Crime
Beat offices in Leicestershire are to stop investigating crimes and expected to focus on patrols and issues such as anti-social behaviour. The force has announced the change following a review of th...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2015
Woman Convicted Over £28,000 Benefit Fraud
A woman has been convicted at Newtownards Magistrates' Court for claiming almost £30,000 in benefits she was not entitled to. 55-year-old Mary McCluskey of Steel Dickson Avenue, Portaferry, County Do...
Woman Convicted Over £28,000 Benefit Fraud
A woman has been convicted at Newtownards Magistrates' Court for claiming almost £30,000 in benefits she was not entitled to. 55-year-old Mary McCluskey of Steel Dickson Avenue, Portaferry, County Do...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2015
Minister Promotes 'Safer Internet Day'
Education Minister John O'Dowd has urged people to stay safe when online as part of 'Safer Internet Day 2015'. He said: "In this fast-paced, ever changing, technological society in which we live, sta...
Minister Promotes 'Safer Internet Day'
Education Minister John O'Dowd has urged people to stay safe when online as part of 'Safer Internet Day 2015'. He said: "In this fast-paced, ever changing, technological society in which we live, sta...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2015
Appeal Over Missing Broughshane Man
Police have appealed to the public for help in tracing the whereabouts of a man from Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim. Geoffrey Adams, who is 53 years old, was last seen at Antrim Area Hospital ...
Appeal Over Missing Broughshane Man
Police have appealed to the public for help in tracing the whereabouts of a man from Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim. Geoffrey Adams, who is 53 years old, was last seen at Antrim Area Hospital ...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Premature Baby Flies Home From New York
A stranded British couple who's baby was born 11 weeks early while on a trip to New York, have been allowed to fly home. Katie Amos gave birth on 28 December, while in New York with her partner Lee J...
Premature Baby Flies Home From New York
A stranded British couple who's baby was born 11 weeks early while on a trip to New York, have been allowed to fly home. Katie Amos gave birth on 28 December, while in New York with her partner Lee J...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Horses Killed By Trains In Durham
An investigation has been launched after two trains in Durham struck and killed five horses that had gotten onto railway lines. It is understood that two passenger trains travelling in opposite direc...
Horses Killed By Trains In Durham
An investigation has been launched after two trains in Durham struck and killed five horses that had gotten onto railway lines. It is understood that two passenger trains travelling in opposite direc...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Three Charged Over Nottingham Fight Death
Three men have been charged in connection with the death of a man in Nottingham in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police investigating the death of 19-year-old Joshua Bradley, from Bulwell, have ...
Three Charged Over Nottingham Fight Death
Three men have been charged in connection with the death of a man in Nottingham in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police investigating the death of 19-year-old Joshua Bradley, from Bulwell, have ...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Assange Met Operation To Be Reviewed
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has called for a review of the cost of maintaining a police presence at the Ecuadorian Embassy, for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Met h...
Assange Met Operation To Be Reviewed
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has called for a review of the cost of maintaining a police presence at the Ecuadorian Embassy, for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Met h...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
BCC Chief Calls For EU Referendum To Be Held 'As Soon As Possible'
The leader of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called for an EU referendum to be held "as soon as possible". John Longworth said that while he wishes to remain within the EU, the referendum...
BCC Chief Calls For EU Referendum To Be Held 'As Soon As Possible'
The leader of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called for an EU referendum to be held "as soon as possible". John Longworth said that while he wishes to remain within the EU, the referendum...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
100 New Jobs To Be Created By Turbine Company
A new turbine assembly plant in Wales is to create 100 new jobs. Tidal Lagoon Power, which will manufacture turbines for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project, has not yet decided on a site for its pl...
100 New Jobs To Be Created By Turbine Company
A new turbine assembly plant in Wales is to create 100 new jobs. Tidal Lagoon Power, which will manufacture turbines for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project, has not yet decided on a site for its pl...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2015
Other News In Brief
Briton Arrested Over Death In Spain A British man has been arrested in Spain in connection with the death of a man who was allegedly filming his daughter. According to a report by the BBC, ...
Other News In Brief
Briton Arrested Over Death In Spain A British man has been arrested in Spain in connection with the death of a man who was allegedly filming his daughter. According to a report by the BBC, ...
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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.
