Northern Ireland News for September 2015 : Page 10

UK National News, Sep 11, 2015
Solidarity With Refugees Rally To Be Held In Central London
A march and rally is to be held in central London on Saturday, 12 September, to call on the government to do more to help refugees fleeing Syria. The Solidarity with Refugees event will meet at midda...
UK National News, Sep 11, 2015
New Appeal Issued Over 2010 Mistaken Identity Murder
A new appeal for information has been issued on the fifth anniversary of the murder of Ricardo Cunha. Mr Cunha was shot at his home in West Norwood in a case of mistaken identity on Saturday, 11 Sept...
UK National News, Sep 11, 2015
Prison Officer Charged In Operation Elveden Investigation
A former prison officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office following an investigation by Operate Elveden. Joseph De Souza, 51, pleaded guilty to selling four stories to a journalist wo...
UK National News, Sep 11, 2015
Cannabis Farm Uncovered By Merseyside Police
A large-scale cannabis plant has been uncovered and a man has been arrested in an operation by the Tackling Gangs Action Programme of Merseyside Police. A total of 184 cannabis plants were found when...
UK National News, Sep 11, 2015
MPs Debate Assisted Dying Bill
MPs will today, Friday, debate a Private Members Bill on assisted dying, which seeks to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to choose to be provided with medically supervised assistance to ...
UK National News, Sep 11, 2015
Pupils Taken To Hospital After School Bus Crash
A double-decker school bus carrying up to twenty pupils has been involved in a collision in North Lanarkshire. It is understood the bus collided with a car on Petersburn Road, Airdrie, at about 08:40...
UK National News, Sep 11, 2015
Other News In Brief
Body Found In Epping Forest An investigation has been launched following the discovery of a body in Epping Forest Police said that the body was uncovered on Wednesday evening, and that the...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2015
Yellow Weather Warning Issued Across Northern Ireland
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain across Northern Ireland. The warning is from 6pm on Friday to 2pm on Saturday. Strong winds are also expected. The Met Office said: "Outb...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2015
Mental Health Service To Be Set Up In NI
A world leading mental health service is to be established in Northern Ireland, the Health Minister has confirmed. The service will be used to provide high quality effective treatment for people expe...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2015
Scientists Move Closer To Finding Cure For Hereditary Blindness
Scientists at the Ulster University are moving closer to finding the world's first cure for hereditary blindness. The scientists have discovered a treatment that can repair damage caused by cloudy de...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 11, 2015
Other News In Brief
Refurb Work On Basement Hall Complete Refurbishment work on a basement hall at a church in Belfast City Centre has been completed. The £350,000 refurb work at May Street Presbyterian Church ...
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Govt Proposal On Trade Union Laws 'Waste Of Police Time'
New restrictions on trade union protests are a waste of police time, according to a new poll commissioned by the TUC. The poll, carried out by YouGov, found that more than 77% of the public, and 69% ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 10, 2015
Stormont Committee Reject Adjournment
Stormont's business committee has rejected a proposal to adjourn the Northern Ireland Assembly. Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy welcomed the decision and said it should be "upheld" and "respected" by the ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 10, 2015
Security Alert In East Belfast
Residents have been evacuated from their homes following a security alert in east Belfast. A suspicious object was discovered in the Templemore Avenue area on Thursday morning. Police and Army bomb ...
Recruitment News, Sep 10, 2015
FG Hails Action Plan For Jobs
"The fact that 91% of the 126,000 jobs added to the economy since the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs are full-time, is extremely encouraging and an indication of a strong economy, that is growing,...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 10, 2015
Kevin McGuigan Murder: Woman Arrested
Police have arrested a 50-year-old woman in connection with the murder of Kevin McGuigan. The woman was arrested in Belfast on Thursday. She is being detained at Antrim Police Station for questioning...
Business News, Sep 10, 2015
Welders Club To Be Transformed Into Western Saloon
The Welders Club in east Belfast is to be transformed into a western saloon during a Cowboys and Indians party organised by Dee Street Community Centre. The event is a new twist on the centre's more ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 10, 2015
Approval Recommended To Regenerate Former MOD Site
Approval has been recommended to regenerate the former MOD site at Fort George in L'Derry. The plan sets out a development framework for the 6.2 hectare site and includes a mixed use development with...
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Police Appeal For Missing Dementia Sufferers
The Metropolitan Police have issued two appeals for help in tracing two elderly people who have been missing since Wednesday. 85-year-old Faiz Alam was last seen by his family at about 23:30 on Wedne...
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Bus Operators To Share Clean Bus Technology Funds
Funding is being offered to bus operators across England to equip buses with emission cutting technology and offer passengers better journeys. £5 million has been secured for the Clean Bus Technology...
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Jonathan King Among Three Arrested Over Child Sex Abuse Charges
A 70-year-old man arrested by Surrey Police as part of an investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse is understood to be former music industry figure, Jonathan King. Officers from Oper...
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Officer Arrested Over Fake Kidnapping Plot
A Birmingham police officer has been suspended with immediate effect following his arrest in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap an officer. The 29-year-old officer was arrested alongside two o...
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Schools Minister Launches GSCE And A Levels Revisions Consultation
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has announced a new consultation is to be held on further revised subject content for GCSE and A Levels. The proposed revisions are for six GCSE subjects and nine A levels....
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Police Renew Appeal For Information On Leeds Body Find
Police in Leeds have renewed an appeal for information following the discovery of a man's body in Burley Park on Saturday. Waldek Mural (57) died of multiple injuries, police said. Two men arrested ...
UK National News, Sep 10, 2015
Other News In Brief
Around 700 Call Centre Jobs To Be Cut The proposed closure of two offices in Merseyside and Greater Manchester have threatened the jobs of almost 700 call centre staff, according to a report ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 10, 2015
Two Devices Explode In Co Antrim
Police have launched an investigation following two explosions in Ahoghill, County Antrim. The explosive devices went off at two separate addresses in the Brookfield Gardens area at around 2am on Thu...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 10, 2015
Van Driver Hijacked In West Belfast
A driver has been attacked after being hijacked in west Belfast on Thursday. The incident happened in the Springfield Drive area at around 4.50am. A man ran in front of the van driver's vehicle, bro...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 10, 2015
Peggy O'Hara Funeral: Three Released
Three people have been released by police investigating a number of offences at the wake and funeral of Peggy O'Hara. Two men, aged 44 and 57, and a woman, 43, were released unconditionally, after a ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2015
Kevin McGuigan Murder: Senior Republican Arrested
Police have arrested senior republican Bobby Storey along with two other men in connection with the murder of Kevin McGuigan. The three men, aged 45, 58 and 59, were arrested in north and west Belfas...
Recruitment News, Sep 9, 2015
1,700 Jobs Under Threat At Legal And General
Unite members at Legal and General's site in Kingswood, Surrey, are holding a consultative ballot over possible strike action following the company's decision to threaten 1,700 jobs. The insurance an...