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22/01/2010
Other NI News In Brief
Endgame For SF/DUP
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams (pictured) said today that the "game was up, but not over" on talks about devolving policing and justice powers to Stormont. He said that crisis talks between the DUP and Sinn Féin are over, which was also confirmed to the BBC by Alex Maskey, one of the SF team, who said that the current round of negotiations had ended. The party is due to meet on Saturday to discuss future policy which may involve the end of the Stormont Assembly if they were to pull Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness out of the power-sharing coalition.
Get On Board - Faster
George Best Belfast City Airport has opened a 'Fast Track' lane for business passengers travelling through its new security search area. bmi flexible economy, Gold and Silver and Star Alliance Gold customers, along with flybe Economy Plus passengers will benefit from significantly faster processing times through security.
Fire Fatal
Firefighters were called to a house fire at Brookmount Street in north Belfast shortly before 3.30am on Thursday where a body was discovered. A post mortem examination is to be carried out on the man's body today and the police have begun an investigation, although at this stage they are not treating the fire as suspicious.
Dynamic Team For UTV's GB News Bid
One of the UK's most experienced public affairs journalists has been appointed by UTV as Project Leader of its bid for the Government's Independently Funded News Consortium (IFNC) pilot project in the Border and Tyne Tees area. Tony Baker will be joined by Andrew Friend, former Head of News at Tyne Tees and Jonathon Morrell, former main 'anchor' at Tyne Tees to complete the local team working with UTV management on this bid. Full story: Dynamic Team For UTV's GB News Bid
Eating More Makes You Fat
There's little surprise in a new study from the University of Ulster, which has concluded that eating large food portions can significantly increase weight even during short periods. In what must count as the most obvious (and unnecessary?) piece of data to be uncovered, a team of nutritionist researchers, led by Professor Barbara Livingstone and Dr Mary Kelly from Ulster's Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, has carried out the first study in controlled conditions, of how eating different portion sizes impacts on energy intake and body weight. In just four days men eating three large meals a day piled on an extra kilo, while women weighed an extra half a kilo on the scales. The study was carried out at a residential facility in the University's Coleraine campus where 43 adults - 21 men and 22 women - a mix of normal weight and overweight volunteers, lived for four consecutive days.
Marie Cure Seeks Help
An array of well known faces have come together to recruit some 650 volunteer collectors across NI and beyond to help Marie Curie Cancer Care's Great Daffodil Appeal 2010 and raise £100,000 for the charity to service the local community. Stephen Fry, Tony Blackburn, Lynda Bellingham, Jon Culshaw, Alison Steadman, and Sir Ranulph Fiennes are among the stars who feature in a short video calling on people of Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK to volunteer to raise funds to provide nursing care for terminally ill people in their own homes. The video, which can be viewed online at www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil/ has been made by Marie Curie Cancer Care to help recruit a total of 20,000 volunteer collectors across the UK for its 2010 Great Daffodil Appeal.
Housing Executive Funded
Northern Ireland Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie has announced a further £6million for Housing Executive maintenance programmes. "Six million pounds will be spent on kitchen replacements and new heating systems in houses which desperately need to be modernised. This means that thousands of people will now have their homes improved. Just as importantly, this further £6million will secure jobs for the Housing Executive's Egan contractors who will have a large body of new work to carry out," she said.
Bust Pub Bought
The receiver of a bankrupt west Belfast public house has arranged its sale to the Doran family who also own the Ballymac Hotel outside Lisburn. The Whitefort Inn went bankrupt last year having been one of a number controlled by Arthur and Tony Rooney before they ran into financial trouble.
Plan To Improve Water Environment
A six-year plan to improve the quality of water in Northern Ireland's rivers has been launched by Environment Minister Edwin Poots. The implementation of the 'River Basin Management Plans' takes place from 2010 to 2015. "We rely on our water environment not only for drinking water but also recreation, industry, tourism and agriculture. As our waters are home to over 50% of our plants, animals and habitats, the quality is vitally important," he said, noting that the Northern Ireland Environment Agency Water Management Unit will actively work with a range of stakeholders in each river basin area across Northern Ireland to develop focused plans to improve the quality of water.
Cancer Group For Portaferry
The Ulster Cancer Foundation is launching a new support group in the Portaferry area for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer. The group is being launched as a joint venture with East Down Rural Community Support Network. The first meeting will be held in the Portaferry Credit Union Building in the Town Square on Tuesday 9th February at 7.30pm.
University Sets Standard
A University of Ulster lecturer has played a key role in creating a set of occupational standards for community development work across Ireland. Dr Rosemary Moreland is one of a number of academics, who worked alongside community groups, to produce, 'Towards Standards for Quality Community Work: An All Ireland Statement of Values, Principles and Work Standards'. The report was launched last week by President Mary McAleese at her official residence, Aras An Uachtarain, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Dr Moreland, from the School of Sociology and Applied Social Sciences at Jordanstown, has been working in community development in the University for 15 years.
(BMcC/GK)
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams (pictured) said today that the "game was up, but not over" on talks about devolving policing and justice powers to Stormont. He said that crisis talks between the DUP and Sinn Féin are over, which was also confirmed to the BBC by Alex Maskey, one of the SF team, who said that the current round of negotiations had ended. The party is due to meet on Saturday to discuss future policy which may involve the end of the Stormont Assembly if they were to pull Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness out of the power-sharing coalition.
Get On Board - Faster
George Best Belfast City Airport has opened a 'Fast Track' lane for business passengers travelling through its new security search area. bmi flexible economy, Gold and Silver and Star Alliance Gold customers, along with flybe Economy Plus passengers will benefit from significantly faster processing times through security.
Fire Fatal
Firefighters were called to a house fire at Brookmount Street in north Belfast shortly before 3.30am on Thursday where a body was discovered. A post mortem examination is to be carried out on the man's body today and the police have begun an investigation, although at this stage they are not treating the fire as suspicious.
Dynamic Team For UTV's GB News Bid
One of the UK's most experienced public affairs journalists has been appointed by UTV as Project Leader of its bid for the Government's Independently Funded News Consortium (IFNC) pilot project in the Border and Tyne Tees area. Tony Baker will be joined by Andrew Friend, former Head of News at Tyne Tees and Jonathon Morrell, former main 'anchor' at Tyne Tees to complete the local team working with UTV management on this bid. Full story: Dynamic Team For UTV's GB News Bid
Eating More Makes You Fat
There's little surprise in a new study from the University of Ulster, which has concluded that eating large food portions can significantly increase weight even during short periods. In what must count as the most obvious (and unnecessary?) piece of data to be uncovered, a team of nutritionist researchers, led by Professor Barbara Livingstone and Dr Mary Kelly from Ulster's Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, has carried out the first study in controlled conditions, of how eating different portion sizes impacts on energy intake and body weight. In just four days men eating three large meals a day piled on an extra kilo, while women weighed an extra half a kilo on the scales. The study was carried out at a residential facility in the University's Coleraine campus where 43 adults - 21 men and 22 women - a mix of normal weight and overweight volunteers, lived for four consecutive days.
Marie Cure Seeks Help
An array of well known faces have come together to recruit some 650 volunteer collectors across NI and beyond to help Marie Curie Cancer Care's Great Daffodil Appeal 2010 and raise £100,000 for the charity to service the local community. Stephen Fry, Tony Blackburn, Lynda Bellingham, Jon Culshaw, Alison Steadman, and Sir Ranulph Fiennes are among the stars who feature in a short video calling on people of Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK to volunteer to raise funds to provide nursing care for terminally ill people in their own homes. The video, which can be viewed online at www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil/ has been made by Marie Curie Cancer Care to help recruit a total of 20,000 volunteer collectors across the UK for its 2010 Great Daffodil Appeal.
Housing Executive Funded
Northern Ireland Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie has announced a further £6million for Housing Executive maintenance programmes. "Six million pounds will be spent on kitchen replacements and new heating systems in houses which desperately need to be modernised. This means that thousands of people will now have their homes improved. Just as importantly, this further £6million will secure jobs for the Housing Executive's Egan contractors who will have a large body of new work to carry out," she said.
Bust Pub Bought
The receiver of a bankrupt west Belfast public house has arranged its sale to the Doran family who also own the Ballymac Hotel outside Lisburn. The Whitefort Inn went bankrupt last year having been one of a number controlled by Arthur and Tony Rooney before they ran into financial trouble.
Plan To Improve Water Environment
A six-year plan to improve the quality of water in Northern Ireland's rivers has been launched by Environment Minister Edwin Poots. The implementation of the 'River Basin Management Plans' takes place from 2010 to 2015. "We rely on our water environment not only for drinking water but also recreation, industry, tourism and agriculture. As our waters are home to over 50% of our plants, animals and habitats, the quality is vitally important," he said, noting that the Northern Ireland Environment Agency Water Management Unit will actively work with a range of stakeholders in each river basin area across Northern Ireland to develop focused plans to improve the quality of water.
Cancer Group For Portaferry
The Ulster Cancer Foundation is launching a new support group in the Portaferry area for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer. The group is being launched as a joint venture with East Down Rural Community Support Network. The first meeting will be held in the Portaferry Credit Union Building in the Town Square on Tuesday 9th February at 7.30pm.
University Sets Standard
A University of Ulster lecturer has played a key role in creating a set of occupational standards for community development work across Ireland. Dr Rosemary Moreland is one of a number of academics, who worked alongside community groups, to produce, 'Towards Standards for Quality Community Work: An All Ireland Statement of Values, Principles and Work Standards'. The report was launched last week by President Mary McAleese at her official residence, Aras An Uachtarain, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Dr Moreland, from the School of Sociology and Applied Social Sciences at Jordanstown, has been working in community development in the University for 15 years.
(BMcC/GK)
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