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Northern Ireland News for February 2011 : Page 10
UK National News, Feb 11, 2011
Sweden PM's Criticism Could Damage Assange Trial
A UK extradition hearing has been told that criticism of Julian Assange by Sweden's Prime Minister could affect his chance of a fair trial. Geoffrey Robertson QC, who represents the Wikileaks founder...
Sweden PM's Criticism Could Damage Assange Trial
A UK extradition hearing has been told that criticism of Julian Assange by Sweden's Prime Minister could affect his chance of a fair trial. Geoffrey Robertson QC, who represents the Wikileaks founder...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2011
York Local Enterprise Partnership Growing
The new local enterprise partnerships for York and North Yorkshire and Enterprise M3 were approved today by Minister for Business, Mark Prisk and Decentralisation Minister, Greg Clark. They join the...
York Local Enterprise Partnership Growing
The new local enterprise partnerships for York and North Yorkshire and Enterprise M3 were approved today by Minister for Business, Mark Prisk and Decentralisation Minister, Greg Clark. They join the...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2011
Border City Wins Major Business Park Boost
A new £38m business park is to be built along the border in South Down, the Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Environment Minister Edwin Poots announced on Friday. The construction indus...
Border City Wins Major Business Park Boost
A new £38m business park is to be built along the border in South Down, the Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Environment Minister Edwin Poots announced on Friday. The construction indus...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2011
Radical Shake-Up Sees Vulnerable Protected
More than nine million people working or volunteering with children and vulnerable adults will no longer need to register and be monitored by the state following an overhaul of the checking regime. T...
Radical Shake-Up Sees Vulnerable Protected
More than nine million people working or volunteering with children and vulnerable adults will no longer need to register and be monitored by the state following an overhaul of the checking regime. T...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2011
Newry Fáilte For Invest NI Project
Newry Chamber of Trade and Commerce has welcomed the announcement by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Environment Minister Edwin Poots that a £38m Business Park will be built adjacent to the Carn...
Newry Fáilte For Invest NI Project
Newry Chamber of Trade and Commerce has welcomed the announcement by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Environment Minister Edwin Poots that a £38m Business Park will be built adjacent to the Carn...
UK National News, Feb 11, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Sad UK Return Royal Irish Ranger David Dalzell's body was flown home from Afghanistan this week. A coffin carrying the remains of the Bangor, Co Down soldier arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire accom...
Other UK News In Brief
Sad UK Return Royal Irish Ranger David Dalzell's body was flown home from Afghanistan this week. A coffin carrying the remains of the Bangor, Co Down soldier arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire accom...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2011
Know Risks Of Heart Attacks, Says Mayor
A leading medical charity is urging men and women in their 30s and 40s to pay more attention to their heart health because they are failing to share in the downward trend of deaths from cardiovascular...
Know Risks Of Heart Attacks, Says Mayor
A leading medical charity is urging men and women in their 30s and 40s to pay more attention to their heart health because they are failing to share in the downward trend of deaths from cardiovascular...
Business News, Feb 11, 2011
Irish Nurses Placement Pay 'To Stay'
Dáil plans to abolish payments to student nurses and midwives during their mandatory 36-week placement in hospitals in their fourth year may change. The level of payments made to student nurses and ...
Irish Nurses Placement Pay 'To Stay'
Dáil plans to abolish payments to student nurses and midwives during their mandatory 36-week placement in hospitals in their fourth year may change. The level of payments made to student nurses and ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2011
North South Transport 'On The One Road'
Cross border transport links were very much in focus after yesterday's tragic plane crash in Cork, with the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson speaking today to the Republic of Ireland's Prime Min...
North South Transport 'On The One Road'
Cross border transport links were very much in focus after yesterday's tragic plane crash in Cork, with the Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson speaking today to the Republic of Ireland's Prime Min...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2011
Gunman Robs East Belfast Off-Licence
The east Belfast area has again been hit by an armed robbery with news that a man armed with a handgun has held-up an off-licence. He went into the shop on the Upper Newtownards Road, threatened two ...
Gunman Robs East Belfast Off-Licence
The east Belfast area has again been hit by an armed robbery with news that a man armed with a handgun has held-up an off-licence. He went into the shop on the Upper Newtownards Road, threatened two ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 11, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Get Your Skates On! Excited to see work beginning on Belfast City Council's Bridges Urban Sports Park are the Chairman of the Parks and Leisure Committe, Councillor Peter O'Reilly; Matt Gille...
Other NI News In Brief
Get Your Skates On! Excited to see work beginning on Belfast City Council's Bridges Urban Sports Park are the Chairman of the Parks and Leisure Committe, Councillor Peter O'Reilly; Matt Gille...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2011
Six Die As Belfast Flight Crashes In Cork
A Manx-2 jet from George Best Belfast City Airport has crashed on landing in Cork in a tragedy that was reported just before 10am on Thursday. There were ten passengers and two crew members on board ...
Six Die As Belfast Flight Crashes In Cork
A Manx-2 jet from George Best Belfast City Airport has crashed on landing in Cork in a tragedy that was reported just before 10am on Thursday. There were ten passengers and two crew members on board ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2011
London, Belfast, Dublin And Cork United In Sympathy Over Fatal Air Crash
Messages of sympathy for the families of those killed and injured after a Manx2 commuter flight with 10 passengers and two crew on board crashed on the runway at Cork this morning have continued to fl...
London, Belfast, Dublin And Cork United In Sympathy Over Fatal Air Crash
Messages of sympathy for the families of those killed and injured after a Manx2 commuter flight with 10 passengers and two crew on board crashed on the runway at Cork this morning have continued to fl...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
Tragedy As Belfast Flight Crashes In Cork
A Manx-2 jet from George Best Belfast City Airport has crashed on landing in Cork in a tragedy that was reported just before 10am on Thursday. There were ten passengers and two crew members on board ...
Tragedy As Belfast Flight Crashes In Cork
A Manx-2 jet from George Best Belfast City Airport has crashed on landing in Cork in a tragedy that was reported just before 10am on Thursday. There were ten passengers and two crew members on board ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2011
Wilson Supported Over NICVA Budget Report
As the Stormont Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson said he would only look at raising taxes when the "recession is over" a DUP party colleague has been backing the Minister's stance. The Strangford MLA a...
Wilson Supported Over NICVA Budget Report
As the Stormont Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson said he would only look at raising taxes when the "recession is over" a DUP party colleague has been backing the Minister's stance. The Strangford MLA a...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
Two Die In Deadly Afghanistan Attack
There's news of further casualties in Afghanistan overnight and while two soldiers from The Parachute Regiment have been killed in a shoot-out, there are also local reports that a third soldier - who ...
Two Die In Deadly Afghanistan Attack
There's news of further casualties in Afghanistan overnight and while two soldiers from The Parachute Regiment have been killed in a shoot-out, there are also local reports that a third soldier - who ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2011
'Stop & Search' Powers Welcomed
There has been a welcome for new powers for the PSNI to stop and search for munitions and wireless apparatus. The DUP MP for East Londonderry, Gregory Campbell has welcomed the announcement by the G...
'Stop & Search' Powers Welcomed
There has been a welcome for new powers for the PSNI to stop and search for munitions and wireless apparatus. The DUP MP for East Londonderry, Gregory Campbell has welcomed the announcement by the G...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
More Time To Question Nikitta Murder Suspect
Detectives have been given an extra 12 hours to question a man over the murder of a pregnant teenager on a Newport estate. Gwent Police arrested Carl Whant, 26, of Newport on suspicion of murder on W...
More Time To Question Nikitta Murder Suspect
Detectives have been given an extra 12 hours to question a man over the murder of a pregnant teenager on a Newport estate. Gwent Police arrested Carl Whant, 26, of Newport on suspicion of murder on W...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
ID Card Scheme Consigned To History
The National Identity Register (NIR), which was built to hold the fingerprints and personal details of millions of ID card holders, has been publicly destroyed. Home Office Minister Damian Green visi...
ID Card Scheme Consigned To History
The National Identity Register (NIR), which was built to hold the fingerprints and personal details of millions of ID card holders, has been publicly destroyed. Home Office Minister Damian Green visi...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
Fresh Approach For Phone Hacking Probe
The recently formed Specialist Crime Directorate 'Operation Weeting' team is conducting the new investigation into phone hacking whilst adopting a fresh approach towards informing victims and potentia...
Fresh Approach For Phone Hacking Probe
The recently formed Specialist Crime Directorate 'Operation Weeting' team is conducting the new investigation into phone hacking whilst adopting a fresh approach towards informing victims and potentia...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
Trade And Investment Plan Will Drive Growth
The Government has published its strategy for how trade and investment can drive the UK’s economic recovery. Rebalancing and rebuilding the economy will take time, but the Trade and Investment White ...
Trade And Investment Plan Will Drive Growth
The Government has published its strategy for how trade and investment can drive the UK’s economic recovery. Rebalancing and rebuilding the economy will take time, but the Trade and Investment White ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2011
Harsh Winter 'Moderates NI Rentals'
Anxiety over falling house prices, job security and obtaining an affordable mortgage continued to prop up rental values in Belfast in 2010. However, a new report also revealed today that after the he...
Harsh Winter 'Moderates NI Rentals'
Anxiety over falling house prices, job security and obtaining an affordable mortgage continued to prop up rental values in Belfast in 2010. However, a new report also revealed today that after the he...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
New Guidelines Support Higher Education For All
Universities wanting to charge over £6,000 for their courses from 2012 will have to work much harder to recruit students from disadvantaged backgrounds under new guidelines published today. In a fina...
New Guidelines Support Higher Education For All
Universities wanting to charge over £6,000 for their courses from 2012 will have to work much harder to recruit students from disadvantaged backgrounds under new guidelines published today. In a fina...
Business News, Feb 10, 2011
Harsh Winter 'Moderates NI Rentals'
Anxiety over falling house prices, job security and obtaining an affordable mortgage continued to prop up rental values in Belfast in 2010. However, a new report also revealed today that after the he...
Harsh Winter 'Moderates NI Rentals'
Anxiety over falling house prices, job security and obtaining an affordable mortgage continued to prop up rental values in Belfast in 2010. However, a new report also revealed today that after the he...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
Superfast Broadband To Extend Across North Wales
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced that £10 million of funding will be allocated to support the early phases of superfast broadband in Wales. The funding will help to deli...
Superfast Broadband To Extend Across North Wales
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced that £10 million of funding will be allocated to support the early phases of superfast broadband in Wales. The funding will help to deli...
UK National News, Feb 10, 2011
Time To Reopen PFI Contracts , Says Professor
It is time to reopen private finance initiative (PFI) contracts say leading public health physician, Professor Allyson Pollock, and colleagues on bmj.com today. Professor Pollock, who i...
Time To Reopen PFI Contracts , Says Professor
It is time to reopen private finance initiative (PFI) contracts say leading public health physician, Professor Allyson Pollock, and colleagues on bmj.com today. Professor Pollock, who i...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 10, 2011
Derry City Roads Development Progressing
NI Roads Service's progress on investment totalling £12m in the Derry City Council area this year has been praised. Transport Minister Conor Murphy said: "Roads Service is committed to ensuring that ...
Derry City Roads Development Progressing
NI Roads Service's progress on investment totalling £12m in the Derry City Council area this year has been praised. Transport Minister Conor Murphy said: "Roads Service is committed to ensuring that ...
Business News, Feb 10, 2011
Construction Starts On Antrim Hospital Scheme
Rape and sexual assault victims in NI are to be given fresh support with news that Stormont Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey this week laid the foundations for a new £2m regional centre for victims ...
Construction Starts On Antrim Hospital Scheme
Rape and sexual assault victims in NI are to be given fresh support with news that Stormont Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey this week laid the foundations for a new £2m regional centre for victims ...
Business News, Feb 10, 2011
Investment In Derry City Roads Underway
Transport Minister Conor Murphy has welcomed Roads Service’s progress on investment totalling £12million in the Derry City Council area this year. Speaking ahead of this afternoon's meeting between R...
Investment In Derry City Roads Underway
Transport Minister Conor Murphy has welcomed Roads Service’s progress on investment totalling £12million in the Derry City Council area this year. Speaking ahead of this afternoon's meeting between R...
Recruitment News, Feb 10, 2011
Think-Tank Job Losses Slammed
An NI economic 'think-tank' set up to give advice on the economy is to be closed down next month. Twelve staff are to lose their jobs at the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland (ERINI) w...
Think-Tank Job Losses Slammed
An NI economic 'think-tank' set up to give advice on the economy is to be closed down next month. Twelve staff are to lose their jobs at the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland (ERINI) w...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:Staying cold. Any freezing fog that has formed overnight will slowly thin and disperse during the morning. Otherwise dry and bright much of the day with perhaps the odd coastal shower in the north and east. Maximum temperature 4 °C.Tonight:Dry at first with cloud thickening from the south through the evening. The odd shower, wintry over high ground, over northern counties, becoming more persistent rain over Down and Antrim. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
