Northern Ireland News for April 2011

UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Royal Couple Off To Flying Start
An RAF flypast sweeping above Buckingham Palace saw Prince William whisper to his new wife Kate this afternoon as millions saw him lean forward for their second, slightly more lingering kiss since bei...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Police Raid Cheltenham Road Property
Police have today raided a property in Cheltenham Road, Bristol, in connection with last night's violent disorder which saw fifteen people arrested for violent disorder. The incident disrupted the St...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Carrickfergus Gets 'King Billy' Accolade
As all eyes turned to Westminster Abbey today an historic seaside town in Co Antrim has been boosted with a royal accolade. 'King Billy' is set to return to Co Antrim with the future King William IV ...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Bodies Identified Following Deaths In East London
Detectives from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command are investigating following the discovery of a woman's body in east London. Officers entered an address in Brymay Close at 6.54am on Tuesday 26 ...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Woman Faces Charges Over Kilkeel Murder
Following the murder of a man from Ukraine that shocked a fishing port in Co Down at the weekend, the PSNI has charged a woman with assisting offenders. The 32-year-old, Lineta Kundrotiene of Ronney ...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Royal Revellers Urged To Support Local Small Businesses
Revellers have been urged to use the Royal Wedding to help their local small businesses through the current economic uncertainties. The Forum of Private Business is calling on those celebrating the m...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Bomb Scare Delays Larne Royal Wedding Party
Army bomb experts were this morning dealing with a security alert in Larne - linked to a royal wedding party that was due to take place in the area. The police were called after a suspicious object w...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Rooney Twitters On Phone Hacking
A Manchester United and England football star has revealed on his Twitter that Detectives from Scotland Yard investigating the News of the World phone hacking claims, visited him last week. Wayne Roo...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Quinn 'Jobs Safe' As Company Name Dropped
Co Fermanagh and Co Cavan-based Quinn Insurance is soon to be no more after it was confirmed yesterday that Liberty Mutual Direct Insurance Company Ltd, a joint venture between US giant Liberty Mutual...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Army Welcome Parade 'May Still Take Place'
Supporters of a proposed 'Welcome Home' parade in Belfast for Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) and Irish Guard soldiers who recently returned from service in Afghanistan are hoping for a U-turn after the Mi...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Cash Buyers On Rise In Home Ownership
Cash is king when it comes to house purchases as the market for mortgages becomes harder and harder to access. There has been a huge rise in the proportion of homebuyers paying for their new homes in...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Lyric Makes Its Debut Today
An international architectural competition held almost eight years ago will today come to fruition as Belfast's newly rebuilt Lyric Theatre opens for the doors in time for its first performance. In 2...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Ulster University's Musicians Score On BBC
The BBC is to showcase music from the University of Ulster with 'Magee New Music' - works by composers past and present at the University of Ulster - broadcast to a nationwide BBC radio audience follo...
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Recruitment News, Apr 29, 2011
Top Employer Mivan Wins Award
A specialist contractor that employs hundreds of people in Co Antrim, Mivan, has won the Randox Business Award at the seventh annual Antrim Community Excellence Awards. The Award was presented to Si...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
ONS Report Fall in Construction Output
The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate a 0.5% rise in GDP, but a fall in construction output for the first quarter of 2011. Despite an overall growth in the...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Roof Fall Leads To Fine
A Nottinghamshire welding firm has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured when he plunged from a barn roof onto a grain bucket. Mansfield magistrates heard that the ...
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UK National News, Apr 29, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Man Arrested Following Enfield Murder Detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Enfield. Police were called to an address in Southbury Avenue, Enfield, shortly ...
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Business News, Apr 29, 2011
Belfast Targets Trade Outside NI
Business outside NI is being targeted by Belfast City Council, which is running a new business programme to help local companies enter markets outside of Northern Ireland for the first time. The 'Exp...
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Business News, Apr 29, 2011
Co Antrim Hoteliers Bid For Expansion
Two hoteliers are bucking the recessionary trend and pushing ahead with planned expansion projects. Both in Belfast and in the City of Lisburn, two separate hostelries are planning to develop their f...
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Business News, Apr 29, 2011
Car Dealer Caught Out
A Limavady car trader, who posed as a private seller and supplied a 'clocked' vehicle with a false MoT certificate and service history, was this week fined a total of £750 plus £148 costs. Limavady ...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 29, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Not Ferry Good The Strangford Ferry Service (pictured here by Adam McCalden) is alerting customers to the potential for some delays for passengers over May Day weekend, due to ongoing refit w...
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Recruitment News, Apr 29, 2011
Builders Hope For Hotel Redevelopment Boost
There are construction jobs in the offing as the owners of a Belfast hotel this week revealed fresh plans for its redevelopment and extension. Last year planners blocked a proposal to demolish and re...
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Business News, Apr 29, 2011
County Cavan Hotel Gets A Make-Over
A leading stone cladding specialist and provider has been commissioned to renovate the exterior of the bedroom block of a top Co Cavan hotel. Situated just five minutes from Cavan on the main Dublin ...
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Business News, Apr 28, 2011
Quinn Backed By Protesting Workers
Fermanagh is in revolt today with news of a second protest by staff from the Quinn Group taking place. Around 200 workers and supporters have again gathered outside the company's headquarters in Derr...
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Business News, Apr 28, 2011
'What A Relief' As Water Rise Pegged
Businesses in NI won't face huge hikes in their water rates after the Water and the Utility Regulator agreed an annual review of charges to metered customers at just 4% more for combined water and sew...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 28, 2011
RIRA Reject Derry Priest's Peace Talks Offer
A dissident republican group thought to be behind several bombings, murders and attempted murders of members of the security forces today rejected an offer of a face-to-face meeting with a catholic pr...
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UK National News, Apr 28, 2011
Teenagers Bailed Over Major Fire
Five teenage boys arrested in connection with a scrapyard fire in north London have been bailed. Firefighters were called to the fire located directly under the M1, between junctions two and three du...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 28, 2011
Quinn Backed By Protesting Workers
Fermanagh was in revolt today with a second protest by staff from the Quinn Group taking place this morning. Around 200 workers and supporters have again gathered outside the company's headquarters i...
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UK National News, Apr 28, 2011
Syrian's Royal Wedding Invite Withdrawn
Foreign Secretary William Hague has decided that the presence of the Syrian Ambassador at the Royal Wedding would be unacceptable and that he should not attend. In the light of this week's attacks a...
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Northern Ireland News, Apr 28, 2011
Waiting Times For A&E Reduced
Waiting times for patients in NI's accident and emergency care facilities have been revealed. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) has just published statistics on the...
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