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Northern Ireland News for December 2012 : Page 9
UK National News, Dec 5, 2012
Osbourne Says Economy Is 'Weaker Than Expected'
Despite warning that he now plans to extend austerity measures until 2017-18 Chancellor George Osborne has insisted the British economy is "on track". As he delivered his autumn statement the chancel...
Osbourne Says Economy Is 'Weaker Than Expected'
Despite warning that he now plans to extend austerity measures until 2017-18 Chancellor George Osborne has insisted the British economy is "on track". As he delivered his autumn statement the chancel...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2012
Babies Ashes Found To Be Buried In Mass Grave
An investigation has been launched after it was found that the cremated remains of babies were buried in a mass unmarked grave at an Edinburgh crematorium. Sands, a bereavement charity, has said Mort...
Babies Ashes Found To Be Buried In Mass Grave
An investigation has been launched after it was found that the cremated remains of babies were buried in a mass unmarked grave at an Edinburgh crematorium. Sands, a bereavement charity, has said Mort...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2012
Teacher Pay Rises To Be Tied To Performance
Teachers pay increases will no longer be based on length of service but instead will be more strongly linked to performance, says the profession's pay review body. The School Teachers' Review Body ha...
Teacher Pay Rises To Be Tied To Performance
Teachers pay increases will no longer be based on length of service but instead will be more strongly linked to performance, says the profession's pay review body. The School Teachers' Review Body ha...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
NI Secretary Condemns Flag Riot
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has condemned the "scenes of disorder" at Belfast City Hall on Monday night following the vote on the flying of the union flag. Ms Villiers told MPs "there is noth...
NI Secretary Condemns Flag Riot
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has condemned the "scenes of disorder" at Belfast City Hall on Monday night following the vote on the flying of the union flag. Ms Villiers told MPs "there is noth...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2012
Editors Meet To Discuss Press Watchdog
Newspaper editors have been meeting in an effort to agree proposals for a new press watchdog independent of publishers and politicians. Wednesday’s meeting follows editors meeting the prime minister ...
Editors Meet To Discuss Press Watchdog
Newspaper editors have been meeting in an effort to agree proposals for a new press watchdog independent of publishers and politicians. Wednesday’s meeting follows editors meeting the prime minister ...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2012
Girl Dies After Level Crossing Crash
A four-year-old has died following an incident in which a car was hit by a train on a level crossing in Nottinghamshire. The crash happened at the Beech Hill crossing on Springs Road, Misson Springs,...
Girl Dies After Level Crossing Crash
A four-year-old has died following an incident in which a car was hit by a train on a level crossing in Nottinghamshire. The crash happened at the Beech Hill crossing on Springs Road, Misson Springs,...
Business News, Dec 5, 2012
Cirillo Expands Chocolate Range
Cirillo, a new luxury chocolatier in Lurgan, has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to launch a range of gourmet chocolates which are also gluten-free. In addition to being gluten free, the cho...
Cirillo Expands Chocolate Range
Cirillo, a new luxury chocolatier in Lurgan, has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to launch a range of gourmet chocolates which are also gluten-free. In addition to being gluten free, the cho...
Business News, Dec 5, 2012
Patton Group's Collapse Affects Subcontractors
North Antrim Ulster Unionist MLA Robin Swann has expressed his concern at the news of further redundancies being announced as a result of the Patton Group's collapse. Mr Swann commented: "The loss of...
Patton Group's Collapse Affects Subcontractors
North Antrim Ulster Unionist MLA Robin Swann has expressed his concern at the news of further redundancies being announced as a result of the Patton Group's collapse. Mr Swann commented: "The loss of...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
18 Treated Following Ship Gas Leak
Eighteen people are being treated after toxic gas escaped from a ship docked at Warrenpoint, County Down. The gas in question is aluminium phosphide, which is a poison used to kill small mammals like...
18 Treated Following Ship Gas Leak
Eighteen people are being treated after toxic gas escaped from a ship docked at Warrenpoint, County Down. The gas in question is aluminium phosphide, which is a poison used to kill small mammals like...
Recruitment News, Dec 5, 2012
Re-Appointments Announced To LRA Board
The Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Stephen Farry, today announced the re-appointment of Mrs Sally McKee and Mr Gordon Parkes as members of the Board of the Labour Relations Agency. The re-a...
Re-Appointments Announced To LRA Board
The Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Stephen Farry, today announced the re-appointment of Mrs Sally McKee and Mr Gordon Parkes as members of the Board of the Labour Relations Agency. The re-a...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
McCarney Guilty Of Baby Millie Murder
The case of murdered toddler Millie Martin has come to a close as Barry McCarney has been found guilty of killing his former partner’s child. The County Tyrone man was also found guilty of sexual ass...
McCarney Guilty Of Baby Millie Murder
The case of murdered toddler Millie Martin has come to a close as Barry McCarney has been found guilty of killing his former partner’s child. The County Tyrone man was also found guilty of sexual ass...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
Belfast IT Company Creates 45 Jobs
Belfast Based software company Equiniti ICS has announced an expansion which will create 45 new jobs. The move has the support of Invest Northern Ireland’s Jobs Fund and will see the company target t...
Belfast IT Company Creates 45 Jobs
Belfast Based software company Equiniti ICS has announced an expansion which will create 45 new jobs. The move has the support of Invest Northern Ireland’s Jobs Fund and will see the company target t...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
Ash Tree Aid Suspended
Minister for Agriculture Michelle O’Neill has announced a temporary suspension of aid for new ash planting until the outlook for ash dieback is clearer. Chalara fraxinea, the cause of the disease, ha...
Ash Tree Aid Suspended
Minister for Agriculture Michelle O’Neill has announced a temporary suspension of aid for new ash planting until the outlook for ash dieback is clearer. Chalara fraxinea, the cause of the disease, ha...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
Care Assistants Can Shape Health Reform - Poots
Health Minister Edwin Poots has said health care assistants have a significant role to play in the reform of Health and Social Care. Mr Poots was delivering the key note address at the Royal College ...
Care Assistants Can Shape Health Reform - Poots
Health Minister Edwin Poots has said health care assistants have a significant role to play in the reform of Health and Social Care. Mr Poots was delivering the key note address at the Royal College ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
DSD To Take Direct Control To Develop Bangor's Queen's Parade Area
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has announced his Department's intention to take direct control of plans to develop Bangor's Queen's Parade Area. The move will see the Department for So...
DSD To Take Direct Control To Develop Bangor's Queen's Parade Area
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has announced his Department's intention to take direct control of plans to develop Bangor's Queen's Parade Area. The move will see the Department for So...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
Foster Announces 2013 NI Tourism Drive
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has said the New Year will provide increased opportunities for tourism in Northern Ireland. "A major programme of promotional activity is being planned around London...
Foster Announces 2013 NI Tourism Drive
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has said the New Year will provide increased opportunities for tourism in Northern Ireland. "A major programme of promotional activity is being planned around London...
Recruitment News, Dec 5, 2012
Annie's Traditional Food Creates 10 New Jobs
Garvagh based Annie's Traditional Food Ltd will create 10 new jobs over the next two years as part of a £280,000 expansion announced by Invest Northern Ireland’s Chief Executive Alastair Hamilton. Es...
Annie's Traditional Food Creates 10 New Jobs
Garvagh based Annie's Traditional Food Ltd will create 10 new jobs over the next two years as part of a £280,000 expansion announced by Invest Northern Ireland’s Chief Executive Alastair Hamilton. Es...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2012
Survival Rates Of Premature Babies Increase
More babies born before 26 weeks are surviving, according to a detailed analysis of the figures for England. Severely premature babies were more likely to survive in 2006 than in 1995, the EPICure st...
Survival Rates Of Premature Babies Increase
More babies born before 26 weeks are surviving, according to a detailed analysis of the figures for England. Severely premature babies were more likely to survive in 2006 than in 1995, the EPICure st...
UK National News, Dec 5, 2012
Other News In Brief
Frankie Dettori Banned For Six Months Jockey Frankie Dettori has been given a six-month ban from racing after failing a drugs test in France. The 41-year-old, who has more than 3,000 career w...
Other News In Brief
Frankie Dettori Banned For Six Months Jockey Frankie Dettori has been given a six-month ban from racing after failing a drugs test in France. The 41-year-old, who has more than 3,000 career w...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 5, 2012
Other News In Brief
School Bus Slides Off Road The frosty conditions currently affecting Northern Ireland have caused a school bus carrying 28 children to slide off a road in County L’Derry. No injuries have bee...
Other News In Brief
School Bus Slides Off Road The frosty conditions currently affecting Northern Ireland have caused a school bus carrying 28 children to slide off a road in County L’Derry. No injuries have bee...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2012
MPs Defeat Human Rights Act Repeal Bid
A bid by a Tory MP to scrap the Human Rights Act has been defeated by MPs. Richard Bacon said the European Court of Human Rights had used the act to influence British law, which was "fundamentally un...
MPs Defeat Human Rights Act Repeal Bid
A bid by a Tory MP to scrap the Human Rights Act has been defeated by MPs. Richard Bacon said the European Court of Human Rights had used the act to influence British law, which was "fundamentally un...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2012
HMRC Seek Right To Appeal Ranger Tribunal Ruling
HM Revenue and Customs is seeking permission to appeal against a tax tribunal ruling in favour of Rangers' use of Employee Benefit Trusts. The club, which is now in liquidation, used the scheme from ...
HMRC Seek Right To Appeal Ranger Tribunal Ruling
HM Revenue and Customs is seeking permission to appeal against a tax tribunal ruling in favour of Rangers' use of Employee Benefit Trusts. The club, which is now in liquidation, used the scheme from ...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2012
New Supermarkets Watchdog Established
The government has announced a new watchdog established to fine supermarkets that mistreat their suppliers. The newly set-up groceries adjudicator will rule on disputes between retailers and supplier...
New Supermarkets Watchdog Established
The government has announced a new watchdog established to fine supermarkets that mistreat their suppliers. The newly set-up groceries adjudicator will rule on disputes between retailers and supplier...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2012
Cameron Tells Editors To 'Act Quickly' On New Regulations
Newspaper editors have been told that they must act quickly to set up a new press regulator in the wake of the Leveson report. In a tweet David Cameron said: "I've just spoken to newspaper editors in...
Cameron Tells Editors To 'Act Quickly' On New Regulations
Newspaper editors have been told that they must act quickly to set up a new press regulator in the wake of the Leveson report. In a tweet David Cameron said: "I've just spoken to newspaper editors in...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2012
London Mayor Suggests 'Pared Down' Involvement With Europe
The UK should negotiate a new "pared-down relationship" with the European Union, Boris Johnson has said. In a speech the London Mayor said Britain should remain in the single market but pull out of ...
London Mayor Suggests 'Pared Down' Involvement With Europe
The UK should negotiate a new "pared-down relationship" with the European Union, Boris Johnson has said. In a speech the London Mayor said Britain should remain in the single market but pull out of ...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2012
Riots Break Out Over City Hall Vote
A Loyalist protest outside Belfast City Hall erupted into rioting on Monday evening, after councillors voted against the flying of the union flag on top of the building 365 days a year. Fifteen polic...
Riots Break Out Over City Hall Vote
A Loyalist protest outside Belfast City Hall erupted into rioting on Monday evening, after councillors voted against the flying of the union flag on top of the building 365 days a year. Fifteen polic...
UK National News, Dec 4, 2012
New Round Of Spending Cuts To Fund Schools
Most government departments will be asked to save an extra 1% next year and a further 2% the following year as Chancellor George Osborne sets out a fresh spending squeeze in Wednesday's Autumn Stateme...
New Round Of Spending Cuts To Fund Schools
Most government departments will be asked to save an extra 1% next year and a further 2% the following year as Chancellor George Osborne sets out a fresh spending squeeze in Wednesday's Autumn Stateme...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2012
Woman 'Lucky' After Surviving Carbon Monoxide Fumes
A 27-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after breathing in carbon monoxide fumes in her own home, the fire service has said. The woman had to be rescued from her smoke-filled house in Co Antrim. Sh...
Woman 'Lucky' After Surviving Carbon Monoxide Fumes
A 27-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after breathing in carbon monoxide fumes in her own home, the fire service has said. The woman had to be rescued from her smoke-filled house in Co Antrim. Sh...
Northern Ireland News, Dec 4, 2012
147 Jobs Lost In Patton Fallout
147 jobs have been lost as another Northern Irish construction firm suffers from the Patton Group fall-out. Dunloy-based Joseph Hughes Group, a sub-contractor with Patton, has been placed into the ha...
147 Jobs Lost In Patton Fallout
147 jobs have been lost as another Northern Irish construction firm suffers from the Patton Group fall-out. Dunloy-based Joseph Hughes Group, a sub-contractor with Patton, has been placed into the ha...
Business News, Dec 4, 2012
Farmview Dairies To Market Outside NI
Farmview Dairies in Castlereagh is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to produce and market, particularly outside Northern Ireland, an artisan blue cheese. The company, a longstanding supplier...
Farmview Dairies To Market Outside NI
Farmview Dairies in Castlereagh is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to produce and market, particularly outside Northern Ireland, an artisan blue cheese. The company, a longstanding supplier...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:It will be a cold evening and night with a frost. It will be largely dry, but a few wintry showers towards the north coast overnight. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
