Northern Ireland News for February 2012 : Page 11

Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2012
Older People Most At Risk On Roads
New statistics have revealed that over 100 people aged 65 and over were killed or seriously injured on Northern Ireland roads in just one year. In 2010, 106 people aged 65 and above were killed or se...
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UK National News, Feb 9, 2012
Cable Targets Green Growth
The location of a new £50 million centre that will accelerate the commercialisation of green technologies was announced by the Business Secretary Vince Cable today. The Offshore Renewable Energy Cata...
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UK National News, Feb 9, 2012
Eight Gang Members Deported As Met Operation Bites
An innovative operation that seeks to forcibly expel dangerous foreign nationals from the UK has led to eight major gang members being deported back to their countries of origin since its launch. Ope...
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UK National News, Feb 9, 2012
Millions Of Holidays Protected As Government Updates ATOL Scheme
Up to six million extra holidays each year will be fully protected against the failure of a travel company after Aviation Minister Theresa Villiers confirmed measures to strengthen and modernise the A...
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UK National News, Feb 9, 2012
Other News In Brief
Record Number Of Children Referred To Care The number of children referred into care in England has hit a record high. Last month, local authorities made 903 court applications to take child...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2012
Pseudomonas Found In More Hospitals
Bacteria, which claimed the lives of four babies, has been detected in more hospitals in NI. The so called, Pseudomonas, has been found in water tests from Daisy Hill in Newry, Craigavon Area Hospita...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2012
Devolution Of Fiscal Powers Not beneficial to NI -Wilson
Devolving fiscal powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly would mean less funding and would be economically dangerous for Northern Ireland, it is claimed. The Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson ,was respo...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2012
NI House Prices Continue To Plummet
The average house prices in Northern Ireland are continuing to fall. According to the University of Ulster’s Quarterly House price Index the average cost of a house is down 11% on this time last year...
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Business News, Feb 9, 2012
Rutledge Expands Employee Training Operations In India
Coleraine-based Rutledge Recruitment and Training has used Invest Northern Ireland export support, including trade missions, to set up a franchise operation in Chennai that will help Indian companies ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 9, 2012
Other News In Brief
Two Held Over Duncan Morrison Murder Two people have been arrested by police investigating the murder of a man in County Down, last year. Duncan Morrison, 56, was shot at a house at Hazelbroo...
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Recruitment News, Feb 8, 2012
SIPTU Seeks Labour Court Intervention In Lagan Brick Dispute
SIPTU is to seek the intervention of the Labour Court in a dispute concerning the payment of redundancy terms at the Lagan Brick manufacturing plant in Kingscourt, county Cavan. The union's move fol...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Milly Dowler Killer Refused Appeal
The man who was jailed for killing Milly Dowler has been refused permission to appeal against his conviction. Levi Bellfield was given a whole-life sentence last year after being found guilty of abdu...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Redknapp Cleared Of Tax Evasion
Football boss Harry Redknapp has been cleared of tax evasion today. The Spurs manager said that his 'nightmare' is over now that a jury has said that he is not guilty of accepting a secret untaxed bo...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Car Abandoned In Soloway Firth
Police are hunting for the owner of a car abandoned in waters in the Solway Firth at Cardoness Bay, Scotland. The Vauxhall Frontera will be removed at low tide and its registration number checked. A...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
High Street Banks Announce Apprenticeship Schemes
A number of major high street banks will create new apprenticeship schemes and offer more places to young people, Skills Minister John Hayes announced today. The announcements were made during Nation...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Gascoigne And Coogan Reach Phone-Hacking Settlement
An ex-footballer and comedian are among the latest celebrities to receive damage settlements over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Scottish football personality Paul Gascoigne has receive...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Met Lunches Major Gang Crackdown
Dozens of suspected gang members are being targeted today in a series of coordinated operations which marks the start of a major new crack down on gang crime by the Metropolitan Police Service. Today...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Millions Admit To Living With Tinnitus Without Taking Action
Nearly half (47 per cent) of all British adults admit they regularly experience symptoms of tinnitus including rushing, ringing or popping sensations in their ears and yet nearly one third (29 per cen...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Eagerness To Accessorise Puts Some Drivers At Risk
The average UK motorist spends nearly £100 personalising their car with accessories, with the desire to decorate their car potentially putting them at risk of having a crash. A women's car insurance ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
Another Attempted Hijacking In Belfast
A man with a knife has attempted to hijack a van in North Belfast in the early hours of this morning. The driver of the van was threatened as he made a delivery in the Ardoyne area of Belfast at arou...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
Ian Paisley Spends Third Night In Hospital
The former First Minister of Northern Ireland and DUP leader, Ian Paisley, has spent his third night in hospital. Lord Bannside, who is 85, was taken ill on Sunday last but the severity of his condit...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
Concerns Raised Over Public Safety At Odyssey
Concerns over public safety at a popular nightspot in Belfast have been raised. Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has convened a meeting to discuss ongoing concerns about excessive alcoho...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
Mary Portas Invited To NI
Retail expert Mary Portas is to be invited to Northern Ireland to help devise a plan to regenerate its town centres. This news comes as Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland considered a revi...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
NI 'Has Fastest Growing Sex Industry'
Northern Ireland has the fastest growing sex industry in the UK, according to an organisation that represents ethnic minorities. Helena McCormick from the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minoriti...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
New Moderator Of Presbyterian Church Named
The new moderator of the Presbyterian Church has been named. Eight out of 19 Presbyteries nominated Rev Roy Patton during a meeting last night that was called throughout Northern Ireland in a bid to ...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Sleep Sacrificed For Beauty Regime
New research reveals 28% of Britons will to sacrifice sleep in favour of their beauty regime. Folk-lore, beauty experts and doctors all agree that sleep is nature’s most powerful health & beauty ‘pro...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
Two More Arrested Over Lurgan Murder
Two more men have been arrested by police in connection with the murder of a Lurgan man. Andrew Lorimer, 43, was found dead at a flat in Portlec Place, in the Mourneview area of the town, in the earl...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
New Initiative Tackles Illegal Dumping
A new initiative, which will try to tackle illegal dumping in Northern Ireland, has been revealed. Environment Minister Alex Attwood has launched the new project and said that it will enable people ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 8, 2012
Dissidents Retrieve Lost Policewoman's Phone
The mobile phone of a Northern Ireland policewoman, which was lost over a year ago, has fallen into the hands of dissident republicans it has been revealed. The police officer’s missing phone, contai...
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UK National News, Feb 8, 2012
Other News In Brief
Fire Damages TV Chef’s Property A fire has seriously damaged a property belonging to a celebrity TV chef. Training kitchens at Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s River Cottage headquarters in Dev...
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