Northern Ireland News for August 2012 : Page 8

Business News, Aug 16, 2012
FSS NI Scoops Two Major Export Contracts
Ballymena company Food Service Support Solutions Ltd (FSS NI) has recently won two major export contracts following marketing support from Invest Northern Ireland. The company's core business is the ...
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UK National News, Aug 16, 2012
Other News In Brief
Mixed Fortunes For UK Magazines Private Eye was again the best-performing news magazine in the first half of 2012, with sales up by nearly 10% over last year as the title benefited from magazi...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 16, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
Youth Club Building's Future Uncertain A north Belfast youth club's future is uncertain after staff have been told they must give the building back to the Belfast Education and Library Board. ...
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Business News, Aug 16, 2012
Golden Opportunities For NI In World Sports
Invest Northern Ireland is encouraging and will assist local companies to grasp golden business opportunities from forthcoming international sporting events. Around 40 companies were briefed by Inves...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Coleraine's Olympian Rowers Welcomed Home
Northern Ireland's Olympic medal winning rowers have returned to the Bann Rowing Club in Coleraine, where they learnt their skills. Team GB rowers Richard and Peter Chambers took silver in the lightw...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Northern Ireland Unemployment On The Increase
Unemployment figures have increased again in Northern Ireland. The percentage of unemployed people increased by nine percentage points to 7.6% here between April and June, but still stayed neatly bel...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
ICT Apprenticeship Launched
Computer buffs have been handed a new way to train and work towards employment. Employment and Learning Minister, Dr. Stephen Farry and Finance and Personnel Minister, Sammy Wilson, today launched an...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
NHS Staff To Face Charges
Four NHS health care workers are to face charges of mistreating and neglecting patients with learning disabilities after a five-year inquiry, during which two previous attempts to bring criminal proce...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Potato Wart Disease Fields Get All-Clear
A major exercise to clear fields that were placed under restriction to fight Potato Wart Disease has ended and 750 fields have now been declared disease-free. Potato Wart Disease is caused by a soil-...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Six Great Taste Awards For Fermanagh Meat Company
Specialist meat processing company, Kettyle Irish Foods based in Fermanagh is celebrating after picking up six accolades in the prestigious Great Taste Awards. Kettyle Irish Foods, part of the Linden...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Eritrea's Olympic Flag Carrier Flees To Seek Asylum
Weynay Ghebresilasie, Olympic flag carrier for Eritarea, has become the first athlete to publicly claim asylum in the wake of the games. The 18-year-old middle distance runner left his quarters at th...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Police Appeal Following Ballymena Fire
Police have appealed for information about a fire at a disused Ballymena laundry last night. About 30 homes were evacuated after the fire broke out at the property on Clonavon Road South at about 16:...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
8-Year-Old Tries To Microwave Neighbours Cat
The RSCPA have said that an eight-year-old boy put his neighbour's cat in a microwave and turned the appliance on. The incident happen in Rochester on Saturday. The cats owner found the animal in the...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Dunluce Castle Tome Tells Lively Tale
Its striking silhouette on a sheer cliff face is greeted by 'oohs' and 'aahs' on the north coast tour buses every day. And the story of how Dunluce Castle's kitchen fell into the sea one day is worth...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Glass Bottles Sprinkled Over Farmer's Field
A farmer's field was strewn with glass bottles "deliberately", the County Down Outlook has reported. Gordon McBurney of Annalong suffered the attack on 12 acres of his sileage crop, and said that alt...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Man Caught Spying On Chinese Swim Team Could Be Spared Jail
A man caught in the changing rooms trying to spy on the Chinese Olympic swimming team could be spared jail. Declan Crosbie was caught peering over the top of cubicles after a woman reported seeing hi...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Game Of Thrones Details Found In Armagh Forest
A call sheet from the fantasy series Game of Thrones was found abandoned in County Armagh, the BBC has reported. A member of the public handed the document to a journalist who said the document could...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 15, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
Petrol Bombs Thrown In Bogside A group of young people threw petrol bombs in Londonderry on Sunday evening, hitting a bus and a van. Up to 30 young people attacked vehicles with up to ten pet...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Young Holidaymakers Urged To Be More Sensible Following Number Of Deaths
With three deaths and 10 serious injuries from falls from balconies while on holiday, young British holidaymakers are being urged to act and drink more sensibly. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Virgin Trains Lose West Coast Mainline Franchise
The UKs largest rail operator, FirstGroup, will take over the running of the West Coast Mainline, after Virgin Rail lost its bid to continue operating the service. Sir Richard Branson said Virgin's ...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Scouts To Light Paralympic Flame Across UK
The Paralympic torch relay will be launched by Scouts the lighting of four flames atop the highest peak in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The flames will be lit on August 22 on Scafel...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Unemployment Falls To 2.56m
The unemployment rate has fallen by 0.2%, some 46,000 people, in the three months to June, new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have shown. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.0%, ...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Shameless Actor Charged With Cannabis Production
Former Shameless and EastEnders actor Jody Latham has appeared in court charged with growing cannabis. 29-year-old Latham is accused of growing 24 plants with a value of about £14,000 at an address i...
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Recruitment News, Aug 15, 2012
Unemployment Benefit Claimants Increase By 400
Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, has said that it was time for a renewed and robust strategy to tackle unemployment. Figures released today for the period April - June 2012 show that the Northern ...
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UK National News, Aug 15, 2012
Other News In Brief
Yellow Weather Warning Remains A Met Office yellow warning remains in force over the risk of localised flooding in parts of Wales after a deep area of low pressure brought heavy rain. South W...
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Business News, Aug 15, 2012
Todds Leap To Employ More Staff
Ballygawley-based Todds Leap has announced plans to employ an additional 10 staff with support from Invest Northern Ireland's Jobs Fund. Todds Leap operates one of the largest outdoor activity centre...
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Recruitment News, Aug 15, 2012
ICT Apprenticeship Scheme Launches
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr. Stephen Farry and Finance and Personnel Minister, Sammy Wilson, today launched an ICT Apprenticeship Scheme to recruit individuals into this growing and exciting ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2012
Public Transport Wi-Fi Plan Welcomed
Wi-fi is to be made available to Northern Ireland coach and rail passengers, for free. Translink said a roll-out of on-board access to the internet is "imminent". The company would join transport pr...
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UK National News, Aug 14, 2012
Four Years For Van Attack On Camping Teenagers
A 25-year-old man has been jailed for fours years for ramming a tent with his van and driving over a teenager. The drink-fuelled revenge for an earlier slight led initially to attempted murder charge...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 14, 2012
Barnes And Conlan In Belfast Homecoming Tour
Belfast's two Olympic medal winners have been welcomed by home crowds on the streets of the city. Boxers Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan, who both won bronze in the Games, toured the centre of Belfas...
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