Northern Ireland News for December 2013 : Page 3

UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
Police Training To Be Reviewed
Police training in England and Wales is to be reviewed in an effort to prevent more people dying while in custody. According to a report by the BBC, the College of Policing is to look into aspects of...
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UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
Canoe Death Fake Arrested Over Breach Of Licence
A man jailed for faking his own death in an insurance fraud scheme has been arrested for breaching the terms of his releases. 63-year-old John Darwin was jailed for six years in 2008 after he was con...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2013
NI Prepares For Gale Force Winds
Gale force winds are expected to hit Northern Ireland early tomorrow evening, according to the Met Office. Northern Ireland's forecast has been upgraded to 'yellow' for tomorrow and Thursday, due to ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2013
NI-CO Headquarters Open In Belfast
New headquarters of Northern Ireland Cooperation Overseas (NI-CO) have been opened at the Belfast Gasworks site. NI-CO promotes the business potential of Northern Ireland overseas and has so far deli...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2013
Multi-Agency Group To Promote Road Safety
A new multi-agency group has been launched to help promote road safety across Northern Ireland. The Joint Road Safety Forum has been put together by four representatives of the Policing and Community...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2013
DOE Appeals For Christmas Waste Reduction
Environment Minister Mark H. Durkan has appealed for the public to help reduce and recycle waste produced over the Christmas holidays. The Department Of The Environment said 1bn Christmas cards are s...
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UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
ONS Report Four-Year-Low For CPI Inflation Rate
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that in November the UK's inflation rate, as measured by the consumer prices index, has fallen to a four year low of 2.1%. The fall, down from 2.2% i...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 17, 2013
Other News In Brief
Man Dies In Belfast Collision A 62-year-old man has died in a one vehicle collision in Belfast city centre. The man died after his car reportedly crashed into a metal barrier in the Victoria ...
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UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
Competition Commission Criticises Motor Insurance Industry
The Competition Commission has made a number of recommended revisions to the motor insurance industry following a year long review at the request of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The commission d...
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UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
Shortlist Of Airport Expansion Options Produced
The Airports Commission has shortlisted three options for airport expansions. They include new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick and the extension of an existing Heathrow runway. The commission will ...
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UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
GSK Changes Sales Policies
Pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to stop paying doctors to promote its products and will end individual targets for its sales force. According to reports it is believed these changes are...
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UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
New Stonehenge Visitor Centre To Open
English Heritage has announced that the newly built Stonehenge visitor centre will open on Wednesday. The £27m project was built to "restore the dignity" of the monument and includes the grassing ove...
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UK National News, Dec 17, 2013
Other News In Brief
Rowan Atkinson Sketch Most Complained About TV Moment Of 2013 Television regulator Ofcom have revealed the most complained-about TV moment of 2013 was Rowan Atkinson's Comic Relief sketch of t...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
£220K To Improve L'Derry Shop Fronts
£223,000 has been announced to fund shop front improvement works on buildings in L'Derry. The funding will be used to carry out work in the commercial areas of the city, following an earlier Northern...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
Security Alert In West Belfast
Police and bomb experts are currently attending a security alert in west Belfast following the discovery of a suspicious object. Glenmeen Close, in the Hannahstown area, has been closed during the al...
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Recruitment News, Dec 16, 2013
Glanbia To Create 90 Posts
Glanbia plc, the global performance nutrition and ingredients group has announced two new investments in Ireland. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today welcomed the an...
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Business News, Dec 16, 2013
BragBet To Expand Its Operations In NI
Dublin based social media company BragBet has confirmed it is to expand its operations in Northern Ireland, creating nine new high quality, knowledge based posts, with support from Invest Northern Ire...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
NI Peer Faces Suspension
A Northern Irish peer is facing suspension from the House of Lords after undercover reporters found he had offered to help set up an all-party parliamentary group for payment. The Committee for Privi...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
Motorcyclist Dies In Co. Down Road Accident
A 24-year-old motorcyclist has been killed in a crash in Moneyslane, County Down. The road accident occurred on the Katesbridge Road on Sunday afternoon, close to Banbridge. The road has now reopene...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
Man Held Over Double Murder
A 33-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of a man and woman in east Belfast remains in custody and is assisting police with their enquiries. Police investigating the murder in the Rav...
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UK National News, Dec 16, 2013
April Jones Killer To Appeal Sentence
Mark Bridger, the man given a whole life sentence for the murder of five-year-old April Jones, is to appeal his sentence, the Judicial Office has reported. In May 47-year-old Bridger was convicted of...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
Investigation Launched After Belfast Bomb
Police have launched an investigation following an the explosion of a device in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter on Friday evening, 13 December. The device, which went off shortly before 19:00 in one of t...
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UK National News, Dec 16, 2013
22-Year-Old Charged With Murder Of Missing Teen
Police investigating the disappearance of 17-year-old Jayden Parkinson have charged a 22-year-old man with her murder. Thames Valley Police charged Ben Blakeley, of Christchurch Road, Reading, with m...
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UK National News, Dec 16, 2013
Right-To-Die Hearing Begins At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court are due to preside over the last round in the ongoing right-to-die legal campaign. The family of the late Tony Nicklinson, who suffered from locked-in syndrome and died earlier this...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
£1.7m Social Housing Launched In MOD Properties
A £1.7m social housing scheme has been opened at the site of former Ministry of Defence (MOD) properties at Dog Kennel Close and Dog Kennel Crescent in Lisburn. The 20 former MOD houses have been pur...
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UK National News, Dec 16, 2013
Met Office Appears In Court Over 'Plebgate' Scandal
A 53-year-old police officer, accused of falsely claiming to have witnessed the "plebgate" incident, has appeared in court charged with misconduct in a public office. According to reports, PC Keith W...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
Shopper Numbers Drop Over 6%
November 2013 saw shopper numbers in Northern Ireland fall 6.3% compared to a year ago, according to new statistics released by the Northern Ireland retail Consortium (NIRC). Footfall was up on the 9...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
St. Anne's 'Black Santa' Begins Sit-Out
The 'Black Santa' is due to begin his annual Christmas sit-out at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast today. The Dean of Belfast John Mann will begin his third Black Santa Christmas sit-out for charity, w...
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UK National News, Dec 16, 2013
Police Scotland To Target Housebreakers Over Festive Period
A new prosecution policy is to be introduced over the festive period in Scotland that could see housebreakers face up to five years in jail. The news comes as Police Scotland announced a 4% increase ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2013
Other News In Brief
Man Bailed Over Pub Brawl Police in Castlereagh are appealing for information following an assault in the Newton Park area of Belfast on Sunday 15 December. Police received a report at about ...
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