Northern Ireland News for June 2013 : Page 3

Northern Ireland News, Jun 25, 2013
Randox Secures Saudi Arabia Deal
Randox Laboratories has confirmed it has secured a multi-million pound deal with the Saudi Arabian Government. The contract will see the Co Antrim firm supply cutting-edge laboratory equipment to th...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Liberty Issues Claims Against The British Intelligence Services
Human rights group Liberty has announced it has issued a claim against the British Intelligence Services over their suspected involvement in the PRISM and Project Tempora privacy scandal. Earlier thi...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 25, 2013
Sinn Féin Condemns Petrol Bomb Attack
Sinn Féin Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile has condemned a further petrol bomb attack in the Short Strand area. Police are investigating the incident, which saw four petrol bombs thrown at an east Belfa...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 25, 2013
36 Additional Teaching Posts Announced
Education Minister, John O'Dowd, has announced an additional 36 recently qualified teachers are to be employed on fixed-term contracts to help raise standards in literacy and numeracy. In October 201...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Wife Of Child Abductor Launches Divorce Proceedings
The sister of Jeremy Forrest, the man who was found guilty for abducting a 15-year-old schoolgirl, has confirmed that his wife has filed for divorce. In an interview with ITV's Daybreak programme, Ca...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Second Largest Lottery Jackpot To Be Won
Someone could become the UK's second largest National Lottery jackpot winner tonight. If only one person is to scoop the £157m EuroMillions jackpot, according to The Sunday Times Rich List, they woul...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Killer Mick Philpott Being Investigated Over Rape Claims
Police have started an investigation into further offences committed by Mick Philpott, the father who killed six of his children in a house fire. Philpott is facing claims that he raped two women, ac...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 25, 2013
Carrickfergus Bar Damaged In Fire
A bar in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, has been badly destroyed in an overnight fire. More than 30 firefighters tackled the blaze at Ownies Bar and Bistro which started just before 2am on Tuesday. The...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 25, 2013
New Space Propulsion Firm Opens In Belfast
First Minister Peter Robinson has officially opened European Space Propulsion Ltd's (ESP) offices in Belfast. The move will create eight new senior positions as well as sustain a further 40 posts at ...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Chemical Spill Closes Part Of A1 Carriageway
A chemical spill caused by an accident involving two lorries closed part of the A1 in North Yorkshire on Monday. North Yorkshire Police said the crash happened on the northbound carriageway at 4.00p...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Ian Brady Addresses Mental Health Tribunal
Ian Brady has told a mental health tribunal that he used "method acting" in order to be classified as insane. The Moors Murderer was speaking publicly for the first time in 47 years. The 75-year-o...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Cancer Drug Offer For 'At Risk' Women
Women who are at most risk of developing breast cancer are to be offered a preventative drug on the NHS, the NICE has said. Studies have found that taking tamoxifen or raloxifene can reduce the chanc...
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UK National News, Jun 25, 2013
Other News In Brief
Security Firm Targets Elderly Residents Bromley Police are issuing a warning about a security firm which is targeting elderly and vulnerable residents by cold calling them. Police have recei...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 25, 2013
£95k Roads Resurfacing Scheme For Antrim
Roads Minister Danny Kennedy has announced the start of a resurfacing scheme for the A57 Dublin Road in Antrim. The scheme will cost a total of £95,000. Work started on the project yesterday (Monda...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 25, 2013
Other News In Brief
Mother And Child Rescued From Fire A young woman and her disabled child have been rescued from a house fire. The fire broke out at a property on Hallidays Road, north Belfast, around 4.30am o...
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Business News, Jun 24, 2013
DVD Launch Highlights The Capability Of Kilkeel Firms
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has launched a DVD highlighting the capability of Kilkeel businesses in the offshore energy sector. Speaking at the launch event at the Nautilus Centre in Kilkeel, A...
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Recruitment News, Jun 24, 2013
6,000 Higher Education Places Announced For Jobseekers
Labour Senator Mary Moran has welcomed the announcement by Minister Ruairi Quinn that an additional 6,000 free part-time higher education places are being made available under the Springboard programm...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 24, 2013
Belfast Hotel To Create 180 Jobs
A new £12m hotel opposite Belfast City Hall is to create up to 180 full and part-time jobs. The former Scottish Mutual building, which is Grade B1 listed, was bought by the Tullymore House hotel grou...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 24, 2013
Planning Application Lodged For Armagh Mall Site
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has confirmed a planning application has been lodged to redevelop the Mall West site in Armagh. Situated next to the city's historic Mall, the proposed d...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 24, 2013
Culture Minister Injured In Parade Protest
Tensions are rising between Northern Ireland's political parties following an incident at the weekend when Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín was injured by a PSNI vehicle. The Culture Minister and her p...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 24, 2013
NI Railways Strike Gets Underway
Around 150 NI Railways conductors, station and platform staff are currently taking part in a 24-hour strike. The strike by the GMB union is over a long-running dispute regarding pay. Translink has...
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
Man Arrested In Connection With Four Murders In France
Police have arrested a 54-year-old man in connection with four murders in the French Alps last year. Saad al-Hilli, 50, his wife Iqbal and her mother Suhalia, 74, were gunned down in their car while ...
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
Ex-CQC Executive Denies Cover-Up Claims
The former Deputy Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said she was not involved in a decision to delete a critical internal review. Last week, an independent report into the CQC...
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
Housing Commission Report Is Published
The RICS Housing Commission has formed recommendations for what government and industry should do to drive investment in affordable housing and ultimately build the right homes for everyone in the UK....
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
Terrorism Unit Dispatched Over Mosque Bomb
West Midlands Police are investigating after a bomb was found at a mosque in Walsall. A package, which was later confirmed to be a bomb, was found by a member of the public in an alleyway beside Ash...
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
PM Concerned Over Stephen Lawrence 'Smear' Claim
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he is "deeply concerned" after an uncover police officer claimed he was asked to spy on the family of murdered teenager, Stephen Lawrence. 18-year-old Lawrence w...
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
Serious Tax Evasions Hit Its Lowest Level
The number of cases of serious tax evasion identified by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has hit its lowest level in the last five years, according to Pinsent Masons, the international law firm. From Apr...
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
Boat Race Protester Faces Deportation
Trenton Oldfield, the man who disrupted last year's University Boat Race, has been refused leave to remain in the UK. According to the BBC, the Home Office said Mr Oldfield's presence in the UK was ...
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UK National News, Jun 24, 2013
Other News In Brief
NSPCC Launches Female Genital Mutilation Helpline The NSPCC has launched a free 24-hour female genital mutilation (FGM) helpline. The Home Office is supporting the launch of a new NSPCC help...
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Northern Ireland News, Jun 24, 2013
Foster Welcomes Indian Business Leaders To The City
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has said boosting trade with India and other emerging economies offers local businesses a new raft of opportunities. Ms Foster made the comments at a welcome recepti...
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