Northern Ireland News for August 2013

UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
MPs Vote Against Syrian Military Response
MPs last night voted against military action in Syria by a majority of 285 to 272. The government had debated the possibility of military action in response to an alleged chemical attack carried out ...
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Recruitment News, Aug 30, 2013
Enterprise Ireland Appoints New CEO
Terence O'Rourke, Chairman of the Board of Enterprise Ireland has announced that following a rigorous process and evaluation of applicants from Ireland and overseas, Julie Sinnamon has been appointed ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Poet Seamus Heaney Dies
Alliance Culture spokesperson Anna Lo MLA has expressed her sadness at the death of poet Seamus Heaney, 74. Anna Lo MLA said: "I am greatly saddened by the death of Seamus Heaney. He was one of my he...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Strangler To Serve A Minimum Of 19 Years
A man who strangled a pensioner to death 25 years ago has been sentenced to a minimum of 19 years behind bars. Samuel Dunwoody, 52, was stealing money from Margaret Telford's house in north Belfast a...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Appeal Launches Over Rural Crime
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has written to all of NI's Policing and Community Safety Partnerships (PSCP) to express concern about rural crime. The UFU believe more could be done to tackle the iss...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Man Arrested After Car Is Found On Fire
Police have arrested a man after a car was found on fire in Coleraine, Co L'Derry, in the early hours of Friday morning. The vehicle was parked in a car port underneath flats, some of which were dama...
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Business News, Aug 30, 2013
Microsense Solutions Develops Leading Edge Perimeter Security
With R&D support from Invest Northern Ireland, local company MicroSense Solutions Ltd is developing the next generation of microwave perimeter detection systems through a £580,000 investment project. ...
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UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
Soldier Dies During Training Exercise In Yorkshire
A solider has died taking part in a training exercise in a moorland in North Yorkshire, police have confirmed. It is understood the 26-year-old man died on Barden Moor, Leyburn, on Wednesday. He has ...
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UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
Former CPS Employees Jailed Over £1m Taxi Scam
Two people have been jailed for six years each for their part in a £1m taxi expenses scam. Former Crown Prosecution Service finance manager Lisa Burrows and taxi driver Tahir Mahmood, who also worked...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Cloud Academy Launches
Employment and Learning Minister Dr. Stephen Farry has launched the new Cloud Academy. The Cloud Academy aims to provide graduates with the skills and experience required to take up exciting new ICT ...
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UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
Man Charged With Murder Of Nursery Teacher
A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Sarbina Moss, a nursery school teacher who was shot dead on her 24th birthday. The shooting happen on Saturday in Kilburn High Road, north-west L...
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UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
Poet Seamus Heaney Dies Aged 74
Acclaimed poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Seamus Heaney, has died at the age of 74. It is understood that the former teacher-turned-poet, hailed by many and the best Irish poet sin...
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UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
BT To End Its Dial-Up Internet Access
BT have announced that on 1 September it will turn off its dial-up internet service. The telecommunications company say the service is only used by a "tiny minority" of its 6.8 million customers. B...
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UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
Briton Sentenced To Death In Bali Loses Appeal
Lindsay Sandiford, the 57-year-old British woman sentenced to death in Bali for drug trafficking, has lost her appeal over the sentence. Sandiford, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, had her appeal reje...
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UK National News, Aug 30, 2013
Other News In Brief
PM Vows Support To Gibraltar In Dispute With Spain Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to "stand up for Gibraltar and the interests of its people". Cameron made his comments as he held a m...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
New Building Projects For Lisburn City
Lisburn City Council has said restorative work on the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum has started. Site works within the city centre for the Council's Public Realm Scheme is also underway. T...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Concerns Over University Postgrad Fees
SDLP Employment and Learning Spokesperson Pat Ramsey has voiced his concern regarding the above-average increase in fees at Queen's University relating to taught Postgraduate courses. Mr Ramsey said...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Funding Boost For After-School Sports
Alliance East Belfast MLA, Judith Cochrane, has welcomed the announcement that after-school sport ventures across Northern Ireland are to receive a funding boost. The news follows the launch of a £2...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Progress Continues At New Omagh Hospital
Health Minister Edwin Poots has visited the site of the new Omagh Hospital project, and said he is impressed with the progress being made. Work on the development is currently running ahead of sched...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 30, 2013
Other News In Brief
Two People Convicted Of Benefit Fraud Two people were convicted at Londonderry Magistrates' court for claiming benefits they were not entitled to. Natalie McLaughlin (28) of Drumard Park, Lo...
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Business News, Aug 29, 2013
Elmgrove Foods Ltd Scoop Queen's Award
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has commended Elmgrove Foods Limited on achieving the Queen's Award for Enterprise, the UK's most prestigious award for business performance. Speaking during a recep...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2013
MPs To Debate Possible Military Response Against Syria
Legal advice taken by the British government has stated that Britain could launch military action against Syria, without the backing of the United Nations, and even if permanent members Russia and Chi...
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Recruitment News, Aug 29, 2013
Minister Launches New Apprenticeship Programme
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has launched a new apprenticeship programme at Norbrook Laboratories Ltd in Newry. Speaking at the launch, the Minister said: "I commend Norbrook Lab...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2013
Four People Injured After Car Accident In East Belfast
Four people have been injured after being hit by a car in east Belfast. The driver of a silver Audi, who is believed to have suffered a heart attack, swerved the car onto the footpath on the Woodstoc...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2013
Teen Attacked With A Glass Bottle
A teenager has been hit in the face with a glass bottle in north Belfast. The 16-year-old was walking home when a man grabbed him and struck him in the face twice with a beer bottle at around 6pm on ...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2013
£445k Resurfacing Works For Bangor
Transport Minister Danny Kennedy has announced the start of a £445,000 resurfacing scheme on the A2 Belfast Road. The works will be carried out (Belfast bound) between the Ballysallagh Road and Ball...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2013
60 Villagers Release Pro-Fracking Statement
A pro-fracking letter has been signed by 60 residents of a village at the centre of an ongoing protest against the practice. Protesters have been in Balcombe, West Sussex, since energy firm Caudrilla...
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Northern Ireland News, Aug 29, 2013
Northern Trust Attempts To Limit Admissions To Care Homes
Alliance Health spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed his alarm after it was claimed that the Northern Trust is attempting to limit admissions to care homes to make them unsustainable to keep...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2013
Police Training Centre Fire Still Burning
A fire at an under construction police firearms training centre is still burning, more than 48 hours since it was deliberately started. On Wednesday an anarchist group claimed responsibility for the ...
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UK National News, Aug 29, 2013
Texting Lorry Driver Jailed Over Crash Deaths
A 44-year-old lorry driver has been jailed over the deaths of a couple killed when his lorry toppled over as he read a text message on his phone. Ethen Roberts, of Immingham, North East Lincolnshire,...
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