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Northern Ireland News for October 2014 : Page 9
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2014
Belfast Announces Charges For Public Bike Scheme
Belfast City Council has agreed charges for Northern Ireland’s first public bike hire scheme, the pilot phase of which is to be introduced in March 2015. The Council has also announced the locations ...
Belfast Announces Charges For Public Bike Scheme
Belfast City Council has agreed charges for Northern Ireland’s first public bike hire scheme, the pilot phase of which is to be introduced in March 2015. The Council has also announced the locations ...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2014
Health Report Calls For Smoking Ban In London Parks
The Health Commission has called for smoking to be banned in various public spaces across London, including Trafalgar and Parliament squares. It is one of a number of proposals being put forward by t...
Health Report Calls For Smoking Ban In London Parks
The Health Commission has called for smoking to be banned in various public spaces across London, including Trafalgar and Parliament squares. It is one of a number of proposals being put forward by t...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2014
DEL Launches 'Connected' Phase 3
The third phase of the Department for Employment and Learning’s 'Connected' programme has been launched today. Funded by the Department, Connected is delivered by Queen’s University, the University o...
DEL Launches 'Connected' Phase 3
The third phase of the Department for Employment and Learning’s 'Connected' programme has been launched today. Funded by the Department, Connected is delivered by Queen’s University, the University o...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 15, 2014
Other News In Brief
'Serious' Two-Vehicle Crash, Coleraine Police have reported a "serious" two-vehicle crash in Coleraine, County Londonderry. The incident occurred on the Creamery Road on Wednesday morning. Th...
Other News In Brief
'Serious' Two-Vehicle Crash, Coleraine Police have reported a "serious" two-vehicle crash in Coleraine, County Londonderry. The incident occurred on the Creamery Road on Wednesday morning. Th...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2014
PCS Announce Civil Servants Strike Action
Up to 200,000 civil servants are to strike over pay, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has announced. The union, whose members include museum staff, job centre workers, driving test cent...
PCS Announce Civil Servants Strike Action
Up to 200,000 civil servants are to strike over pay, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has announced. The union, whose members include museum staff, job centre workers, driving test cent...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2014
Sturgeon To Become Scotland's First Female First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon is to become the new leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland, after her bid for both roles went unchallenged. Ms Sturgeon will assume her new positions fr...
Sturgeon To Become Scotland's First Female First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon is to become the new leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland, after her bid for both roles went unchallenged. Ms Sturgeon will assume her new positions fr...
UK National News, Oct 15, 2014
Other News In Brief
Two Bailed In Syria Related Terrorism Investigation Two people arrested on Tuesday by police investigating suspected terrorism offences have been released on bail. They were among six people ...
Other News In Brief
Two Bailed In Syria Related Terrorism Investigation Two people arrested on Tuesday by police investigating suspected terrorism offences have been released on bail. They were among six people ...
Recruitment News, Oct 14, 2014
Amazon To Create 1,000 New Jobs
Amazon has announced it will create 1,000 new permanent roles at its UK fulfilment centres in the coming months. There are currently 6,000 permanent employees in Amazon fulfilment and customer servi...
Amazon To Create 1,000 New Jobs
Amazon has announced it will create 1,000 new permanent roles at its UK fulfilment centres in the coming months. There are currently 6,000 permanent employees in Amazon fulfilment and customer servi...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Labour To Boycott 'English Votes' Discussions
Labour has said that it will boycott any body established to examine the role of English MPs, saying that it would not take part in discussions on "English votes for English laws". The party made its...
Labour To Boycott 'English Votes' Discussions
Labour has said that it will boycott any body established to examine the role of English MPs, saying that it would not take part in discussions on "English votes for English laws". The party made its...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
L'Derry Device 'Capable Of Killing'
A device found in a village in L'Derry during a security alert has been described by police as "capable of killing". About 30 homes were evacuated in Ballyarnett on Monday night and have since been a...
L'Derry Device 'Capable Of Killing'
A device found in a village in L'Derry during a security alert has been described by police as "capable of killing". About 30 homes were evacuated in Ballyarnett on Monday night and have since been a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
Children's Heart Surgery To Cease
Children's heart surgery in Northern Ireland will be transferred from Belfast to Dublin as part of a new all-Ireland approach, Health Minister Jim Wells has said. The announcement follows the publicat...
Children's Heart Surgery To Cease
Children's heart surgery in Northern Ireland will be transferred from Belfast to Dublin as part of a new all-Ireland approach, Health Minister Jim Wells has said. The announcement follows the publicat...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Leading Consultant Issues Warning Over Lithium Batteries
A leading Greater Manchester Paediatric Intensive Care Transport Service consultant has issued a warning of the dangers posed to children by lithium batteries. It is understood two children have died...
Leading Consultant Issues Warning Over Lithium Batteries
A leading Greater Manchester Paediatric Intensive Care Transport Service consultant has issued a warning of the dangers posed to children by lithium batteries. It is understood two children have died...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Ebola Screening Underway At Heathrow
Ebola screening for passengers arriving from affected countries has begun at Heathrow airport. According to reports on day one of the new procedure, "a few passengers" were asked to complete health q...
Ebola Screening Underway At Heathrow
Ebola screening for passengers arriving from affected countries has begun at Heathrow airport. According to reports on day one of the new procedure, "a few passengers" were asked to complete health q...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Children's Heart Surgery No Longer Available In Northern Ireland
Children's paediatric heart surgery is to end in Northern Ireland, moving to a single all-Ireland surgical unit in Dublin. Northern Ireland's Health Minister, Jim Wells, confirmed today that children...
Children's Heart Surgery No Longer Available In Northern Ireland
Children's paediatric heart surgery is to end in Northern Ireland, moving to a single all-Ireland surgical unit in Dublin. Northern Ireland's Health Minister, Jim Wells, confirmed today that children...
Business News, Oct 14, 2014
Trainees Show Off Hospitality Skills At St George's Market
Trainees on Belfast City Council's Hospitality and Retail Training for Employment (HARTE) programme showed off their hospitality skills at St George's Market, working at a special pop-up kitchen. The...
Trainees Show Off Hospitality Skills At St George's Market
Trainees on Belfast City Council's Hospitality and Retail Training for Employment (HARTE) programme showed off their hospitality skills at St George's Market, working at a special pop-up kitchen. The...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
Irish Govt Accepts Remembrance Sunday Invitation
The Irish government has said it has accepted an invitation by the British government to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph during this year's Remembrance Sunday ceremony. Dublin has accepted the invitatio...
Irish Govt Accepts Remembrance Sunday Invitation
The Irish government has said it has accepted an invitation by the British government to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph during this year's Remembrance Sunday ceremony. Dublin has accepted the invitatio...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Three More Tesco Executives Suspended
A further three Tesco executives have been asked to step aside, while the supermarket continues to investigate an alleged £250 million profit guidance overstatement. The latest round of suspensions b...
Three More Tesco Executives Suspended
A further three Tesco executives have been asked to step aside, while the supermarket continues to investigate an alleged £250 million profit guidance overstatement. The latest round of suspensions b...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Woman And Children Found Dead In Stoke-on Trent
An investigation is underway following the discovery of the bodies of a woman and two children at a house in Stoke-on-Trent. Police say they made the discovery after being called to an address in She...
Woman And Children Found Dead In Stoke-on Trent
An investigation is underway following the discovery of the bodies of a woman and two children at a house in Stoke-on-Trent. Police say they made the discovery after being called to an address in She...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
Initiative To Recognise GAA WWI Fighters
A new initiative has been launched that will seek to recognise the participation of members of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in World War One. Culture and Arts Minister Carál Nί Chuil&#...
Initiative To Recognise GAA WWI Fighters
A new initiative has been launched that will seek to recognise the participation of members of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in World War One. Culture and Arts Minister Carál Nί Chuil&#...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Police Search For Suspected Bank Robber Potentially Covered In Red Dye
Police Scotland are searching for a man, who may be covered in red dye, suspected of robbing a bank in Edinburgh. Police say that a branch of RBS in Craigentinny was robbed at about 16:45 on Monday. ...
Police Search For Suspected Bank Robber Potentially Covered In Red Dye
Police Scotland are searching for a man, who may be covered in red dye, suspected of robbing a bank in Edinburgh. Police say that a branch of RBS in Craigentinny was robbed at about 16:45 on Monday. ...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Public Consultation Launched On New Silvertown Tunnel
A public consultation has been launched for proposed east London rvier crossing, the Silvertown Tunnel, which would connect Greenwich Peninsula with the Royal Docks. The proposed tunnel, which it is...
Public Consultation Launched On New Silvertown Tunnel
A public consultation has been launched for proposed east London rvier crossing, the Silvertown Tunnel, which would connect Greenwich Peninsula with the Royal Docks. The proposed tunnel, which it is...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
Nine Arrested In PSNI Drugs Bust
Nine people have been arrested in Northern Ireland and Manchester in England as part of police operations to prevent the circulation of illegal drugs. Three men and a woman, aged between 30 and 44, w...
Nine Arrested In PSNI Drugs Bust
Nine people have been arrested in Northern Ireland and Manchester in England as part of police operations to prevent the circulation of illegal drugs. Three men and a woman, aged between 30 and 44, w...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
RSPCA Report Pet Rabbit Found With Ears Cut Off
The RSPCA have reported that a stray rabbit found in Bradford appears to have had its ears removed with scissors. It is understood that the rabbit was found by a member of the public on Sunday near D...
RSPCA Report Pet Rabbit Found With Ears Cut Off
The RSPCA have reported that a stray rabbit found in Bradford appears to have had its ears removed with scissors. It is understood that the rabbit was found by a member of the public on Sunday near D...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
Four Convicted Over Clocked Cars
Four drivers have pleaded guilty and been convicted at Newry Crown Court for offences connected to fraud and forgery of tachograph (speedometer) records. Mr Sean Thornton, of Newry Road, Crossmaglen,...
Four Convicted Over Clocked Cars
Four drivers have pleaded guilty and been convicted at Newry Crown Court for offences connected to fraud and forgery of tachograph (speedometer) records. Mr Sean Thornton, of Newry Road, Crossmaglen,...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
Radiotherapy Unit At Altnagelvin To Open
The radiotherapy unit at Altnagelvin hospital in L'Derry is to open as planned in 2016, Health Minister Jim Wells has said. The announcement will quell fears that delivery of the cancer unit would be...
Radiotherapy Unit At Altnagelvin To Open
The radiotherapy unit at Altnagelvin hospital in L'Derry is to open as planned in 2016, Health Minister Jim Wells has said. The announcement will quell fears that delivery of the cancer unit would be...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
QUB Project To Uncover Birth of Belfast's Docklands
Researchers from Queen's University Belfast are to begin a new three-year research project to shed light on the birth of the city's docklands. Dr Liz Thomas from the School of Geography, Archaeology ...
QUB Project To Uncover Birth of Belfast's Docklands
Researchers from Queen's University Belfast are to begin a new three-year research project to shed light on the birth of the city's docklands. Dr Liz Thomas from the School of Geography, Archaeology ...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
NI NSPCC Adult Helpline Opens
Northern Ireland's first NSPCC adult helpline has opened today. The new NSPCC Adult Helpline Base in Belfast will provide free, anonymous and 24/7 specialist support, advice and counselling for any a...
NI NSPCC Adult Helpline Opens
Northern Ireland's first NSPCC adult helpline has opened today. The new NSPCC Adult Helpline Base in Belfast will provide free, anonymous and 24/7 specialist support, advice and counselling for any a...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 14, 2014
Other News In Brief
Farmer Convicted At Dungannon Court A County Tyrone farmer has been convicted at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court of one charge of failing to notify the Department of Agriculture and Rural Develop...
Other News In Brief
Farmer Convicted At Dungannon Court A County Tyrone farmer has been convicted at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court of one charge of failing to notify the Department of Agriculture and Rural Develop...
UK National News, Oct 14, 2014
Other News In Brief
Police Appeal To West London Siblings Missing In Egypt Police have appealed for help in tracing a 16-year-old girl and her 23-year-old brother, thought to be missing in Egypt. It is understoo...
Other News In Brief
Police Appeal To West London Siblings Missing In Egypt Police have appealed for help in tracing a 16-year-old girl and her 23-year-old brother, thought to be missing in Egypt. It is understoo...
Northern Ireland News, Oct 13, 2014
Economy Growth Slows
Northern Ireland's economy continues to recover, but growth has eased to an 11-month low, according to the latest Ulster Bank Purchasing Managers' Index. The private sector remained strong at the end...
Economy Growth Slows
Northern Ireland's economy continues to recover, but growth has eased to an 11-month low, according to the latest Ulster Bank Purchasing Managers' Index. The private sector remained strong at the end...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:It will be a cold evening and night with a frost. It will be largely dry, but a few wintry showers towards the north coast overnight. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
