Northern Ireland News for November 2014 : Page 5

UK National News, Nov 20, 2014
Hospital To Use Legal Action To 'Evict' Medically Fit
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is considering using legal action against families who refuse to take elderly relatives home when they are medically fit to do so. The hospital claims that as of Wednes...
UK National News, Nov 20, 2014
BBC Presenter Apologises For Rape Comments
BBC Radio Norfolk presenter Nick Conrad has made an on-air apology for remarks he made during a debate about convicted rapist Ched Evans. Conrad was hosting a phone-in about Mr Evans when he said tha...
UK National News, Nov 20, 2014
Police Renew Appeal For Information On 1994 Taxi Driver Murder
A reward of £20,000 is being offered for information leading to a conviction for the 1994 murder of Ethsham 'Shami' Ghafoor. Mr Ghafoor was found in his taxi shot dead in the early hours of 22nd Nove...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2014
2013 Sees Record Spend On R&D
2013 saw the highest ever spend on research and development (R&D) in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. Total R&D investment was up by 3% from £624m in...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2014
£30m Rate Support Scheme Announced For New Councils
A new £30m support scheme to help keep rate bills down under the new council layout in April has been announced by the Department Of Finance. The scheme will deliver £30m of direct support to both do...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2014
Police Arrest Three Over Cannabis Factories, Castlewellan
Three men aged 30, 33 and 34 have been charged with over 31 offences in connection with the discovery of two cannabis factories in Castlewellan, County Down, on Tuesday 18 November. The men face char...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2014
PSNI Offices To Close 12 Hours A Day
All PSNI Station Enquiry Offices across Northern Ireland are to be reduced to a maximum of 12 hours as a result of budget cuts. The PSNI is required to save £38.4m by 31 March 2015 and will be faced ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 20, 2014
Other News In Brief
PSNI Warning Over Black Market Drugs The police and the Department of Health have warned the public regarding black market prescription drugs, following the theft of a quantity of prescription...
UK National News, Nov 20, 2014
Rochester And Strood By-Election Underway
Polls are now open in the Rochester and Strood by-election. Thirteen candidates are competing for the seat vacated by Mark Reckless, who defected to UKIP from the Conservatives. Polls opened at 7am...
UK National News, Nov 20, 2014
Other News In Brief
Four Arrested For Fighting After England v Scotland Match Four people were arrested following the England v Scotland International friendly football match. The men are understood to have bee...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
Appeal Over Missing Armagh Pensioner
Police have launched an appeal as to the whereabouts of a missing 81-year-old man from Armagh. Police have said they are becoming concerned for the man, who is described as "vulnerable", as he has no...
Recruitment News, Nov 19, 2014
Union Aims To Save Up To 500 Jobs At JTI
North Antrim DUP MP Ian Paisley has welcomed the proposal put forward by Unite the union, which aims to save up to 500 jobs at the JTI Gallahers factory in Ballymena. The DUP MP has worked closely w...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
Unscheduled Care 'Improvements' In NI
Health Minister Jim Wells has said progress is being made in the delivery of unscheduled care in Northern Ireland. The Minister made the comments following a review carried out by the Regulation and ...
Business News, Nov 19, 2014
NI Firms Receive Recognition For Participating In SC21 Programme
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Arlene Foster has encouraged local companies to build on Northern Ireland's reputation for excellence in the aerospace sector. Arlene Foster addressed over...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
Paramedics Attacked On Duty
A team from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has been attacked while treating an assault victim in Coleraine, County L'Derry. NIAS said a group of about ten young men surrounded an ambulance in...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Royal Mail Warns Of Uncertain Future
Royal Mail has recorded a fall in profits in the six months to September, standing at £218m, which is down from £233m for the same period in 2013. Announcing the figures, the company also warned that...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Permanent Memorial For Lee Rigby To Be Erected In Middleton
A bronze drum is to erected in Middleton as a permanent memorial to murdered soldier Lee Rigby. Fusilier Rigby was murdered near Woolwich Barracks in London on 22nd May 2013 in an attack by two Briti...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Thieves Target Commemorative Ceramic Poppies
Commemorative ceramic poppies that were "planted" at the Tower of London to mark the deaths of soldiers during World War One are being targeted by thieves. The display – made up of 888,246 ceramic po...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Zookeeper Injured In An Incident 'Involving A Rhino'
An investigation has been launched after a zookeeper at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire was found in an enclosure with serious injuries. The man, said to be in his 50s, is understood to have been found...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
Ballymena Security Alert Ends
Controlled explosions have been carried out by a bomb squad in Ballymena, County Antrim, after a suspicious device was found under a car. A security alert was declared in the town after the object wa...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Police To Re-Interview First Suspect In Madeleine McCann Disappearance
Detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann plan to re-interview Robert Murat, who was once considered a suspect by Portuguese Police. According to reports British police are ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
Unite Proposals To Save 500 Jobs At Gallaher's
The Unite trade union has said it has drawn up plans to save 500 jobs at Ballymena cigarette factory JTI Gallaher's, after it was announced the premise is to close. 876 jobs are due to be lost at the...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
HLF Earmark £2.2m For 'Wildlife Haven'
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has secured £2.2 million to create a new "wildlife haven", that will link existing wildlife corridors in Cheshire and Greater Manchester. It is hoped the new haven wil...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
DOE Proposes Nine New Listed Buildings For L'Derry
The Department of the Environment has consulted with Derry City Council regarding nine new listing proposals. The buildings are the first results of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Sec...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Police Renew Appeal For Missing Woman
Police have renewed an appeal for help in tracing Lorraine McRae, who has been missing for more than two weeks. The 51-year-old was last seen at Montrose Railway Station on Monday 3rd November. Offic...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
£1m Funding Announced For Children's Hospice
£1m funding has been announced for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice. First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, together with Health Minister Jim Wells, announc...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 19, 2014
Pair Released Over Strabane Bomb Attack
Two people arrested as part of investigations into an attempted bomb attack on officers in Strabane in County Tyrone have been released. Officers were lured to the Ballycolman estate on 23 October to...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Raping 15-Year-Old
Police investigating the alleged rape of 15-year-old girl in a park in south-west London have made an arrest. It is understood police were called to Grove Park in Carshalton at about 20:30 on Saturda...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
M&S Agency Workers Protest Over Conditions And Pay
A protest has been outside a Marks & Spencer store in Slough over work conditions and pay inequalities. The protesters work at an M&S distribution warehouse and describe working conditions as "Victor...
UK National News, Nov 19, 2014
Other News In Brief
75 New Jobs In Furniture Firm Expansion Seventy five new jobs are to be created in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with the expansion of an office furniture business. Orangebox in Nantgarw is to open a ...