Northern Ireland News for November 2014 : Page 8

Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
Order Meets Gardaí
Senior members of the Orange Institution have met with a senior Garda officer to discuss recent arson attacks which destroyed two Orange halls in Co Donegal. Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
O'Neill Meets Tesco In NI Beef Industry Talks
Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has met a senior official from Tesco to discuss issues affecting the beef industry in Northern Ireland. The meeting with Tom Hind, Agriculture Director at Tesco,...
Business News, Nov 13, 2014
Qwizdom Signs Deal With Two European Technology Leaders
Qwizdom in Belfast, the developer of interactive learning solutions, has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to sign a deal with two European technology leaders that could be worth a six-figure s...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
Property Re-evaluation To Make Rates 'Fairer'
The Department of Finance and Personnel’s Land & Property Services (LPS) has re-evaluated all 73,000 non-domestic properties in Northern Ireland in a bid to re-distributed rates in a fairer way. The ...
Recruitment News, Nov 13, 2014
Minister Opens Work Placement Event In Bangor
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has officially opened a Youth Employment Scheme (YES) work placement event held in the Kilcooley Community Forum in Bangor. The work placement event ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
Five Escape From Antrim Flat Fire
Five people, including a three-year-old boy, have escaped from a fire that began in a car and spread to two houses in County Antrim. Firecrews from Antrim and Ballymena were called to the blaze at Bl...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
13 Arrested Over Forced Marriage And Abortion Plot
Police in Manchester have arrested thirteen people in connection with a pregnant woman allegedly sold into a forced marriage. Authorities were contacted after a 20-year-old Slovakian revealed to an i...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
Postal Workers To Receive Missing People Alerts
Postal workers are to receive alerts of missing and vulnerable people as part of a new agreement between Royal Mail (RM) and the charity Missing People. RM's 124,000 postal workers will receive image...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
Birmingham City Council Reveal 20-Year City Plan
A new £4 billion transport plan for Birmingham has been revealed by the city's council. The 20-year Birmingham Connected scheme proposes three tram lines for the city, a high-speed bus route, the reo...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
L'Derry Man Sentenced Over Mortars Transportation
A man from L'Derry has been sentenced to twelve years in prison after being caught driving a van containing mortars through the city last year. 37-year-old Seamus McLaughlin of Eastway Gardens admitt...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
Shot Fired At North Belfast House
Police are investigating following reports that a shot was fired at a house in north Belfast. The attack occurred in the Butler Walk area of the city at about 09:25 on Wednesday morning. A window wa...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
New Scotland Yard Sold
The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police has been sold, London's deputy mayor for police and crime has confirmed. The proceeds from the sale of New Scotland Yard (NSY) are to be reinvested in fron...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
PSNI Appeal Over Missing Woman
Police have appealed to the public to help them trace the whereabouts of missing person Edyta Dorota Mazurek. The 41-year-old was last seen in the Ballymena Road area of Antrim at approximately 09:00...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
Wales Weather Warning Upgraded To Amber
The Met Office has upgraded its weather warning to amber for western parts of Wales. The forecaster said that severe gales and gusts of up to 75mph are expected in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Gwyned...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
SECTU Arrest Slough Man Over Financing Terrorism
Thames Valley Police have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of financing overseas terrorist acts. Officers from the South East Counter Terrorism Unit (SECTU) made the arrest in Slough, in relat...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
Bowe Signs New Ulster Rugby Contract
Tommy Bowe has signed a new contract that will see him stay at Ulster Rugby until June 2018. The IRFU and Ulster made the announcement today. Bowe made his competitive senior debut for Ulster against...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
Homes Evacuated After Shop Collapses
A number of homes in Wirral have been evacuated after two derelict buildings collapsed. A former shop and a flat collapsed in King Street, Wallasey, at about 19:40 on Wednesday. Eight people in near...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
New Rivers Agency Opens, Omagh
The Rivers Agency’s new Western Regional office has been opened in Omagh, County Tyrone. The new building at St Julian’s Road will accommodate up to 40 staff and follows a £2m investment in the Omagh...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
Four Hundred Patients Tested In Dentist Hygiene Scare
The dentist at the centre of a health scare in Nottinghamshire has been named as Desmond D'Mello. 22,000 patients of the dentist have been offered tests for HIV and hepatitis after a whistleblower ra...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 13, 2014
Other News In Brief
£1m Construction Work Begins At Desertmartin Construction has begun on the A29 Tobermore Road, Desertmartin near Magherafelt in County L'Derry at a cost of £1m. Work is expected to begin mid ...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
HM Coastguard Stand Down English Channel Search
An eight hour search for a passenger who allegedly fell overboard from a ferry in the English Channel has been stood down, with HM Coastguard saying all passengers and crew have been "accounted for sa...
UK National News, Nov 13, 2014
Other News In Brief
CoE Propose Primary School Savings Clubs The Church of England has proposed establishing a network of savings clubs in primary schools in an effort to raise children's financial awareness. T...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2014
NI Unemployment Falls
The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland fell from 6.6% to 6.0% over the period July - September 2014, according to the latest Labour Force Survey. The rate is down 1.3% from the rate recorded one y...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2014
Sheffield United Urged To Reconsider Evans Decision
Sheffield United have been urged to reconsider its decision to allow convicted rapist Ched Evans to train with the club. Sheffield Central MP Paul Bloomfield said if the club proceeded it would send ...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2014
Man Rescued By Helicopter from Rathlin Island
A man in his 70s has been airlifted to hospital after becoming trapped in his 4x4 on Rathlin Island in County Antrim. The man's vehicle went off road and rolled down an embankment onto the shoreline ...
Business News, Nov 12, 2014
Minister Departs To Lead Trade Mission To The USA
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, departs today to lead an investment and trade mission to the USA. This is Minister Bruton's 24th major investment/trade mission since ...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2014
Police Release CCTV Images Of Missing Aberdeen Man
Police searching for a missing Aberdeen man have released CCTV footage capture on the day he was last seen. Shaun Richie has been missing since Friday 31st October, when he was last seen with friends...
UK National News, Nov 12, 2014
Banks Fined For Manipulating Exchange Rates
The Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC are among five banks collectively fined £2 billion for attempted manipulation of foreign exchange rates. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has worked alongside...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2014
Derry City Council To 'Go Blue' For World Diabetes Day
Derry City Council has said it will turn its office building blue to raise awareness for people living in the area with diabetes. To mark World Diabetes Day on 14 November, famous landmarks, building...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 12, 2014
QUB Astronomers Assist Comet Landing
Astronomers at Queen’s University Belfast are currently assisting the first ever landing by a spacecraft on an icy comet. At 08:35 this morning, a robotic lander called Philae was released from the E...