Northern Ireland News for December 2014 : Page 3

Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2014
Trade Unions To Consider Strike Action Over Public Services Cuts
Trade unions in Northern Ireland are to hold a series of public meetings to consider industrial action over cuts to public services. The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unio...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2014
All Party Talks To Be Held On Thursday
NI politicians are to meet again on Thursday in an effort to resolve outstanding disputes. It follows all party talks with the Prime Minister David Cameron held last week, that ended without agreemen...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2014
Police In Cookstown Appeal For Witnesses To Machete Robbery
Police are appealing for witnesses to an armed robbery in a pound shop in Cookstown. According to police a man armed with a machete threatened staff at the shop in the retail park on Orritor Road at ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 16, 2014
Other News In Brief
Teenager Assaulted In Belfast City Centre A teenager has been assaulted in Belfast city centre. The incident happened on Great Victoria Street shortly before 6pm on Monday (15 December). T...
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Recruitment News, Dec 15, 2014
Former Mivan Workers Receive Payout
144 employees formerly recruited by Antrim based construction firm Mivan Limited have won a payout following a successful industrial tribunal hearing, it was announced on Friday December 12th. The w...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Four Teens Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder
Four boys, believed to be in their teens, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed in north London, according to Scotland Yard. The victim was discovered after an altercation...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
Three Arrested In Dissident Investigation
Three men have been arrested in relation to dissident republican terrorist activity. Two men, aged 41 and 54, were detained in the Newry area, while a 44-year-old man was arrested in the south Armag...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
Mivan Workers Win Compensation
An industrial tribunal has awarded former workers at Co Antrim construction firm Mivan compensation after they lost their jobs without warning. The company entered administration in January this year...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
Man Seriously Injured In Assault
A man has suffered serious injuries following an assault in Lisburn. He is being treated in hospital. It is understood the incident happened on the Mullaghglass Road, shortly before 2am on Monday....
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
GAA Stadium Redevelopment 'Unlawful'
A judge has ruled that a planned redevelopment of Casement Park stadium in west Belfast was "unlawful". The High Court judge said that Mark H Durkan, Northern Ireland's Environment Minister, had act...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Six Men Charged With Terror-Related Offences
Scotland Yard have charged six men with terror and fraud offences. The men were arrested on 30 November in Dover and between 01 and 04 December in London. The men are said to range in age from 24 to...
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Business News, Dec 15, 2014
Visit Belfast Welcome Centre Announces First Birthday
The Visit Belfast Welcome Centre has celebrated its first birthday. Since opening, the centre has welcomed more than 250,000 visitors through its doors and seen a significant increase in footfall, ti...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Rail Replacement Bus Carrying 50 People Hit By Lorry
A bus carrying fifty people was hit by a lorry on the A34 in Oxfordshire in the early hours of Monday morning. The First Great Western rail replacement bus was carrying rail passengers from Oxford to...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Man In Serious Condition After Takeaway Brawl
A man is being treated for "life-threatening injuries" after a brawl at a takeaway restaurant spilled out onto the street. Police said that a 38-year-old man got "caught up" in the fight at a takeawa...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Fire Service Urge People To Check Safety Of Christmas Lights
The Fire Service has warned people to make sure their Christmas tree lights are safe after three people had to be rescued from a house fire in Doncaster, thought to have been caused by faulty lights. ...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Public Safety "At Risk" By Policing Cuts
Britain's most senior policeman has warned that public safety is "at risk" unless "radical measures" are taken to tackle funding cuts. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has called on police forces in England an...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Lewis Hamilton Named BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
Lewis Hamilton has been named 2014 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year. Kenny Dalglish and Jonny Wilkinson presented him with the award at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. In second place was Rory McIlroy, ...
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UK National News, Dec 15, 2014
Other News In Brief
Elderly Man Dies In Road Crash A 95-year-old man has died in a road accident in Kirby Cross, Essex. The collision occurred at around 10.25pm on Friday (12 December) on Frinton Road. It is ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
Two Arrested Over Co Antrim Armed Robbery
Police investigating the armed robbery of a shop in Armoy, Co Antrim, on Saturday night have arrested two men. It is understood that two men armed with a gun and a knife threatened staff at a shop on...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
FM And DFM To Attend Downing Street Meeting
The First Minister and Deputy First Minister are to attend talks at Downing Street today. Mr Peter Robinson and Mr Martin McGuinness will join Scottish and Welsh leaders for a meeting of the Joint Mi...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
Man Charged Over Co L'Derry Arson
Police investigating a fire at a house in Co L'Derry on Friday have arrested a 53-year-old man. Police said the man has been charged with arson, endangering life with intent, in relation to the fire ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 15, 2014
Other News In Brief
Greyabbey Road Improvement Scheme Begins Preparatory work on a £315,000 road improvement scheme is underway in Greyabbey. The improvements are being carried out at Church Street/Ballywalter ...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Emergency Department Evacuated In Suspected Gas Attack
A hospital's emergency department had to be evacuated following a suspected CS gas attack. Police said a man "discharged a noxious substance" at Tameside General Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne in the ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Translink Fares To Increase
Fares are to increase on Metro, train and bus service from February, Translink has said. From Monday 16 February next year, most Metro fares are to rise by 10p, while Ulsterbus and NI Railways fares ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Stena Line Disruption Continues
There is continuing disruption to Stena Line ferry services after a vessel collided with a dock in Scotland. The early morning service from Belfast to Cairnryan hit the dock at Loch Ryan Port on Tues...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
PSNI Ups Patrols Following Car Thefts
The PSNI has said it is upping police patrols following a spate of attempted thefts from cars in Belfast. A group of men attempted to open the doors of cars in the York Street and North Queen Street ...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Life Sentence For Claire Tiltman Murderer
Colin Ash-Smith has been sentenced to life for the murder of 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in 1993. Ash-Smith was already serving three life sentences for attacks on two other women when he was charged ...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Planning Permission Granted For Town Centre Redevelopment
Warrington Borough Council (WBC) has granted planning permission for a £52 million redevelopment of the town centre. Around 400 jobs will be created as part of the Bridge Street Quarter regeneration ...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Human Skull Left At Church Believed To Be Over 500 Years Old
A human skull left on the doorstep of Lady St Mary's Church in Dorset has been found to be more than 500 years old. The skull was left wrapped in tissue and inside a bag at the steps of the church in...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
AK-47 Magistrate Removed From Post
A magistrate who posted a picture of himself posing with an AK-47 rifle on Twitter has been dismissed from his role. Ajit Atwal posed for the photo while on holiday in India in 2013. He was suspended...
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