Northern Ireland News for February 2014 : Page 6

UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
Two Further Arrests Made In 2007 Disappearance Case
Police in Bradford have arrested two men in connection with the 2007 disappearance of 32-year-old Sajid Saddique . Mr Saddique from Allerton was last seen on the morning of 14 February, over seven ye...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
Funding To Repair World War II Jetty Confirmed
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has confirmed funding of £20,000 to repair the World War II jetty at Fort George in L'Derry. Part of the jetty has been fenced off for the past 18 months...
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UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
Stereotyping Affecting Teenagers Chance Of Employment Claims Survey
False stereotyping of young people in the media and wider society is having a negative effect on both self-esteem and employment opportunities, a survey has revealed. The survey, conducted by Demos a...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
Belfast Mayor 'Feared For His Safety'
Belfast's Lord Mayor has told to a court that the attack during the Woodvale Park reopening on 6 August last year, put "his life in danger". Sinn Féin's Máirtín Ó Muilleoir was giving evidence to a t...
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Recruitment News, Feb 19, 2014
1850 Jobs To Be Created By 122 Start-Up Firms
1850 jobs will be created over the next three years by 122 High Potential Start-Up companies supported by the Department of Jobs through Enterprise Ireland, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innov...
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Business News, Feb 19, 2014
NI Technology Firms To Attend World Congress In Barcelona
Seventeen Northern Ireland technology companies are attending Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona from 24-27 February as part of the Invest Northern Ireland delegation. This is the biggest-ever ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
Northern Bank Cash Laundering: Financier Changes Plea To Guilty
Timothy 'Ted' Cunningham, the financial adviser who denied involvement in laundering £605,000 from the Northern Bank robbery, has changed his plea to guilty. According to reports 65-year-old Cunningh...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
Property Prices Under Half Their Peak Value
The prices of residential property sold today in Northern Ireland are under half of their 2007 peak value, according to the latest figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. The ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
Hydebank Wood Prison Appoints New Governor
Austin Treacy has been appointed the new governor for Northern Ireland's third largest prison, Hydebank Wood and Young Offenders Centre in Belfast. The appointment follows the decision by current Gov...
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UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
Almost 200,000 More People Now In Work
The latest employment figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of people in work rose by 193,000 to 30.15 million in the three months to December. The number of peop...
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UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
Lid Dem Councillors Call For Resignations Over Job Cuts Increase
Opposition members of Wolverhampton City Council have called for the resignation of the council's chief executive Simon Warren and councillors Roger Lawrence and Andrew Johnson. Liberal Democrat coun...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
New £300,000 Lounge Unveiled At George Best Belfast City Airport
British Airways has unveiled its new £300,000 lounge at George Best Belfast City Airport. Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways' parent company, International Airlines Group, officially op...
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UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
Woman Dies In Hairdresser Knife Attack
A 20-year-old woman has died following a knife attack at Gloucester hair salon. Police responded to reports of a woman being attacked at Fringe Benefits on Southgate Street at around 18:00 on Tuesday...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
Poots To Meet Staff At Emergency Care Summit
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is holding an emergency care summit in Belfast on Wednesday to put their concerns to Stormont Health Minister Edwin Poots. A major incident in the Royal Victoria H...
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UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
Scottish Govt Commit £4m To Paid Training Scheme
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has announced that government funding of £4m will be used to create around 1,200 jobs and training placements. The First Minister made the announcement at the ope...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
NIA Backs Law To Tackle Tobacco Sales To Children
The Northern Ireland Assembly has approved a new law to tackle the sale of tobacco to children, target adults who buy tobacco products for children and introduce steps to deal with persistent offender...
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UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
RAF Carry Out Controlled Explosion At Engine Factory
An RAF explosive ordnance team has carried out a controlled explosion at an engine factory in Cambridgeshire. Staff at the Peterborough headquarters of Perkins, which makes off-highway diesel and gas...
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UK National News, Feb 19, 2014
Other News In Brief
Economic Benefit From Offshore Wind Is Key Priority Maximising the economic benefit from offshore wind is a key priority for Government, reveals a new report. The Offshore Wind Programme Bo...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 19, 2014
Other News In Brief
Road Opens After Armagh Crash The Dobbin Road in County Armagh outside Portadown has been reopened following a two-vehicle crash. The Road was closed between Derryhale Road and Richhill for a...
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UK National News, Feb 18, 2014
Appeal Court Rule Whole-Life Sentences Can Be Used
Whole-life prison terms can continue to be served for the most serious of cases, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The ruling follows a call by the European Court of Human Rights that the use of whole-l...
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UK National News, Feb 18, 2014
Inflation Falls Below BoE Target For First Time In Four Years
The UK's inflation rate has fallen below the Bank of England's target for the first time in over four years. New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in January the inflation rat...
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UK National News, Feb 18, 2014
Police Seize Dog After Newborn Baby Death
Dyfed-Powys Police have seized a family dog in South Wales after the death of a six-day-old-baby-girl. Officers were called to the property in Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire at around 8:30 on Tuesday. ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2014
Poots Orders Alcohol Price Report
The major accident of the Odyssey Arena in Belfast earlier this month in which more than 100 young people were treated for the alcohol effects have forced Health Minister Edwin Poots to order a report...
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Recruitment News, Feb 18, 2014
Call For High Levels Of Unemployment To Be Addressed
Sinn Féin Senator David Cullinane has called on the Government to urgently address the dangerously high levels of unemployment in the city and county. Senator Cullinane said that the Southeast is bei...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2014
Police Cars Attacked
Police attending the scene of a sudden death in Strabane, Co Tyrone, were attacked by young people throwing stones at the Ballycolman estate on Monday evening. On the Strabane PSNI Facebook page poli...
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UK National News, Feb 18, 2014
French Police Arrest Man Over Alps Murder Of British Family
A man has been arrested by French police in connection with the murder of a British family in the Alps in 2012. The 48-year-old man from the Haute-Savoie region is being held in formal custody, Frenc...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2014
Traders Urged To Support Giro d'Italia
The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association (NIIRTA) is urging traders to use this year's Giro d#'Italia cycle race to the advantage of the local economy. The Giro d'Italia is one of th...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2014
NI State Pathologist Retires
Northern Ireland's State Pathologist has retired from his post, the Department of Justice has confirmed. Jack Crane Was NI State Pathologist for 24 years, and worked through some of the worst violenc...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2014
Farmer Guilty Of Philip Strickland Murder
Jimmy Seales, 56, Ballykeel Road, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a man two years ago in County Down. His two sons Ian and Jason Weir had already pleaded guilty to murder. Phili...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 18, 2014
Maghaberry Inmates Produce Braille Books For Malawi Children
Inmates at Maghaberry Prison have this week finished and handed over a consignment of Braille books for blind children in Malawi. Justice Minister David Ford was at the Braille Unit in the prison for...
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