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Northern Ireland News for May 2014 : Page 4
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2014
NI21 Leader Denies Allegations Of 'Inappropriate Sexual Activity'
NI21 leader Basil McCrea has strenuously denied allegations of "inappropriate sexual activity". On Friday morning Mr McCrea told the BBC that he had done nothing wrong and the allegations were only b...
NI21 Leader Denies Allegations Of 'Inappropriate Sexual Activity'
NI21 leader Basil McCrea has strenuously denied allegations of "inappropriate sexual activity". On Friday morning Mr McCrea told the BBC that he had done nothing wrong and the allegations were only b...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2014
Two Arrests Over Racial Hate Crime Attack
Police have arrested two men in relation to what they are describing as a racial hate crime in north Belfast. The pair, aged 20 and 21, were arrested following criminal damage was caused to a vehicle...
Two Arrests Over Racial Hate Crime Attack
Police have arrested two men in relation to what they are describing as a racial hate crime in north Belfast. The pair, aged 20 and 21, were arrested following criminal damage was caused to a vehicle...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2014
£100,000 Worth Of Dangerous Medicine Seized
Tens of thousands of illegally imported and unauthorised medicines destined for addresses throughout Northern Ireland were seized as part of an international operation, according to the Department of ...
£100,000 Worth Of Dangerous Medicine Seized
Tens of thousands of illegally imported and unauthorised medicines destined for addresses throughout Northern Ireland were seized as part of an international operation, according to the Department of ...
UK National News, May 23, 2014
Sir Paul McCartney In Tokyo Hospital For Virus
Sir Paul McCartney has been treated in a Japanese hospital after getting a virus, which forced him to cancel five concerts of his Out There World tour. A spokeswoman for the 71-year-old former Beatle...
Sir Paul McCartney In Tokyo Hospital For Virus
Sir Paul McCartney has been treated in a Japanese hospital after getting a virus, which forced him to cancel five concerts of his Out There World tour. A spokeswoman for the 71-year-old former Beatle...
UK National News, May 23, 2014
Birmingham CPS 'Inadequate' For Fifth Year In A Row
Serious failures in the Birmingham's Children's Services department has seen it rated, for the fifth year in a row, as "inadequate" by Ofsted, which said the services are leaving young people at risk ...
Birmingham CPS 'Inadequate' For Fifth Year In A Row
Serious failures in the Birmingham's Children's Services department has seen it rated, for the fifth year in a row, as "inadequate" by Ofsted, which said the services are leaving young people at risk ...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2014
NASA Recruits Queen's University Scientist
A Queen's University scientist has been recruited by NASA to contribute to a high-level, international investigation into the possibility of the planet Mars becoming contaminated with microbes from Ea...
NASA Recruits Queen's University Scientist
A Queen's University scientist has been recruited by NASA to contribute to a high-level, international investigation into the possibility of the planet Mars becoming contaminated with microbes from Ea...
UK National News, May 23, 2014
Hall Gets Another Two-And-A-Half Years For Indecent Assault
Ex-Broadcaster Stuart Hall has been jailed for a further two and a half years for indecently assaulting an underage girl. Hall, 84, admitted carrying out an attack at Preston Crown Court. He was fou...
Hall Gets Another Two-And-A-Half Years For Indecent Assault
Ex-Broadcaster Stuart Hall has been jailed for a further two and a half years for indecently assaulting an underage girl. Hall, 84, admitted carrying out an attack at Preston Crown Court. He was fou...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2014
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Following Crossbow Attack
A man has been charged with attempted murder following a crossbow attack in south Belfast on Wednesday evening. A 29-year-old man was shot with a crossbow while he was in a parked car in the Belgravi...
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Following Crossbow Attack
A man has been charged with attempted murder following a crossbow attack in south Belfast on Wednesday evening. A 29-year-old man was shot with a crossbow while he was in a parked car in the Belgravi...
Northern Ireland News, May 23, 2014
Other News In Brief
Woman Convicted Of Benefit Fraud A woman was convicted at Dungannon Crown Court for claiming benefits she was not entitled to. Kim Dickinson, 39, of Edenfel Park, Beragh claimed Income...
Other News In Brief
Woman Convicted Of Benefit Fraud A woman was convicted at Dungannon Crown Court for claiming benefits she was not entitled to. Kim Dickinson, 39, of Edenfel Park, Beragh claimed Income...
UK National News, May 23, 2014
Yacht Families Hopeful After Foreign Office Meeting
Families of the four British sailors missing in the Atlantic Ocean have said they remain hopeful their relatives will be found after a meeting with the Foreign Office Minister. The crew's relatives s...
Yacht Families Hopeful After Foreign Office Meeting
Families of the four British sailors missing in the Atlantic Ocean have said they remain hopeful their relatives will be found after a meeting with the Foreign Office Minister. The crew's relatives s...
Recruitment News, May 22, 2014
Optare Workers To Take Strike Action
Unite has announced that workers at Optare, the Leeds-based supplier to some of the country's biggest bus and coach companies, will start industrial action on Friday 23rd May, over plans to force the ...
Optare Workers To Take Strike Action
Unite has announced that workers at Optare, the Leeds-based supplier to some of the country's biggest bus and coach companies, will start industrial action on Friday 23rd May, over plans to force the ...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
Stabbing At Belfast College
Two people have been stabbed in an incident at the Millfield campus of Belfast Metropolitan College. One of the injured men is described as being in a critical condition, according to reports. The s...
Stabbing At Belfast College
Two people have been stabbed in an incident at the Millfield campus of Belfast Metropolitan College. One of the injured men is described as being in a critical condition, according to reports. The s...
Business News, May 22, 2014
Minister Launches 'Watch This SPACE'
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has announced funding of £22,000 to continue a pilot project to bring empty commercial space back in to use in L'Derry. Watch this SPACE identifies vacan...
Minister Launches 'Watch This SPACE'
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has announced funding of £22,000 to continue a pilot project to bring empty commercial space back in to use in L'Derry. Watch this SPACE identifies vacan...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
Polling Stations Open Across NI
Polling stations have opened across Northern Ireland for today's local and European government elections. The stations opened at 07:00 this morning, and will remain open until 22:00 tonight. The firs...
Polling Stations Open Across NI
Polling stations have opened across Northern Ireland for today's local and European government elections. The stations opened at 07:00 this morning, and will remain open until 22:00 tonight. The firs...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
Man Arrested Over Crossbow Attack
Police are investigating after a 29-year-old man was shot with a crossbow as he sat in his car. The attack happened on Belgravia Avenue in the Lisburn Road area at about 17:20 on Wednesday. The vict...
Man Arrested Over Crossbow Attack
Police are investigating after a 29-year-old man was shot with a crossbow as he sat in his car. The attack happened on Belgravia Avenue in the Lisburn Road area at about 17:20 on Wednesday. The vict...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
16% More New Vehicles Registered In Last Year
Almost 56,000 new cars were registered in Northern Ireland in 2013/14, up 16% on 2012/13, newly published figures have revealed. Published today the, DOE Driver, Vehicle, Operator and Enforcement Sta...
16% More New Vehicles Registered In Last Year
Almost 56,000 new cars were registered in Northern Ireland in 2013/14, up 16% on 2012/13, newly published figures have revealed. Published today the, DOE Driver, Vehicle, Operator and Enforcement Sta...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Chris Denning Charged With 41 Sex Offences
Former Radio One DJ Chris Denning is to be charged with 41 sex offences. Prosecuters said the offences relate to attacks on boys aged nine to 16. Denning is accused of 34 counts of indecent assault,...
Chris Denning Charged With 41 Sex Offences
Former Radio One DJ Chris Denning is to be charged with 41 sex offences. Prosecuters said the offences relate to attacks on boys aged nine to 16. Denning is accused of 34 counts of indecent assault,...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
ATL Raise Concerns Over Children's Use Of Computers
A Northern Ireland teaching union has raised concerns over how long school children are spending on computers and digital gadgets. The union, the Association of Teacher and Lecturers (ATL), say that ...
ATL Raise Concerns Over Children's Use Of Computers
A Northern Ireland teaching union has raised concerns over how long school children are spending on computers and digital gadgets. The union, the Association of Teacher and Lecturers (ATL), say that ...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Madeleine McCann Search 'Enters Major Phase'
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will begin "a substantial phase of operational activity" within weeks. Scotland Yard launched a fresh investigation last July. The three-ye...
Madeleine McCann Search 'Enters Major Phase'
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will begin "a substantial phase of operational activity" within weeks. Scotland Yard launched a fresh investigation last July. The three-ye...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Man Shot By Armed Police
A man has been injured following an armed police operation at an incident in Dovecot, Merseyside, on Thursday morning. At 7am police were called to a house on Shellingford Road to a report of a wo...
Man Shot By Armed Police
A man has been injured following an armed police operation at an incident in Dovecot, Merseyside, on Thursday morning. At 7am police were called to a house on Shellingford Road to a report of a wo...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Call For Leaders To Intervene After Pregnant Doctor Gets Sentenced To Death
The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for world leaders to intervene over a heavily pregnant doctor who has been sentenced to death in Sudan. The association has written to the Sudanese pr...
Call For Leaders To Intervene After Pregnant Doctor Gets Sentenced To Death
The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for world leaders to intervene over a heavily pregnant doctor who has been sentenced to death in Sudan. The association has written to the Sudanese pr...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Debris Found In Cheeki Rafiki Search
Debris has been found in the Atlantic Ocean near where UK yacht Cheeki Rafiki disappeared. It was discovered by catamaran Malisi, which is one of the volunteer crews taking part in the search. Skipp...
Debris Found In Cheeki Rafiki Search
Debris has been found in the Atlantic Ocean near where UK yacht Cheeki Rafiki disappeared. It was discovered by catamaran Malisi, which is one of the volunteer crews taking part in the search. Skipp...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
Co Tyrone Farmer Fined For Polluting Waterway
A Co Tyrone farmer has been fined £3,000 after pleading guilty to making polluting discharges to a waterway. At Dungannon Magistrates Court, Mr William James Hall, Killybracken Road, Dungannon, Co Ty...
Co Tyrone Farmer Fined For Polluting Waterway
A Co Tyrone farmer has been fined £3,000 after pleading guilty to making polluting discharges to a waterway. At Dungannon Magistrates Court, Mr William James Hall, Killybracken Road, Dungannon, Co Ty...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
December Cathedral Quarter Bomb Was Moved By Bicycle, Say Police
Police investigating an explosion which happened at Belfast's Cathedral Quarter in December last year have said that the bomb was carried to the scene on the handlebars of a bicycle. Releasing CCTV i...
December Cathedral Quarter Bomb Was Moved By Bicycle, Say Police
Police investigating an explosion which happened at Belfast's Cathedral Quarter in December last year have said that the bomb was carried to the scene on the handlebars of a bicycle. Releasing CCTV i...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Investigation Continues Over Death Of Alan Jeal
Three months after Alan Jeal's body was found on Perranporth beach, police have released new information. Alan's body was discovered on Perranporth beach on Tuesday 25 February 2014 by a member of th...
Investigation Continues Over Death Of Alan Jeal
Three months after Alan Jeal's body was found on Perranporth beach, police have released new information. Alan's body was discovered on Perranporth beach on Tuesday 25 February 2014 by a member of th...
Northern Ireland News, May 22, 2014
Resurfacing Scheme Announced For Cookstown
Transport Minister Danny Kennedy has announced the start of a major resurfacing scheme of £250,000 at Fairhill Road, Cookstown. Preparatory work began on 19 May 2014 on the scheme at Fairhill Road, C...
Resurfacing Scheme Announced For Cookstown
Transport Minister Danny Kennedy has announced the start of a major resurfacing scheme of £250,000 at Fairhill Road, Cookstown. Preparatory work began on 19 May 2014 on the scheme at Fairhill Road, C...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Pupils Absence Rate Falls
New figures show pupil absence during the autumn term is at its lowest level for at least 8 years with a sharp drop in children regularly missing school. Today's figures compare the autumn term of 20...
Pupils Absence Rate Falls
New figures show pupil absence during the autumn term is at its lowest level for at least 8 years with a sharp drop in children regularly missing school. Today's figures compare the autumn term of 20...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
British Journalist Released From Ukraine
British journalist Graham Philips has been freed from Ukraine after being detained in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. The 35-year-old, who is working for the TV station Russia Today, tweeted hi...
British Journalist Released From Ukraine
British journalist Graham Philips has been freed from Ukraine after being detained in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. The 35-year-old, who is working for the TV station Russia Today, tweeted hi...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
One Of Two Absconded Prisoners Found
Anthony Peloe, 43, one of the two men who absconded from Thorn Cross open prison in Warrington, Cheshire, at about 10.30am on Tuesday has been found, according to the Cheshire Police. The criminal, w...
One Of Two Absconded Prisoners Found
Anthony Peloe, 43, one of the two men who absconded from Thorn Cross open prison in Warrington, Cheshire, at about 10.30am on Tuesday has been found, according to the Cheshire Police. The criminal, w...
UK National News, May 22, 2014
Other News In Brief
Two Charged With Murder After Man's Body Is Found In Canal Police investigating the murder of a man whose body was recovered from a Birmingham canal have charged two people with murder. Lore...
Other News In Brief
Two Charged With Murder After Man's Body Is Found In Canal Police investigating the murder of a man whose body was recovered from a Birmingham canal have charged two people with murder. Lore...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Apart from a little patchy drizzle it will be a dry evening and night with variable amounts of cloud. A few mist and fog patches forming. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
