Northern Ireland News for September 2015 : Page 3

Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
Two Injured In Four-Vehicle Road Crash
Two people are receiving hospital treatment following a four-vehicle road collision in Ballygowan, Co Down. The crash occurred on the A23 Belfast Road on Friday morning. Two women were taken to hosp...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
Murder Investigation Launched After Body Found On Plumstead High Street
A murder investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man's body in Plumstead High Street. Police were called by a member of the public shortly before 14:00 on Wednesday, 23 September...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
Body Found In Regent's Canal
Police have appealed for information following the discovery of a body in Regent's Canal in Islington. A member of the public called police shortly after 9am on Thursday, 24 September, to report a bo...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
More Than One Tonne Of Cannabis Uncovered At London Gateway
More than one tonne of cannabis has been discovered at London Gateway in a container that had arrived from Ghana earlier this month. Border Force officers uncovered the drugs in a container that was ...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
Further Six Arrested In No Deal Operation In Birmingham
A further six people have been arrested as part of an ongoing operation targeting suspected drug dealers in Birmingham. Police carried out a series of dawn raids on Thursday 24 September, arresting a...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
25 Arrested Over Accessing Indecent Images Of Children Online
A total of 25 people have been arrested as part of a joint operation by the PSNI and the National Crime Agency (NCA) against those accessing indecent images of children online. As well as 25 arrests,...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
Pensioner Dies Following M1 Collision
A pensioner has died in hospital after driving the wrong way on the M1 motorway and crashing into a stationary police car. The 84-year-old driver of a Volkswagon Polo crashed into a police vehicle be...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Fined For Waste Offences A man from Carrickfergus has been fined for waste offences at Antrim Magistrates' Court. Samuel Gordon Ferguson, 36, was fined a total of £600 after officers fro...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
Man Found To Be Grooming Young Girls Jailed
A 48-year-old man has pleaded guilty to eight offences of grooming young girls for sexual purposes. Ian Alexander, of Rowland Way, Ashford, Middlesex, was sentenced to a total of three years and five...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
88 Wanted Offenders Across Greater Manchester Arrested In 24 Hours
A total of 88 people have been arrested in a 24-hour crackdown on wanted offenders, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have reported. Officers from across the force took part in the Operation Olympus da...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
Other News In Brief
Charity Giving Homeless People Travelcards For Night Buses Young homeless people in London are being given night bus tickets when no alternative accommodation is available. The New Horizon...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 24, 2015
Woman Sexually Attacked In Belfast
A woman has been seriously sexually assaulted in Belfast City Centre. The attack happened in the Rosemary Street area at around 3.30am on Thursday. The woman, aged in her early 20s, was waiting for ...
Recruitment News, Sep 24, 2015
Jobs Boost In Ballincollig Welcomed
"The recent Ballincollig jobs boost is a welcome sign of the economic recovery in County Cork," said Fine Gael Cork North West TD, Áine Collins. She said: "I recently attended Asystec Data Management...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 24, 2015
BT To Create 35 Jobs In Belfast
BT is to create 35 new jobs in Northern Ireland. The new roles will be based in BT Flex, BT's contact centre operation in Riverside Tower in Belfast, and will include full-time and part-time customer...
Business News, Sep 24, 2015
Refurbished Fitness Suite Opens In Newtownabbey
The newly refurbished fitness suite at Ballyearl Arts and Leisure Centre in Newtownabbey has officially opened. The £200,000 investment has extended and modernised the fitness suite to include 17 car...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 24, 2015
91% Of Pensioners Against Means-Testing Smartpass Scheme
The Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament has warned that if the Stormont Executive chooses to cut or means-test the bus pass, it is failing to recognise its true value. The warning forms part of a ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 24, 2015
Elderly Woman Targeted In Distraction Burglary
Police have launched an investigation after an elderly woman was targeted in an attempted 'distraction burglary' in Belfast. The incident occurred in the Lawnview Street area at around 5.35pm on Wedn...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
Appeal Issued For Missing 14-Year-Old
Police have appealed for help in tracing 14-year-old Alexter Tonto, who has been missing since Tuesday. The teenager was last seen when he left his home on Cossall Walk at about 20:00, on 22 Septembe...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 24, 2015
Planning Permission Refused To Develop Hightown Incinerator
The SDLP and the Alliance Party have welcomed the decision to refuse planning permission for a waste incinerator to be developed near Mallusk, Co Antrim. SDLP North Belfast MLA Alban Maginness said t...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 24, 2015
16% Of NI's Largest Construction Firms In Survival Mode - CEF
34% of Northern Ireland's largest construction firms are struggling to stabilise their business activities, and 16% are operating in survival mode, according to the latest quarterly survey from the Co...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
Man Sought Over Attack On Bus Inspector
Police are trying to identify a man suspected of assaulting a Transport for London Revenue Protection Inspector (RPI) on a bus in Westminster. The incident occurred on Tuesday, 21 July at about 12:30...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
National Campaign Launched To Tackle Drivers Using Mobile Phones
A national crackdown on drivers using mobile phones will run between 24 – 30 September in an effort to improve safety and on the roads. During the operation police will use both marked and unmarked v...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
Window Cleaners Rescued From Cleaning Platform
Two window cleaners have been rescued after being stuck in a cleaning cradle on the tenth floor of a building in central London on Wednesday afternoon. It is understood that the two men had been trap...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
Man Banned From Contacting Emergency Services
A man has been banned from making phonecalls to emergency services in Merseyside after being found guilty of persistently making use of public communications network to cause annoyance. Ross O’Mara, ...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
Police Appeal For Help Identifying Man Found Dead In Kayak
Police on the Isle of Wight are trying to identify a man found dead in a kayak earlier this month. The man's body was found at Yaverland Beach, Sandown, at about 19:20 on Friday, 11 September. It is ...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
New Suicide Bereavement Booklet Published
A booklet has been published using the experiences of people bereaved by suicide to help others affected by someone taking their own life. Public Health England (PHE) said that suicide has far-reachi...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
Rolls-Royce Wins Two Major Hinkley C Contracts
Rolls-Royce has won major supply contracts for the new nuclear power plant, Hinkley Point C. EDF Energy, the French firm running the plant, has chosen Rolls-Royce to supply heat exchangers in a contr...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
66-Year-Old Fugitive Hands Himself Into Netherlands Police
A 66-year-old man from Essex, sentenced to 14 years in his absence for drug trafficking offences, has handed himself in to authorities in the Netherlands. James Tarrant, who featured in the multi-age...
UK National News, Sep 24, 2015
Other News In Brief
Four Injured In Ambulance Crash A man is in a critical condition in Royal London Hospital following a collision between ambulance and a car in Hertfordshire. It is understood the collision ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 24, 2015
Man Arrested Over Firearms And Explosives Find
A 44-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a firearms and explosives find in west Belfast. Over half-a-kilo of Semtex, two handguns, more than 200 rounds of ammunition and two detonators ...