Northern Ireland News for September 2015 : Page 6

UK National News, Sep 21, 2015
£2bn Guarantee Announced For Nuclear Power Plant
The government has announce financial support of £2 billion for a new nuclear power station in Somerset. Announcing the government guarantee Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, said that nuc...
UK National News, Sep 21, 2015
New Domestic Abuse Guidelines Issued For Police
Police in England and Wales are to be given guidance on how to spot patterns of domestic abuse and how to pursue prosecutions without relying on victims. The guidance has been issued by the College o...
UK National News, Sep 21, 2015
Man Sought Over Motorway Services Assault On 10-Year-Old Boy
Thames Valley Police have appealed for information on a man they wish to speak in connection with a sexual assault at a motorway services. Police said that a 10-year-old boy was in the toilets of Che...
UK National News, Sep 21, 2015
Other News In Brief
Boa Constrictor Escapes In Whitehaven Cumbria Police have issued a warning following escaped boa constrictor in Whitehaven. It is understood that the 8ft long snake was reported missing fro...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 21, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Charged After Laser Shone At Police Helicopter A 35-year-old man has been charged in connection with an incident in which a laser was shone at a police helicopter in east Antrim at the w...
Recruitment News, Sep 18, 2015
Asystec To Create 50 New Jobs
Asystec, an Irish company specialising in data management solutions with offices in Limerick, Dublin and Belfast, is creating 50 new highly skilled jobs and opening a new Cork office in Ballincollig. ...
Business News, Sep 18, 2015
Culture Night Returns To Belfast
Culture Night has returned to Belfast to transform the spaces and places of the city centre . The seventh Culture Night Belfast takes place tonight, Friday 18 September, and is set to showcase the ve...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Semtex, Guns And Ammunition Found In West Belfast
Semtex, handguns and ammunition were discovered following a security alert in west Belfast in the early hours of Friday morning. A 67-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman have been arrested after ove...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
NI Paramilitary Organisations To Be Assessed
An independent assessment on the role of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland is to be carried out, the UK Government has announced. Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers also said a ...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
Lidl UK To Introduce Living Wage
Supermarket chain Lidl is to adopt the Living Wage from 01 October 2015, following a record year with sales reaching over £4 billion. Lidl is the first UK supermarket to make the move and will see al...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Man Armed With Hatchet Arrested Following Altercation In West Belfast
A man, allegedly armed with a hatchet, has been arrested following an altercation in west Belfast. The incident happened in the Grosvenor Road area just after midnight. The 20-year-old man stole a n...
Recruitment News, Sep 18, 2015
New State-Of-The-Art Jobseekers Website Announced
A new state-of-the-art jobs website is to be developed by BDO Ireland, who won the contract for the development and operation of the new site in partnership with an Irish tech start-up - The Hire Lab ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
John McDonnell Apologises Over IRA Comments
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has apologised over comments he made praising the IRA on BBC's Question Time programme on Thursday night. Mr McDonnell apologised "from the bottom of his heart" for s...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
18-Year-Old Guilty Of Teenage Cyclists Murder
An 18-year-old male has been found guilty of the murder of 15-year-old Alan Cartwright, who was stabbed during an attempted robbery. Joshua Williams, of Davenant Road, was convicted of murder and one...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
Three Escape Gas Explosion In South Norwood
Three people have escaped with minor injuries following a gas explosion at a shop with flats above it on Portland Road, South Norwood, London Fire Brigade (LFB) has reported. LFB said that severe dam...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Students Develop 100ft Meccano Bridge In Belfast
Engineering students from Queen's University have developed a 100ft footbridge in Belfast, made entirely from Meccano. Designed and built by a group of third year Civil Engineering students and local...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
Three Charged Over Football Violence
Three men have been arrested in connection with violence at an FA cup fixture football match in Birmingham on 07 March this year. Robert Bernard, 51, of Carisbrooke Road, Wednesdbury; Carl Ashmore, 2...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
Ten Arrested In Drug Raids
Nine men and one woman have been arrested in a series of police raids across Birmingham, Solihull and Smethwick. Police carried out the raids early on Thursday morning making ten arrests on suspicion...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
40,000 New Homeowners Created By Right To Buy
Almost 40,000 new homeowners have been created in the last three years under the Right To Buy scheme, new figures from the Department of Communities and Local Government have revealed. The department...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
Warning Issued After Man And Woman Impersonate Police Officers
Avon and Somerset Police have urged people to be vigilant following reports of people impersonating police offices in South Bristol. Police said they received a report of a man and a woman calling at...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
'Super-Gonorrhoea' Outbreak Detected In Northern England
An outbreak of "super-gonorrhoea" has been detected in northern England, the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV have reported. High level azithromycin resistant gonorrhoea was first detect...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
GMP Report On FGM Operations At Manchester Airport
Several hundred families were spoken to and more than one hundred flights were monitored as part of a week-long campaign to raise awareness about female genital mutilation (FGM). The scheme, which ra...
UK National News, Sep 18, 2015
Other News In Brief
Investigation Launched After Body Falls From Helicopter Harness An investigation has been launched into an incident in which a man's body fell from a helicopter harness while being recovered...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Three Arrested Over Suspected Drugs Find In North Belfast
Three men have been arrested after suspected heroin and drug-related paraphernalia was seized by police in north Belfast. The drugs were seized during a planned search of a flat in the Cliftonville R...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Man Dies Following Collision In Ballymoney
A 21-year-old man has died after he sustained serious injuries in a car crash in County Antrim almost three weeks ago. John Reid, from Ballymena, was one of two men injured in the single car collisio...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Man's Body Found At Carrickfergus Marina
Police have launched an investigation after a man's body was discovered at Carrickfergus Marina, Co Antrim. His body was found in the early hours of Friday morning. Police are not treating the deat...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Two Men Arrested Over Paramilitary-Style Shootings
Two men have been arrested in connection with two separate shootings in Newry. Two 32-year-old males were shot in the leg in Sandys Road and Armagh Road, and police believe they "may be linked". The...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 18, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud A man has been convicted for claiming benefits he was not entitled to at Armagh Magistrates' Court. Patrick Madden, 48, claimed Jobseekers Allowance totalling £...
Recruitment News, Sep 17, 2015
eSentire Opens New Headquarters In Cork
eSentire Inc., a leader in continuous advanced threat protection solutions and managed cybersecurity services, celebrates the opening of its new European-based headquarters and Security Operations Cen...
Business News, Sep 17, 2015
New Titanic Exhibition Centre Opens
Belfast's new Titanic Exhibition Centre (TEC), sited opposite Titanic Studios in Titanic Quarter, opened today, 17 September, delivering a huge boost for local business in the process. The 6,000 squa...