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20/06/2016
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Woman Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
A woman has been convicted for claiming benefits she was not entitled to at Belfast Crown Court.
Sharon Sands claimed Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker's Allowance totalling £8,017 while failing to declare an occupational pension. She was given a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years.
She is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Department for Communities.
NI Water Fined For Polluting Discharge
NI Water has been fined for causing a polluting discharge of sewage effluent at Armagh Magistrates' Court.
The firm was fined £2,000 and also ordered to pay an Offenders Levy.
The incident happened from Drumman More Waste Water Pumping Station (WwPS) to an unnamed tributary of the Callan River.
On 30 June 2015 a Water Quality Inspector (WQI), acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), responded to a report of pollution and observed an overflowing discharge of sewage from the WwPS to the waterway. The waterway downstream of the sewage discharge from Drumman More Pumping Station was grey in colour and contained extensive fungus growth and sewage related debris. More than 250 metres of the Callan River was visibly polluted.
Samples taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Alliance Party Pays Tribute To Murdered MP Jo Cox
Alliance Leader David Ford has led tributes to murdered MP Jo Cox in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Mr Ford MLA said: "We were all shattered last Thursday to hear, firstly the news of the attack, and then sadly that sombre statement from the police confirming she had died.
"In the aftermath it has become clear that Jo Cox was much more than an MP, but a daughter, sister, wife, mother and friend and someone who touched the hearts of many in her wider circle and among her constituents.
"We remember her as a courageous, passionate and committed MP and campaigner, who after undertaking a career helping some of the world's poorest people, returned home to serve those in the constituency in which she placed her roots."
A woman has been convicted for claiming benefits she was not entitled to at Belfast Crown Court.
Sharon Sands claimed Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker's Allowance totalling £8,017 while failing to declare an occupational pension. She was given a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years.
She is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Department for Communities.
NI Water Fined For Polluting Discharge
NI Water has been fined for causing a polluting discharge of sewage effluent at Armagh Magistrates' Court.
The firm was fined £2,000 and also ordered to pay an Offenders Levy.
The incident happened from Drumman More Waste Water Pumping Station (WwPS) to an unnamed tributary of the Callan River.
On 30 June 2015 a Water Quality Inspector (WQI), acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), responded to a report of pollution and observed an overflowing discharge of sewage from the WwPS to the waterway. The waterway downstream of the sewage discharge from Drumman More Pumping Station was grey in colour and contained extensive fungus growth and sewage related debris. More than 250 metres of the Callan River was visibly polluted.
Samples taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Alliance Party Pays Tribute To Murdered MP Jo Cox
Alliance Leader David Ford has led tributes to murdered MP Jo Cox in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Mr Ford MLA said: "We were all shattered last Thursday to hear, firstly the news of the attack, and then sadly that sombre statement from the police confirming she had died.
"In the aftermath it has become clear that Jo Cox was much more than an MP, but a daughter, sister, wife, mother and friend and someone who touched the hearts of many in her wider circle and among her constituents.
"We remember her as a courageous, passionate and committed MP and campaigner, who after undertaking a career helping some of the world's poorest people, returned home to serve those in the constituency in which she placed her roots."
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Farmers Fined For Pollution Offences
A Co Londonderry farmer has pleaded guilty and was fined £400 plus £44 court costs at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court. Hugh Conn, Barmouth Road, Castlerock, was fined for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
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