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| 27/01/2010 | | OTHER NI NEWS IN BRIEF |
| committee discuss policing
the chairman of the policing board, barry gilligan (pictured) yesterday addressed an oral evidence session of the northern ireland affairs committee. the committee are currently meeting in belfast to discuss the issue of the devolution of policing and justice. "i advised the committee that the board is supportive of the devolution of policing and justice powers but highlighted two key principles which were previously agreed by all board members and accepted by the assembly and executive committee; that (i) the role and powers of the board should not be diminished or changed and the chief constable should remain accountable solely to the board for the delivery of a policing service in northern ireland; and (ii) t... |
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| 26/01/2010 | | OTHER NI NEWS IN BRIEF |
| shooting probed
the psni have revealed that they fired a number of shots during a disturbance in co down. the incident took place at new road in carrowdore, near bangor, at about 12.35pm on tuesday. they also said that four men have been arrested in connection with the incident. the police ombudsman's office has been informed about the shooting incident.
knife terror in cash heist
a g4 securicor cash-in-transit van has been robbed at a diy superstore in newtownabbey. the incident happened at 4.45pm on monday at the b&q outlet on mill road and saw two men, one armed with a knife, attacking the security guard and stealing the cash box he was carrying, which contained a substantial sum of money. the psni said afterwards that the guard was s... |
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| 19/01/2010 | | SAINSBURY'S REVEALS NEW NI BOSS |
| supermarket chain sainsbury's has appointed a new man to head up northern ireland operations.
neil chason, moves to a new post as regional operations manager in ni, having filled the same role in the north east of england.
he replaces david davidson, who retains responsibility for stores in scotland.
sainsbury's said it needed a dedicated northern ireland manager after adding three news stores in the last 18 months - dungannon, west belfast and carrickfergus.
it also has supermarkets planned for bangor, dundonald and londonderry, and is making a £5m investment in its newry store.
mr chason said: "within a very short timeframe our employee base has risen from 2,500 full time employees to over 3,000. sainsbury's is now a major ni employe... |
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| 19/01/2010 | | SAINSBURY'S REVEALS NEW NI BOSS |
| supermarket chain sainsbury's has appointed a new man to head up northern ireland operations.
neil chason, moves to a new post as regional operations manager in ni, having filled the same role in the north east of england.
he replaces david davidson, who retains responsibility for stores in scotland.
sainsbury's said it needed a dedicated northern ireland manager after adding three news stores in the last 18 months - dungannon, west belfast and carrickfergus.
it also has supermarkets planned for bangor, dundonald and londonderry, and is making a £5m investment in its newry store.
mr chason said: "within a very short timeframe our employee base has risen from 2,500 full time employees to over 3,000. sainsbury's is now a major ni employe... |
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| 12/01/2010 | | BUSINESS LEGISLATION GOES ONLINE |
| a firm of northern ireland solicitors has launched a free-to-view comprehensive online business law guide.
belfast commercial law specialists, wilson nesbitt solicitors is also including an extensive range of document products.
they aim to help small and medium businesses in northern ireland 'ride out the recession'.
according to the solicitors, who have offices in both belfast and bangor, local business owners can now interact online with the firm's new website to purchase a wide range of customised legal documents at a fraction of the usual cost.
under a unique document builder system, the user will see the documents alter as they answer online questions, with the final version being checked by the solicitors.
drew nesbitt of wilso... |
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| 12/01/2010 | | BUSINESS LEGISLATION GOES ONLINE |
| a firm of northern ireland solicitors has launched a free-to-view comprehensive online business law guide.
belfast commercial law specialists, wilson nesbitt solicitors is also including an extensive range of document products.
they aim to help small and medium businesses in northern ireland 'ride out the recession'.
according to the solicitors, who have offices in both belfast and bangor, local business owners can now interact online with the firm's new website to purchase a wide range of customised legal documents at a fraction of the usual cost.
under a unique document builder system, the user will see the documents alter as they answer online questions, with the final version being checked by the solicitors.
drew nesbitt of wilso... |
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| 06/01/2010 | | BT ANNOUNCE BROADBAND INVESTMENT |
| northern ireland enterprise minister arlene foster has welcomed bt's announcement of a new investment in northern ireland’s telecoms infrastructure.
the minister said: "this is a further significant and very welcome investment in our telecommunications infrastructure. bt's investment comes on top of the £48 million next generation broadband project, which i announced in december."
bt’s investment will bring speeds of up to 40 mb/s, rising to 60 mb/s to nearly 30,000 households and businesses in the bangor exchange area, by the end of the summer. it will also bring the total number of exchanges, delivering high broadband speeds, across northern ireland, to 167.
the £48 million next generation broadband project involves the introduction of... |
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| 06/01/2010 | | BT ANNOUNCE BROADBAND INVESTMENT |
| northern ireland enterprise minister arlene foster has welcomed bt's announcement of a new investment in northern ireland’s telecoms infrastructure.
the minister said: "this is a further significant and very welcome investment in our telecommunications infrastructure. bt's investment comes on top of the £48 million next generation broadband project, which i announced in december."
bt’s investment will bring speeds of up to 40 mb/s, rising to 60 mb/s to nearly 30,000 households and businesses in the bangor exchange area, by the end of the summer. it will also bring the total number of exchanges, delivering high broadband speeds, across northern ireland, to 167.
the £48 million next generation broadband project involves the introduction of... |
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| 05/01/2010 | | ELECTION LOOMS FOR NI |
| with the general election only a matter of months away the electoral office for northern ireland has launched a number of wide ranging initiatives and pilot schemes aimed at making it even easier for people to secure their vote and check that that their registration is up to date.
over the coming weeks the office will carry out mini-canvasses in a total of nine wards in belfast, ballymena, magherafelt, lisburn, downpatrick, bangor and newtownards which, based on independent statistics, have low levels of registration.
of particular interest to people in londonderry, omagh and banbridge, their area offices will be piloting a scheme that will see late night opening one night a week and the opening of temporary sub-offices on one afternoon... |
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| 18/12/2009 | | MINISTER MCCAUSLAND VISITS POOL SITE |
| northern ireland sports minister nelson mccausland (pictured) has visited the site for a 50-metre swimming pool, which will be built in bangor by north down borough council.
the minister said: "i am pleased to visit the site of this flagship project and examine the plans which north down borough council has to provide northern ireland's first olympic sized swimming pool.
"this project marks the first phase of a major facilities development programme. as a regional centre of excellence this complex will be a state-of-the-art facility to be enjoyed by all the people of northern ireland.
"the project will go a long way towards addressing northern ireland’s need for world class sporting facilities and will deliver a sporting infrastructure... |
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| 18/12/2009 | | DEVELOPER ANNOUNCED FOR BANGOR PROJECT
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| northern ireland social development minister margaret ritchie was in bangor this week to announce karl greenfarm properties as the preferred developer for the regeneration of the town's queen's parade.
"for too long the heart of the town around queen’s parade has been lying empty, and it is no surprise to have been recently voted northern ireland’s number one worst eyesore," said the minister.
"bangor was once regarded as northern ireland's number one resort and i believe the plans for marine gardens, along with the masterplan and transport plans, will put bangor back where it belongs as a unique and vibrant coastal town.
"today i welcome the appointment of karl greenfarm properties limited as the department's preferred developer to take... |
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| 17/12/2009 | | DEVELOPER ANNOUNCED FOR QUEEN'S PARADE
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| a run-down part of a popular north down seaside town is likely to undergo a major redevelopment next year.
northern ireland social development minister margaret ritchie was in bangor this week to announce karl greenfarm properties as the preferred developer for the regeneration of the town's queen's parade.
"for too long the heart of the town around queen's parade has been lying empty, and it is no surprise to have been recently voted northern ireland's number one worst eyesore," said the minister.
"bangor was once regarded as northern ireland's number one resort and i believe the plans for marine gardens, along with the masterplan and transport plans, will put bangor back where it belongs as a unique and vibrant coastal town.
"today i ... |
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| 09/12/2009 | | HOMECOMING GIG FOR SNOW PATROL |
| snow patrol have announced a homecoming gig in co down, next year.
with the band set to finish their uk & ireland tour in belfast on wednesday, snow patrol have announced that will return to northern ireland on june 5th 2010 to play a second show at the now legendary ward park venue in bangor.
singer gary lightbody and drummer jonny quinn both hail from the seaside town.
set to take place at the same location as the 2007 gig, with an even larger capacity and a line-up of bands that promise to make it a major player in the summer festival circuit, the show is currently the only confirmed tour date for next year.
tickets for the show go on sale on friday at 9am but members of the website, snow patrol.com can access the pre-sale this thu... |
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| 03/12/2009 | | PRINCE BOOSTS DUKE OF EDINBURGH SCHEME |
| on the second day of engagements in northern ireland hrh the earl of wessex has officially opened a co down educational facility - and underlined the importance of a leading uk youth achievement scheme.
prince edward was at bangor academy and sixth form college to mark the official opening of the new building which opened last year.
the school was formed in 2001 following the amalgamation of bangor and gransha high schools and is the result of a public private partnership scheme.
the college is a non-grammar school with a current population of 1,387 students catering for all abilities, ages, and religious backgrounds.
in 2008 the college was granted specialist school status under humanities, with lead subjects in english, drama and jo... |
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| 01/12/2009 | | OTHER NI NEWS IN BRIEF |
| papal nuncio denies state 'contempt'
the papal nuncio in ireland has denied 'showing contempt' for the institutions of the irish state by refusing to respond to requests for information from the commission of investigation into the catholic archdiocese of dublin. archbishop giuseppe leanza, the church's highest ranking representative in the irish state, said in his first public comments since the publication of the murphy report last week, that revealed institutional secrecy and failings to prevent clerical abuses, that his actions "cannot be taken as [contempt] because it is not a contempt against the work of the commission, which we respect". see: call to expe... |
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| 25/11/2009 | | OTHER NEWS IN BRIEF |
| 600 jobs cut in airline
the midlands-based airline bmi has announced plans to cut around 600 jobs as part of a restructuring that involves a reduction of aircrafts and the suspension of loss-making routes. it was the second largest operator at heathrow and employed more than 4,400 people. blaming the effects of the economic downturn, the airline said the cuts are be made in all areas of the business, although compulsory job losses would be avoided wherever possible. some flights, such as heathrow to brussels, tel aviv and kiev will be suspended from january and others as the heathrow to amsterdam route, in march. germany's lufthansa group underlined the need of bmi restructuring following its takeover of the carrier in july this year. how... |
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| 12/11/2009 | | OTHER NI NEWS IN BRIEF |
| prostitution charge
even though a woman was found guilty of controlling prostitutes at a belfast brothel, she has walked free from court. cheng sook wong, who is originally from malaysia, was arrested during a police raid on the property at tates avenue in the south of the city in november 2008. the 58-year-old answered phone calls and directed punters to the house where asian women worked as prostitutes. she was given a three month sentence and released because of time spent on remand.
fermanagh air crash
emergency services are investigating reports that an aircraft has crashed near boho in co fermanagh. it is understood a call reporting the incident was received by st angelo airport in enniskillen at about 10am on thursday. a fire serv... |
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| 10/11/2009 | | SUN CARE 'FILM AWARDS' ANNOUNCED |
| the winners of an innovative regional competition to promote taking care in the sun to lessen the risk of cancer have been revealed.
the ulster cancer foundation (ucf) has announced the winners of their 60 second care in the sun film competition.
overall winners - and coming top in the under-15 category - were jonny bates and ross mcconaghy from bangor.
tuathan mcaughey from belfast scooped the top award in the people's choice category and matthew simpson and jayne edwards from limavady won the media student category.
sandra gordon, melanoma strategy co-ordinator with ucf said: "we were amazed at the quality, content and sheer amount of effort involved in compiling the films.
"it's difficult to squeeze any film idea into just 60 seco... |
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| 03/11/2009 | | OTHER NI NEWS IN BRIEF |
| baggott 'body' apology
the newly installed psni chief constable has defended his officer's response to the suicide of a young man in bangor which featured in a sunday newspaper. after the sunday world published a photograph of the body on the front page, matt baggott yesterday said he was "deeply shocked" by the publication and said such issues should be treated with "more delicacy". when questioned about the incident, and how the body was in public view for three hours, mr baggott said: "sometimes, unfortunately, there are circumstances which make it very difficult for us to deal immediately with those distressing situations. i am satisfied that these circumstances meant that it was impossible to deal with it any quicker." the press compl... |
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| 26/10/2009 | | ODYSSEY SKATES PAST FIVE MILLION MARK |
| belfast's odyssey arena welcomed its five millionth visitor at the weekend as lbm belfast giants took on their elite league rivals nottingham panthers.
aaron brotherston (pictured) from bangor was plucked from the crowd and identified as the lucky ticket holder.
invited onto the ice, aaron was met by giant's player mark morrison and lorraine mcgoran from odyssey arena who congratulated him with a celebratory gift of tickets to an odyssey arena event and a meet and greet with the belfast giants players.
the giants featured in the very first event at odyssey arena on 2nd december 2000 and since opening night they have gone on to attract audiences from across northern ireland and beyond - contributing well over a fifth of the venue’s fiv... |
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| 23/10/2009 | | BLAZING FISHING BOAT ADRIFT IN LOUGH |
| a kilkeel-based fishing boat is on fire in belfast lough.
black smoke was seen pouring from the vessel, which was initially midway between holywood and whiteabbey. the coastguard in bangor was this afternoon dealing with the incident after an ambulance rapid response unit and ambulances dispatched to belfast docks took the casualties to hospital.
late this afternoon, part of the coastal path at cultra in co down has been closed by police over fears that gas canisters onboard the now drifting fishing boat could explode.
the royal north of ireland yacht club has also been evacuated as a 300 metre exclusion zone has been put in place around the vessel because of large quantity of diesel and three gas canisters onboard.
earlier, all five c... |
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| 23/10/2009 | | OTHER NI NEWS IN BRIEF |
| zoo tiger in focus
kabus, belfast zoo's new sumatran tiger will make his first public appearance next week. the 19 month-old tiger has spent the past few weeks settling into his new surroundings and keepers are now confident he is now ready to enter his permanent home, and meet his public. he will be let in to his enclosure on tuesday morning. next year he will meet a female from fuengirola zoo, spain, so they may have tiger cubs of their own in future.
jd sports 'misleading'
a well known fashion retailer has been fined £250 and £240 court costs following a hearing at bangor magistrates court. jd sports was in court for misleading customers that the price of tracksuits it sold in its bangor store had been reduced. trading standards began... |
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| 14/10/2009 | | COUNTESS HONOURS MILITARY NURSES |
| a high profile vip visitor is in ni today, with the countess of wessex, in her role as colonel-in-chief of the queen alexandra's royal army nursing corps attending a service held in st anne's cathedral in belfast recognising the dedication and work of thousands of military nurses.
over 500 serving and retired men and women and their families attended the interdenominational service.
the event included the dedication of a memorial window in recognition of the service of the corps in the preservation of life in peace and war took place.
her royal highness was greeted by dame mary peter, lord-lieutenant of the county borough of belfast and went on to meet colonel (retd) rosie kennedy who is colonel commandant, qaranc, and the very reverend ... |
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| 04/09/2009 | | £15M OLYMPIC POOL FOR BANGOR CONFIRMED |
| northern ireland's first olympic sized swimming pool is to be built in bangor, co down, it has been confirmed.
stormont sports minister nelson mccausland (pictured) said approval has now been given for the full business case for the 50 metre pool, which will be built by north down borough council.
the government said it would invest £15m towards the new facility.
"i am pleased that we have reached this point which will allow the project to move forward towards its construction phase, which is currently on target for completion in 2012 and which will create much needed construction jobs," said mr mccausland.
"the project will go a long way towards addressing northern ireland’s need for world class sporting facilities and will d... |
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