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Northern Ireland News for January 2009 : Page 4
UK National News, Jan 26, 2009
Footwear Chains Go Into Administration
British High Street shoe chains Barratts and PriceLess have appointed administrators, as their parent company has suspended its shares. The two chains, owned by Bradford-based Stylo, consist of 400 s...
Footwear Chains Go Into Administration
British High Street shoe chains Barratts and PriceLess have appointed administrators, as their parent company has suspended its shares. The two chains, owned by Bradford-based Stylo, consist of 400 s...
Recruitment News, Jan 26, 2009
Bank Seeks Redundancies As Recession Bites
As shock news emerged today that more that 700 jobs are to be lost at the Ulster Bank across Ireland, there's yet more evidence that the recession is hitting hard with shock redundancies predicted acr...
Bank Seeks Redundancies As Recession Bites
As shock news emerged today that more that 700 jobs are to be lost at the Ulster Bank across Ireland, there's yet more evidence that the recession is hitting hard with shock redundancies predicted acr...
UK National News, Jan 26, 2009
Two Questioned Over London Stabbing
Two people are being questioned by police following the death of a 15-year-old boy, who was stabbed to death in east London. The Metropolitan Police are quizzing two boys, aged 16 and 17, in relation...
Two Questioned Over London Stabbing
Two people are being questioned by police following the death of a 15-year-old boy, who was stabbed to death in east London. The Metropolitan Police are quizzing two boys, aged 16 and 17, in relation...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 26, 2009
Sir Hugh Faces Met Interview Today
PSNI Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Orde, will today be interviewed for the UK's top policing job. It was announced last week that Sir Hugh is one of two final candidates selected for the role of Metropol...
Sir Hugh Faces Met Interview Today
PSNI Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Orde, will today be interviewed for the UK's top policing job. It was announced last week that Sir Hugh is one of two final candidates selected for the role of Metropol...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 26, 2009
Rural Development Boosted
Almost £100 million is to be allocated to seven local council groupings to fund vital aspects of the Rural Development Programme. The Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew (picture...
Rural Development Boosted
Almost £100 million is to be allocated to seven local council groupings to fund vital aspects of the Rural Development Programme. The Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew (picture...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 26, 2009
DUP Decision Looms Over MEP Nomination
Although the wife of Northern Ireland Finance Minister and North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds, is to seek nomination by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) for a chance to become the party's European electi...
DUP Decision Looms Over MEP Nomination
Although the wife of Northern Ireland Finance Minister and North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds, is to seek nomination by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) for a chance to become the party's European electi...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 26, 2009
Positive Property Market Signs In Portadown
Two Portadown estate agents have hinted at what may be the first 'tender shoots of recovery' in the local housing market. Joyce Estate Agents, in the town, revealed a slight upturn in sales amid an ...
Positive Property Market Signs In Portadown
Two Portadown estate agents have hinted at what may be the first 'tender shoots of recovery' in the local housing market. Joyce Estate Agents, in the town, revealed a slight upturn in sales amid an ...
UK National News, Jan 26, 2009
Five Projects Make Severn Tidal Power Shortlist
A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn estuary has been unveiled by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The shortlist...
Five Projects Make Severn Tidal Power Shortlist
A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn estuary has been unveiled by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The shortlist...
UK National News, Jan 26, 2009
Chief Medical Officer Launches Public Health Awards
The Chief Medical Officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, has established an award dedicated to those working in public health, and is calling for entries. The Chief Medical Officer's Public Health ...
Chief Medical Officer Launches Public Health Awards
The Chief Medical Officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, has established an award dedicated to those working in public health, and is calling for entries. The Chief Medical Officer's Public Health ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 26, 2009
Other NI News In Brief
Taser On Shankill Police have used a Taser during early morning trouble in Belfast's Shankill Road area. The stun gun was used on a 19-year-old man who is understood to have been examined in hospital...
Other NI News In Brief
Taser On Shankill Police have used a Taser during early morning trouble in Belfast's Shankill Road area. The stun gun was used on a 19-year-old man who is understood to have been examined in hospital...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 26, 2009
Titanic Table Laid For Journalists
There was a 'Titanic' touch at a Northern Ireland Guild of Agricultural Journalist's meeting held in Belfast Harbour Commissioners office recently. Hosted last week by the NI Grain Trade Association,...
Titanic Table Laid For Journalists
There was a 'Titanic' touch at a Northern Ireland Guild of Agricultural Journalist's meeting held in Belfast Harbour Commissioners office recently. Hosted last week by the NI Grain Trade Association,...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
Troubles Legacy Group Tackles Victims' Compensation
The group set up to find 'ways forward' in dealing with the legacy of over 3,000 people being killed during the three decades of Northern Ireland's Troubles, is about to publish its findings. After a...
Troubles Legacy Group Tackles Victims' Compensation
The group set up to find 'ways forward' in dealing with the legacy of over 3,000 people being killed during the three decades of Northern Ireland's Troubles, is about to publish its findings. After a...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
Road Tragedies Probed
The New Year road toll rose yesterday with a man being killed in a collision between a car and a flat-bed lorry in Co Antrim. The tragedy happened on the main road from Larne to Belfast, at Ballynure ...
Road Tragedies Probed
The New Year road toll rose yesterday with a man being killed in a collision between a car and a flat-bed lorry in Co Antrim. The tragedy happened on the main road from Larne to Belfast, at Ballynure ...
Business News, Jan 23, 2009
Multi-Million Pound Deal Welcomed At Thales
Despite a gloomy outlook on the economy nationally - with a UK recession officially confirmed today - there's good news for a specialist engineering company in east Belfast. Thales Air Defence, forme...
Multi-Million Pound Deal Welcomed At Thales
Despite a gloomy outlook on the economy nationally - with a UK recession officially confirmed today - there's good news for a specialist engineering company in east Belfast. Thales Air Defence, forme...
Recruitment News, Jan 23, 2009
Microsoft To Axe 5,000 Jobs
Software giant Microsoft has announced it is to axe 5,000 jobs, as the credit crunch further tightens its grip on the world's economy. The computer group said 1,400 jobs will go with immediate effect...
Microsoft To Axe 5,000 Jobs
Software giant Microsoft has announced it is to axe 5,000 jobs, as the credit crunch further tightens its grip on the world's economy. The computer group said 1,400 jobs will go with immediate effect...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
Britain 'Officially In A Recession'
Fears that Britain is in a recession have been confirmed today, with the publication of the worst quarterly contraction since 1980. The economy contracted by 1.5% in the final three months of 2008 - ...
Britain 'Officially In A Recession'
Fears that Britain is in a recession have been confirmed today, with the publication of the worst quarterly contraction since 1980. The economy contracted by 1.5% in the final three months of 2008 - ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
Cross-Border Shoppers Are Patriotic, Says McGuinness
Martin McGuinness (pictured) has lambasted Irish politicians for branding southern shoppers travelling to Northern Ireland "unpatriotic". Mr McGuinness spoke of the "evils" associated with racism, se...
Cross-Border Shoppers Are Patriotic, Says McGuinness
Martin McGuinness (pictured) has lambasted Irish politicians for branding southern shoppers travelling to Northern Ireland "unpatriotic". Mr McGuinness spoke of the "evils" associated with racism, se...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
North West Venue For North-South Summit
Marking its own little bit of history, the North-South Ministerial Council is today meeting for the first time ever in Londonderry. It is also the first gathering of the body since DUP Leader, Peter ...
North West Venue For North-South Summit
Marking its own little bit of history, the North-South Ministerial Council is today meeting for the first time ever in Londonderry. It is also the first gathering of the body since DUP Leader, Peter ...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
Karen Matthews Jailed Over Shannon Kidnap
The mother of an eight-year-old girl, who was kidnapped in a plot to claim reward money, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Karen Matthews, 33, and her co-accused, 40, were earlier found gu...
Karen Matthews Jailed Over Shannon Kidnap
The mother of an eight-year-old girl, who was kidnapped in a plot to claim reward money, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Karen Matthews, 33, and her co-accused, 40, were earlier found gu...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
Death Crash Father Jailed
A man has been jailed for two years for causing the death of four of his children by dangerous driving. Father-of-seven Nigel Gresham, 37, was found guilty of four counts of causing death by dangerou...
Death Crash Father Jailed
A man has been jailed for two years for causing the death of four of his children by dangerous driving. Father-of-seven Nigel Gresham, 37, was found guilty of four counts of causing death by dangerou...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
Multi-Million Pound Deal Welcomed At Thales
Despite a gloomy outlook on the economy nationally - with a UK recession officially confirmed today - there's good news for a specialist engineering company in east Belfast. Thales Air Defence, forme...
Multi-Million Pound Deal Welcomed At Thales
Despite a gloomy outlook on the economy nationally - with a UK recession officially confirmed today - there's good news for a specialist engineering company in east Belfast. Thales Air Defence, forme...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
Child Dies In Motorway Crash
A child has died and seven people have been injured after a people carrier came off the motorway and landed in a ditch near Taunton. The child was killed after the Renault Scenic came off the M5 sout...
Child Dies In Motorway Crash
A child has died and seven people have been injured after a people carrier came off the motorway and landed in a ditch near Taunton. The child was killed after the Renault Scenic came off the M5 sout...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
Hacker Wins Right To Challenge Extradition
A British hacker has been granted permission by the High Court to apply for a judicial review against his extradition to the United States. Gary McKinnon, 42, from Wood Green, who admitted hacking in...
Hacker Wins Right To Challenge Extradition
A British hacker has been granted permission by the High Court to apply for a judicial review against his extradition to the United States. Gary McKinnon, 42, from Wood Green, who admitted hacking in...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
Gerrard Denies Nightclub Brawl Charges
Premier League footballer Steven Gerrard has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and affray. The 28-year-old Liverpool FC Captain was charged in December in connection with a disturbance at the ...
Gerrard Denies Nightclub Brawl Charges
Premier League footballer Steven Gerrard has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and affray. The 28-year-old Liverpool FC Captain was charged in December in connection with a disturbance at the ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
McGimpsey Defends Omagh Acute Hospital Loss
People in the Omagh area will continue to benefit from a wide range of hospital services which will meet their needs well into the future, despite concerns over the removal of acute services from the ...
McGimpsey Defends Omagh Acute Hospital Loss
People in the Omagh area will continue to benefit from a wide range of hospital services which will meet their needs well into the future, despite concerns over the removal of acute services from the ...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
Married Couples Outnumbered By 2010
So-called 'common law' partnerships will outnumber the number of legally married couples in the UK by next year, according to figures published today. A noticeable amount of people are choosing not ...
Married Couples Outnumbered By 2010
So-called 'common law' partnerships will outnumber the number of legally married couples in the UK by next year, according to figures published today. A noticeable amount of people are choosing not ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
'Back To The Future' For Relaunched Ulster Hall
The newly refurbished Ulster Hall is famous for many events, both political and cultural, and now BBC NI's 'Across The Line' - along with Belfast City Council - is staging a concert called 'Do You Rem...
'Back To The Future' For Relaunched Ulster Hall
The newly refurbished Ulster Hall is famous for many events, both political and cultural, and now BBC NI's 'Across The Line' - along with Belfast City Council - is staging a concert called 'Do You Rem...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
Port Expansion Building Jobs Announced
Around 75 much-needed construction jobs are to be created as part of a £4.5m expansion plan at the Port of Belfast, it has been revealed. Building work is set to take place at the dock's paper and n...
Port Expansion Building Jobs Announced
Around 75 much-needed construction jobs are to be created as part of a £4.5m expansion plan at the Port of Belfast, it has been revealed. Building work is set to take place at the dock's paper and n...
UK National News, Jan 23, 2009
BBC/ITV News Partnership Only 'Short Term Fix'
The final Public Service Broadcasting report just published, by the regulator, Ofcom, has said that a partnership on news provision between the BBC and ITV would only safeguard local news in the short...
BBC/ITV News Partnership Only 'Short Term Fix'
The final Public Service Broadcasting report just published, by the regulator, Ofcom, has said that a partnership on news provision between the BBC and ITV would only safeguard local news in the short...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 23, 2009
Goodbye Circus, Hello Belfast, As New Elephants Join Zoo
One of Belfast Zoo's most iconic animals, 44-year-old Tina the elephant, will shortly be getting more company - some being former Big Top 'performers'. Tina is being joined by other non-breeding fema...
Goodbye Circus, Hello Belfast, As New Elephants Join Zoo
One of Belfast Zoo's most iconic animals, 44-year-old Tina the elephant, will shortly be getting more company - some being former Big Top 'performers'. Tina is being joined by other non-breeding fema...
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Northern Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A sunny evening for most except where cloud lingers along the north coast. Cloud will increase for a lot of areas overnight with mist and fog patches developing. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
