Northern Ireland News for November 2010 : Page 2

UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Gross Misconduct Alleged Over Protest Death
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has served gross misconduct allegations against PC Simon Harwood in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests. Mr Tomlinson collapsed and d...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
UK Industry Bankrolls Inbound Films
An increase in National Lottery funds and an emphasis on funding from within the UK movie industry itself are to bankroll the British Film Institute (BFI) as it assumes the former international market...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Arrests Fall At The Football Field
Arrests for football-related disorder fell by 10 per cent last season, Home Office Minister James Brokenshire announced today. The figures for the 2009/10 football season cover arrests of English and...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
UUP Opposed To A5 Plan
The current A5 master road plan "threatens the future sustainability of the many rural communities to which it affects". Fermanagh and South Tyrone UUP Assembly candidate Kenny Donaldson has said tha...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Film And TV Great Nielsen Exits Stage
Leslie Nielsen, the veteran Canadian actor whose bumbling made him one of Hollywood's funniest leading men in comedy, has died of pneumonia complications while battling a staph infection at 84. The i...
Business News, Nov 29, 2010
Assured Beef Supplies To Boost NI Trade?
The National Beef Association (NBA) expects dramatic changes on the world market to drag the domestic multiple retail companies most anxious to secure regular access to assured supplies of UK origin b...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Military And Civil Health Carers Recognised
Northern Ireland's Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has hosted an awards ceremony recognising outstanding achievements of both military and civilian personnel in the health and care of the Armed For...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
Irish Bailout Branded Appalling 'Sell Out'
The opposition parties have termed the €85 billion bailout from the EU a "national sell out" and an "appalling deal". The Government have been leveled with a swathe of criticism after releasing the ...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Government Seeks Experts' View On Public Service Reform
The Government has invited experts, public service managers and providers of public services to submit their ideas for public service reform. Their views will help shape the Government's Public Servi...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
Investment Flies Into St. Angelo
A 37,000ft workspace development at St. Angelo airport in Enniskillen has been announced. NI Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster (pictured) said the stand-alone unit will accommodate a fixed-wing aircr...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
Military And Civil Health Medics Recognised
Northern Ireland's Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has hosted an awards ceremony recognising outstanding achievements of both military and civilian personnel in the health and care of the Armed For...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
Financial Services Campus Gets Green Light
Plans for a world-class financial services campus, to be located at Belfast's Titanic Quarter, (TQ) have moved one step closer following the formal granting of planning permission by the Department of...
UK National News, Nov 29, 2010
Other UK News In Brief
Man Shot Dead In Finchley A murder investigation has been launched and detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was shot dead in Finchley on Saturday, 27 November. Police w...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
Assured Beef Supplies To Boost NI Trade?
The National Beef Association (NBA) expects dramatic changes on the world market to drag the domestic multiple retail companies most anxious to secure regular access to assured supplies of UK origin b...
Business News, Nov 29, 2010
Donaldson Opposed To A5 Master Plan
Fermanagh and South Tyrone UUP Assembly candidate Kenny Donaldson has said that the current A5 master road plan "threatens the future sustainability of the many rural communities to which it affects."...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
Derry Undertone Backs Nottingham Youth
Young people in Nottingham are being given new opportunities to make music and benefit from a range of youth services at a newly equipped music rehearsal space. It was formally opened by the UK's Cre...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 29, 2010
Other NI News In Brief
Liverpool Student Dies Two men have been arrested after the death of a 20-year-old Tyrone man studying in Liverpool who died after being knocked down by a stolen car. Merseyside Police said Andrew Br...
Recruitment News, Nov 29, 2010
Jobs On Way As Financial Services Campus Gets Green Light
Plans for a world-class financial services campus, to be located at Belfast's Titanic Quarter, (TQ) have moved one step closer following the formal granting of planning permission by the Department of...
Business News, Nov 29, 2010
Financial Services Campus Gets Green Light
Plans for a world-class financial services campus, to be located at Belfast's Titanic Quarter, (TQ) have moved one step closer following the formal granting of planning permission by the Department of...
Business News, Nov 26, 2010
Four Year Plan Still A 'Failed Policy'
The Irish Government's highly controversial Four Year Plan has been met with hostility by the State's leading unions, who claim the plan is no more than the continuation of "failed policies". SIPTU G...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2010
Police Fire Shot To Quell Trouble
The police have fire a shot to halt a Co Armagh fracas - with two men arrested at the scene. The circumstances behind the single shot being fired by a police officer during the disturbance in Portado...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2010
NI Farm Payments 'Eclipse UK'
With a series of meetings due to be held in the New Year for NI farmers to discuss the coming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a senior European Union official has been outlining the EC...
UK National News, Nov 26, 2010
Snow And Ice Sweeps The UK
Large parts of the UK have been affected by snow and ice as the current cold weather snap continues. The Met Office has issued warnings of heavy snow for northern Scotland, Wales and east England, wh...
UK National News, Nov 26, 2010
Bernard Matthews Dies At 80
Norfolk turkey tycoon, Bernard Matthews, died peacefully at his home yesterday afternoon. The 80-year-old, famous for his "bootiful" TV ad catchphrase, had stepped down as Chairman of the firm in Jan...
Recruitment News, Nov 26, 2010
'Risk' As Nearly 4,000 Apply For HSE Exit Scheme
The HSE has admitted there is a "degree of risk" after almost 4,000 staff within the HSE applied for the voluntary redundancy scheme, according to a statement from the department this morning. In th...
UK National News, Nov 26, 2010
Thousands Of HIV Sufferers 'Undiagnosed'
The number of people living with HIV in the UK reached an estimated 86,500 in 2009, but more than a quarter, almost 22,500, were unaware of their infection, according to figures released by the Health...
UK National News, Nov 26, 2010
Ofgem To Review Energy Market
Ofgem's latest analysis of retail prices, published today, shows that the margin on a standard dual fuel tariff is now around £90, an increase of 38 per cent from September. Whilst Ofgem would expec...
UK National News, Nov 26, 2010
Cardiff Battles Hepatitis Outbreak
Two pupils at primary school in Cardiff have suffered Hepatitis A, Public Health Wales has said. According to the BBC this morning, more than 300 children and staff at at Meadowlane Primary School i...
UK National News, Nov 26, 2010
Direct Talks Sought On Underground Walkout
Tube passengers found themselves stranded for 40 minutes in a padlocked empty station at Canary Wharf during a recent 24-hour strike, it was revealed today. The TSSA rail union called on Boris Johnso...
Northern Ireland News, Nov 26, 2010
Fianna Fail Concedes By-Election
Fianna Fail have conceded the Donegal by-election after the Sinn Fein candidate streaked ahead in the unofficial tally. Favourite, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has had a significant lead over th...