Northern Ireland News for January 2011 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Police 'Allowed Illegal Republican Parade'
Members of the leading loyal order are said to be frustrated over an illegal march in Co Armagh yesterday and news of 'zero' prosecutions or cautions for those participating in any such illegal parade...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Green Light For Contentious City Apartments
Although he previously stepped aside temporarily from his post as the NI Policing Board Chairman - as police investigated allegations of wrongful practice - Big Picture Developments Ltd director Barry...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Man Shoots Himself In Police Stand-Off
According to police, a suspected gunman, who is believed to have shot himself in a Luton park is alive. Officers entered into a 16-hour stand-off with the man since he was discovered with a firearm a...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Irish Election Date Looms As Greens Quit
In dramatic events over the weekend, the Green Party has left the coalition Government forcing the March election date to be brought forward. The election date is now expected to take place on Febru...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Man Found Guilty Of Murdering Three-Year-Old Son
A man who killed his three-year-old son in a frenzied knife attack has been found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey. Paul Deya, now 32, murdered his son, in their home on the Lynton Estate in Southw...
Recruitment News, Jan 24, 2011
Robinson Check Out New Tesco Jobs
A multi-million pound investment by leading supermarket chain, Tesco has created their largest store in Northern Ireland employing a total of 377 people - and offering a 'greener' construction plan th...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
BBC's Online Budget To Be Cut By 25%
In an bid to reduce spending on online output, the BBC is to cut around 200 websites. The move, cutting the budget by £34m over the next two years, will see the loss of up to 360 jobs. Sites such a...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Reward Offered After Attack On Train Driver
British Transport Police (BTP) detectives are appealing for information after a man punched a train driver so hard it loosened some of his teeth. Investigators have also released CCTV images of a man...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Irish Election Date Looms As Greens Quit
In dramatic events over the weekend, the Green Party has left the coalition Government forcing the March election date to be brought forward. The election date is now expected to take place on Febru...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Information Appeal Follows Bangor Shooting
A probe has been launched after a woman and a 10-year-old boy escaped shocked but uninjured when a house in Bangor was fired on. It happened on Saturday evening when the Ballymaconnell Road property ...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Call For Global Food Policy To Feed Starving
There needs to be a worldwide agricultural revolution, with farmers growing more food at less cost to the environment, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman and International Development Secretary An...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Police Appeal To Trace Missing Mother
Police are releasing an image of a mother they would like to reunite with her abandoned new-born baby boy. The infant, whom care workers have named 'Quy' (pronounced Kwee) - Vietnamese for 'precious'...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Nuclear Power Station Moves Ahead
Chris Huhne, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, visited EDF Energy’s site at Hinkley Point in Somerset today as the Government’s consultation on Energy National Policy Statements ap...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Fish Die In Sixmilewater 'Pollution' Incident
Hundreds of fish have been killed on the Sixmilewater River in Co Antrim, after a prior fish kill in the same river in 2008 - and one even further back, in 2001 The latest one in the scenic stretch o...
Business News, Jan 24, 2011
Hannahstown 'Villagers' Consult On Development
'Villagers' in part of west Belfast are to have a say on how their area is developed through a special consultation process to draft up a Village Plan. Residents and stakeholders in Hannahstown will ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Builders' Views On Waste Handling Sought
NI's construction sector is being urged to participate in a forthcoming waste study Stormont Environment Minister Edwin Poots today urged businesses to participate in a study to improve the sustainab...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Robinson Checks Out New Tesco Jobs
A multi-million pound investment by leading supermarket chain, Tesco has created their largest store in Northern Ireland employing a total of 377 people - and offering a 'greener' construction plan th...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Hannahstown 'Villagers' Consulted On Plans
'Villagers' in part of west Belfast are to have a say on how their area is developed through a special consultation process to draft up a Village Plan. Residents and stakeholders in Hannahstown will ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 24, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Alliance 'Leads' Delivering his keynote speech at the party's conference on Saturday, David Ford the Justice Minister and Alliance leader (pictured) said he has a "positive vision" and that it distin...
UK National News, Jan 24, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
VAT Rise Hitting Smaller Businesses Almost a third of Britain's small and medium-sized companies say they will need more funding to cope with the government's increase in VAT sales tax, a survey sho...
Business News, Jan 24, 2011
Corrib Pipeline May Deliver Jobs Boost
A decision on the contentious Corrib pipeline is to be made within weeks - with the possibility of a huge flow of jobs for the building trade if approved. The Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan is expect...
Recruitment News, Jan 24, 2011
Corrib Pipeline May Deliver Jobs Boost
A decision on the contentious Corrib pipeline is to be made within weeks - with the possibility of a huge flow of jobs for the building trade if approved. The Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan is expect...
UK National News, Jan 21, 2011
Body Found In Leytonstone
Inquiries are underway by detectives from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command after a body was found in Leytonstone. At approximately 4.15am on Wednesday 19 January police attended a basement fla...
UK National News, Jan 21, 2011
Further Questioning For Jo Yeates Suspect
Detectives are continuing to question a 32-year-old man on suspicion of murdering landscape architect Joanna Yeates. Police investigating the 25-year-old's death detained a suspect in the early hours...
UK National News, Jan 21, 2011
Coulson Resigns Over Phone-Hack Claims
Andy Coulson, David Cameron's Communications Chief, has quit due to 'ongoing pressure' over phone-hacking claims in his role as newspaper editor. Mr Coulson, 43, said he would leave his job in the co...
UK National News, Jan 21, 2011
Blair Testifies At Iraq Inquiry
Tony Blair has been called for a second time to give evidence in the Iraq Inquiry. Earlier this year, the former Prime Minister defended his decision to go to war, saying that Saddam Hussein was a "m...
UK National News, Jan 21, 2011
Public Sector Financial Discipline 'Strengthened'
The Government has published further details of a new Finance Transformation Programme which will make financial implications inherent to every decision taken in the public sector. The Economic Secret...
UK National News, Jan 21, 2011
NHS Fines Loom Over Mixed Wards
Heavy fines are to be imposed on UK hospitals found in breach of rules over mixed sex accommodation in the NHS. More than 11,000 patients were placed in mixed sex accommodation in hospitals providing...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 21, 2011
Clerical Abuse Gets High-Level Discussion
The Apostolic Visitation set up by the Pope last year is to meet the main group representing Northern Ireland victims of clerical abuse today - having already been in discussion with the Stormont Depu...
UK National News, Jan 21, 2011
Cigarette Smuggling Ringleader Jailed
The ringleader of a criminal gang that smuggled over 64 million fake cigarettes into the UK, evading £10m in duty, was jailed for seven years at Southwark Crown Court. Peter Vyse, a Market Trader fr...