Northern Ireland News for August 2011 : Page 5

Business News, Aug 23, 2011
Half Of Tenders 'Below Cost'
A major construction institute has revealed findings that over half of all construction tenders are coming in below cost, leading to the collapse of major projects. The survey, carried out by the Soc...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 23, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Stab Bodies Due Home The bodies of the two women from NI who were stabbed to death in Turkey last week have been released to their families. Arrangements are being made for the remains of Mari...
Recruitment News, Aug 22, 2011
Concrete Success Boosts Jobs In Armagh
An Armagh-based company Concrete Batching Systems Ltd has secured a £100,000 contract in Nigeria with support from Invest Northern Ireland - also creating six new jobs in the process. Concrete Batchi...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2011
PM Cuts Short Holiday To Chair Libya Meeting
Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his holiday to chair a meeting of the National Security Council on Libya. The Prime Minister returned to London from Cornwall last night as the news broke t...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2011
Two Arrested Over Hexham Murder
Police investigating the murder of an elderly woman in Hexham last week have arrested two people. Judith Richardson, 77, was found dead at her home on Saint Wilfrid's Road in Hexham on Friday evening...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2011
Ulster Santander Bank Device 'Viable'
A bomb alert in Newry, Northern Ireland caused by a device left in a Santander branch in the city's Marcus Square has ended. It began after masked men entered the bank, dropped a bag and issued a 45-...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2011
Man Arrested Over Snurridge House Murder
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed in the neck at a luxury manor house in North Devon. The 20-year-old victim was taken to hospital following the incident, which h...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
Newry Santander Bank Device 'Viable'
A bomb alert in Newry caused by a device left in a Santander branch in the city's Marcus Square has ended. It began after masked men entered the bank, dropped a bag and issued a 45-minute warning on ...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
RUC Reserve Gratuity Has 'Sting In Tail'
Delight turned to fear at the weekend as it became clear that the security of many former Part-Time Reserve RUC officers has been compromised after receiving information about their long-awaited gratu...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2011
Body Found In Search For Missing Polish Farmhand
Police investigating the disappearance of Polish farmhand Danuta Domagalska have found the body of a woman. The body was found by specialist police search teams concealed in a shallow grave close to ...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2011
Man Charged With Murder Of Chatham Woman
A man has been charged with the murder of a 32-year-old woman who was found dead at her home in Chatham earlier this month. Jennie Banner was found dead at her flat in New Road on August 19. Marcus ...
UK National News, Aug 22, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
Teen Charged Over Preston Rape An 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with the rape of a woman in Preston. The 24-year-old woman was attached near a multi-storey car park on Avenham Street...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
Boccia World Cup Opens In NI
An official Paralympic 2012 qualifying event has been taking place in Northern Ireland. The NI Sports Minister Carál Ní Chuilín officially opened the 2011 CPISRA Boccia World Cup at the University of...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
NI Businesses 'Anticipate Decade Of Growth'
Northern Ireland businesses are the most positive of all the regions in the UK about the potential for the region to become a better place to do business in ten years time. Some 77% of businesses bel...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
Concrete Success For Armagh Firm
An Armagh-based company Concrete Batching Systems Ltd has secured a £100,000 contract in Nigeria with support from Invest Northern Ireland - also creating six new jobs in the process. Concrete Batchi...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
Liam Joins BBC Comedy Show Line-up
Co Antrim's Liam Neeson (pictured) and actress Helena Bonham Carter are to join the cast of the BBC Two comedy, Life's Too Short. The show is a fake documentary from the creators of The Office and Ex...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
Tennents Vital Travel Arrangements Revealed
Organisers have issued advise to those attending the Tennents Vital concerts in Bangor this week. As tens of thousands of fans will be traveling to The Script and Eminem in Ward Park this week, ther...
Business News, Aug 22, 2011
Export Success For Armagh Concrete Business
An Armagh-based company Concrete Batching Systems Ltd has secured a £100,000 contract in Nigeria with support from Invest Northern Ireland - also creating six new jobs in the process. Concrete Batchi...
Recruitment News, Aug 22, 2011
CITB-ContructionSkills Launches Review Of Strategy
Industry views are being sought on a range of issues around skills and in particular whether current construction qualifications will meet the needs of employers and learners in the future in a consul...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
Recession Hits Gilbert Ash's Profits
The construction firm behind the acclaimed rebuilding of south Belfast's iconic Lyric Theatre, Gilbert Ash, has been filing its accounts. And while the Belfast-based construction firm Gilbert has rep...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 22, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Road Crash Tragedy The PSNI has released the name of the motorcyclist who died in a crash in Co Down on Sunday. He was John O'Neill, 45, from the Poleglass area died as a result of an accident...
Business News, Aug 22, 2011
Opportunities Open Up For Pitman Home Study
A specialist training business that has helped tutor thousands of personnel in a variety of office related skills is expanding. Pitman Training Swords is expanding their distance learning centre cour...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2011
Arrests Follow Turkish Stab Deaths
Two women from Co Down have been stabbed to death in Turkey. The victims, Marion Elizabeth Graham and Kathy Dinsmore died on Thursday night. A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Du...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2011
Riots Swell Prison Population
The recent riots have resulted in the prison population increased by 100 inmates a day. Figures due to be released today are expected to show that the total number of prisoners in England and Wales h...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2011
Tottenham And Croydon Promised Rebuilding
London Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged major regeneration to transform Tottenham and Croydon, two of the worst affected areas in the recent riots, following a £20 million funding boost. The £20 milli...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2011
Two Arrested Over Enfield Teen's Murder
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old in a park in Enfield, north London. Leroy James, 14, from Edmonton, was found by police at the Ponders End Recr...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Stormont Goes Pitman Northern Ireland's first Pitman Training centre has opened its doors, offering a range of courses and among the first students with the organisation in the city are ten Ha...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2011
Sky Pay-TV Films 'Restrict Competition'
The Competition Commission has provisionally ruled that Sky's control over pay-TV movie rights in the UK is restricting competition. Sky has held exclusive rights to the movies of six major Hollywood...
Northern Ireland News, Aug 19, 2011
Tiger Kidnappers 'Withdraw' Over £200K
A mother and son were freed unharmed last night after falling victim to a so-called 'tiger kidnapping' gang who forced the woman's husband to steal cash from a north Belfast security firm as a 'ransom...
UK National News, Aug 19, 2011
Kidnap Forces Irish Cash Hand-over
A mother and son were freed unharmed last night after falling victim to a so-called 'tiger kidnapping' gang who forced the woman's husband to steal cash from a north Belfast security firm as a 'ransom...