Northern Ireland News for July 2012 : Page 4

Recruitment News, Jul 26, 2012
Sangart Announces Plans For New Manufacturing Facility In Ireland
Sangart, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing life-saving medicines specifically designed to enhance the perfusion and oxygenation of ischemic (oxygen deprived) tissues thr...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 26, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
Protected Birds Of Prey Killed Police believe a falcon chick may have been shot as protected birds have disappeared from the Glenwherry area of north Antrim. Four peregrine falcons disappeare...
Recruitment News, Jul 26, 2012
Minister Extends Funding For Master Courses
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry today announced additional funding for conversion Masters Courses in Software Development and Advanced Food Safety. The additional funding has been ...
Business News, Jul 26, 2012
Portaferry's 'Just Live A Little' In Hong Kong Gronola Deal
Portaferry-based Crawford’s Food has won its first business in Hong Kong for its Just Live a Little branded granolas with assistance from Invest Northern Ireland. The family-run company has secured ...
Business News, Jul 26, 2012
Northern Hydraulics Engineers Investors In People Success
Coalisland precision engineering company Northern Hydraulics is one of 37 organisations from across Northern Ireland today awarded with the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) accreditation. Dr Ste...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
People Living Near Wind Farms 'Need More Control'
People living near wind farms should get more control over them to benefit more, a report has said. The Chartered Institute for Environmental Health said the creation of community turbines should be ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
Joanna Mills Bows Out Of Olympic Fight
Snubbed teenage athlete Joanna Mills has decided not to continue fighting for a spot on Ireland's Olympic squad. The Ballymena 19-year-old was passed over for a place on the 4x400m Olympic relay team...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
Cookery Students 'Serve Up' Their Skills
Hospitality students served up their skills to potential employers at a specially-arranged lunch. In scenes reminiscent of primetime television cookery shows, participants of the HARTE programme (the...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
Derry Man Barred From Going Home After Riot Charges
A judge has told a Londonderry man accused of rioting not to live near the site of the disturbances again. Seamus Bradley, 43, is charged with riotous behaviour, assaulting and resisting police and a...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
We're Happy And Now They Know It
The first national survey into the slippery category of emotional well-being has found that people in Northern Ireland are the happiest in the UK. The Office for National Statistics survey, carried o...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
GCSEs In Ulster-Scots - Strategy Proposal
Northern Irish students could be offered the chance to take exams in Ulster-Scots. A strategy produced by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) proposes creating GCSEs and A-levels as a ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
Stun Guns And CS Gas Found In Luggage Checks
Knuckle-dusters, stun guns and other weapons have been seized at Belfast International Airport in the past two weeks. Members of the public have been warned that if they smuggle weaponry in to the UK...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
Rate Of Suicide In NI Doubled In The Decade Of The Good Friday Agreement Research Reveals
People who grew up in the worst years of 'The Troubles' are more prone to suicide in Northern Ireland, according to new research carried out at Queen's University Belfast. The research, which examine...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
MP Calls On Government To Keep WWI Ship In Belfast
A Belfast MP is fighting for government support to save HMS Caroline. The historic ship, currently moored at Alexandra Dock in the Titanic Quarter, is the last surviving vessel used in the Battle of ...
Recruitment News, Jul 25, 2012
JLR Announces 1,100 New Jobs In The UK
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has announced it will expand its workforce at its advanced manufacturing facility in Castle Bromwich to support the launch of new Jaguar models. More than 1,100 new jobs are ...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
All UK Children To Receive Free Flu Vaccine
A new universal nasal flu vaccine will be given to all children from 2014, after experts said it could save up to 2,000 lives a year. The scheme will see all children aged two to 17 given the vaccina...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
Confirmed Case of Anthrax In Lanarkshire
It has been confirmed that a drug user in Lanarkshire is being treated for anthrax. Highlighting that anthrox cannot be passed from person to person, the area's health authority said the patient was ...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
Woman Dies After Dorset Coast Cliff Landslide
A young woman has died after a coastal rock face collapsed in Dorset. 22-year-old Charlotte Blackman was buried by an estimated 400 tonnes of mud and rock that fell from the top of the cliff, in two ...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
Jogger Killed By Fallen Power Cable
A man has died while out jogging when an electricity cable came down in a field. Emergency services were called to Debden Road in Newport, near Saffron Walden, Essex, at 20:40 on Tuesday. The man, b...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
Body Of 14-Year-Old Boy Recovered From River
The body of a 14-year-old boy has been recovered from the River Avon between Bristol and Bath. The boy had been swimming in the water behind the Jolly Sailor pub in Saltford around 17:40 on Tuesday w...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
Multi Million Package Of Support Introduced To Survive The High Street's
Nearly 400 Town Teams are to win backing from a multi-million pound package of Government support to revive their high streets and make them the beating hearts of their communities, Local Government M...
Recruitment News, Jul 25, 2012
Minister Announces €20m For Co-Investment In Seed And Venture Capital Funds
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, has today announced that €20m is available for co-investment in seed and venture capital funds, and issued a call to fund managers ...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
11-Year-Old Boards Plane To Rome Without Any Paperwork
Despite not having a passport, a ticket, or a boarding pass, an 11-year-old boy managed to board a plane in Manchester destined for Rome. He was not discovered until the Jet2 flight was already in th...
Recruitment News, Jul 25, 2012
Potential Contract For Wrightbus Could Secure Many Jobs
North Antrim Ulster Unionist MLA, Robin Swann has welcomed news that multi-million pound order for new London buses could be heading for Wrightbus. Mr Swann said: "The eight prototype buses that are...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
£4.5bn Railway Contract To Create 900 Jobs
A £4.5bn contract to build and maintain new inter-city trains will also see the creation of more than 900 new jobs, the Department for Transport has said. Agility Trains - a consortium made up of Jap...
UK National News, Jul 25, 2012
Other News In Brief
Scotland To Introduce Gay Marriage Scotland is set to become the first part of the UK to introduce gay marriage after the SNP government announced plans to make the change. Scottish ministers...
Business News, Jul 25, 2012
Over One Quarter Of NI Businesses Are Innovating Results Reveal
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency has today released results from the Northern Ireland element of the UK Innovation Survey 2011. The UK Innovation Survey 2011 is part of a wider Co...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 25, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
Gun Threat To Ards Shopkeeper A shopkeeper has been treated for shock after being robbed at gunpoint while closing up last night. She was taken to hospital after the attack on her shop in Mai...
Business News, Jul 25, 2012
Foster Announces Major Investment By Moyola Precision Engineering
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today announced that Moyola Precision Engineering is investing £5.3million to strengthen its design and manufacturing capabilities to target complex aerospace compone...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 24, 2012
Vandals Damage Diggers In Derry Graveyard
Vandals have caused damage totalling up to £2,000 to construction vehicles parked in a cemetery. The windows of mechanical diggers were smashed at the graveyard on Lone Moor Road in Londonderry betwe...