Northern Ireland News for July 2012 : Page 7
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
Wife Found Guilty Of Helping Husband With Terrorist Plan
A woman from Oldham has been found guilty of helping her husband plan a "jihad at home" terrorist attack on Bury's Jewish community. Shasta Khan, 38, denied being involved with Mohammed Sajid Khan's ...
Wife Found Guilty Of Helping Husband With Terrorist Plan
A woman from Oldham has been found guilty of helping her husband plan a "jihad at home" terrorist attack on Bury's Jewish community. Shasta Khan, 38, denied being involved with Mohammed Sajid Khan's ...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
Eight Men Cleared Of Deaths During Birmingham Riots
Eight men have been found not guilty of the murder of three men during last summer's riots in Birmingham. 20-year-old Haroon Jahan and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, died on 10 Augus...
Eight Men Cleared Of Deaths During Birmingham Riots
Eight men have been found not guilty of the murder of three men during last summer's riots in Birmingham. 20-year-old Haroon Jahan and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, died on 10 Augus...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
Two More Arrested In Connection To Fatal Derby House Fire
Two people have been arrested in an ongoing investigation into a Derby house fire which claimed the lives of six children. Police confirmed a 34-year-old and a 29-year-old woman from Derby were arres...
Two More Arrested In Connection To Fatal Derby House Fire
Two people have been arrested in an ongoing investigation into a Derby house fire which claimed the lives of six children. Police confirmed a 34-year-old and a 29-year-old woman from Derby were arres...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
BBC Considering New Appeal Over Banned Riots Docu-Drama
Lawyers for the BBC are considering making a formal appeal against a court order banning the corporation from showing a dramatised film about the experiences of rioters who took part in last summer's ...
BBC Considering New Appeal Over Banned Riots Docu-Drama
Lawyers for the BBC are considering making a formal appeal against a court order banning the corporation from showing a dramatised film about the experiences of rioters who took part in last summer's ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Take A Leap Of Faith Off Tallest Building
CITYBEAT'S Linzi Corr is calling all those with a head for heights to join her in a charity abseil down Ireland’s tallest building. The Obel abseil will take place on September 1 in aid of Northern I...
Take A Leap Of Faith Off Tallest Building
CITYBEAT'S Linzi Corr is calling all those with a head for heights to join her in a charity abseil down Ireland’s tallest building. The Obel abseil will take place on September 1 in aid of Northern I...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
Train Drivers Announce 3 Day Strike Action During Olympics
Drivers at East Midlands Trains will strike for three days during the Olympics in a dispute over pensions. Train drivers' union Aslef said talks with East Midlands Trains had failed to produce a brea...
Train Drivers Announce 3 Day Strike Action During Olympics
Drivers at East Midlands Trains will strike for three days during the Olympics in a dispute over pensions. Train drivers' union Aslef said talks with East Midlands Trains had failed to produce a brea...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
ONS Figures Show Homicide At Lowest rate For 30 Years
The homicide rate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 30 years, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. 550 homicides were recorded in 2011-12, 88 fewer than t...
ONS Figures Show Homicide At Lowest rate For 30 Years
The homicide rate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 30 years, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. 550 homicides were recorded in 2011-12, 88 fewer than t...
Business News, Jul 19, 2012
Dunloy Building Firm Sets To Double Sales In Next Two Years
Dunloy building company Dixons Contractors is aiming to double its sales by expanding its reach into the Great Britain market with support from Invest Northern Ireland. Dixons is particularly targeti...
Dunloy Building Firm Sets To Double Sales In Next Two Years
Dunloy building company Dixons Contractors is aiming to double its sales by expanding its reach into the Great Britain market with support from Invest Northern Ireland. Dixons is particularly targeti...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Health Board Director Sacked For Leaking Documents
A director on the Health and Social Care Board has been removed from her post after leaking confidential documents to the media and a trade union. Lily Kerr has also been removed from her position as...
Health Board Director Sacked For Leaking Documents
A director on the Health and Social Care Board has been removed from her post after leaking confidential documents to the media and a trade union. Lily Kerr has also been removed from her position as...
Business News, Jul 19, 2012
Minister Congratulates Local Companies Listed In Top 50 British Foods
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has congratulated three Northern Ireland food companies on being listed in the Top 50 British Foods, as part of the 2012 Great Taste Awards. The UK Guild of Fine Foo...
Minister Congratulates Local Companies Listed In Top 50 British Foods
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has congratulated three Northern Ireland food companies on being listed in the Top 50 British Foods, as part of the 2012 Great Taste Awards. The UK Guild of Fine Foo...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Teenage Belfast Rapist On Loose In Republic
This is the face of a convicted rapist who is believed to be on the loose in Ireland. Edward Connors failed to turn up for a hearing in Belfast Magistrates Court on Monday. He is thought to have fle...
Teenage Belfast Rapist On Loose In Republic
This is the face of a convicted rapist who is believed to be on the loose in Ireland. Edward Connors failed to turn up for a hearing in Belfast Magistrates Court on Monday. He is thought to have fle...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Aer Lingus To Move To City Airport
Aer Lingus flights are to go from George Best Belfast City Airports as of the autumn. The airline is switching its operations there from its former base at Belfast International Airport. It will fly...
Aer Lingus To Move To City Airport
Aer Lingus flights are to go from George Best Belfast City Airports as of the autumn. The airline is switching its operations there from its former base at Belfast International Airport. It will fly...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
Coalition's Flagship Free School Scrapped
One of the coalition's flagship free schools has collapsed weeks before it was due to open, allegedly due to a lack of demand from parents. Ministers have confirmed that Newham Free Academy, in east ...
Coalition's Flagship Free School Scrapped
One of the coalition's flagship free schools has collapsed weeks before it was due to open, allegedly due to a lack of demand from parents. Ministers have confirmed that Newham Free Academy, in east ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Beach Tragedy Girl Laid To Rest
The funeral has taken place of an 11-year-old girl who died when she got into trouble in the sea at Portballintrae on Sunday. Bethany Cousins was rescued from the sea where she was swept away while b...
Beach Tragedy Girl Laid To Rest
The funeral has taken place of an 11-year-old girl who died when she got into trouble in the sea at Portballintrae on Sunday. Bethany Cousins was rescued from the sea where she was swept away while b...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
Co-op Buys Lloyds Bank Branches
Terms have been agreed for the Co-op to buy 632 branches of Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester. The Co-operative Group will pay Lloyds Banking Group £350m upfront and up to an additional £400m ...
Co-op Buys Lloyds Bank Branches
Terms have been agreed for the Co-op to buy 632 branches of Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester. The Co-operative Group will pay Lloyds Banking Group £350m upfront and up to an additional £400m ...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Payment Incentive Planned For Energy Users Who Switch To Renewables
Energy Minister Arlene Foster has today revealed details of a multi-million-pound funding pot for those wishing to install renewable energy technologies to heat their properties, in a bid to increase ...
Payment Incentive Planned For Energy Users Who Switch To Renewables
Energy Minister Arlene Foster has today revealed details of a multi-million-pound funding pot for those wishing to install renewable energy technologies to heat their properties, in a bid to increase ...
UK National News, Jul 19, 2012
Other News In Brief
Final 76 Clinton Cards Shops To Close The last remaining Clinton Cards shops run by administrators will shut at the end of the month with the loss of 550 jobs. Administrators admitted there h...
Other News In Brief
Final 76 Clinton Cards Shops To Close The last remaining Clinton Cards shops run by administrators will shut at the end of the month with the loss of 550 jobs. Administrators admitted there h...
Recruitment News, Jul 19, 2012
Council Sets Targets Of Creating 110 Jobs This Year
Belfast City Council has set itself a target of providing 110 job opportunities before the end of the current financial year. These opportunities are part of the 200 jobs the council announced when i...
Council Sets Targets Of Creating 110 Jobs This Year
Belfast City Council has set itself a target of providing 110 job opportunities before the end of the current financial year. These opportunities are part of the 200 jobs the council announced when i...
Recruitment News, Jul 19, 2012
Derry Unemployment Figures Indicative Of Generations Of Underinvestment - Durkan
SDLP Social Development Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said that the worrying figures for unemployment in the Derry area show the legacy of sustained underinvestment in the North-West and risk an irre...
Derry Unemployment Figures Indicative Of Generations Of Underinvestment - Durkan
SDLP Social Development Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said that the worrying figures for unemployment in the Derry area show the legacy of sustained underinvestment in the North-West and risk an irre...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Titanic Festival Company In Liquidation
A music promotions company which had to cancel a concert planned for the Titanic centenary celebrations has gone into liquidation. Hydroponic Music Limited called off the Titanic Lockdown festival on...
Titanic Festival Company In Liquidation
A music promotions company which had to cancel a concert planned for the Titanic centenary celebrations has gone into liquidation. Hydroponic Music Limited called off the Titanic Lockdown festival on...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 19, 2012
Other NI News In Brief
Grieving Antrim Parents Stopped From Leaving Grave Tributes A UUP councillor in Antrim is "shocked" at the "devastating" decision to ban parents from leaving mementoes on their children's grav...
Other NI News In Brief
Grieving Antrim Parents Stopped From Leaving Grave Tributes A UUP councillor in Antrim is "shocked" at the "devastating" decision to ban parents from leaving mementoes on their children's grav...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 18, 2012
Omagh Families Ramp Up Cross-Border Inquiry Bid
Relatives of the Omagh bombing victims are stepping up their demands for a cross-border inquiry into the 1998 atrocity. They are to meet Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter and hand over an independe...
Omagh Families Ramp Up Cross-Border Inquiry Bid
Relatives of the Omagh bombing victims are stepping up their demands for a cross-border inquiry into the 1998 atrocity. They are to meet Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter and hand over an independe...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 18, 2012
Unemployment Up In Northern Ireland
Unemployment has risen again in Northern Ireland, according to a new report. 400 new people signed on Jobseekers' Allowance here last month and joblessness is now running at 6.9% in Northern Ireland....
Unemployment Up In Northern Ireland
Unemployment has risen again in Northern Ireland, according to a new report. 400 new people signed on Jobseekers' Allowance here last month and joblessness is now running at 6.9% in Northern Ireland....
Northern Ireland News, Jul 18, 2012
Weather Fails To Beat Red Kite Breeders
Wet and stormy weather has played havoc with plants and animals across Northern Ireland. But the RSPB are celebrating that the population of red kites here has actually increased. There are twelve k...
Weather Fails To Beat Red Kite Breeders
Wet and stormy weather has played havoc with plants and animals across Northern Ireland. But the RSPB are celebrating that the population of red kites here has actually increased. There are twelve k...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 18, 2012
Man Who Stabbed Best Friend 'Cannot Remember Killing'
A man who is facing a possible life sentence for stabbing his best friend to death cannot remember the killing. Londonderry Crown Court heard yesterday that alcoholic Leon Robert Paul Johnston was su...
Man Who Stabbed Best Friend 'Cannot Remember Killing'
A man who is facing a possible life sentence for stabbing his best friend to death cannot remember the killing. Londonderry Crown Court heard yesterday that alcoholic Leon Robert Paul Johnston was su...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 18, 2012
PSNI Officers To Help At Olympics
Fifty-three officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland are to travel to London to help with the Olympics security operation. They will be used in marine policing and close protection as wel...
PSNI Officers To Help At Olympics
Fifty-three officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland are to travel to London to help with the Olympics security operation. They will be used in marine policing and close protection as wel...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 18, 2012
Twelfth Riot Charge Man Remanded In Custody
A north Belfast man is behind bars after being charged with attempting to kill police officers during riots on the night of the Twelfth of July. Thomas McWilliams, 47, of Northwick Drive, has been re...
Twelfth Riot Charge Man Remanded In Custody
A north Belfast man is behind bars after being charged with attempting to kill police officers during riots on the night of the Twelfth of July. Thomas McWilliams, 47, of Northwick Drive, has been re...
Northern Ireland News, Jul 18, 2012
New Prison Service Boss Vows To Tackle Drugs
The new head of Northern Ireland's prison service has vowed to tackle the drugs problem in jails. Sue McAllister steps into the post of director general of the prison service following reports by the...
New Prison Service Boss Vows To Tackle Drugs
The new head of Northern Ireland's prison service has vowed to tackle the drugs problem in jails. Sue McAllister steps into the post of director general of the prison service following reports by the...
UK National News, Jul 18, 2012
Man Who Hid In Bed After Killing Two Colleagues Found Guilty Of Murder
A hotel receptionist at Heathrow airport who hid in a bed for two days after killing two of his colleagues has been found guilty of their murder. 32-year-old Attila Ban, stabbed and killed Tibor Vass...
Man Who Hid In Bed After Killing Two Colleagues Found Guilty Of Murder
A hotel receptionist at Heathrow airport who hid in a bed for two days after killing two of his colleagues has been found guilty of their murder. 32-year-old Attila Ban, stabbed and killed Tibor Vass...
Recruitment News, Jul 18, 2012
SIPTU Welcomes Restoration Of Funding For Community Employment
SIPTU members have welcomed the decision of the Department of Social Protection to partially restore material and training funding to Community Employment (CE) schemes. The decision followed an intens...
SIPTU Welcomes Restoration Of Funding For Community Employment
SIPTU members have welcomed the decision of the Department of Social Protection to partially restore material and training funding to Community Employment (CE) schemes. The decision followed an intens...
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.