Northern Ireland News for April 2013 : Page 5

UK National News, Apr 22, 2013
No Further Action Over Youth Police And Crime Commissioner Tweets
Kent police have confirmed that no further action will be taken against Paris Brown, who stepped down from her role as Britain’s first youth police and crime commissioner following a row over remarks ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2013
Armed Men Rob Ardglass Golf Club
Two masked men have raided a golf club in Ardglass, County Down. The men, armed with knives, entered the premises in the Castle Place area at approximately 10.55am on Monday. The pair left with a su...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2013
Tory Councillor Resigns Over Ethnic School Children Remarks
A Conservative Party councillor, who said Pakistani children would fail to "rise to the top", has reigned from the party. John Cherry made his comments to the Mail on Sunday, adding that some nationa...
Recruitment News, Apr 22, 2013
Govt Plans For 20,000 New Jobs By 2015
The Government today published its plans for 20,000 additional jobs in the manufacturing sector by 2016. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, and the Minister for Educ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2013
Minister Receives Report On Shared Education
Education Minister, John O'Dowd, has taken receipt of the report of the independent Ministerial Advisory Group on shared education. In July 2012 the Minister announced the establishment of the Group ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2013
Man Arrested After Fatal Stabbing In Ballycastle
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in Ballycastle, County Antrim, on Sunday. Kevin O'Neill, 25, was stabbed at his home in Stroanshesk Park. A police spokesp...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2013
Tax Advantages For Elderly 'Should Be Reviewed'
“Policies that appear to give special advantages to older people as a category should be reviewed," a think tank has said. The report, produced by the Fabian Society as part of a series for the Hanov...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 22, 2013
Other News In Brief
Call For Minister To Support Young People With Special Needs SDLP Employment and Learning Spokesperson Pat Ramsey has voiced his concern at an Assembly debate about the provision of education...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2013
Google Defend UK Corporation Tax Record
Google have defended paying just £6m in UK corporation tax. Speaking to The World at One on BBC Radio 4, Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, said his firm invested heavily in the UK and its se...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2013
Teenagers Airlifted Off Dartmoor
A group of 14-year-old boys were airlifted to safety by police helicopter after becoming lost in low cloud while walking on Dartmoor. It is understood that the teenagers, from a school in Wiltshire, ...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2013
Pret A Manger To Create 500 Jobs In UK
Pret A Manger, the chain of sandwich shops have announced a plan to create some 500 new jobs in the UK, as part of a drive for recruit 1,000 new staff worldwide. Sales at the company rose 17%, to £44...
UK National News, Apr 22, 2013
Other News In Brief
Liverpool Fine Suarez For Biting Ivanovic Luis Suarez has been fined by Liverpool for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic. The 26-year-old bit Ivanovic's arm during his team's 2-2 draw...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2013
Death Being Investigated For Measles Connection
The death of a 25-year-old man in Swansea is being investigated as part of the ongoing measles epidemic. Public Health Wales (PHW) say a diagnosis of measles has not yet been confirmed but is being l...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
£2.5m Drug Gang Sentenced
Seven members of a gang responsible for bringing £2.5m worth of illegal drugs into Northern Ireland have been sentenced at Belfast Crown Court. The PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch, which launched the i...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
Robinson And McGuinness Welcome Maze Development
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have welcomed news that the peace centre planned for the former Maze prison site has been given the go-ahead. First Minister Peter Robinson said: "The regeneratio...
Recruitment News, Apr 19, 2013
Marin Plans To Create 35 New Jobs
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD today announced that Marin Software Incorporated (Marin), provider of a leading advertising management platform for search, display, so...
Recruitment News, Apr 19, 2013
ACI Worldwide To Treble Its Workforce
Castletroy-based Fine Gael TD, Kieran O'Donnell, has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, that ACI Worldwide is to treble its workforce at i...
Business News, Apr 19, 2013
Leading Edge Performance Forms Business Partnership In South Africa
Leading Edge Performance, a Holywood-based specialist in coaching and training courses for companies seeking success in global markets, has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to form a new busin...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
Ballymoney Has Highest Risk Of Heart Disease
Ballymoney has been revealed as the area in Northern Ireland where people are most at risk of dying from coronary heart disease. A new report from the British Heart Foundation has found that Tameside...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
BBC Test Uncovers 'Fish Fraud'
Tests commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland have found some food products, labelled as cod, do not contain actually contain any cod at all. The results came following a BBC NI request to Belfast's Ins...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2013
26-Year-Old Charged With Party Murder
A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder Jerome Edwards. Edwards, 23, from Catford, south London, was shot in the head at a party in the early hours of Sunday morning. He died in hospital ...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
Cenotaph Union Flag Plans Rejected
A proposal to fly the union flag above the cenotaph at Belfast City Hall has been rejected by councillors. The announcement follows a decision by the Royal British Legion not to support the move. Th...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2013
Rolf Harris Arrested In Connection With Sexual Offences
Rolf Harris has been arrested and questioned under caution by officers investigating allegations of sexual offences. The 83-year-old TV-presenter and artist was initially interviewed after attending ...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2013
Driver Killed By Own Coach
A coach driver has been killed after his own coach ran over him at a car park in Devon. It is understood that the driver, a 50-year-old man from Newton Abbot, stopped his coach in the car park at the...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2013
Gove Calls For Longer Days And Shorter Holidays For Schools
Schools days should be longer and holidays shorter, Michael Gove has said. The education secretary claims this would improve performance and make life easier for working parents. The reforms propose...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
Belfast To Celebrate 'Big 400'
Belfast Council has announced a celebration of the city's 400-year anniversary to be held next weekend at City Hall. The event has been organised to mark 400 years since the granting of the city's fi...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2013
Compensation Possible For 30,000 Santander Customers
The UK's second largest mortgage provider, Santander, have said some 30,000 of its customers may be due compensation, due to errors made in 2008. It is understood that they are all former Abbey custo...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
Planning Permission Waived For Solar Panels
From May, schools, businesses and farm buildings in Northern Ireland will no longer need planning permission for solar panels. Environment Minister Alex Attwood made the announcement today. The impr...
Northern Ireland News, Apr 19, 2013
Foster Promotes 'Economic Potential' Of Tourism
Arlene Foster has said stakeholders, councils and government must recognise and act upon the economic potential of tourism. The Enterprise and Tourism Minister was speaking at the launch of the Value...
UK National News, Apr 19, 2013
OFT Accuse GSK Of 'Market Abuse'
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of market "abuse". It is alleged that GSK paid rivals to delay releasing their own versions of its product, Ser...