Northern Ireland News for December 2014 : Page 4

Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Belfast Road Reopens Following Five-Vehicle Crash
A road on the outskirts of north Belfast was reopened today to traffic following a five-vehicle crash. The Upper Hightown Road, which runs between Glengormley and Ligoniel, was closed on Thursday nig...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Cameron: No Deal On Talks
David Cameron has offered the "financial firepower" for a deal for Northern Ireland if agreement can be found by parties involved in the latest round of talke. The Prime Minister made the comments as...
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Business News, Dec 12, 2014
Precious Packaging Bags Export Business
A Lisburn based firm Precious Packaging is now exporting its packaging products to 17 different countries worldwide following Jobs Fund and marketing assistance from Invest Northern Ireland. Entrepre...
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Recruitment News, Dec 12, 2014
Minister Launches Belfast Recruitment Event
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry is inviting local jobseekers to a recruitment and job interview event. The event takes place at the Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, on Wednesday...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
100 Vacancies At December Jobs Fair
100 job vacancies are to be offered up to attendees to an employment event at the Holiday Inn on Ormeau Avenue in Belfast on 17 December. Minister for Employment Dr Stephen Farry announced the event,...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Lough Foyle Oyster Beds Partially Re-Open
The Loughs Agency has re-opened two of the six main oyster fishing beds in Lough Foyle, following their closure over the past few weeks. Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill and Irish Minister of St...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Ice Warning For NI Road Users
Northern Ireland road users are being warned of the likelihood of ice forming on untreated surfaces during Friday night and early Saturday morning. The UK Met Office said ice is likely to form partic...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Police Appeal For Witnesses After Four Stabbed At Northhampton Bar
Northamptonshire Police have appealed for witnesses to a "serious disturbance" at a bar that left four people in need of hospital treatment for stab wounds. Police said they were called to Faces Bar...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Coach Carrying 24 Crashes In Suffolk
Three people are in hospital after a coach carrying twenty four people crashed into a ditch shortly after midnight in Suffolk. Emergency services were called at about 00:15 on Friday morning after a ...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Over 300 Jobs At Risk As Engineering Firm Considers Closure
More than three hundred jobs are at risk following the announcement that engineering firm Mabey Bridge is considering closing one of its facilities and selling another. The company announced it has b...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Prince Of Wales Unveils WWI Truce Memorial
The Duke of Cambridge has unveiled a memorial to the World War One Christmas Truce. Prince William was joined by England manager Roy Hodgeson to dedicate the memorial to the event, which saw some Bri...
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UK National News, Dec 12, 2014
Other News In Brief
London Airspace Closed By 'Technical Problem' Airspace over London has been closed due to a computer failure, flight safety body, Eurocontrol has announced. It is understood that there has b...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Construction Begins On £5.2m Newry Primary School
The sod has been cut at the site of a new £5.2m primary school in Newry, County Down. Education Minister, John O'Dowd was present at the ceremony today to launch the construction of St Clare's Abbey ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 12, 2014
Other News In Brief
NI Food Businesses To Display Allergy Info New legislation is to come into effect tomorrow that will require food businesses across Northern Ireland to provide allergy information. The rules ...
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Recruitment News, Dec 11, 2014
Housing Charity Employees To Go On Strike Over Pay Cuts
The housing charity Shelter is set to be hit by a three-day strike next week as union Unite announced that 400 of its members would be walking out from Tuesday 16 December over pay cuts of up to £5,00...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 11, 2014
Tyrone Primary School Evacuated
A primary school in County Tyrone has been evacuated following a security alert. The alert is currently underway at Omagh County PS on Campsie Road. Pupils at the school have been taken to Omagh Hig...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 11, 2014
Three Detained In Dissident Probe
Three men have been arrested by the PSNI in connection with dissident republican activity. The men, aged 24, 25 and 43, were arrested in the cityside and waterside areas of L'Derry on Thursday. They...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 11, 2014
Locked Doors Prevent Belfast Carjacking
A woman has escaped having her car stolen by two carjackers because her vehicle's doors were internally locked. Two men attempted to hijack the red Honda Civic as it sat in traffic in the York Road a...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
PM Announces New Unit To 'Hunt' Online Paedophiles
The Prime Minister has announced a new joint unit of the GCHQ and National Crime Agency to tackle online paedophiles, making and sharing child abuse images. David Cameron made the announcement at an ...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
Manchester Day Care Centre Badly Damaged In Fire
A day care centre in Manchester has been badly damaged in a fire. Four fire engines and some 30 firefighters were needed to tackle the blaze at the Minehead Resource Centre on Dermot Murphy Close in ...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
HMRC Raid Two Fuel Laundering Operations
Revenues and Customs officers have raided two diesel laundering plants in Merseyside and Wales. According to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the plants had the capability to produce up to 26,000 gallo...
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Business News, Dec 11, 2014
Waste Systems Ltd Announces Expansion Plans
A County Tyrone company that specialises in the manufacture of waste separation machinery is expanding to meet demand for its products, with support from Invest Northern Ireland. Award-winning Waste ...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 11, 2014
Man Sentenced Over Bertie Acheson Murder
A man has been sentenced to nine years in prison over the manslaughter of pensioner Bertie Acheson in Coleraine, County L'Derry. Paul Toland's sentence will consist of four and a half years in prison...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
Govt Announce Funding For Male Rape Victim Charities
A total of £600,000 in government funding has been secured to support male victims of rape. The money, being made available under the Male Rape Support Fund, will be shared between 12 charities over ...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
74-Year-Old Man Charged In London Slavery Case
A 74-year-old man has been charged with false imprisonment, rape and child cruelty in London. Police said that Aravindan Balakrishnan, who was arrested in November 2013, has now been charged with fou...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
Man Found Guilty Of 1993 Claire Tiltman Murder
A 46-year-old man has been found guilty of the 1993 murder of teenager Claire Tiltman. Ms Tiltman was found dead in an alleyway in Greenhithe. She had suffered multiple stab wounds. Colin Ash-Smith...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
MoD Announce Closure Of Kinloss Search And Rescue Centre
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the closure of the search and rescue co-ordination centre at Kinloss in Moray. Operations are to be relocated to the National Maritime Operations Centre in...
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UK National News, Dec 11, 2014
More Than 70 Arrests Made At West London Rally
More than 70 people involved in a "die-in" protest at Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush, west London, have been arrested. It is understood that around 600 people gathered at the shopping c...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 11, 2014
Sinn Féin Condemns Arson Attack At Councillor's Home
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has condemned an arson attack at the home of Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay McCauley. Two vehicles were damaged in an overnight attack outside the Councillor's home...
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Northern Ireland News, Dec 11, 2014
Private Sector Is Leading Recovery - Foster
The private sector is the main driver behind Northern Ireland's economic recovery, according to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. The Department said the economy is predicted to gro...
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