Northern Ireland News for September 2014 : Page 11

UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
British Man Dies In Shark Attack In Australia
A British man has been killed after being attacked by a shark in Australia. The attack occurred at a tourist destination of Byron Bay. The victim has been named as Paul Wilcox, 50, from Warwickshire...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
Cannabis Factory Discovered In South Belfast
A large cannabis-growing outfit has been discovered by police during the search of a property in south Belfast. Officers searched the Ventry Street property on Monday and discovered plants with an es...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
Deloitte Announces 338 Jobs
338 jobs are to be created by Deloitte through the expansion of its Belfast office, it has been announced. The new positions will be available across a range of services including technology, pension...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
PRONI Releases '83/'84 Records
Previously secret records relating to Northern Ireland history and politics in 1983 and 1984 are now available online. Over 200 documents have been added to the Conflict Archive on the INternet (CAIN...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Man Charged Over Jewellery Theft
A 35-year-old man has been charged following a theft at a jewellery shop in Aberdeen last month. It is understood the around £20,000 was taken from the Northern Diamond store on Union Street. The in...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Flights Resume At Luton Airport
Flights in and out of London Luton Airport have returned to normal following a security alert yesterday (8 September). At around 2pm on Monday, passengers were evacuated from the airport following t...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Boy Charged Over Knife Attack At Malvern School
A teenage boy has been charged in relation to an alleged knife attack at a school in Worcestershire on Monday. The 13-year-old boy has been charged with 13 offences which include one count of causing...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Police Hunt For Missing Teenage Girl From Surrey
Surrey Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen at her home on Sunday night. Brooklyn Sutherland was last seen at her house in Thames Ditton at around 9.30pm. She is described a...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
Planning Granted For £700k Downpatrick Vet
Planning approval has been granted for a new £700,000 veterinary hospital in Downpatrick, County Down. The proposal is for a purpose-built practice at the site of the former South Eastern Regional Co...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
Men Arrested Over Newtownabbey Armed Robbery
Two men have been arrested by police investigating an armed robbery at a fast food outlet in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. At about 23:45 on Monday evening, it was reported that two men carrying knive...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Devolution Deal Offered For Scots 'No' Vote
A 'fast-track' deal is being offered to the people of Scotland by the three main UK political parties, should they decide to vote 'no' in the looming independence referendum. The deal would ensure gr...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
NI Rail Journeys Increase By 2.5 Million
Rail passenger journeys across Northern Ireland have increased by approximately 2.5m over the period 2011/12 to 2013/14. The figures have been released by the Department for Regional Development, wh...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
Elderly Woman Interrupts Burglary
An elderly woman has interrupted a burglary at her own home after returning to find two males inside. Police in Newtownabbey are appealing for information following the burglary in Rathdrum Park. Th...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Heathrow Strike Action Expected On Friday
Passengers flying out of Heathrow are being told to expect delays on Friday, as the Unite union warns of strike action by ground handlers in a dispute about pay. Delays to aircraft taking off and pas...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Year Two of Badger Cull Underway
The second year of a badger cull is now underway in Gloucestershire and Somerset. Almost 1,000 badgers are to be killed in the second year of the cull, which started last year in an effort to stop th...
Recruitment News, Sep 9, 2014
SDLP Welcomes Webtech Jobs Announcement
SDLP Enniskillen Councillor Patricia Rogers has welcomed the announcement of 35 jobs by a County Fermanagh company. Webtech, which makes labels for drinks bottles, says the new jobs are part of an £1...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
Man Arrested Over 1976 Shankill Road Murder
A man has been arrested over the murder of a barman in the Shankill Road area of west Belfast 38 years ago. 47-year-old Alec Jamison was found shot dead in a derelict house at Argyle Street in the Sh...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
35 Jobs Announced By Enniskillen Packaging Company
35 jobs are expected to be created through an £11m investment by Enniskillen packaging company Webtech NI Ltd. Webtech manufactures labels for the European soft drinks industry and is the largest sup...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 9, 2014
Other News In Brief
Appeal After Lisburn Arson Attack Police are appealing after a man experienced an arson attack at his home in Dunmurry, Lisburn, County Antrim. Police officers responded to an emergency call ...
UK National News, Sep 9, 2014
Other News In Brief
Merseyside Police Appeal Over RTC Merseyside Police has appealed for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision in Netherton on the evening of Monday 8 September. Emergency Services...
UK National News, Sep 8, 2014
Luton Airport Evacuated Following Security Alert
Luton Airport has been evacuated after a suspicious object was found in the security search area. All incoming flights have been suspended and the road to the airport has also been closed by police. ...
Recruitment News, Sep 8, 2014
Greyhound Workers Reject Proposals To End Lockout
SIPTU members at Greyhound Recovery and Recycling have rejected proposals in the long running dispute at the company which emerged from the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) last week. By a significa...
Business News, Sep 8, 2014
Queen's Shortlisted For Family Friendly Employer Awards
Queen's University has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Family Friendly Employer Awards 2014. Due to Queen's innovative approach to family friendly employment initiatives, the University will n...
UK National News, Sep 8, 2014
Search For Teen Following Knife Attack In Worcestershire
Police are searching for a teenage boy after a teacher and another pupil were attacked with a knife at a school in Worcestershire. The boy, 13, fled from The Chase Technology College, where the attac...
UK National News, Sep 8, 2014
Kate Middleton Pregnant With Second Child
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William are expecting their second child, Kensington Palace has announced. The news comes just one year and two months after she gave birth to Prince George. The ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 8, 2014
NI Economy Grows, Albeit Slowly
August saw sharp rises in activity and new business levels in Northern Ireland, despite a slow in private sector growth, according to the latest Ulster Bank Purchasing Managers Index. Firms continued...
UK National News, Sep 8, 2014
Ashya King To Receive Treatment In Prague
Ashya King has been discharged from a hospital in Spain and is on his way to Pragur to receive proton treatment on his brain tumour. His parents Brett and Naghemeh and Ashya, 5, travelled to Malaga A...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 8, 2014
NIFRS Warning Over Chimney Fires
The Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) is reminding the public of the dangers of chimney fires, after it attended 1,762 such fires last year, representing just over 7% of all incidents in ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 8, 2014
Ligoniel Memorial Attacked
A frequently-targeted memorial to three Scottish soldiers who were killed by the IRA in north Belfast has again been attacked with paint. The Ligoniel memorial to the soldiers, who were murdered in M...
UK National News, Sep 8, 2014
Rotherham Abuse: Chief Executive Martin Kimber To Step Down
The Chief Executive of Rotherham Council is to step down following an independent inquiry into historic cases of child sexual exploitation. Martin Kimber apologised unreservedly for those failings to...