Northern Ireland News for January 2015 : Page 2

UK National News, Jan 29, 2015
Sky To Launch New Mobile Phone Service
A new mobile phone service is to be launched by pay-TV company Sky in partnership Telefonica, O2's Spanish parent company. Sky, adding mobile to its internet, landline and TV, will use Telefonica UK'...
UK National News, Jan 29, 2015
Other News In Brief
Murray Reaches Fourth Australian Open Final Andrew Murray has made the finals of the Australian Open. After losing the first set, the British number one, beat Berdych 6-7 6-0 6-3 7-5 to reac...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 29, 2015
Security Alert Finds Nothing At MLA's Home
A security alert at the North Antrim home of Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay has ended without incident. Police were called to the home following a report that a bomb had been left at the house. It is un...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 29, 2015
Three Teenagers Arrested Over Co Antrim Murder
Police investigating the murder of Nelson Cheung in Co Antrim earlier this month have arrested a three teenage girls. Mr Cheung, 65, died after he was stabbed in an attack on the Caddy Road on 8 Janu...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 29, 2015
Church Calls On Relatives To Collect Cremated Remains
A Newtownabbey church set for closure has issued an appeal for people to claim the cremated remains of their relatives. St Ninian's Parish Church is to close in the next few months after 51 years. T...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 29, 2015
Other News In Brief
Rural Roads Investment For Larne A total of £200,000 is to be invested in a road improvement scheme for the C73 Ballysnod Road in Larne. Some 2.4km will be resurfaced between the Browndod Ro...
Recruitment News, Jan 28, 2015
Call For Tesco Jobs To Be Secured
Sinn Féin Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile has expressed his disappointment at news that Tesco is to close two stores in East Belfast. Mr Ó Donnghaile said: "This is devastating news for the staff affe...
Business News, Jan 28, 2015
Minister Shares NI Tourism Message With Tour Operators
The scenery that inspired CS Lewis was among the images shared with travel agents in Abu Dhabi today as part of the drive to encourage more international tourists to visit Northern Ireland. Speaking ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
Mums-To-Be Urged To Quit Smoking
Pregnant smokers in Northern Ireland could be offered shopping vouchers as an incentive to quit. The vouchers are part of a research scheme undertaken in Glasgow, which found out that women given up ...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
Tesco Announce 43 Store Closures
Tesco is to close 43 of its stores across the UK, with the loss of up to 2,000 jobs. The announcement follows a warning issued by the supermarket giant last month that it was considering store closur...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
Snow Warning Upgraded To Amber
The Met Office has upgraded its latest weather warning for Northern Ireland. On Tuesday, the forecaster issued a 'yellow' alert for snow which is in place until 5pm today. This will then be replaced...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
Tesco To Close Three NI Stores
Tesco has confirmed it is to close three of its stores in Northern Ireland. The announcement comes just weeks after the supermarket chain said it was no longer continuing with plans to build two new...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
NHS Strike To Go Ahead
A strike by NHS workers in Northern Ireland is to go ahead tomorrow (29 January), despite staff in England calling off their industrial action. It is understood that while a deal was reached regardi...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
EDF Announce Price Cuts
EDF Energy is to cut its gas prices by 1.3%, effective from 11 February. The reduction will decrease EDF Energy's average standard variable gas prices from £646 to £637 a year and its dual fuel pric...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
Knife Amnesty Launches In Teenagers Memory
Knife amnesty bins are to be placed in Clacton and Colchester in memory of teenager stabbed to death at a party. The Only Cowards Carry campaign was launched by Caroline Shearer following the death o...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
Fault Shuts Down Nuclear Reactor In Morecambe
EDF Energy has shut down one of its nuclear reactors due to a fault. The company confirmed that one of two reactors at Heysham Power Station in Morecambe was taken off line on Tuesday after a water l...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
Appeal Issued For Information On Beach Find Body
Police Scotland have issued an appeal for information after the body of a young man was found on a beach at the weekend. A member of the public found the body of 25-year-old Paul Fitzpatrick on a bea...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
NHS Watchdog To Issue Asthma Treatment Guidelines
NHS watchdog, NICE, said it believes that more than one million adults in the UK have been wrongly diagnosed as asthmatic. According to the watchdog a third of adults diagnosed with the common lung c...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
License Allows Beavers To Stay In Devon River
Devon Wildlife has been given a five-year license to manage a group of beavers living on the River Otter. Government agency Natural England granted the license on the condition that the animals are f...
UK National News, Jan 28, 2015
Other News In Brief
Cleaner Accidentally Drains Two Swimming Pools A cleaner has accidentally emptied two swimming pools in Devon after leaving a valve open. It is understood that the valve being left open caus...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
Police Investigate Armed Robbery In Co Antrim
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store in Crumlin, Co Antrim. It is understood a man, believed to have been armed, entered the shop on Main Street at about 23:00 on Tuesday...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
'Missing Persons Appeal' Issued For Stolen Statue
Police in Limavady have issued a missing persons appeal for a stolen statue. The statue of Manannán Mac Lir, a sea deity in Irish mythology, was stolen from its mount at Gortmore viewing point on Bin...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
RNLI Responded To Almost 600 Incidents Last Year
The latest figures from the RNLI show that the charity responded to a total of 565 incidents in 2014. The charities nine volunteer lifeboats launched 261 times, with a total of 281 people brought to ...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 28, 2015
Other News In Brief
Appeal Following Armed Robbery Police have appealed for information following an armed robbery in north Belfast. At around 11.35pm on Tuesday (27 January), a man wearing a balaclava and arme...
Recruitment News, Jan 27, 2015
Retailer To Create 2,000 New Jobs
Waitrose has announced that it expects to create 2,000 jobs in new and extended shops, as well as in a new e-commerce grocery depot in 2015. The retailer is opening 14 shops across the UK from spring...
UK National News, Jan 27, 2015
Police Arrest Two Men Over 1991 Abduction And Murder
Police investigating the abduction and murder of Nicola Payne in 1991 have arrested two men. Ms Payne was 18 when she went missing on 14 December, more than 23 years ago. Police confirmed that 51-ye...
Business News, Jan 27, 2015
Heartsine Technologies Increase Sales In The Middle East
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister, Arlene Foster, has welcomed HeartSine Technologies' continued success in the Middle East. Arlene Foster said the local firm's increase in sales was a good e...
UK National News, Jan 27, 2015
Waitrose To Create Up To 2,000 New Jobs
Up to 2,000 new jobs are expected to be created as part of an expansion plan announced by Waitrose. The grocery chain said that it will open 14 new shops this year, seven of which will be smaller con...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 27, 2015
Co Antrim's Ramada Hotel Sold
The Ramada Hotel in Portrush, Co Antrim, has been sold. According to reports, the premises was sold for more than its asking price of £2.75m. The buyer was City of Derry Hotel Ltd. The hotel, whic...
Northern Ireland News, Jan 27, 2015
Security Alert 'Nothing Untoward'
A security alert which brought traffic to a standstill in Belfast on Monday evening's rush hour, is said to have been "nothing untoward". On Monday afternoon (26 January), it was reported that a sus...