Northern Ireland News for March 2015 : Page 10

Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2015
Viable Pipe Bomb Found In North Belfast
A viable pipe bomb has been found in north Belfast, police have confirmed. Police and army bomb experts discovered the device in the garden of a house in Shore Crescent on Monday. The pipe bomb has ...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2015
Owners Claim More Dogs Poisoned At Crufts
Allegations that up to six dogs were poisoned at this years Crufts show are to be "looked into", the Kennel Club has confirmed. The allegations have been made following the death of an Irish setter c...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2015
Staff Left 'Badly Shaken' Following Armed Robbery In East Belfast
Police are appealing for information after an armed robbery at a shop in east Belfast on Monday night. Two masked men, one of which is believed to have had a firearm, entered the shop on the Albertbr...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2015
Woman Bailed Following Stabbing Attack
A woman, who was arrested in connection with a stabbing attack in Newry, has been released on bail. The man who was injured in the assault is believed to be in a stable condition. He was transferred...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2015
Motorists Advised To Avoid Area Of Tyre Fire
Motorists have been advised to avoid the Fairglen interchange at Rayleigh and the Carpenters Arms roundabout as smoke from a large tyre fire has reduced visibility. A stack of tyres more than 160ft l...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2015
Police Appeal After Man Grabs Teen In Ballygowan
Police have launched an investigation after a teenage girl was grabbed by a man, who tried to pull her into his car in Ballygowan, County Down, on Saturday night. The incident occurred in the Comber ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 10, 2015
Other News In Brief
Suspicious Object Found In Carryduff A suspicious object has been found in Carryduff, County Down. Bomb disposals officers are currently at the scene on Frankhill Drive. A small number of pe...
UK National News, Mar 10, 2015
Other News In Brief
Queen Officially Names Britain’s Largest Cruise Ship A new 3,600-passenger cruise ship has been officially named the Britannia, in a ceremony by the Queen. The vessel, the largest cruise sh...
Business News, Mar 9, 2015
New Belfast City Council Planning Office To Open
A new Planning Office for the Belfast City Council is to open on Monday 30 March. At present DOE Planning for the Belfast council area operates from Bedford House, Belfast. Experienced Planners from ...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
Labour Attacks Conservatives Proposed Spending Cuts
Labour has launched an attack on the Conservatives planned spending cuts. Ed Balls claims the cuts will leave Britain with the "smallest army since Oliver Cromwell's day". In a speech in central Lo...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
PM Pledges To Open 500 Free Schools
The Prime Minister has pledges to open a further 500 free schools if the Conservative Party is re-elected. At a speech in London today, Monday, Mr Cameron will promise to create an additional 27,000 ...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
Two Boys Killed In Leeds Car Crash Named
Two boys who were killed in a car they were travelling in have been named. Rhys Baker, 13, and George Wharton, 14, died on the A62 Geldered Road, in Morley, Leeds, on Saturday afternoon. Kameron Wal...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
Rise In Diabetes Amongst Children
1,000 more children in England and Wales were diagnosed with diabetes last year. The latest National Paediatric Diabetes Audit report published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health re...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
Motorist Jailed After Driving With A Man Clinging To Car Bonnet
A motorist has been jailed for 14 months after driving through Camberley with a man clinging to the bonnet of his car. Grzegorz Musial, 28, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court having previously pl...
Recruitment News, Mar 9, 2015
PwC Analytics Training Academy Launches
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has launched the Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) Analytics Training Academy 2015. The PwC Analytics Academy is now in its second year and aims to prov...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Thousands Of NIPSA Members To Take Part In Strike
Trade union NIPSA has announced thousands of its members will take part in a planned strike this Friday (13 March), over budget cuts on jobs and public services. Unison and members of the Irish Natio...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
Further Cuts Expected In Defence Spending - RUSI
Further reductions could be made in defence spending and personnel numbers in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has warned. The review is due to st...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Sinn Féin To Oppose Passage Of Welfare Bill
Sinn Féin has announced it is to oppose the passage of the welfare bill in the assembly. Martin McGuinness MLA has accused the DUP of acting in bad faith on welfare protections. The Deputy First Min...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Former UUP Leader James Molyneaux Dies
Former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) James Molyneaux has died, aged 94. Mr Molyneaux's political career spanned three decades. He joined the UUP in 1946, and became one of its longest se...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
Former UUP Leader Dies Aged 94
Former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) James Molyneaux has died, aged 94. Mr Molyneaux's political career spanned three decades. He joined the UUP in 1946, and became one of its longest se...
UK National News, Mar 9, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Due In Court Charged With Attempted Kidnap Police in Wigan are appealing for witnesses after a man tried to kidnap a teenage girl. Police were called to Upper Diconsson Street, Wigan, fo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Woman Arrested Following Stabbing In Newry
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack in Newry. A man was stabbed at a flat in the Sandy Street area on Sunday morning. Paramedics took the man to Daisy Hill...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Irishman Critical Following Liverpool Attack
A 24-year-old Irishman is in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked in Liverpool city centre. The man was found in an alleyway between Fleet Street and Seel Street in the early hours o...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Search Continues For Explosive Device In L'Derry
Police are continuing to carry out searches in L'Derry after being informed that a suspicious device has been left in the city. The search, on the Madam's Bank Road, is resuming after being told an e...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Two Males Arrested In Connection With Dunmurry Carjacking
Two males have been arrested following a carjacking in Dunmurry on Saturday. A 14-year-old and a 21-year-old have been released on bail after a woman was forced out of her car on the Pinehill Road at...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 9, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Injured In Belfast City Centre Assault A man is suffering with serious injuries in hospital after an attack in Belfast city centre, at around 1.45am on Sunday. The victim, believed to be ...
Business News, Mar 7, 2015
Other News In Brief
Motorcyclist Dies In Erdington Collision A 25-year-old motorcyclist has died after a crash in Erdington on Thursday night. Officers were called by the ambulance service just after 10.30pm to...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 6, 2015
Govt Cuts All Funding For Free Book Programmes
The government has cut funding from a charity which will prevent it from distributing free books to pre-school children. Booktrust has announced it is very disappointed with the decision and confirme...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 6, 2015
Call For Police To Recruit More Women
The PSNI is being urged to recruit more women police officers. Sinn Féin MLA Caitríona Ruane said she raised her concerns to an all-male panel at a Policing Board meeing. She said: "Assistant chief ...
UK National News, Mar 6, 2015
Four More Charged Over Becky Watts Murder
Four more people have been charged in relation to the murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl, Becky Watts. Donovan Demetrius, Karl Demetrius, Jaydene Parsons and James Ireland have all been charged with as...