Northern Ireland News for March 2015 : Page 3

Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2015
'Gay Cake' Case Comes To Court
The so-called "gay cake" case has got underway at the High Court in Belfast. Ashers Baking Company is facing a discrimination case, brought by the Equality Commission, over its refusal to fulfil a cu...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2015
Army Veterans To Benefit From £25m Healthcare Fund
The Government has confirmed that army veterans based in Northern Ireland will benefit from the £25 million healthcare fund for aged veterans announced in the Budget. Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empe...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 26, 2015
Other News In Brief
Taoiseach To Meet Relatives Of The Kingsmill Massacre Ulster Unionist MLA, Danny Kennedy has welcomed the news that Taoiseach, Enda Kenny is to travel to Bessbrook today, Thursday, to meet w...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
Two Mines To Close With Loss Of Up To 1,300 Jobs
Two deep coal mines in Yorkshire have been refused government funding and will be closed with the loss of up to 1,300 jobs, UK Coal has announced. UK Coal had applied for funding in an effort to keep...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
New Black Cab Factory Creates 1,000 New Jobs
Up to 1,000 new jobs are to be created in Coventry in a new taxi plant, the London Taxi Company (LTC) has announced. It is understood that the new £250 million factory will focus on production of the...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
Armed Standoff Ends In Arrest
An armed standoff in the village of Cynwyd, North Wales, has ended with the arrest of a man. North West Police called armed officers and negotiators to the village at 21:45 on Wednesday after a man a...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
College Announces Job Cuts
Coleg Gwent College in south Wales has announced that up to 130 jobs are at risk following further funding cuts. The college said it needs to save £5.7m from its budget after the Welsh government cut...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
North Sea Oil Company Announce Job Cuts
Oil company Taqa has announced it is cutting one hundred jobs because of the "challenging environment" of the North Sea industry. The company said it is consulting with its workforce over the job cut...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
15-Year-Old Arrested Over Secondary School Stabbing
Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the stabbing of two girls outside a secondary school in Glasgow. Police Scotland said the two girls, aged 13 and 15, were attacked outside a ...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
Woman Appointed Most Senior Bishop In Church Of England
The Venerable Rachel Treweek has been appointed to the Church of England's most senior bishop position. The current Archdeacon of Hackney is the new Bishop of Gloucester, replacing the Right Rev Mich...
UK National News, Mar 26, 2015
Other News In Brief
Police Investigate Poisoned Cakes Left In Park Police Scotland are investigating poisoned cakes left in a public park in Inverness. A number of "snowballs" were found to contain the blood t...
Recruitment News, Mar 25, 2015
Unite Calls For Meetings Over Heinz And Kraft Merger
Reassurances about future UK job security are being sought by Unite the union following the announcement that US food giant Heinz is to merge with Kraft Foods Group. Unite national officer for the fo...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Viable Pipebomb Made Safe In Newtownabbey
The PSNI are appealing for information after a viable pipebomb was thrown at a house in Newtownabbey. Police were called to the incident on Voltaire Gardens on Tuesday night and found the device in t...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
Economic Affairs Committee Claim Govt Case For HS2 'Still To Be Proven'
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has said that the government has "no convincing case for the spending £50bn on the HS2 rail link". The committee said that the government's main argument...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Police Release CCTV Images Of Missing Man Geng Feng Shi
The PSNI has released CCTV images following the disappearance of a Chinese man in Belfast on 4th March. The police are becoming increasingly concerned over the safety of missing Geng Feng Shi, 23. H...
Business News, Mar 25, 2015
North West 200 To Showcase NI On The International Stage
The North West 200 is showcasing Northern Ireland on the international stage, Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has said. Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: “"ear after yea...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Pub Fined For Fake And Watered Down Vodka
A west Belfast pub has been found guilty of selling fake Smirnoff vodka. Suffolk Inn Ltd has been fined £1000 after analysis of samples taken from an optic of "Smirnoff Vodka', found it was not genui...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
Met Cleared Of 'Any Wrongdoing' In Mark Duggan IPCC Report
The Metropolitan Police have welcomed the publication of report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) of their investigation into the death of Mark Duggan. Mr Duggan was shot and kil...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
Six Arrested Over Nottingham Street Brawl Death
Police investigating the death of a 19-year-old man in Nottingham have arrested six people. Joshua Bradley, of Bulwell, died following a suspected street fight in Thurland Street, on 08 February. Tw...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Ashers Bakery Supporters Fill Waterfront Hall
More than 2,000 people filled the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Tuesday night in support of Ashers Baking Company. The bakery is facing legal action over its refusal to fulfil an order for a cake wit...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Sinn Féin's Arder Carson New Lord Mayor Of Belfast
Sinn Féin's Arder Carson has been elected as the new Lord Mayor of Belfast City Council. Mr Carson, who represents the Upper Falls, will take up the post from 1st April, replacing the SDLP's Nicola M...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
County Tyrone Primary School Reinstated As A Polling Station
A primary school in County Tyrone has been reinstated as a polling station after the Ulster Unionists appealed the initial decision for it to close. Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliott welcomed the decis...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Belfast Met Facing Job Cuts
Belfast Metropolitan College might be forced to cut up to 113 jobs following a reduction to its budget. It is understood that Unite members at the college have been told that between 83 and 113 jobs ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Call For Warm Home Discount To Be Extended
Over two thousand more deaths have occurred among older people living in Northern Ireland over the last four winters due to the lack of fuel poverty levels. The figures were revealed by the charity, ...
Northern Ireland News, Mar 25, 2015
Other News In Brief
Call For Parties To Resolve Current Welfare Crisis All parties are being urged to resolve the current crisis over welfare. Alliance Party Leader David Ford has warned that putting a deal off...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
Police Appeal For New Information On 1975 Murders
Police have issued a new appeal for information on the murders of of two women in 1975. In 2004, police found DNA evidence that linked two separate murders in that year: Eve Stratford (22) was found ...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
Police Must Record Vehicle Stops - HMIC
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has called on police forces in England and Wales to record all traffic stops. The HMIC said that it was was concerned that black and minority ethnic ...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
JLR Announce HQ Expansion
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced a plan to "double the size of its operations" at its Coventry headquarters. The company said that a completed land deal in Whitley will mean that it can expand i...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
Electrical Fault Sparked Fatal Swansea House Fire
Mid and West Wales Fire Service has found that a fatal house fire in Swansea was caused by an electrical fault. The homeowner was killed in the blaze on the Llangwm estate, near Penplas, Penlan, at a...
UK National News, Mar 25, 2015
Other News In Brief
CoE Announce Second Female Bishop The Reverend Canon Alison White has been named as the new Bishop of Hull. Reverend White is the second woman to be appointed a bishop by the Church of Engla...