Northern Ireland News for June 2015 : Page 5

Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2015
Man Assaulted In Belfast
A 20-year-old man has been attacked in Belfast. The incident happened in Tigers Bay at around 10.45pm on Friday. The man suffered head injuries, however his condition is not believed to be life thre...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2015
Museum Of Orange Heritage Officially Opens
The Orange Order has officially opened the Museum of Orange Heritage in east Belfast today, 22 June. Extensive redevelopment work has been ongoing at the Institution's Cregagh Road headquarters since...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2015
Drivers Illegally Using Bus Lanes Face Being Fined
Drivers illegally using bus lanes face being fined up to £90 from today, Monday. A network of six static cameras and a mobile detection vehicle have now become fully operational across Belfast. The ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2015
Three Men To Appear In Court Charged With Robbery And Firearms Offences
Three men are to appear at Downpatrick Magistrates Court later today charged with robbery and firearms offences. The men, aged 41, 26 and 20 were charged after police seized a shotgun on Castlewellan...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 22, 2015
Other News In Brief
Book Of Condolence Opens At Belfast City Hall A Book of Condolence for the victims of the accident in Berkeley, California, in which six people died, has been opened at Belfast City Hall. Th...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Robinson And McGuinness To Attend BIC Meeting At Dublin Castle
The First Minister and Deputy First Minister are to attend a meeting today of the British Irish Council. Mr Robinson and Mr McGuinness are to attend the meeting at Dublin Castle to discuss economic m...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Refurbishment Funding Lost At Exploris Centre
Funding promised to the Exploris aquarium has been lost following a failure to appoint a contractor for planned refurbishment work. A refurbishment programme was established for the centre after the ...
Business News, Jun 19, 2015
Exploris To Remain Closed After Funding Lost
Funding promised to the Exploris aquarium has been lost following a failure to appoint a contractor for planned refurbishment work. A refurbishment programme was established for the centre after the ...
Recruitment News, Jun 19, 2015
UU Announce Job Loses After Funding Cuts
More than two hundred jobs are to be cut by the Ulster University, along with the reduction of 1,200 student places. The university said it had taken the decision following a funding cut of £8.6m by ...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
Man Jailed For Kidnap And Assault After Three Trials
A 53-year-old man has been jailed for seven years for the kidnap and assault of his former partner in 2010. In July 2010, Ali Kolliari entered the home of his former partner and began beating her. Sh...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Fourth Man Arrested After Bomb Left Under Officer's Car
The PSNI are continuing to question four men in connection with a bomb placed under an officer's car in L'Derry. It is understood that the officer was in bed at her home in Eglinton, when she "heard ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Crews Called To Tackle Belfast Fire
Firefighters have been called to tackle a fire at a building in Belfast city centre. The fire is reported to have started at a property in Adelaide Street, shortly before 1.45pm on Friday. It is th...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
More Than 250kg Of Drugs Found Inside Fake Ambulance
A total of 270kg of illegal drugs have been found hidden inside secret compartments in a fake ambulance. Four Dutch men were arrested after packages of cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and thousands of ...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
Convicted Robber First To Be Charged Under New 'Blades Behind Bars' Law
A prisoner at HMP Birmingham is the first UK inmate to be charged under the new so-called 'blades behind bars' law. Convicted robber John Garrett was referred to West Midlands Police's prison-based t...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
Newcastle Police Appeal For Help Tracing Two Missing People
Police in Newcastle have appealed for the public's help in tracing two missing people. 63-year-old MaryAnn Cook has been missing since Tuesday 09 June, when she was last seen leaving her home in Oakf...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
Police Appeal For Wanted Man To Hand Himself In
North Yorkshire Police have issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of Ashley Fulcher, who is wanted after being recalled to prison. The 24-year-old was released on licence in May 2013, b...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
Two More Arrested In Jordan Watson Murder Investigation
Police investigating the murder of 14-year-old Jordan Watson have made two further arrests. A 19-year-old was arrested on Thursday afternoon, followed by the arrest of a 16-year-old on Thursday eveni...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
Investigation To See If Body Find Is Aeroplane Stowaway
The body of a man found on the roof of a building in Richmond is believed to have fallen from a plane. According to reports, police are investigating to see if the body, found in Kew Road at about 09...
UK National News, Jun 19, 2015
Other News In Brief
Body Recovered From Fife Quarry A body has been recovered from a disused quarry in Fife, Police Scotland have reported. A search operation was launched on Thursday night following reports th...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Armed Robbery In Cabragh
Police are investigating reports of an armed robbery at a filling station in Cabragh. At around 10.30pm on Thursday, 18 June, three masked men – one of whom is said to have been armed with a fire ar...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Austerity Restricting Opportunities For Young People - SF
The UK Government's austerity programme "restricts opportunities for our young people," Sinn Féin have said. The party's national chairperson, Declan Kearney, said that tackling educational underachi...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Rosetta Scientist To Give Lecture At QUB
One of the key scientists behind the Rosetta space mission is to give a lecture at Queen's University, Belfast. Monica Grady CBE, Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University, is a ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 19, 2015
Other News In Brief
Interim Social Fund Commissioner Named Mervyn Storey MLA, Northern Ireland's Social Development Minister, has announced the appointment of Walter Rader as Interim Social Fund Commissioner for ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2015
Three Arrested After Bomb Found Under Police Officer's Car In L'Derry
Garda have arrested three men after a viable device was found under a car parked outside a police officer's house in L'Derry. The men were arrested in Co Donegal at around 4am on Thursday. The vehic...
Business News, Jun 18, 2015
Council Signs Up To Beat Elder Abuse
Belfast City Council is signing up to beat Elder Abuse by increasing public awareness of the problem and encouraging everyone to report it to the relevant authorities. In Belfast in 2013-14, 1,264 re...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2015
Man Attacked With Pocket Knife In Belfast
A man has been cut in the face after being attacked with a pocket knife in Belfast. The assault occurred at a property on Cawnpore Street just before 10pm on Wednesday. Two men entered the house and...
UK National News, Jun 18, 2015
Fifteen Arrested In Early Morning Drug Raids
Fifteen people have been arrested across the UK in a series of raids in a drugs and firearms operation led by the Matrix Serious Organised Crime (MSOC) unit of Merseyside Police. Nine people were arr...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2015
Man Shot In Paramilitary Style Attack
A man has been shot in both ankles in a paramilitary style attack in west Belfast. The assault occurred in the Downfine Gardens area at around 8.40pm on Wednesday. The man was taken to hospital for ...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2015
Ballycastle School Closed Following Asbestos Find
A school in Ballycastle, Co Antrim, has been forced to close for the remainder of the academic year after "minor particles" of asbestos were identified in the building, according to the Council for Ca...
Northern Ireland News, Jun 18, 2015
Police Appeal After Woman Seriously Assaulted In Belfast
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was seriously assaulted in Belfast on Saturday 13 June. The woman was attacked outside commercial premises on the Newtownards Road. Police are trying...