Northern Ireland News for September 2015 : Page 2

UK National News, Sep 29, 2015
Four Jailed For 70 Years For Child Abuse
Two men and two women have been jailed for a total of 70 years after being found guilty of 49 child sexual abuse and cruelty offences. The group was found guilty following a three month trial, where ...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2015
North Yorkshire Pub Fined For Polluting Waterway
A north Yorkshire pub has been fined £150,000 for polluting a watercourse in Teeside. The Environment Agency prosecuted the Spirit Pub Company Ltd, owners of the Cross Keys Inn in Guisborough, after ...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2015
British ISIL Fighters To Be Sanctioned By UN
Britain's who have travelled to Syria to join ISIL will be subject to UN sanctions for the first time. The government appealed to the United Nations, that some British citizens fighting for ISIL be a...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2015
Talks To Begin Between SSI UK And Unions
Talks are to begin between unions and management at SSI UK, following the announcement that its Redcar plant is to be "mothballed" with the loss of 1,700 jobs. TUC General Secretary, Frances O'Grady,...
UK National News, Sep 29, 2015
Other News In Brief
Man Dies After Dog Pulls Him In Front Of Car A man in his 60s has died after being hit by a car when he was pulled into the road by his dog. It is understood the man suffered a head injury ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 29, 2015
Other News In Brief
Two Men Convicted Of Benefit Fraud Two men have been convicted for claiming benefits they were not entitled to at Belfast Magistrates' Court. Desmond Steele claimed Jobseekers Allowance and ...
Recruitment News, Sep 28, 2015
It's Time To Step Up And Provide Real Investment For Real Jobs - SF
Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has secured a public hearing within the EU Budget Committee on how to enhance and improve access to finance for SME's through a public banking system. Speaking from Brus...
Business News, Sep 28, 2015
Communities Urged To Learn More About Belfast
Communities are being invited to learn more about the people and places that make up Belfast at free events celebrating the city's diversity. To mark Community Relations Week and Cultural Awareness W...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
Witnesses Sought Over Fatal Road Accident
Police have appealed for witnesses of a fatal road traffic accident in Hayes, Hillingdon. Two men suffered critical injuries when a motorcycle collided with a car on Lansbury Drive at about 18:28 on ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2015
Colum Eastwood To Run For Leadership Of The SDLP
MLA Colum Eastwood has confirmed he will run for leadership of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). He also said that he will challenge Alasdair McDonnell at the party's annual conference i...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2015
Call For Translink And DRD To Improve Public Transport
Significant improvements need to be made by Translink and the Department of Regional Development (DRD) in the provision of public transport services, according to the Public Accounts Committee. The C...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2015
Pengelly Named New DUP MLA For South Belfast
Ms Emma Pengelly has been appointed the new DUP MLA for south Belfast after it was announced Jimmy Spratt is to stand down. Ms Pengelly is a barrister who served as special adviser to the First Mini...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2015
Missing Cork Girl Believed To Be In Belfast
The PSNI is working with the Gardai after a girl who went missing from Cork is believed to have travelled to Belfast. Leigh Arundel, 15, may be with an older male according to the police. Leigh went ...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2015
Children's Bill To Be Considered At Stormont
The Children's Bill is to be introduced by the Green Party at Stormont today. The Bill is designed to bring about a statutory duty on all Executive departments to collaborate and work together in the...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
Four Arrested Following Death Of Buckley Teenager
Four people have been arrested in connection with the death of a teenage boy in Brockley, south London. Police were called to reports of a fight in St Norbet Road, at about 15:12 on Saturday, 26 Sept...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
Police Investigate Elderly Man Found Seriously Injured In Coventry
Police are continuing to investigate after an elderly man was found with serious injuries in Coventry. It is understood that a 75-year-old man was found lying in Binley Road at the junction with Far ...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
43 Years For Five Man Peadophile Ring
Five men have been jailed for a total of 43 years for 34 charges of sexual offences against young boys in North Wales. The men were convicted following an independent investigation by the National Cr...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
Fresh Appeal Issued On 25th Anniversary Of Andrew Bedford Disappearance
Police in Cambridgeshire have issued a fresh appeal for information on the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Andrew Bedford. Police said that on 28 September 1990 Mr Bedford was last seen in F...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
1,700 Job Losses Following Steel Plant Closure
Around 1,700 jobs are to be lost in north-east England with the closure of SSI's iron and steelmaking plant in Redcar. SSI UK have announced that the plant will be "mothballed" due to ongoing issues ...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
UK Troops To Assist Peacekeeping Efforts In Africa
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans for UK troops to assist in peacekeeping operations in Somalia and South Sudan. Mr Cameron made the announcement at a UN event currently being held in ...
UK National News, Sep 28, 2015
Other News In Brief
14 Injured In Train Collision At King's Cross Fourteen people were injured with a train collided with the buffer stops at King's Cross station. As the 10:55 service from Cambridge arrived i...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2015
Woman's Hands Tied During Aggravated Burglary
Three masked men forced their way into a woman's home and tied her hands in the Castlereagh area in the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident occurred at Grand Parade at around 12.30am. The me...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 28, 2015
Woman Arrested In Connection With Firearms And Explosives Find
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a firearms and explosives find in west Belfast. Over half-a-kilo of Semtex, two handguns, more than 200 rounds of ammunition and two detonator...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
Conall Kerrigan Death: Police Appeal To Trace Two Men
Police are appealing for help to trace two men in connection with the death of Conall Kerrigan. Conall, 25, was found dead in L'Derry city centre on Sunday 23 August. Police believe his death was no...
Recruitment News, Sep 25, 2015
United Technologies To Create 20 New Posts
United Technologies Corp., a company providing high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries, has announced the addition of 20 new jobs at a maintenance, repair and ove...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
Man Dies In L'Derry Collision
A man has died following a car collision in Magherafelt, L'Derry. The man, in his 20s, was driving on the Tobermore Road at around 6.45pm on Thursday. No other vehicle was involved in the collision....
Business News, Sep 25, 2015
New Community Development Programmes Launch In Belfast
Belfast Lord Mayor, Arder Carson, has launched 12 free to attend community development workshops to be delivered across the city. The programmes will be run by Belfast City Council in partnership wit...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
Toy Shop Owner Jailed For Five Years
A self employed children's toy shop owner has been jailed for five years for attempting to smuggle Class B drugs into the UK in containers of toys. Kristopher Scott, 33, from Ballymoney, was arrested...
UK National News, Sep 25, 2015
25 Arrests Made In NCA Child Abuse Investigation
Thirty two children in Northern Ireland have been "safeguarded and protected" in a joint operation between the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The opera...
Northern Ireland News, Sep 25, 2015
Eight Taxi Firms Targeted Over Suspected Tax Evasion
Eight taxi firms across Northern Ireland have been targeted as part of an investigation into suspected tax evasion. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) visited the business premises in counti...