16/07/2012
Other NI News In Brief
Girl Dies After Swimming At North Coast
A young girl from Lurgan has died after falling into the sea at Portballintrae on the north Antrim coast.
The coastguard pulled her from the sea at Runkerry beach yesterday afternoon, after she got into difficulties in the water at Bushfoot Strand.
Paramedics treated her at the scene in an attempt to save her life and brought her to the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, but she died last night.
Local councillor David Harding said he would look into signposting the "dangerous" beach.
'Water Board' Bogus Call Cons Elderly Woman
An elderly woman has been robbed of cash after two men conned their way into her house.
The woman let them into her home on Colinview Street in west Belfast when they claimed to be from the Water Board.
One of the men made his way upstairs and ransacked several rooms as well as stealing money.
The woman, who is in her seventies, was not injured in the incident, which happened at 2pm on Saturday.
Police have appealed for information.
Street Drinkers Fined
A number of men have been fined for on street drinking, in prosecutions brought by Belfast City Council.
Thomas Ramsey, of Cu Chulainn House in Victoria Parade, was fined £60 for each of three offences, committed in the Fountain Lane and Castle Arcade areas of the city centre at the end of April this year. He also was ordered to pay £50 in costs.
Paul Collins, whose address was given as c/o the Morning Star Hostel in Divis Street, was also fined £60, and ordered to pay £50 in costs, for breaching the Council’s no-drinking bye-laws in College Street on March 21 past.
Peter Hutchinson, whose address also was given as the Morning Star Hostel, was fined £40 for the same offence in the same place on the same day. He was ordered to pay £66 in costs.
(NE)
A young girl from Lurgan has died after falling into the sea at Portballintrae on the north Antrim coast.
The coastguard pulled her from the sea at Runkerry beach yesterday afternoon, after she got into difficulties in the water at Bushfoot Strand.
Paramedics treated her at the scene in an attempt to save her life and brought her to the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, but she died last night.
Local councillor David Harding said he would look into signposting the "dangerous" beach.
'Water Board' Bogus Call Cons Elderly Woman
An elderly woman has been robbed of cash after two men conned their way into her house.
The woman let them into her home on Colinview Street in west Belfast when they claimed to be from the Water Board.
One of the men made his way upstairs and ransacked several rooms as well as stealing money.
The woman, who is in her seventies, was not injured in the incident, which happened at 2pm on Saturday.
Police have appealed for information.
Street Drinkers Fined
A number of men have been fined for on street drinking, in prosecutions brought by Belfast City Council.
Thomas Ramsey, of Cu Chulainn House in Victoria Parade, was fined £60 for each of three offences, committed in the Fountain Lane and Castle Arcade areas of the city centre at the end of April this year. He also was ordered to pay £50 in costs.
Paul Collins, whose address was given as c/o the Morning Star Hostel in Divis Street, was also fined £60, and ordered to pay £50 in costs, for breaching the Council’s no-drinking bye-laws in College Street on March 21 past.
Peter Hutchinson, whose address also was given as the Morning Star Hostel, was fined £40 for the same offence in the same place on the same day. He was ordered to pay £66 in costs.
(NE)
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