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07/08/2012
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Bike Hire Scheme For Belfast
Belfast is to get its own public bicycle hire scheme with 30 stands across the city hosting 300 bikes.
The Department of Regional Development has awarded £700,000 for the plan, which follows the success of similar schemes in Dublin and London.
The scheme will be up and running within three years.
Grants were also given to cycle path projects in Craigavon and Londonderry.
County Down Rape Investigation Dropped
Police have said they are no longer investigating reports of a rape in Dromore, County Down on Sunday night and are instead preparing to prosecute the woman in relation to false allegations.
The PSNI said today they are preparing a file for the prosecution service in relation to allegations made by a woman in her twenties.
Body Found In South Belfast
A man's body has been found in a derelict site close to Knockbracken Health Care Park on the Saintfield Road.
Police and the North West Mountain Rescue team had been searching in the area for a missing man.
The body has yet to be identified and police are investigating the circumstances.
(NE)
Belfast is to get its own public bicycle hire scheme with 30 stands across the city hosting 300 bikes.
The Department of Regional Development has awarded £700,000 for the plan, which follows the success of similar schemes in Dublin and London.
The scheme will be up and running within three years.
Grants were also given to cycle path projects in Craigavon and Londonderry.
County Down Rape Investigation Dropped
Police have said they are no longer investigating reports of a rape in Dromore, County Down on Sunday night and are instead preparing to prosecute the woman in relation to false allegations.
The PSNI said today they are preparing a file for the prosecution service in relation to allegations made by a woman in her twenties.
Body Found In South Belfast
A man's body has been found in a derelict site close to Knockbracken Health Care Park on the Saintfield Road.
Police and the North West Mountain Rescue team had been searching in the area for a missing man.
The body has yet to be identified and police are investigating the circumstances.
(NE)
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