Other News In Brief

Graham To Deliver New Research And Development Facility In Reading

NI-based contractor Graham has been selected to deliver a new research facility in Berkshire.

Multinational manufacturer Procter & Gamble has chosen the firm to deliver the Innovation Centre in Reading, which will comprise research and development offices and laboratories for the company's staff.

Located to the south of Reading city centre, the facility has been the research and development laboratory responsible for the front-end innovation for new Procter & Gamble razor products used across the world.

Working in partnership with The Fairhursts Design Group, Graham will demolish the south-western wing of the existing building to make way for a new two-storey building comprising offices and laboratories. In addition, new and existing buildings will be linked by a glazed atrium which will provide views over the newly landscaped green spaces and a prominent entrance for staff and visitors.

The project will offer flexible, efficient and sustainable work accommodation, as well as acknowledging the site's industrial history through a sympathetic design to complement the existing Gillette manufacturing building facing Basingstoke Road.

Call For New Road To Be Called 'Elisha Scott Boulevard'

The public vote to name the new road leading to the Olympia Leisure Centre is in its final week and the SDLP Councillor Donal Lyons is encouraging people to ensure they have their say and to vote for 'Elisha Scott Boulevard'.

Cllr Donal Lyons said: "The vote to name this new road closes on this Sunday and the 125th anniversary of Elisha Scott’s birth will be on the 24th of this month, just days after.

"I'm glad that my proposal to name this road after Elisha Scott has been included because despite Elisha being one of the most successful footballers to have come from our city, awareness of his achievements has faded.

"It's my hope, that by naming this road after Elisha Scott that we can correct this and begin to give him the full and long overdue recognition he deserves."

Govt Urged To Extend Legacy Consultation Period

The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has called on the NIO to extend the consultation period for addressing Legacy matters, beyond the current closing date of Monday 10 September 2018.

He said: "The Government is currently consulting on how to address legacy issues and has published a consultation paper 'Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past'.

He said: "This is one of the most important consultation processes that has ever taken place in Northern Ireland and its consequences will be both far-reaching and long-lasting. It is crucial that people speak up and stop the attempts that are being made to re-write history. In the foreword to the legacy consultation process the Secretary of State says that legacy proposals must be 'balanced, fair equitable and crucially, proportionate'. For the sake of the dead and injured, and all those who bravely stood up to fight terrorism, we must hold her to that."