Asda meets prospective suppliers
ASDA has reaffirmed its commitment to grow and develop its relationship with the local food and drink industry, with a number of meetings with potential new suppliers from the Armagh area in advance of...
View ArticleBelfast aims for a festive boost
BELFAST is open for business and is the place to be this Christmas, Lord Mayor Gavin Robinson said yesterday as plans for the festive season were launched at the City Hall.He was joined by Regional...
View ArticleJobs boost for travel sector
Clubworld Travel has expanded its portfolio of travel agencies to seven shops in Northern Ireland, creating 15 new jobs. The jobs boost comes just weeks after Clubworld Travel won the prestigious...
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Fifty science parks were represented at the first annual general meeting of the United Kingdom Science Park Association which was held in Belfast recently.The two-day visit, hosted by Northern Ireland...
View ArticleSinn Fein councillors vote against book of condolence for murdered prison...
An Ulster Unionist councillor in Dungannon has expressed disappointment after his Sinn Fein colleagues voted against opening a book of condolence for murdered prison officer David Black, the News...
View ArticleHead of BBC NI Peter Johnston not for resigning
THE head of the BBC in Northern Ireland, Peter Johnston, on Monday night said he was not considering his position, after the Corporation confirmed that he had been involved in decisions relating to one...
View ArticleFamily views CCTV of man shot by off-duty policeman
The family of a man shot by an off-duty policeman watched CCTV footage of his death today.Marc Alexander Ringland died after being hit in the chest during a robbery at a petrol station in east Belfast...
View ArticleJohn McCallister buoyed by SDLP opposition calls
SDLP calls to consider a Stormont Opposition show that pro-Opposition unionists are convincing nationalism that it does not need to fear such a change, John McCallister has said.The former Ulster...
View ArticleLane remains closed after viable device found close to Belfast school
A viable device - possibly an under-car booby trap bomb - which police have described as “designed to maim or kill” was found close to a primary school in north Belfast.It was discovered around 12noon...
View ArticleMLAs vote in favour of breakaway boxing body
A FORMER UK sports minister has welcomed proposals which could see the governance of local boxing transferred from Dublin to Belfast.In the Assembly on Monday, MLAs voted in favour of the setting up a...
View ArticleReport slams failings at anti-fraud farm unit
THE Northern Ireland investigation unit charged with tackling fraud of European Union agricultural subsidies has been blasted in a report as being “fractured” and having a “lack of formal investigation...
View ArticleAbu Qatada needs to be sent packing
HERE we go again.Another legal ruling that takes account of the rights of a dangerous fanatic.The Government’s bid to rid the country of Abu Qatada, the Muslim extremist, has once again been...
View ArticleMan in court on attempted murder charge
A 33-year-old man will appear at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning charged with attempted murder.Police said the charge relates to a stabbing incident in Carnlough in the early hours of...
View ArticlePatten’s future in doubt as crisis continues
GEORGE Entwistle was plainly a hard-working, valuable and loyal servant of the BBC for nearly a quarter of a century.Yet, good man though he is, he was plainly unfit for the post of director-general,...
View ArticleSubmariner admits collecting secret codes
A Royal Navy submariner from Northern Ireland has admitted collecting secret coding programmes that could be useful to an enemy of the UK.Petty officer Edward Devenney, 30, pleaded guilty on Tuesday at...
View ArticleMen arrested after assaults
POLICE have arrested four men after two separate assaults on Monday in Co Antrim and Co Tyrone.Two men, aged 22 and 30, were arrested after a stabbing in Killymoon Street in Cookstown shortly before...
View ArticleOnly option was to shoot, Marc Ringland inquest hears
An off-duty police officer who shot a robber dead felt he had no option but to open fire, an inquest heard on Tuesday.The policeman, whose identity has been concealed, said he believed his life was in...
View ArticleSeeing Flintoff train has been an inspiration
I HAVE been training this week beside the next ‘Big Thing’ in boxing.This guy has the whole package and he has a dynamite right hand that will do damage when he takes to the ring.He has the size and...
View ArticleRobber Marc Ringland warned before being shot, inquest told
AN off-duty policeman shouted a warning before shooting a criminal who had just robbed a petrol station, an inquest was told on Monday.He said: “Drop the knife or I’ll shoot”, coroner John Leckey...
View ArticleOlympic experience has been just unbelievable
UNBELIEVABLE – that’s the only way I can describe the atmosphere at the ExCel Arena last night.I managed to get tickets for the boxing at the Olympics and it was simply unbelievable.Watching my good...
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