Daily Archives: February 13, 2013
BELFAST PATIENTS WAIT 45 WEEKS FOR ENT CONSULTANT
PATIENTS in Belfast are waiting 45 weeks to see an ear, nose and throat consultant. GPs say that a pilot scheme in east Belfast was helping to keep those waiting lists down. Now a row has developed between the health and social care board and the British Medical...more
POLICE WARN OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY NEAR CHILDREN IN NORTH BELFAST
POLICE at Tennent Street have urged parents to remain vigilant about their children's safety over suspicious activity in north Belfast. On Tuesday, the PSNI had two reported incidents relating to suspicious activity close to school children. One was at Oldpark...more
PSNI RECOVER STOLEN TVS AFTER NORTH BELFAST BURGLARY
POLICE have recovered stolen televisions following a burglary at the Everton complex on the Crumlin Road, north Belfast. Officers said they were grateful for public help which led to the recovery of the TVs. "We are still trying to identify three young males who we...more
MAN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER WEST BELFAST HOUSE FIRE
A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital after a house fire in west Belfast. Firefighters raced to the house at Brooke Drive, off Blacks Road in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It is understood police who were first on the scene managed to lead the man and...more
BELFAST CITY COUNCIL REVEALS DATES FOR SAFER POLICING PARTNERSHIPS
BELFAST City Council has released dates for forthcoming meetings of the Policing and Community Safety Partnerships. These are the first series of free events of the PCSPs and District Poloicing and Community Safety Partnerships (DPCSPs) which are open to the...more
SUSPECTS IN REAL IRA CHIEF ALAN RYAN MURDER REFUSED BAIL
TWO suspects in the murder of Real IRA chief Alan Ryan were refused bail by a court in Northern Ireland on Wednesday. Enniskillen Magistrastes Court heard detectives from the PSNI's Serious and Orgnaised Crime branch found over 65,000 euros during a search of a house in...more
DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL IS GONE, TEARFUL SISTER TELLS FUNERAL OF POLICE WOMAN PHILIPPA REYNOLDS
A SISTER of the police officer killed in a car crash last weekend by a stolen car has told mourners at her funeral: "The baby of the family is gone, my daddy's little girl". Constable Philippa Reynolds, 27, was on a routine patrol in an unmarked police car in...more
FIRSTSOURCE STAFF DIG DEEP TO RAISE £12,000 FOR CHARITIES
THEY say charity begins at home but staff at Firstsource Solution centres across the UK and Ireland have raised almost £12,000 through their fundraising activities in the past year. The global Business Process Outsourcer has four contact centres across Northern Ireland...more
NORTHERN IRELAND STRIKER DAVID HEALY ON HEADBUTT ASSAULT CHARGE
FOOTBALLER David Healy has been accused of assault, Belfast Magistrates Court heard on Wednesday. The 33-year-old striker, did not attend the hearing for his first appearance on the charge. Healy, who scored 34 international goals, is accused of assaulting James...more