The Police Service of Northern Ireland in conjunction with ntl: Telewest Business and Fold Telecare have launched a scheme called ‘Quick Check’ to tackle the issue of bogus callers. The 24-hour telephone allows householders to make a freephone call to verify the individual identity of anyone calling at their door. This is the first service of its kind within Northern Ireland.
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The new Titanic Centre, which is due to open this spring, will have job opportunities for applicants with the ‘T Factor’.
Overall, 250 jobs will be on offer and for 70 of those, applicants will undergo an audition by means of a 3 minute presentation to show they have what it takes to be a front-of-house guide in the new £90 million Titanic Belfast
Pre-registration is required for the auditions which take place on 14 January at the Grafton Recruitment office at Custom House Square in Belfast. There the candidates will be given a presentation script relating to one of the nine galleries at the complex and are then expected to present their own interpretation.
Tim Husbands, CEO of Titanic Belfast said “This is a unique project with unique potential to promote Belfast to the world, so we need people who have that special Titanic T-Factor,”
54,000 gallons of oil from tanker Genmar Companion is expected to be transferred to another ship soon at the mouth of Belfast Lough.
The tanker had been on route from Rotterdam to New York when its deck cracked on 16th December. The transfer of the oil had been expected to take place last Saturday but was delayed and meanwhile the tanker has been moored off the Copeland Islands. After the oil has been transferred, the ship will enter Belfast Harbour for repairs.
US and British Open winners Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke have both received awards on the Queen’s New Year Honours List.
McIlroy, 22, gets an MBE while Clarke, who is 20 years his senior is awarded an OBE. The pair are among 55 from Northern Ireland to be honoured this New Year.
After one of the mildest Christmas Days in Northern Ireland on record with a peak of 13.5 degrees Celcius, it’s batten down the hatches as the Met Office have issued a weather warning with gales of 70mph expected. The high winds are expected to last right through today (Wednesday).
In an operation by the PSNI Organised Crime Branch, five suspects were arrested in the Lisburn area last Friday in connection with a drugs haul worth an estimated street value of £450,000.
A 50 year old woman was released while three men (aged 35, 35 & 37) and a 27 year old woman were held in custody for questioning.
