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27 April 2021 A man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing incident in L Derry. The incident occurred in the Gobnascale area on Saturday, 17 April. A police officer sustained knife wounds to his arm and head during the attack and was treated in hospital. A man also suffered a chest injury after a police firearm was discharged. 26 April 2021 A gorse fire on the Mourne Mountains in County Down is believed to have been started deliberately, according to the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS). The fire, which covered 3.5 square kilometres started in the early hours of Friday, 23 April, and on Saturday the fire service declared it a major incident.
Major blaze on Mourne Mountains probably deliberate Firefighters tackle a large gorse fire in the Slieve Donard. Picture by Conor Kinahan/Pacemaker Press.. 26 April, 2021 08:34
Photo taken with permission from the Twitter feed of @PatrickCorrigan showing a huge gorse fire spreading across the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. The fire in the Slieve Donard area has been ongoing since the early hours of Friday morning, with up to 60 firefighters and 12 appliances battling the blaze. Issue date: Saturday April 24, 2021.
A MASSIVE firefighting operation to tackle a major blaze on the Mourne Mountains was scaled back yesterday after a three day battle to bring it under control.
26 April 2021 Abortion services at the Western Trust have been suspended. Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw said the decision to suspend their early medical abortion service justifies the intervention of the Secretary of State to ensure the law is upheld and services are provided. 26 April 2021 Large gorse fires on the Mourne Mountains in Co Down have been brought under control, according to the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS). It is believed spaces of ground stretching to around 100 football pitches were affected by the blaze on Slieve Donard. 26 April 2021 Police have arrested a woman on suspicion of murder after a 61-year-old female was found dead at her home in L Derry. The body Ludmila Poletelova was discovered at her house off Main Street in Limavady on Friday, 23 April. A 45-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday and
Almost £21m Announced For Over 850 NI Manufacturers Almost £21 million in further Covid grants are being issued to over 850 manufacturing businesses later this week.
The one-off £25,000 grant is an automatic payment being made to manufacturing businesses operating from commercial premises with a Net Annual Value (NAV) between £15,001 and £51,000.
During a visit to FAST Technologies in Derry, one of the businesses which will receive the grant, Finance Minister Conor Murphy said: Manufacturing businesses are an essential part of our economy employing over 85,000 people across the North. Like many other sectors they ve been adversely impacted throughout the pandemic. This one-off £25,000 grant will provide almost £21 million to over 850 manufacturing businesses, most of which were unable to access grant support in the initial lockdown.