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2016 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 2016 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, First Minister - Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician), Peter Robinson * First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, deputy First Minister - Martin McGuiness * Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Secretary of State - Theresa Villiers (until 14 July), James Brokenshire (from 14 July) Events * 11 January – Arlene Foster becomes the first women to lead the Democratic Unionist Party and becomes Northern Ireland's first woman First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, First Minister. * 8 March – Austins (department store) in Derry closes suddenly after 186 years' trading. * 5 May – 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. There is no significant change to the position of the main parties. * 4 October – Flights are disrupted at Belfast International Airport after a freight plane gets stuck on the runway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2021, its population was 1,903,100, making up about 27% of Ireland's population and about 3% of the UK's population. The Northern Ireland Assembly (colloquially referred to as Stormont after its location), established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government. Northern Ireland cooperates with the Republic of Ireland in several areas. Northern Ireland was created in May 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating a devolved government for the six northeastern counties. As was intended, Northern Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport is an airport northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland, is the main airport for the city of Belfast. Until 1983, it was known as ''Aldergrove Airport'', after the nearby village of Aldergrove. In 2018, over 6.2 million passengers travelled through the airport, a 7.4% increase compared with 2017. The majority of flights from Belfast International are operated by easyJet, Northern Ireland's biggest airline. It features flights to some European metropolitan and several leisure destinations. Belfast International has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airfield was previously shared with the Royal Air Force base RAF Aldergrove, which closed in 2008. The base is now known as Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station, Aldergrove, and both runways are now owned by the airport. The airport is owned and operated by VINCI Airports which was previously owned by ADC & HAS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2016 to Wales and its people. Incumbents * First Minister – Carwyn Jones * Secretary of State for Wales – (to 19 March) Stephen Crabb; (from 19 March) Alun Cairns * Archbishop of Wales – Barry Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff * Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Christine James (outgoing); Geraint Llifon (incoming) Events January * 5 January – First Minister Carwyn Jones visits areas of Wales that have been badly affected by flooding, and promises that a further £2.3 million will be made available to be spent on flood protection. * 18 January – Tata Steel announces 750 job losses at Port Talbot steelworks. February * 8 February – Wales is badly affected by Storm Imogen: 80 mph winds result in waves high enough to hit first-floor windows along Aberystwyth's seafront. * 9 February – The Welsh Assembly votes for legislation to protect the historic environment and make the maintenance of re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Scotland
Events from the year 2016 in Scotland. Incumbents * First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal – Nicola Sturgeon (reappointed on 18 May 2016) * Secretary of State for Scotland – David Mundell Law officers * Lord Advocate – Frank Mulholland; then, from 1 June 2016, James Wolffe * Solicitor General for Scotland – Lesley Thomson; then, from 1 June 2016, Alison Di Rollo * Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Keen of Elie Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Carloway * Lord Justice Clerk – vacant until April; then Lady Dorrian * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Minginish Events January * 1 January – Newly declassified records released by the Scottish Government show the workings of the Scottish Executive's first full year of operation, covering major events throughout the year 2000; including First Minister Donald Dewar's death in office. * 4 January – As strong winds and heavy rain c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In England
Events from 2016 in England Incumbent Events January *2 January – Rail fares in England, Scotland and Wales rise by 1.1%, in line with current inflation rates. *12 January – Junior doctors in England providing non-emergency care strike for 24 hours in a dispute with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt over pay and working hours. *13 January – MPs have given initial support to the idea of National anthem of England, England adopting an official national anthem. *14 January – **The gang of "brazen burglars" involved in the £14m Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary, Hatton Garden jewellery heist, dubbed the "largest burglary in English legal history", face jail after the final three are convicted of involvement. **The Metropolitan Police announce that an extra 600 armed officers are to be trained and patrols more than doubled to help counter the threat of a terrorist attack in London. *15 January – Tim Peake conducts the first spacewalk by an "official" British astronaut, steppi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1929 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * Governor - The Duke of Abercorn * Prime Minister - James Craig Events *8 February – A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader Éamon de Valera to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh. *22 May – Northern Ireland general election for the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the first held following abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat territorial constituencies. The Ulster Unionist Party retains a substantial majority. *30 May – United Kingdom general election. *23 July – Construction of the first 1000 ft (300 m)-long ocean liner, RMMV ''Oceanic'', for the White Star Line, begun by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1928, is cancelled. *Six banks in Northern Ireland begin to issue banknotes in sterling. Sport Football *International ::2 February Wales 2 - 2 Northern Ireland (in Wrexham) ::23 February Northern Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Mayhew
Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, (11 September 1929 – 25 June 2016) was a British barrister and politician. Early life atrick’s father, George Mayhew, was a decorated army officer turned oil executive; his mother, Sheila Roche, was a relative of James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy, an Irish National Federation MP for Kerry East. Through his father, Mayhew was descended from the Victorian social commentator Henry Mayhew. He was educated at Tonbridge School, an all boys public school in Tonbridge, Kent. He then served as an officer in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, studied law at Balliol College, Oxford, and was president of the Oxford University Conservative Association and of the Oxford Union. He was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1955. Political career Mayhew contested Dulwich in 1970, but the incumbent Labour member, Sam Silkin, beat him by 895 votes. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tunbridge Wells constituency from its creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Telegraph
The ''Belfast Telegraph'' is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media. Its editor is Eoin Brannigan. Reflecting its unionist tradition, the paper has historically been "favoured by the Protestant population", while also being read within Catholic nationalist communities in Northern Ireland. History It was first published as the ''Belfast Evening Telegraph'' on 1 September 1870 by brothers William and George Baird. Its first edition cost half a penny and ran to four pages covering the Franco-Prussian War and local news. The evening edition of the newspaper was originally called the "Sixth Late", and "Sixth Late Tele" was a familiar cry made by vendors in Belfast city centre in the past. Local editions were published for distribution to Enniskillen, Dundalk, Newry and Derry. Its competitors are ''The News Letter'' and ''The Irish News ''The Irish News'' is a compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 In Scotland
Events from the year 1947 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Joseph Westwood until 7 October; then Arthur Woodburn Law officers * Lord Advocate – George Reid Thomson until 13 October; then John Thomas Wheatley * Solicitor General for Scotland – Daniel Blades until March; then John Thomas Wheatley until October; then Douglas Johnston Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Normand until 6 January; then Lord Cooper * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cooper, then Lord Thomson * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson Events * 10 January – Burngrange mining disaster: An explosion in an oil shale mine at West Calder kills 15. * 29 March – Butlin's Ayr holiday camp opened to the public. * 6 May – East Kilbride designated as the first New Town in Scotland under powers of the New Towns Act 1946. * 28 May – Prohibition ends in Wick, Caithne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Black (serial Killer)
Robert Black (21 April 1947 – 12 January 2016) was a Scottish serial killer and paedophile who was convicted of the kidnap, rape, and murder of four girls aged between 5 and 11 in a series of killings committed between 1981 and 1986 in the United Kingdom. Black was convicted of the kidnapping, rape and murder of three girls on 19 May 1994. He was also convicted of the kidnapping of a fourth girl, and had earlier been convicted of the kidnapping and sexual assault of a fifth. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 35 years. Black was further convicted of the 1981 sexual assault and murder of nine-year-old Jennifer Cardy in 2011, and at the time of his death was regarded as the prime suspect in the 1978 disappearance and murder of 13-year-old Genette Tate. Black may also have been responsible for several other unsolved child murders throughout Britain, Ireland and continental Europe between 1969 and 1987. The nationwide manhunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of British unionism in Ireland. It is no longer a pro unionist paper; it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's most prominent columnists include writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald was once a columnist. Senior international figures, including Tony Blair and Bill Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1926 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * Governor - The Duke of Abercorn * Prime Minister - James Craig Events *21 January – The Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture meets his Free State counterpart, Patrick Hogan. The meeting paves the way for co-operation in securing better animal health for livestock. *18 April – Census held in Northern Ireland (and the Free State). *The population of Northern Ireland is 1,257,000. Arts and literature Sport Football *International ::13 February Northern Ireland 3 - 0 Wales ::27 February Scotland 4 - 0 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow) ::20 October England 3 - 3 Northern Ireland (in Liverpool) * Irish League ::Winners: Belfast Celtic *Irish Cup ::Winners: Belfast Celtic 3 - 2 Linfield Golf *Royal County Down Golf Club bring in Harry Colt to make further improvements to the course. Births *20 January – Sarah Conlon, housewife and successful campaigner for the release of the Guildford Four (died 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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