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Northern Ireland

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Capital Belfast
Dialing code +44
Population1. 875 million (2017)
Currency Pound sterling
Destinations Belfast
Londonderry
Antrim
Mourne Mountains
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About Northern Ireland


Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. The country is known for its Norman castles, glacial valleys and mountains, Celtic and Christian monuments, and coastal links golf courses. Capital city Belfast is home to the political murals of the 20th-century ‘Troubles' conflict, and the Titanic Quarter, showcasing the redeveloped dockyards where the famous ship was built and a contemporary museum, Titanic Belfast.

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... He said he had a good relationship with health ministers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and compared their meetings together to " therapy sessions"...

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... Overnight from Thursday into Friday morning, some of the coldest places were: Yellow warnings for ice for Northern Ireland and south-west England ended at 10:00, but in some central and south-eastern areas of England freezing fog posed an additional hazard on Friday morning...

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PM plane can be adjusted at a cost of £900,000

Nov 27,2023 12:11 pm

The plane used by Boris Johnson and the members of the Royal Family , posing for international travel will be repainted in the colours of The Union flag to be "better" in the United Kingdom and abroad.

The red, white and blue "rebranding" will cost About £900,000, No 10 Said .

Downing Street Said it represented "value for money", and that all The Work was done in the UK.

But also the opposition parties were critical, saying The Money would be better spent on the support of victims of coronavirus.

No 10 the plane was told, in Cambridgeshire, for the pre-planned repainting in "national branding".

The RAF Voyager, the Prime Minister , other Ministers and high-ranking members of the Royal Family for official obligations.

He Said this would mean the makeover, the aircraft "represent the better of great Britain to The World , while also maintaining its military air-to-air-refuelling capacity".

Downing Street Said all The Work the UK supplier was favoured.

Marshall Aerospace and Defence group told The Bbc they are carrying out The Work on the aircraft, which is much larger than you normally work.

But the Lib dem leader Sir Ed Davey Said The Money would be better spent on the support of treatments for coronavirus patients.

And the SNP, met at the timing of the movement, the u-turn by the government on Tuesday About the deployment of the school food vouchers for low-income families in the summer holidays.

The Work of the question because of the coronavirus asked why the government renovate the expenditure of almost A Million pounds "to a level that was in all probability grounded for months".

"When families across the country are worried About their jobs, health and education of their children, they are priorities right in question, the government," Said shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Louise Haigh .

And Labour MP Chris Bryant told The Bbc that it was "only a Prestige project for the Prime Minister ".

"people, Said a holiday in my constituency, and are appalled, they go to their jobs to be issues, why on the earth this is a priority," He Said .

Boris Johnson speaking to journalists on Board the Voyager in 2019

The RAF Voyager, an Airbus A330 jet, was re-purposed for use by the British government in the Year 2015 at a price of £10m.

It was first used by David Cameron and other Ministers, Nato summit in Poland In July 2016.

At The Time , the government defended the expenditure, saying it was cheaper than Charter, flights, and save over £775,000 a Year .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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