In England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Australia, arraignment is the first of eleven stages in a criminal trial, and involves the clerk of the court reading out the indictment.

* 1995 – U. S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.

Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland ( see Warrenpoint ambush ).

* 1971 – The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius.

* 1922 – Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

* 1969 – Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.

* Adrian Dunbar ( born 1958 ), Northern Ireland actor

* 1998 – Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles

Several offences of assault exist in Northern Ireland.

The Criminal Justice ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act ( Northern Ireland ) 1968 creates the offences of:

under secction 7 ( 1 )( a ), but that section has been superseded by section 66 ( 1 ) of the Police ( Northern Ireland ) Act 1998 ( c. 32 ) which now provides that it is an offence for a person to, amongst other things, assault a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

* 1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.

Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in current-day Northern Ireland, around 1738.

* However, a larger 35ml measure is increasingly used ( and in particular is standard in Northern Ireland ), which contains 1. 4 units of alcohol.

In the United Kingdom, dialects, word use and accents vary not only between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, but also within them.

* 19 801-Calls to other parts of the Republic of Ireland, Irish mobile numbers and to landlines in Northern Ireland.

* Ash ( band ), a rock band from Northern Ireland

When the office of Lord High Admiral was in commission, as it was for most of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries until it reverted to the Crown, it was exercised by a Board of Admiralty, officially known as the Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, & c. ( alternatively of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland depending on the period ).

Other examples include Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait and Craigavon Bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland.

* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a sovereign state in western Europe

In Northern Ireland it was a poor night for the Ulster Unionists, and despite gaining North Down they lost 5 seats behind them.

For example, although the words wee and little are interchangeable in some contexts, wee ( as an adjective ) is almost exclusively written by some people from some parts of northern Britain ( and especially Scotland ) or from Northern Ireland, whereas in Southern England and Wales, little is used predominantly.

Charlton's next England game was his 75th as England beat Northern Ireland ; 2 caps later and he had become England's second most-capped player, behind the veteran Billy Wright, who was approaching his 100th appearance when Charlton was starting out and ended with 105 caps.

April ( ) is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern hemisphere and autumn in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.

December in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to June in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.

In the Southern Hemisphere, February is the seasonal equivalent of August in the Northern Hemisphere.

In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere.

June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.

In the Southern hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.

September in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Northern Hemisphere.

Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

Therefore November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Northern hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.

* September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to March in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.

Ironically, the boundary changes had arisen due to his own campaign for the number of MPs representing Northern Ireland to be increased to the equivalent proportion for the rest of the United Kingdom, as part of the steps towards greater integration.

The member organization in a particular country may name itself Friends of the Earth or an equivalent translated phrase in the national language, e. g., Friends of the Earth ( US ), Friends of the Earth ( EWNI ) ( England Wales and Northern Ireland ), Amigos de la Tierra ( Spain and Argentina ).

Some cities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have the further distinction of having a Lord Mayor rather than a simple Mayor — in Scotland, the equivalent is the Lord Provost.

Although it has many fictional elements and a variable climate, Calisota is probably roughly equivalent to Northern California.

The Acts of Union of 1800, which combined Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, contained no equivalent provisions but preserved the principle of separate courts to be held in Ireland, of which the part called Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom.

He was then appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and was poised to attain the equivalent Cabinet position at the time of his death.

English Nature worked closely with the JNCC and the equivalent bodies for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland ( the Northern Ireland Environment Agency ) to bring a consistent approach to nature conservation throughout the United Kingdom and towards fulfilling its international obligations.

The General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE ) is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14 – 16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 ( A *- C ) and Level 1 ( D-G ) in Key Skills.