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• Slowthai sprays champagne and moons audience at NME Awards

  12-02-2020 23:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rapper Slowthai kicked off the NME Awards with a raucous performance that saw him spraying champagne around the room and mooning the audience.
  
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• West Belfast man jailed for killing his dog with hammer - Belfast Live

  12-02-2020 23:45
  
  West Belfast man jailed for killing his dog with hammer  Belfast Live
  
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• Heartbroken daughter calls for legislation change after dad is killed by falling tree in Co Tyrone

  12-02-2020 23:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A heartbroken daughter whose father was killed by a tree in a freak accident in Co Tyrone days before Christmas has spoken of her "complete devastation".
  
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• Mind the gap... small clubs could come a cropper

  12-02-2020 23:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I have some good and bad news for Carrick Rangers boss Niall Currie. As I left him lapping up an excellent win over Ballymena United at a windswept and interesting Warden Street, I revealed my revolutionary plan to, err, revolutionise the game.
  
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• LSE ‘in talks with Huawei over 5G research funding’

  12-02-2020 23:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The London School of Economics (LSE) is reportedly in talks with Huawei over the Chinese company funding a three-year study on its “leadership” in the development of 5G technology.
  
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• Long-Bailey failed to push for tougher action on anti-Semitism – Thornberry

  12-02-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emily Thornberry has claimed her shadow cabinet colleague Rebecca Long-Bailey failed to push for tougher action on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.
  
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• Kyle Paisley urges unionism to stay strong after recent political developments

  12-02-2020 23:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The son of the late First Minister Rev Ian Paisley, has urged unionism "not to lose heart" following recent political developments in both the UK and Ireland.
  
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• Jude Law stars in ‘world’s first immersive TV drama’

  12-02-2020 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jude Law’s new television show will be the “world’s first immersive TV drama”, with a live event staged as part of the series.
  
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• Friends who put food on man's face at house party didn't know he was dying

  12-02-2020 23:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Friends of a man who overdosed at a house party in Co Donegal covered his face with ketchup, mayonnaise, pizza and vinegar as he lay sleeping, unaware he was dying.
  
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• Johnson to promote ‘generation of talent’ in Cabinet reshuffle

  12-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson will “promote a generation of talent” in a reshuffle aimed at preparing the Tories for the future.
  
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• Police praise boys who spotted missing woman on Cavehill

  12-02-2020 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in north Belfast have thanked a pair of teenage boys who spotted a missing woman while walking on Cavehill on Wednesday.
  
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• Weather warnings issued as UK braces for Storm Dennis arrival

  12-02-2020 22:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK’s week of miserable weather looks set to continue as it prepares to be struck by a country-wide storm for the second weekend in a row.
  
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• Watch: Duchess of Cambridge Kate has a ball on visit to Co Down farm

  12-02-2020 22:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge charmed both visitors and animals alike during a guided tour of an open farm in Co Down in what was her first solo visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
  
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• Belfast bar hosting comedy night but there's no alcohol allowed! - Belfast Live

  12-02-2020 22:26
  
  Belfast bar hosting comedy night but there's no alcohol allowed!  Belfast Live
  
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• Eoin Morgan accepts blame as England fall short against South Africa

  12-02-2020 22:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eoin Morgan shouldered the blame for England’s dramatic one-run defeat to South Africa in the first Twenty20 after holing out to expose the lower order before the final over.
  
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• Laura Whitmore wows on NME Awards red carpet

  12-02-2020 22:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Laura Whitmore swapped the Love Island villa for the red carpet as she stepped out in London for the NME Awards.
  
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• Wendy Austin's daughter Kerry to step into boxing ring for charity bout

  12-02-2020 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Not everyone would be prepared to take a punch in the face or - even worse - lose a few teeth for the greater good.
  
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• Ice-cool McIvor secures BFA's date with Friends'

  12-02-2020 21:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Niamh McIvor stole the show as Belfast Royal Academy reached their first Belfast Telegraph Ulster Senior Cup final for 46 years with a dramatic 5-4 shoot-out win over the holders Banbridge Academy after a scoreless draw at Stormont on Wednesday.
  
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• ‘It’s time!’ – JLS announce they have reunited

  12-02-2020 21:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  JLS have announced that they have reunited seven years after they split up.
  
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• Eoin Morgan remains upbeat despite England’s T20 defeat against South Africa

  12-02-2020 21:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eoin Morgan insists England’s agonising one-run defeat to South Africa in the opening Twenty20 will stand his side in good stead ahead of this year’s World Cup.
  
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• Street art recreated at Heathrow in bid to become most Instagrammed airport

  12-02-2020 21:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some of the world’s most photographed street art has been recreated at Heathrow in a bid to make the airport the most Instagrammed in the world.
  
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• Will you marry me? How the stars popped the question

  12-02-2020 20:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton would be the first to admit there was a little something lacking in his marriage proposal.
  
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• South Africa stage stunning late fightback to win first T20 against England

  12-02-2020 20:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Half-centuries from Jason Roy and Eoin Morgan proved insufficient as England lost the first Twenty20 by one run in a nail-biting conclusion at a blustery East London.
  
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• Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg ‘ashamed’ of ‘sexist, racist’ industry

  12-02-2020 20:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Billy Bragg called the music industry “sexist” and “racist” as he praised The 1975’s Matthew Healy for saying he will no longer play at music festivals with a lack of female acts on the bill.
  
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• Sir Tom Stoppard to receive PEN America writing award

  12-02-2020 20:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard is set to be honoured next month by PEN America, the literary and human rights organisation.
  
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• Coronavirus and Northern Ireland: the facts

  12-02-2020 20:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As the number of confirmed infections breaches 40,000, leaving behind 1,000 deaths in its wake, the novel coronavirus has been branded "Public Enemy Number One" by the World Health Organisation and more of a threat than terrorism.
  
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• MWC technology show cancelled over coronavirus concern exodus

  12-02-2020 20:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The 2020 Mobile World Congress (MWC) technology show has been cancelled after a growing number of firms pulled out over coronavirus fears.
  
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• The day Sinn Fein ceased to be the pariah party and instead became the popular party

  12-02-2020 20:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In November 1986, Sinn Fein voted to abandon the long-standing policy of abstaining from the Dail. The decision was taken with the prior approval of the IRA army council, because that is how Sinn Fein works, and Gerry Adams carried the day. Three decades later, that decision has been vindicated, with Sinn Fein out-polling both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael and looking to be part of the government of the Irish Republic.
  
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• Belfast City Council gives green light to £77m redesign of BBC's Broadcasting House - Belfast Telegraph

  12-02-2020 20:16
  
  Belfast City Council gives green light to £77m redesign of BBC's Broadcasting House  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast City Council gives green light to £77m redesign of BBC's Broadcasting House

  12-02-2020 20:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC Northern Ireland has been given the go-ahead for a £77m transformation of Belfast's Broadcasting House.
  
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• Ninth patient tests positive for coronavirus in the UK

  12-02-2020 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A ninth case of coronavirus has been confirmed in the UK after a patient was taken to hospital in south London on Wednesday.
  
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• South Belfast school children create touching makaton Valentine's Day video - Belfast Live

  12-02-2020 20:07
  
  South Belfast school children create touching makaton Valentine's Day video  Belfast Live
  
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• Watch: Orphaned bear cub nurtured back to health at Russian rescue centre

  12-02-2020 20:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An orphaned bear cub is being nurtured back to health at a Russian rescue centre.
  
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• Facebook postpones UK launch of dating service

  12-02-2020 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Love is not in the air on Facebook for the time being, after the social network decided to postpone the launch of its dating service in the UK.
  
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• Italian Senate vote on Salvini’s immunity follows party lines

  12-02-2020 19:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Italian Senate has voted to allow the prosecution of right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini for forcing migrants to stay on board a rescue ship when he was interior minister.
  
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• Moss to face no action over alleged ‘sarky’ remarks to Bournemouth players

  12-02-2020 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Referee Jonathan Moss is set to avoid punishment following Bournemouth midfielder Dan Gosling’s claim that the official had mocked the club’s plight, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• Italian Post Office delivers stern rebuke to Maurizio Sarri

  12-02-2020 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri appears to have got on the wrong side of the Italian Post Office after it hit back at his press conference comments.
  
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• Tory MPs demand ‘complete rethink’ on controversial fishing Catch App

  12-02-2020 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Conservative MPs have demanded ministers undertake a “complete rethink” on a controversial smartphone app that fishermen fear could cost their livelihoods.
  
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• ‘Evil’ former monk at Catholic boarding school jailed for abusing boys

  12-02-2020 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former monk at a Catholic boarding school who continued to abuse young boys after confessing to having sexual contact with a pupil has been jailed for more than 20 years.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s £15,000 holiday gift from business tycoon

  12-02-2020 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson’s Caribbean holiday over the new year was a £15,000 gift from a wealthy businessman.
  
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• MPs hit out at companies for trying to ‘swing votes’ with biscuits and jam

  12-02-2020 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MPs have hit out against Google and Heathrow for attempting to “swing votes” with packages of jam, biscuits and crisps.
  
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• Ryan Giggs concerned that England could snatch Neco Williams off Wales

  12-02-2020 19:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wales manager Ryan Giggs has expressed concern over reported England interest in Liverpool defender Neco Williams.
  
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• Derry Girls and book about cash-for-ash scandal shortlisted for literary prize to promote peace

  12-02-2020 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hit Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls, Milkman by Anna Burns and journalist Sam McBride's book Burned about the 'cash-for-ash' scandal have all been shortlisted for a literary prize in memory of a British ambassador to Ireland who was murdered by the IRA.
  
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• Man City sought damages from UEFA over alleged leaks concerning Financial Fair Play case

  12-02-2020 18:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City sought damages from UEFA over what they alleged were leaks of confidential information to the media concerning their Financial Fair Play case, court documents show.
  
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• William regularly writes to bereaved police families, Met chief says

  12-02-2020 18:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has revealed the Duke of Cambridge regularly writes to bereaved police families and officers who have been through traumatic experiences.
  
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• Brendan Howlin concedes Labour does not have mandate to play part in government

  12-02-2020 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Brendan Howlin has said his party does not have the mandate to form part of the next government.
  
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• England restrict South Africa to 177 in opening T20

  12-02-2020 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England have been set 178 to win the first Twenty20 against South Africa at East London after a fluctuating performance in the field from their bowlers.
  
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• Bohemian FC calls for end to Direct Provision with ‘refugees welcome’ shirt

  12-02-2020 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A football club in Ireland has partnered with Amnesty International to call for an end to the country’s system of accommodating asylum seekers.
  
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• Championship clubs: RFU signed our death warrant after announcing drastic cuts

  12-02-2020 18:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  English rugby’s second tier have told the Rugby Football Union it has signed the Greene King IPA Championship’s “death warrant” and made redundancies inevitable after announcing drastic cuts.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge hails charity cafe for ‘making a real difference’

  12-02-2020 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge has praised a cafe run by homelessness charity Social Bite for “making a real difference”.
  
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