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• Fans can’t watch Love Island as Caroline Flack’s death too ‘raw’

  17-02-2020 23:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Love Island returned on Monday night for the first time since the death of Caroline Flack, but many viewers said they felt too “raw” to tune in.
  
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• Bukayo Saka has aspirations to be a winger at Arsenal

  17-02-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka may be making an impression at left-back but he still dreams of being a winger.
  
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• Fine Gael 'preparing to go into opposition' - Varadkar

  17-02-2020 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leo Varadkar says the onus is on Sinn Féin to form a government and deliver on its "extraordinary promises".
  
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• Passionate, entertaining, meticulous... with Harry there were no grey areas

  17-02-2020 23:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was a sight guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of a young reporter... returning to the office to find a yellow post-it note stuck to your keyboard and bearing a two word summons - 'Fone Harry'.
  
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• Glider service to west Belfast withdrawn after attacks - Belfast Telegraph

  17-02-2020 23:15
  
  Glider service to west Belfast withdrawn after attacks  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Glider service to west Belfast withdrawn after attacks

  17-02-2020 23:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Glider service routes to Colin Connect in west Belfast have been withdrawn after two separate attacks, union Unite has said.
  
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• Manchester United make Chelsea pay as VAR takes centre stage

  17-02-2020 23:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Harry Maguire was on the scoresheet as Manchester United blew the Premier League’s top-four race wide open with a controversial 2-0 victory at misfiring Chelsea.
  
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• New IRA plans under-car bomb attack on Sinn Fein members – O’Neill

  17-02-2020 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The New IRA is planning an under car bomb attack on a Sinn Fein member, the party’s vice president has warned.
  
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• Why do we keep reminding Rory about that 'day to forget' at The Masters?

  17-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's that time of year again. The evenings are getting lighter, daffodils and bluebells are raising their pretty little heads, skylarks, robins and blackbirds are chirping away in a pleasant morning chorus.
  
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• Launchbury ‘extremely proud’ of recent England career despite reduced role

  17-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Joe Launchbury takes enormous satisfaction from the current phase of his England career even though his days of being an automatic starter appear to be behind him.
  
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• Cate Blanchett brings the glamour at Kelly Gang film premiere

  17-02-2020 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cate Blanchett sparkled in a metallic blazer as she hit the red carpet for the premiere of the film True History Of The Kelly Gang.
  
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• New IRA planning car bomb attack on Sinn Fein member, says O'Neill

  17-02-2020 22:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill has said that dissident republican group the New IRA are planning a car bomb attack on one of the party's members.
  
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• Fine Gael preparing to go into opposition, says Varadkar

  17-02-2020 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leo Varadkar has said his party is preparing to go into opposition in the new Dail.
  
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• Streets of Coleraine ring with tributes as people speak proudly of local legend Harry Gregg

  17-02-2020 22:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The weather in Coleraine town centre yesterday mirrored the mood of the people as they mourned a local legend.
  
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• Hundreds injured at Amazon warehouses, figures show

  17-02-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people have been seriously injured at Amazon’s UK warehouses over the last three years, new figures have revealed, adding to questions over the company’s safety record.
  
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• Love Island pays tribute to former presenter Caroline Flack

  17-02-2020 22:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Love Island narrator Iain Stirling remembered Caroline Flack’s “passion, warmth and infectious enthusiasm” as the show paid tribute to her on Monday.
  
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• I’m going to miss you: Love Island narrator pays tribute to Caroline Flack

  17-02-2020 22:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Love Island narrator Iain Stirling remembered Caroline Flack’s “passion, warmth and infectious enthusiasm” as the show paid tribute to her on Monday.
  
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• Nationwide account with a prize draw can't be offered here, because laws won't allow it

  17-02-2020 22:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Northern Ireland customers who bank with Nationwide are not eligible for their new savings scheme because of NI regulations.
  
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• Tyrone man first convicted of paying for sex in Northern Ireland

  17-02-2020 22:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone man has become the first person to be convicted of paying for sexual services since the law changed in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Labour’s Nandy says she would vote to scrap monarchy in a referendum

  17-02-2020 22:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Labour leadership contender Lisa Nandy has said she would vote to scrap the monarchy in any future referendum on the royal family.
  
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• Fine Gael 'preparing to go into opposition' as Sinn Fein set to intensify talks with other parties

  17-02-2020 22:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  After six hours of talking, Fine Gael TDs have decided they want to spent the next five years on the opposition benches.
  
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• Nationwide account with a prize draw can't be offered in Northern Ireland, because laws won't allow it

  17-02-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Northern Ireland customers who bank with Nationwide are not eligible for their new savings scheme because of NI regulations.
  
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• Gary Neville backs Manchester City to win appeal against ‘hopeless’ UEFA

  17-02-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville believes Manchester City will win their appeal against UEFA’s decision to ban the club from the Champions League and labelled the governing body “a hopeless organisation”.
  
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• Belfast road affected by potholes reported to Department for Infrastructure - Belfast Live

  17-02-2020 21:59
  
  Belfast road affected by potholes reported to Department for Infrastructure  Belfast Live
  
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• Simeone expects Klopp’s Liverpool to go down in history as a great team

  17-02-2020 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Diego Simeone has no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool will be remembered as one of the game’s greatest teams.
  
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• Emmerdale actress hopes to do justice to cancer storyline

  17-02-2020 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emmerdale’s Michelle Hardwick has said she hopes to do justice to her new storyline, which has seen her character Vanessa diagnosed with bowel cancer.
  
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• There is no shortage of giddy predictions that a united Ireland is just around the corner... but when anyone actually bothers to ask people in NI what they think, the results don't back it up

  17-02-2020 21:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The formation of a new government in Dublin looks as far away as ever, but Sinn Fein always keeps its eye on the long game and continues to insist that its own success in topping the poll at the recent general election represents an irresistible mandate for a border poll, conveniently forgetting that Laois and Limerick don't actually matter when the only criteria for calling a vote on Irish unity is if the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland deems it to have a fair chance of leading to a con
  
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• Homes evacuated in Monmouth after severe flood warning issued

  17-02-2020 21:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Homes have been evacuated in Monmouth after a severe flood warning for the River Wye was declared.
  
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• ‘The champion is not going anywhere’ – Wilder confident ahead of Fury rematch

  17-02-2020 21:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Deontay Wilder claims he is “the hardest-hitting puncher in history” as he aims to settle a score with Tyson Fury in their rematch this weekend.
  
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• Meet the Northern Ireland woman who found out she'd qualified as a doctor while being treated on a psychiatric ward

  17-02-2020 21:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sharon Hastings' story is one of endurance - and the positive power of healing along the way. The 37-year-old from Newtownards lives with her husband Robert in Newcastle, Co Down. She has spent at least two years of her life in total in hospital.
  
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• Liverpool ‘contenders’ for Champions League title again, says Jurgen Klopp

  17-02-2020 21:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp wants to consign Liverpool’s Champions League success last season to history as he focuses on winning the competition again.
  
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• Downing Street adviser resigns amid criticism over eugenics comments

  17-02-2020 21:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Downing Street adviser who once suggested enforcing the uptake of contraception to stop unplanned pregnancies “creating a permanent underclass” has quit his post.
  
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• Amazon boss Jeff Bezos commits 10 billion dollars to fight climate change

  17-02-2020 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says that he plans to spend 10 billion US dollars (£7.7 billion) of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
  
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• Northern Ireland legend Harry Gregg to be laid to rest on Friday

  17-02-2020 20:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of Northern Ireland and Manchester United football legend Harry Gregg OBE will take place in Coleraine on Friday.
  
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• Storm Dennis: 'Ghost ship' washes up on Irish coast

  17-02-2020 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mysterious cargo ship was drifting without crew on the high seas for more than a year.
  
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• Supermodels Kendall Jenner and the Hadids hit the catwalk for Burberry

  17-02-2020 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kendall Jenner stole the show as she walked the runway for Burberry at London Fashion Week.
  
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• Barcelona deny hiring company to post negative messages on social media

  17-02-2020 20:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Barcelona have strongly denied reports a company was hired to post negative messages on social media about any “person, entity or organisation” that has a relationship with the club.
  
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• Why publishing and bookselling were agents for change... I am proud to have played my part

  17-02-2020 20:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At last, I have a novel. A reporter asked me why I had suddenly decided to write a novel - in my late 60s. She saw it as a change of direction. And I remember, years ago, doing an interview with a new writer and remarking on the fact that she was 52. Imagine becoming a writer at 52!
  
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• Man jailed for raping and murdering promising sports therapy student

  17-02-2020 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man has admitted raping and murdering a promising student who gave him a place to stay when he was too drunk to go home.
  
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• Belfast bar and nightclub Kremlin reopens after New Year's fire - Belfast Live

  17-02-2020 20:35
  
  Belfast bar and nightclub Kremlin reopens after New Year's fire  Belfast Live
  
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• Earl of Snowdon and wife agree to divorce

  17-02-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Earl of Snowdon, the son of the late Princess Margaret, and his wife the Countess of Snowdon have “amicably agreed” that their marriage has come to an end and will divorce, a spokesman for the couple has said.
  
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• Stuart McCloskey reacts to rumour he rejected Ireland call to watch Northern Ireland at Euro 2016

  17-02-2020 20:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  If Ulster star Stuart McCloskey has learnt to accept the, at times, disappointing intricacies of Ireland selection as he moves through his career, his supporters have seemed to carry on the fight.
  
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• Igloo festival attracts hundreds to Siberian reservoir

  17-02-2020 20:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An igloo festival featuring over 100 snow domes has brought hundreds to the Novosibirsk Reservoir in Russia.
  
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• Woman swept away by floodwater is found dead

  17-02-2020 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who was swept away by floodwater during torrential rain from Storm Dennis has been found dead.
  
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• 'What is going on with me?': Ulster's Stuart McCloskey explains why Ospreys defeat caused emotional reaction

  17-02-2020 19:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Neither the life of a new father, nor the life of a professional sportsman, leave too many seconds to one’s self.
  
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• Poignant poem Harry Gregg penned to remember the Busby Babes

  17-02-2020 19:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United legend Harry Gregg gave an emotional reading of one of his poems about the Busby Babes two years ago.
  
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• Council chief: Recovery from ‘unprecedented’ flooding to cost millions

  17-02-2020 19:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It will cost millions of pounds to repair the damage caused to the Welsh Valleys by Storm Dennis, according to a council leader.
  
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• Building society shuts Belfast city centre branch

  17-02-2020 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Progressive Building Society has announced it will close a branch in Belfast city centre with the loss of five jobs.
  
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• Liverpool’s previous games in Madrid ahead of Atletico Champions League clash

  17-02-2020 19:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool return to the scene of last season’s Champions League triumph on Tuesday night when they take on Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
  
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• Assad predicts total victory after gains in northern Syria

  17-02-2020 19:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Syrian President Bashar Assad has congratulated his forces over recent gains in north-estern Syria that led to his troops consolidating control over Aleppo province.
  
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