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• Cash-strapped Executive facing some very tough choices on revenue-raising

  19-02-2020 23:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  "Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich man's world." So sang Abba. Members of the Northern Ireland Executive probably don't feel the current money situation is at all funny.
  
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• I will stay with Manchester City next season, says boss Pep Guardiola

  19-02-2020 23:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola has confirmed he will still be at Manchester City next season irrespective of the result of the club’s appeal against a two-year UEFA club competitions ban.
  
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• Celebrities claim relatives ‘wouldn’t make the cut’ in points-based system

  19-02-2020 23:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new points-based immigration proposed by the Government has been condemned online by people who say their relatives “wouldn’t have made the cut”.
  
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• Fury and Wilder in shoving match ahead of showdown in Las Vegas

  19-02-2020 23:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder kicked off their final press conference with a shoving match ahead of Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title rematch.
  
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• Werner penalty leaves Tottenham with mountain to climb against RB Leipzig

  19-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tottenham will again have to do it the hard way in the Champions League after they suffered a 1-0 home defeat in the first leg of their last-16 tie with RB Leipzig.
  
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• England beware as Jacob Stockdale warns - I'm better than ever

  19-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland star Jacob Stockdale believes he is playing better rugby now than during his record-setting 2018.
  
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• Ball hopes Wales use ‘pretty hostile’ Cardiff atmosphere to their advantage

  19-02-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wales hope their home comforts can help make life unbearable for France in Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash at the Principality Stadium.
  
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• Reddox, Hamilton among the goals as Giants bounce back from weekend loss with win at Flames

  19-02-2020 22:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liam Reddox had a two-point night and Curtis Hamilton was on the scoresheet on his return to the line-up as the Belfast Giants provided the perfect response to Sunday's loss in Nottingham.
  
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• Harry Gregg inspired my sermons to young people, says Catholic bishop friend

  19-02-2020 22:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior Catholic bishop has told how his friend, the late Harry Gregg, provided the inspiration for his confirmation service homilies.
  
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• Manchester City make Hammers pay after turbulent week

  19-02-2020 22:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City can only hope their upcoming fight with UEFA proves as straightforward as a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened West Ham that was far more dominant than the scoreline suggested.
  
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• Another couple leaves the Love Island villa

  19-02-2020 22:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Another couple has been dumped from the Love Island villa.
  
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• Just how relatable was royal mum Kate's podcast?

  19-02-2020 22:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Friendly, frank and engaging, the Duchess of Cambridge's chat with Giovanna Fletcher about her experiences of motherhood gained praise worldwide. We asked two NI parents what they thought of it.
  
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• Obituary: Former Ombudsman and council chief Gerry Burns who helped set up trust after bombing

  19-02-2020 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gerry Burns, who has died at the age of 85, is remembered this week as a devoted public servant who was deeply committed to reconciliation.
  
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• Nest footage shows first rare hornbill chicks to hatch in the UK for 13 years

  19-02-2020 21:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hidden cameras have shown the first rhinoceros hornbill chicks to hatch in the UK for 13 years.
  
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• Michael Sheen launches fundraising bid for flood-hit Wales communities

  19-02-2020 21:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Actor Michael Sheen has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help the flood-hit communities of South Wales.
  
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• Allied Bakeries workers vote to accept pay offer and end strike action

  19-02-2020 21:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Staff at Allied Bakeries in Belfast have voted to accept an increased pay offer from the company and end their strike action.
  
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• Insurer expecting to pay out £20m in claims for Storms Ciara and Dennis

  19-02-2020 21:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An insurance company has said it is expecting to pay out around £20 million in claims for damage caused by storms Ciara and Dennis.
  
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• Messi admits to seeing ‘weird things happening’ at Barcelona

  19-02-2020 21:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi admits he sees “weird things happening” at Barcelona after the club president was forced to deny accusations of unethical social media practices.
  
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• RSPCA rescuers called out more than 200 times in 72 hours

  19-02-2020 21:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Animal rescue officers have been called out more than 200 times in the past 72 hours, the RSPCA has said.
  
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• ‘Missing’ BBC DJ Greg James asks fans to find out who ‘captured’ him

  19-02-2020 21:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC DJ Greg James has asked fans to help him discover who “captured” him from the Brit Awards after he missed his Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
  
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• Pep Guardiola ‘100 per cent’ behind Manchester City bosses after UEFA ban

  19-02-2020 21:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola has insisted Manchester City’s players and coaches support club bosses “100 per cent” in their denial of breaking Financial Fair Play regulations.
  
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• Supporters of cystic fibrosis battler Nicole Adams have a ball at fundraising match

  19-02-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cystic fibrosis (CF) sufferer Nicole Adams and her family have raised more than £9,000 to help others fighting the disease.
  
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• RB Leipzig fans swarm the streets of north London ahead of Tottenham clash

  19-02-2020 20:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of German football fans took over streets in north London ahead of the Champions League clash between RB Leipzig and Tottenham Hotspur.
  
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• Manchester City have responded to ban in the right way, says Micah Richards

  19-02-2020 20:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has praised the way the club have responded to being handed a two-year ban from European football by UEFA.
  
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• Billie Eilish: No Time To Die is so good I fought through jet lag to watch it

  19-02-2020 20:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Billie Eilish has revealed she enjoyed the upcoming James Bond film so much she fought through jet lag to finish it.
  
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• Harry and Meghan to end royal duties on March 31

  19-02-2020 20:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s lives as working royals will end on March 31 when they stop representing the Queen and become financially independent, a spokeswoman for the couple has said.
  
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• Man arrested for making and distributing indecent images of children

  19-02-2020 20:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 39-year-old man has been arrested in the Antrim area for making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
  
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• Arteta urges Arsenal to show courage in intense Athens atmosphere

  19-02-2020 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has challenged his players to rise above the heated atmosphere expected to greet the Gunners when they take on Olympiacos on Thursday.
  
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• Arsenal urges Arsenal to show courage in intense Athens atmosphere

  19-02-2020 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has challenged his players to rise above the heated atmosphere expected to greet the Gunners when they take on Olympiacos on Thursday.
  
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• Sinn Fein is the most sullied party in Ireland... just don't expect to see it held up to media scrutiny

  19-02-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK general election on June 8, 2017, produced a hung Parliament, leaving the Conservatives with 317 seats as the largest party, but with 650 seats in the House of Commons they were short of the 326 they needed for a majority.
  
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• Arlene Foster and Steve Aiken's greatest challenge is to avoid their predecessors' fate as they answer Terence O'Neill's question: 'What kind of Ulster do you want?'

  19-02-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the launch of a new report (Sectarianism: The Key Facts) at Stormont last Monday, Mike Nesbitt spoke about his own experiences: "A more recent memory is a couple of years ago, when I was leader of the (Ulster) Unionist Party, and I said I would give a preference vote in the 2017 election to the SDLP and, figuratively, I was burned out of office by some rather sectarian reaction from the unionist community."
  
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• Conditions at Mossmorran chemical plant criticised as workers walk out

  19-02-2020 19:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around 100 workers at a Fife chemical plant have walked out over an issue with conditions at the site.
  
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• Solskjaer admits Rashford could miss rest of the season

  19-02-2020 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford’s season and Euro 2020 dreams could be over after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed the Manchester United star will be out for at least “another few months” with a back injury.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with Malcolm McKeown murder

  19-02-2020 19:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 27-year-old man been arrested in connection with the murder of Malcolm McKeown.
  
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• Man and woman killed in Co Antrim crash

  19-02-2020 19:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and a woman in their 20s have been killed in a two car collision in Co Antrim.
  
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• Attempt made to set fire to vehicle outside home of QIH director’s relative

  19-02-2020 19:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An attempt was made to set fire to a vehicle outside the home of a relative of a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) in Co Fermanagh at the weekend.
  
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• Arson attack on vehicle of Quinn director's relative outside home

  19-02-2020 19:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) has said a vehicle parked outside the home of the relative of a company director was targeted in an attempted arson attack.
  
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• Convicted rapist shot by paramilitaries guilty of exposing himself to Belfast woman - Belfast Telegraph

  19-02-2020 19:10
  
  Convicted rapist shot by paramilitaries guilty of exposing himself to Belfast woman  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Convicted rapist guilty of exposing himself to Belfast woman

  19-02-2020 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A convicted rapist who was later shot in the genitals has been found guilty of exposing himself to a woman in Belfast.
  
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• Burger King breaking mould with new ad?

  19-02-2020 19:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Burger King is breaking the mould in its new advertising campaign by portraying its Whopper covered in mould in print and TV ads running in Europe and the US.
  
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• Voice experts in Colin Duffy terror trial 'not accredited', court told

  19-02-2020 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The forensic voice analysts who claim a covert MI5 recording of three alleged IRA dissidents provided moderate to strong support they are indeed the suspects, are not “accredited”.
  
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• 83% of Britons say people should learn language of nation they move to – poll

  19-02-2020 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A majority of people in the UK believe that those moving to a new country should learn the language, according to a poll.
  
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• Nicki Minaj leads tributes to rapper Pop Smoke after his death aged 20

  19-02-2020 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent and Chance The Rapper are among the stars who have paid tribute to rapper Pop Smoke, who has died at the age of 20.
  
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• Irish election: Fianna Fáil 'will try to form government without Sinn Féin'

  19-02-2020 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The party said it will begin formally speaking to other parties in an attempt to form a government.
  
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• Babies and young children dying in cold in Syria, says UN humanitarian chief

  19-02-2020 18:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian-backed Syrian offensive are being squeezed into ever smaller areas near Turkey’s border “under horrendous conditions”, the UN humanitarian chief said.
  
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• McIlroy and Hyde return for Ireland Under-20s, but Stewart dropped for trip to England

  19-02-2020 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster's Hayden Hyde and Ethan McIlroy have been recalled to the starting line-up for the Ireland Under-20s' Six Nations trip to face England on Friday.
  
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• FTSE jumps higher on weak pound and optimism over China

  19-02-2020 18:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 rebounded as traders were optimistic that China will use more funds to aid firms impacted by coronavirus while the index also benefited from weakness in the pound.
  
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• HS2 releases new images of Old Oak Common station

  19-02-2020 18:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  HS2 has released new images and designs of its west London station.
  
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• Angry Dutch farmers take tractors to city in protest against emissions policy

  19-02-2020 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of angry Dutch farmers have converged on The Hague in the latest protest against the government’s plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide.
  
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• Insta break: What did the Premier League’s finest get up to on holiday?

  19-02-2020 18:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Premier League players love a holiday, so what did they get up to during the division’s mid-season winter break?
  
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