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• PSNI on high alert over dissident plan for a mortar blitz on Belfast station

  06-03-2020 23:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI is staging round-the-clock security operations at a police station in Belfast to thwart a possible daylight mortar attack by dissident republicans.
  
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• Northern Ireland parents' fear as school trip to Italy forced to go ahead

  06-03-2020 23:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Worried parents whose children are scheduled to fly to northern Italy for a school ski trip later this month say they have been left in limbo after a travel firm refused to refund their travel costs if they cancel over coronavirus fears.
  
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• Irish FA and Uefa holding talks to resolve Cup semi headache

  06-03-2020 23:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Football Association are hoping to find out on Monday whether a UEFA PRO licence course will be postponed, allowing the Irish Cup semi-final between Glentoran and Cliftonville to kick off at Windsor Park on April 7.
  
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• Marseille slip up as Amiens hold them to draw

  06-03-2020 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Marseille were stunned by a late Amiens double to drop Ligue 1 points in a 2-2 draw at the Orange Velodrome.
  
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• Jose Mourinho eyes summer reinforcements after Tottenham’s attacking woes

  06-03-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho knows he has to use the summer transfer window to ensure Tottenham do not suffer the same problems as this season.
  
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• Frank Lampard defends Eric Dier’s ‘natural reaction’ after fan confrontation

  06-03-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Frank Lampard believes top footballers deserve “a lot of credit” for ignoring fan abuse.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers wants history to repeat itself for Foxes with Champions League

  06-03-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers has his sights set on making this an “historical season” for Leicester by bringing Champions League football back to the King Power Stadium.
  
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• Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta praises former manager David Moyes

  06-03-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has praised David Moyes as he prepares to come up against the man who brought him to the Premier League when West Ham travel to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
  
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• Appeal of international action means George Baldock won’t elbow Greece

  06-03-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield United defender George Baldock has revealed he has had talks about playing for the Greece national team.
  
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• Texas arts and technology festival axed due to coronavirus

  06-03-2020 23:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The South by Southwest arts and technology festival in Texas has been cancelled due to fears about the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Second person in UK dies after testing positive for coronavirus

  06-03-2020 23:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in his early eighties has become the second person to die in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Scotland women’s rugby player tests positive for coronavirus

  06-03-2020 22:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scotland women’s Six Nations rugby match against France has been postponed after a player tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus: Man in his 80s becomes UK's second death

  06-03-2020 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in his 80s has become the second person in the UK to die after testing positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Global coronavirus cases exceed 100,000 as death toll surges

  06-03-2020 22:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus outbreak has hit a new milestone as figures suggest more than 100,000 people across the world have been infected.
  
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• Morgan grabs game-winner as Owen backstops Belfast Giants to important win over Fife Flyers

  06-03-2020 22:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liam Morgan came up with the game-winner 5:45 from time as the Belfast Giants rode a 34-save display from netminder Shane Owen for a 3-1 win over the Fife Flyers at the SSE Arena.
  
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• Arlene Foster tells Secretary of State Brandon Lewis Westminster should leave us to decide on our abortion laws

  06-03-2020 22:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has told the Secretary of State that Westminster should not "interfere" with Northern Ireland's abortion law and it should be up to MLAs to make decisions on the issue.
  
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• Coronavirus: Health worker among latest Ireland cases

  06-03-2020 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five new cases are confirmed in the country where 60 staff at a hospital are told to self-isolate.
  
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• Tiger Woods out of Players Championship

  06-03-2020 22:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods has withdrawn from next week’s Players Championship at Sawgrass to protect his ongoing back injury.
  
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• EU accuses Turkey of using desperate migrants ‘for political purposes’

  06-03-2020 22:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  European Union foreign ministers have criticised Turkey for using migrants’ desperation “for political purposes” as clashes between Greek riot police and people attempting to cross the border erupted again.
  
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• Health worker among five new coronavirus cases in Ireland

  06-03-2020 22:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A healthcare worker is among five new cases of coronavirus in Ireland.
  
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• New case of coronavirus confirmed in Northern Ireland

  06-03-2020 22:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new case of coronavirus has been identified in Northern Ireland, bringing the total number of people diagnosed in the region to four.
  
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• Our Sporting Lives and Times: How Ireland have many memorable nights to reflect on after playing in their 1,000th game

  06-03-2020 22:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When the players took the field in Greater Noida on Friday for the first game in their Twenty20 series against Afghanistan, it was Ireland's 1,000th cricket international.
  
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• Russell Brand ‘set to make cameo appearance in Australian soap Neighbours’

  06-03-2020 22:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Russell Brand is set to make an appearance in Australian soap Neighbours, according to one of the stars of the show.
  
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• New West Belfast park to be 'shared space for local residents' - Belfast Live

  06-03-2020 21:56
  
  New West Belfast park to be 'shared space for local residents'  Belfast Live
  
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• Business events off as Flybe collapse and coronavirus fears deliver double blow

  06-03-2020 21:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The combined impact of the collapse of Flybe and fears over coronavirus are leading to cancellations of business meetings and events, it has emerged.
  
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• Alliance has enjoyed an upturn... and it isn't slowing down

  06-03-2020 21:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Alliance Party gathers for its annual conference this weekend in an understandably buoyant mood. Party leader Naomi Long can reflect on a year of unprecedented progress. Seats gained at the Westminster, European and council elections in 2019 and record vote shares will ensure a celebratory event. Even Trevor Lunn might wish he was present.
  
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• Belfast man guilty of prison officer murder - BreakingNews.ie

  06-03-2020 21:35
  
  Belfast man guilty of prison officer murder  BreakingNews.ie
  
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• Release of Woody Allen memoir cancelled after sex abuse claims

  06-03-2020 21:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Woody Allen’s publisher has decided to cancel the planned release of his memoir Apropos Of Nothing.
  
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• Belfast man guilty of prison officer murder

  06-03-2020 21:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man has been found guilty of the murder of a Northern Ireland prison officer.
  
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• UN Women UK distances itself from student group after Amber Rudd ‘no platformed’

  06-03-2020 21:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A UN women’s group has distanced itself from a row that saw former Home Secretary Amber Rudd “no-platformed” at an Oxford University event.
  
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• Niall Horan says his first album ‘put him into a bit of a pigeonhole’

  06-03-2020 21:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Niall Horan says he had “a lot of fun” making his new album after he got himself “into a bit of a pigeonhole” with his first record.
  
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• 'I know your pain' - mum of Madrid train bomb victim attends Northern Ireland Troubles memorial

  06-03-2020 21:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Spanish student killed in the 2004 Madrid train bombings has made her first visit to Northern Ireland to bring the message that "your pain is our pain".
  
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• Coronavirus: Five more people diagnosed in Republic of Ireland

  06-03-2020 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Five more people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the Republic of Ireland, the Department of Health has said.
  
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• Trump tours tornado-hit Tennessee communities

  06-03-2020 21:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has toured a Tennessee neighbourhood reduced to rubble by a tornado earlier this week and marvelled at “the tremendous heart” he witnessed.
  
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• Why there’s more to life in Northern Ireland than green and orange

  06-03-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A few years ago I was in the US, having breakfast in your typical American diner. The waitress got chatting. She'd noted my accent. She was Irish too, she told me proudly.
  
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• Coronavirus: One new case confirmed in Northern Ireland

  06-03-2020 20:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One new case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Northern Ireland, bringing the total number of cases in the region to four.
  
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• Dominic Calvert-Lewin focused on reaching ‘next level’ after signing new deal

  06-03-2020 20:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dominic Calvert-Lewin has stressed his desire to keep improving after the striker signed a new five-year contract with Everton.
  
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• Miriam Margolyes and Tony Robinson urge PM to support creative industries

  06-03-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Miriam Margolyes and Tony Robinson were among a group of actors who handed a letter in to Downing Street calling for “support for the creative industries”.
  
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• Virgin Media breach allegedly linked customers to pornographic content

  06-03-2020 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An insecure Virgin Media database that left personal details accessible to unknown parties allegedly contained information linking customers to pornographic sites.
  
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• Major sports and cultural festival taking place in Belfast this weekend - Belfast Live

  06-03-2020 19:40
  
  Major sports and cultural festival taking place in Belfast this weekend  Belfast Live
  
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• Christopher Robinson found guilty of murdering prison officer Adrian Ismay

  06-03-2020 19:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The man accused of murdering prison officer Adrian Ismay has been found guilty of the killing.
  
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• Belfast not the only airport to lose out in demise of Flybe - The Irish Times

  06-03-2020 19:35
  
  Belfast not the only airport to lose out in demise of Flybe  The Irish Times
  
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• Dominic Calvert-Lewin signs new five-year deal with Everton

  06-03-2020 19:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin has signed a new five-year contract with the club, the Toffees have announced.
  
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• Scottish and Northern Irish transport departments write to ministers over bridge

  06-03-2020 19:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The transport departments of Scotland and Northern Ireland have called for commitments from the UK Government, including that it does not “encroach” on devolved powers by building a link between the two countries.
  
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• Olly Alexander admits performing at Coachella felt ‘weird’

  06-03-2020 19:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Olly Alexander has admitted that he felt “weird” performing at Coachella because of its owner’s apparent support of anti-LGBT charities.
  
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• Johnson tells Welsh Tories false ‘fact’ about Netflix series

  06-03-2020 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Even Boris Johnson admitted the “fact” he was telling supporters was an “astonishing” one, as he claimed Netflix series Sex Education was the most popular television show in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Coronavirus: Northern Ireland nursing homes awaiting guidance over visitor numbers

  06-03-2020 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nursing homes across Northern Ireland are awaiting guidelines from health experts over whether to impose restrictions on the number of visitors as concerns over the spread of the coronavirus grow.
  
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• Lady Gaga’s comeback single scores highest new entry in UK charts

  06-03-2020 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lady Gaga’s comeback single Stupid Love has shot into the UK charts as the highest ranked new entry.
  
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• Travel firms relax booking rules due to Covid-19

  06-03-2020 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Travel firms are relaxing their booking conditions in a bid to reverse a downturn in demand for holidays due to Covid-19.
  
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• Advert urging public to report terrorism suspicions to air in cinemas

  06-03-2020 18:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An advert urging the public to report suspicious activity in the fight against terrorism will be shown in cinemas.
  
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