Belfast news

• Coronavirus: Fears see schools closed and pupil pulled from class

  09-03-2020 23:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Northern Ireland schools have been closed and a third plunged into chaos when a pupil was pulled out of class after he was linked to a positive coronavirus case.
  
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• Coronavirus: Fears see Northern Ireland schools closed and pupil pulled from class

  09-03-2020 23:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Northern Ireland schools have been closed and a third plunged into chaos when a pupil was pulled out of class after he was linked to a positive coronavirus case.
  
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• Ashley Walters opens up about growing up with an absent father

  09-03-2020 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Top Boy star Ashley Walters has said his father’s absence while he was growing up contributed to his criminal behaviour.
  
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• Pablo Mari sees his long-term future at Arsenal

  09-03-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pablo Mari may have only played twice for Arsenal but the Flamengo loanee is planning on staying at the Emirates Stadium for years to come.
  
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• Patient who was second in world to be cleared of HIV reveals his identity

  09-03-2020 23:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A hospital patient from London who was the second person in the world to be cleared of HIV has revealed his identity.
  
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• Northern Ireland man hacked into Indian call centre to obtain CCTV footage of scammers

  09-03-2020 23:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Irishman who has been seen by millions of TV and YouTube viewers turning the tables on fraudsters at scam call centres in India has revealed that his only motivation is to protect vulnerable people who in the past have been driven to suicide by the callous conmen.
  
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• Leicester hammer Aston Villa with Jamie Vardy back among the goals

  09-03-2020 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes each scored twice as Leicester returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a comprehensive 4-0 victory against Aston Villa.
  
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• Kate praises children’s choir performance at Buckingham Palace gala dinner

  09-03-2020 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge praised an original performance by a choir of schoolchildren as she celebrated one of her patronages at a Buckingham Palace gala dinner.
  
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• Amanda Redman reveals Me Too moment during audition

  09-03-2020 22:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Amanda Redman has claimed she was asked to take her trousers off during an audition at the BBC when she was 22.
  
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• Ethiopian Airlines pilots restarted software, causing fatal nosedive – report

  09-03-2020 22:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ethiopian investigators are mostly blaming Boeing for last year’s crash of a Ethiopian Airlines jet shortly after take-off, saying in an interim report that there were design failures in the jet and inadequate training for pilots.
  
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• Thousands stay home in Mexico in protest over violence against women

  09-03-2020 22:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of women across Mexico have stayed home from work and school as part of a strike billed as “A Day Without Women”, hours after an unprecedented number filled the streets to protest against rising gender violence on International Women’s Day.
  
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• Italy imposes nationwide travel restrictions to contain coronavirus

  09-03-2020 22:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Italian premier Giuseppe Conte has said he is extending restrictions on travel from the north to the entire country to try to stop the spread of coronavirus.
  
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• Italy implements nationwide coronavirus quarantine

  09-03-2020 22:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country, it has been announced.
  
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• Italian premier locks down entire country to fight coronavirus

  09-03-2020 22:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Italian premier Giuseppe Conte has put his entire country on lockdown to combat the coronavirus, banning all but the most important travel and halting social gatherings after Italians failed to take previous warnings to heart amid skyrocketing infections.
  
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• Coronavirus: Italy implements nationwide quarantine measures

  09-03-2020 22:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country, it has been announced.
  
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• Belfast's historic Custom House on the market as taxman moves out

  09-03-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Belfast's landmark buildings, Custom House, has been put on the market after its previous occupiers moved out.
  
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• Coronavirus: Three new cases in Republic as Northern Ireland schools undergo 'enhanced clean'

  09-03-2020 21:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland, it has been revealed.
  
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• Banal way the media covers the coronavirus crisis numbs us to the reality of what is coming

  09-03-2020 21:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I am not impressed with how journalism is responding to the coronavirus. This is not like reporting the advance of an asteroid, or an invading army heading for the capital. All we have is the numbers of the known infected and the dead.
  
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• Trump grapples with public health and economic maelstrom

  09-03-2020 21:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  US political leaders are grappling with a public health and economic maelstrom — as well as concerns for their own safety – as fears about the coronavirus outbreak escalated.
  
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• Tottenham deserve something special in Champions League bid – Jose Mourinho

  09-03-2020 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho believes “something special” is brewing as Tottenham try and keep their Champions League hopes alive.
  
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• Lady Gaga’s foundation releasing book celebrating ‘acts of bravery and kindness’

  09-03-2020 21:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) is releasing a book of inspiring stories by young people around the world.
  
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• Sinn Fein has no secret formula for success - just a fanaticism that will fade with time and a spell in Opposition

  09-03-2020 21:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Is there anything more contemptible than those who desert their duty, or spread defeat in the face of the enemy? That is what the Leo Varadkar circle in Fine Gael and the Foolish Faction in Fianna Fail are doing: delaying the formation of a government the majority put in place three weeks ago. Mentally put in place three weeks ago.
  
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• Stocks plummet on Wall Street over coronavirus and oil price crash

  09-03-2020 21:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus fears and a crash in oil prices sent a shudder through financial markets on Monday, with stocks plummeting so fast on Wall Street that they triggered the first automatic halt in trading in over two decades.
  
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• Coronavirus: Everything you need to know from risks to avoidance

  09-03-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Q. Exactly what is coronavirus, or Covid-19?
  
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• Coronavirus: Belfast City Council postpones St Patrick's Day celebration

  09-03-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has postponed its annual St Patrick’s Day parade in the city following the cancellation of Dublin’s parade.
  
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• Coronavirus: Belfast City Council cancels St Patrick's Day celebration - Belfast Telegraph

  09-03-2020 21:00
  
  Coronavirus: Belfast City Council cancels St Patrick's Day celebration  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Coronavirus: Belfast City Council cancels St Patrick's Day celebration

  09-03-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council hascancelled its annual St Patrick’s Day parade in the city following the cancellation of Dublin’s parade.
  
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• Staff at airport face ‘temporary lay-off’ following Flybe collapse

  09-03-2020 20:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some baggage handlers and check-in staff at George Best Belfast City Airport face a “temporary lay-off” due to the collapse of Flybe, trade unionists have said.
  
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• Flybe collapse: Staff at Belfast City Airport face ‘temporary lay-off’

  09-03-2020 20:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some baggage handlers and check-in staff at George Best Belfast City Airport face a “temporary lay-off” due to the collapse of Flybe, trade unionists have said.
  
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• Confusion in Italy over coronavirus lockdown

  09-03-2020 20:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Confusion has hit northern Italy over who can go where and under what circumstances on the first business day since the government locked down a vast area with more than a quarter of the Italian population in a desperate attempt to contain the coronavirus.
  
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• Duke of York ‘completely shut door’ on co-operating with Epstein probe – lawyer

  09-03-2020 20:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of York has “completely shut the door” on co-operating with investigators over the probe into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a US lawyer has said.
  
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• Coronavirus: Three new cases in Republic as NI schools undergo 'enhanced clean'

  09-03-2020 20:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland, it has been revealed.
  
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• Gordon Cowans diagnosed with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

  09-03-2020 20:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Aston Villa midfielder Gordon Cowans has issued an emotional statement confirming he has been diagnosed with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
  
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• Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho expects Steven Bergwijn to miss rest of season

  09-03-2020 20:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho does not expect Steven Bergwijn to play again this season as Tottenham’s injury crisis continues to escalate.
  
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• Barney Eastwood: Boxing promoter and businessman dies

  09-03-2020 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Cookstown-born businessman managed boxer Barry McGuigan to world title success.
  
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• Coronavirus: Two NI schools and a GAA club close

  09-03-2020 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two County Armagh schools and a Belfast GAA club are closed for deep cleans.
  
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• Coronavirus: All you need to know about self-isolation

  09-03-2020 20:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People with even minor respiratory tract infections or a fever could soon be asked to self-isolate as coronavirus continues to spread in the UK.
  
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• Coronavirus: Irish St Patrick's Day parades cancelled

  09-03-2020 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leo Varadkar announces that all planned St Patrick's Day parades are cancelled.
  
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• St Patrick’s Day parades cancelled over Covid-19

  09-03-2020 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  St Patrick’s Day parades in Ireland have been cancelled due to Covid-19.
  
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• Diabetes conference in Glasgow cancelled amid coronavirus concern

  09-03-2020 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A conference being held by a diabetes charity in Glasgow has been cancelled amid growing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Flight home planned for Britons on coronavirus-hit cruise ship

  09-03-2020 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Britons on board a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in California could be on a flight back to the UK on Tuesday.
  
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• Harry and Meghan ‘looked as if they belonged’, says royal author

  09-03-2020 19:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The nation will miss the Duke and Duke of Sussex as they embark on their new life away from the monarchy, a royal commentator has said.
  
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• Hugs and elbow bumps as Harry and Meghan make last appearance as working royals

  09-03-2020 19:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex hugged and “elbow bumped” well-wishers as they effectively bowed out as working members of the monarchy.
  
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• Laura Whitmore explains reason she initially ‘ignored’ Caroline Flack’s death

  09-03-2020 19:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Laura Whitmore initially “ignored” Caroline Flack’s death because she thought it was “fake news” on Twitter.
  
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• Coronavirus: Government warned to defer tax bills as businesses deal with spread

  09-03-2020 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The government must consider deferring payment of tax bills to help small businesses survive the spread of coronavirus, it has been warned.
  
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• Three Tasers fired before man shot dead by police

  09-03-2020 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man armed with two knives was shot dead by police in Westminster after three Tasers were fired.
  
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• Led Zeppelin win latest battle in Stairway To Heaven legal fight

  09-03-2020 19:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A US appeal court has restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal their landmark song Stairway To Heaven.
  
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• Lockerbie case decision on Megrahi posthumous appeal to be announced

  09-03-2020 19:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A decision on the posthumous appeal seeking to overturn the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi over the Lockerbie bombing is to be announced on Wednesday.
  
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• Dignitaries shun handshakes at Commonwealth Service

  09-03-2020 19:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson was told not to shake hands with dignitaries including the Queen over coronavirus fears and said the move sent a “subliminal cue” about the importance of hygiene.
  
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• Belfast City Airport staff face temporary lay-off, union warns

  09-03-2020 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A trade union says some baggage handlers and check-in staff could be stood down for 14 days unpaid.
  
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