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• Coronavirus: UK and Republic split on their responses to contagion

  12-03-2020 23:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The British and Irish Governments have both insisted they are dealing with coronavirus in the right way after they announced radically different approaches to tackling the pandemic.
  
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• Nuno Espirito Santo refuses to blame poor performance on reluctance to play

  12-03-2020 23:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boss Nuno Espirito Santo refused to blame Wolves’ reluctance to play Olympiacos for their stuttering performance.
  
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• US launches air strikes against Iran-backed militia after Iraq base attack

  12-03-2020 23:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The US has launched air strikes in Iraq targeting the Iranian-backed militia believed to be responsible for the rocket attack in Iraq that killed and wounded American and British troops.
  
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• Pelosi hails ‘brilliant’ friendship between US and Ireland

  12-03-2020 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The US Speaker has praised the friendship between her nation and Ireland as “brilliant”.
  
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• Northern Ireland farmers 'on their knees' after slashing of RHI subsidies

  12-03-2020 23:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Farmers who took part in the RHI scheme are "on their knees" due to subsidy cuts, one participant said.
  
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• Coronavirus: Irish League matches to be played this weekend while junior football and other sports postponed

  12-03-2020 23:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Football League matches are set to be played as scheduled this weekend.
  
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• US judge orders release of WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning

  12-03-2020 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A US judge has ordered that WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning should be released from jail after being held since May for refusing to testify to a grand jury.
  
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• Rangers facing Europa League exit after Bayer Leverkusen loss

  12-03-2020 23:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rangers are on the brink of Europa League elimination after crashing 3-1 to Bayer Leverkusen at Ibrox.
  
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• 'Cash-for-ash' scandal D-Day as RHI report is finally unveiled

  12-03-2020 23:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry report, which will be published on Friday, has cost the taxpayer an estimated £7m.
  
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• Premier League and EFL fixtures to go ahead as planned this weekend

  12-03-2020 23:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Premier League and EFL have confirmed that this weekend’s matches will take place as scheduled.
  
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• Pedro Neto saves Wolves with equaliser against 10-man Olympiacos

  12-03-2020 23:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pedro Neto earned Wolves a valuable 1-1 draw at 10-man Olympiacos as they forgot their frustration at being forced to play amid the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Coronavirus: Sport goes into lockdown in bid to halt spread

  12-03-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sport in Northern Ireland is facing up to a lockdown this month and beyond due to the coronavirus with a number of sporting bodies postponing matches and suspending fixtures indefinitely.
  
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• ‘The boys were fantastic’ – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer delighted with Man Utd display

  12-03-2020 22:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was pleased by the professionalism and cutting edge displayed by his players as Manchester United romped to victory in front of empty stands at LASK.
  
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• Northern Ireland firms braced for hit from Republic coronavirus shutdown

  12-03-2020 22:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The shutdown of schools and colleges and other coronavirus-related restrictions in the Republic are expected to hit the Northern Ireland economy.
  
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• Charles hails enduring spirit of Australians who battled ‘apocalyptic’ bushfires

  12-03-2020 22:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales has expressed his sympathy for those who suffered through the recent Australian bushfires, saying their ordeal must have seemed “like an apocalyptic vision of hell”.
  
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• Manchester City player self-isolating due to risk of coronavirus

  12-03-2020 22:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City have confirmed one of their senior players is currently self-isolating due to the risk of the coronavirus.
  
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• US ‘failing’ in coronavirus testing, health official says

  12-03-2020 22:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The US lag in coronavirus testing is “a failing”, a top federal health official has said.
  
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• Young mum of two loses everything in East Belfast house fire - Belfast Live

  12-03-2020 22:19
  
  Young mum of two loses everything in East Belfast house fire  Belfast Live
  
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• Lucy Mecklenburgh and Ryan Thomas welcome baby boy

  12-03-2020 22:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lucy Mecklenburgh and Ryan Thomas have welcomed their first child together.
  
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• Imagine being the scapegoats for 'Cash-for-ash' scandal - well, we are

  12-03-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Imagine you have been a respectable, hard-working chicken farmer for the past 25 years.
  
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• Footballers' Lives with Niall Currie: 'We miss Jerry Thompson in every way'

  12-03-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carrick manager Niall Currie on devastating loss of Jerry Thompson, his pain at Portadown axing, and why he regrets not agreeing to join Linfield in playing days.
  
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• BT boss Philip Jansen tests positive for Covid-19

  12-03-2020 21:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of BT Group has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the first publicly confirmed case of a FTSE 100 chief executive who has coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus is an enormous challenge to the modern world's me-first culture of entitlement

  12-03-2020 21:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The idea of public duty - doing the right thing by others in society, regardless of personal cost or inconvenience - has become a dead duck. We live in an age of me-first entitlement, in which duty plays next to no part.
  
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• US stocks suffer worst losses since Black Monday crash of 1987

  12-03-2020 21:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The escalating coronavirus emergency has sent US stocks to their worst losses since the Black Monday crash of 1987.
  
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• Coronavirus information: What should I do?

  12-03-2020 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Step-by-step, what to do to help prevent the spread of the virus.
  
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• All French schools and universities to shut due to coronavirus

  12-03-2020 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron has said that all of the country’s schools, kindergartens and universities will be closed until further notice from Monday in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
  
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• Spectacular Odion Ighalo strike helps Man Utd thrash LASK in Europa League

  12-03-2020 21:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Odion Ighalo’s spectacular strike set Manchester United on course for a stunning 5-0 victory in strange circumstances as the coronavirus outbreak saw the Europa League clash at LASK played behind closed doors.
  
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• Coronavirus: Republic of Ireland to close schools and colleges

  12-03-2020 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says the measures take effect from 18:00 on Thursday until 29 March.
  
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• Ineos takes measures to ensure continued operation of plants amid outbreak

  12-03-2020 21:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chemicals giant Ineos has announced a series of measures to protect its workers against coronavirus and ensure the continued operation of its plants and businesses through the coming weeks and months.
  
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• 'Every day with Maisie is a bonus' - How cancer charity gave a Northern Ireland family quality time together

  12-03-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim mum says she will be forever grateful to a leading cancer charity for their support when her baby daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer.
  
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• Coronavirus: Mental health charity advises Northern Ireland parents suffering anxiety over isolation

  12-03-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mental health charity has produced a guide for parents who may be struggling with anxiety as a result of coronavirus.
  
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• Chancellor does little to close gap between Executive's aspirations and its resources

  12-03-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least in upfront terms, new Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered a good Budget for smokers, drinkers, those on National Living Wage, car owners and farm users of red diesel.
  
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• Ten-week ban for Joe Marler over Alun Wyn Jones incident

  12-03-2020 20:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England prop Joe Marler has been banned for 10 weeks for grabbing the genitals of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones, the Rugby Football Union has announced.
  
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• Faster Northern Ireland broadband may hold the key to overcoming coronavirus

  12-03-2020 20:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The global economy will almost certainly not grow this year, and may even go into recession, as a result of coronavirus. We know from the 2008/9 financial crash that the weakest economies are likely to be hurt the most, so parts of Northern Ireland could have a tough time this year.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar announced as final Glastonbury headliner

  12-03-2020 20:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kendrick Lamar has been announced as Glastonbury’s third headliner, as the festival’s organisers said they were “working hard” to ensure the event goes ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Chancellor and banks hold talks on coronavirus support for small firms

  12-03-2020 20:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney have met leading banks to discuss support for small and medium firms through the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Mid-season break behind Celtic’s impressive form, says Scott Brown

  12-03-2020 20:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scott Brown claims Celtic’s mid-season break was more important than the pain of losing to Rangers in sparking their impressive domestic form in 2020.
  
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• Medical chief defends school closures as Ireland sees spike in Covid-19 cases

  12-03-2020 20:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s chief medical officer has defended school closures after 27 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland, an increase from 43 on Wednesday.
  
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• Netanyahu calls for national emergency government to fight coronavirus

  12-03-2020 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government with his chief rival to confront a growing crisis over the coronavirus.
  
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• Travel ban ‘would have minimal effect on delaying spread of coronavirus’

  12-03-2020 19:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Banning travel would have had a “minimal” effect on delaying the spread of coronavirus and it is too late to do so now, the Government’s chief scientific officer has said.
  
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• No UK ban yet as more global sporting events fall victim to Covid-19 outbreak

  12-03-2020 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Government is considering banning sporting events in the United Kingdom but will not do so yet.
  
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• Covid-19: Thousands in UK already infected as PM describes public health crisis

  12-03-2020 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Covid-19 “is the worst public health crisis for a generation”, the Prime Minister has said as the Government’s top scientist warned that up to 10,000 people in the UK are already infected.
  
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• Coronavirus Northern Ireland updates as two new cases confirmed - Belfast Live

  12-03-2020 19:37
  
  Coronavirus Northern Ireland updates as two new cases confirmed  Belfast Live
  
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• Stacey Dooley reacts to reports she prompted Kevin Clifton’s Strictly departure

  12-03-2020 19:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stacey Dooley has said that suggestions she was involved in her boyfriend Kevin Clifton’s decision to quit Strictly Come Dancing were like “complete fantasy”.
  
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• Varadkar raises issue of undocumented Irish in Trump meeting

  12-03-2020 19:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leo Varadkar has discussed the issue of the undocumented Irish in America during his meeting with the US president.
  
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• Fitness boss offers reward after raiders target him and dog at home

  12-03-2020 19:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The boss of a fitness firm has offered a £3,000 reward to catch the masked raiders who attacked him with a hammer and a machete in his own home.
  
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• Tributes paid to ‘hugely popular’ army medic killed in Camp Taji missile attack

  12-03-2020 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 26-year-old British army medic was killed in a missile attack on a base in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said.
  
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• New guidance released about what to do if you think you have Covid-19

  12-03-2020 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Public Health England has released new guidance for people with confirmed or possible coronavirus, as positive cases in the UK climb close to 600.
  
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• 'Laughing gas' cannisters found in Ardoyne spark concern - Belfast Live

  12-03-2020 19:10
  
  'Laughing gas' cannisters found in Ardoyne spark concern  Belfast Live
  
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• Graeme McDowell overcomes coronavirus 'hysteria and chatter' at The Players' Championship with stunning back nine

  12-03-2020 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Graeme McDowell admitted he had to overcome coronavirus 'hysteria and chatter' amongst his fellow competitors at The Players' Championship to card an opening round four under par 68, featuring a stunning five under back nine.
  
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