Belfast news

• I won’t wear a face mask, says Trump, despite new guidelines

  03-04-2020 23:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines on Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings in public to help fight the spread of coronavirus.
  
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• Family of nurse who died ‘gasping for air’ call for coronavirus test

  03-04-2020 23:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A nurse who died after treating a coronavirus patient is yet to be tested for the disease, his son has claimed.
  
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• Belfast couple turn 'Quarantine Quiz' into massive online hit - Belfast Live

  03-04-2020 23:27
  
  Belfast couple turn 'Quarantine Quiz' into massive online hit  Belfast Live
  
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• Mixed reaction to Have I Got News For You’s stay-at-home show

  03-04-2020 23:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Have I Got News For You’s stay-at-home experiment has received mixed reviews from viewers on social media, though many praised the show for persevering in spite of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus: Pressure on Finance Minister Conor Murphy after failure over order for vital health worker equipment

  03-04-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Finance Minister Conor Murphy was facing criticism on Friday night after he admitted that a joint order for vital Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was not completed.
  
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• Coronavirus: Irish FA can weather financial storm, says former chief Jim Shaw

  03-04-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish FA Foundation chairman and respected former president Jim Shaw is backing the Association to make the right calls to limit the financial damage caused by the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Coronavirus: Homes across Northern Ireland recall Blitz spirit making scrubs and masks for our health workers

  03-04-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An army of volunteers has joined forces across Northern Ireland to sew for victory in the battle against coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus: Foster stresses executive 'unity of purpose'

  03-04-2020 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  First Minister says they are working together to save lives ahead of coronavirus surge.
  
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• Tributes paid to Leicestershire police officer who died in hospital

  03-04-2020 22:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to a Leicestershire police officer who has died.
  
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• Alan Kelly becomes new Labour leader

  03-04-2020 22:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Alan Kelly has been elected the new leader of Ireland’s Labour Party.
  
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• Belfast Sunday trading hours to be temporarily extended during Coronavirus emergency - Belfast Live

  03-04-2020 22:31
  
  Belfast Sunday trading hours to be temporarily extended during Coronavirus emergency  Belfast Live
  
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• Heartbreak for Fiona Vallely as funerals of parents held on same day

  03-04-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fiona Vallely knows this is going to be the worst day of her life.
  
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• Health specialists ‘frustrated’ at lack of resources to ramp up Covid-19 testing

  03-04-2020 21:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Biomedical scientists and NHS laboratory staff have expressed “frustration” at a lack of resources preventing them from carrying out larger numbers of tests for Covid-19.
  
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• Cheltenham Festival organisers defend event after racegoers report symptoms

  03-04-2020 21:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The organisers of Cheltenham Festival have defended their decision to go ahead last month after fears were raised the mass gathering helped spread coronavirus more widely around the country.
  
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• Selena Gomez announces she is bipolar in emotional talk with Miley Cyrus

  03-04-2020 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Selena Gomez has announced she is bipolar during an emotional online chat with Miley Cyrus.
  
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• Rapper Playboi Carti facing drug charges

  03-04-2020 21:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rapper Playboi Carti has been released from custody after being arrested on drug and traffic charges.
  
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• Mulan and Black Widow among major Disney films to get new release dates

  03-04-2020 21:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Disney has given new release dates to a string of blockbuster movies, with cinemas closed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• MasterChef unveils its nine semi-finalists

  03-04-2020 21:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A cybercrime and fraud prevention worker and a 61-year-old hospice volunteer are among the nine contestants to have reached the MasterChef semi-finals.
  
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• 2020’s MasterChef semi-finalists in their own words

  03-04-2020 21:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nine amateur cooks have made it to the semi-finals of MasterChef.
  
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• It’s hard enough for scientists having to play God, without a politician trying to read His mind

  03-04-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At this time of great uncertainty when life as we know it has been turned upside down and the entire world has been plunged into unprecedented crisis, news this week that in one small respect anyway, nothing changes.
  
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• Co Tyrone family hail surgeons in Dublin following tot Riley Patterson's life-saving heart operation

  03-04-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of a nine-month-old baby who received life-saving heart surgery in the Republic thanks to cross-border cooperation have told of their relief after their son's procedure was a resounding success.
  
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• Anthony Yarde’s grandmother dies of coronavirus just days after father’s death

  03-04-2020 20:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  British light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde has announced his grandmother has died from the coronavirus just a few days after his father’s death as a result of the pandemic.
  
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• NI air ambulance suspended amid coronavirus effort

  03-04-2020 20:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s air ambulance service has been suspended to allow crews to focus on the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Behind-closed-doors games cleared for TV after UEFA lifts Saturday 3pm blackout

  03-04-2020 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Broadcasters will be able to screen Premier League games kicking off at 3pm live for the remainder of the season after UEFA lifted restrictions.
  
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• Sir Elton John pledges million dollars to ensure HIV/Aids not ‘forgotten’

  03-04-2020 20:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Elton John has pledged a million dollars (£815,000) for the fight against HIV/Aids to ensure sufferers are not “forgotten” during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Covid-19 testing facility for healthcare staff to begin this weekend

  03-04-2020 20:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A healthcare staff testing facility for Covid-19 will start operating in Northern Ireland at the weekend, with kits made by local manufacturer Randox.
  
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• The Ryan game: “Proud” Trent pays for poor finishing in FIFA 20 defeat

  03-04-2020 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Trent Alexander-Arnold may be a master of assists for Liverpool but he was let down by his strikers as he lost to Manchester City eSports player Ryan Pessoa in a FIFA 20 battle on Friday night.
  
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• Mother and daughter found dead after house fire had been stabbed

  03-04-2020 20:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother and daughter who were found dead after a house fire were stabbed to death, a post-mortem examination has found.
  
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• UK air traffic down by almost 90% compared with last year

  03-04-2020 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Air traffic in the UK is down by almost 90% compared with this time last year, the National Air Traffic Service (Nats) has revealed, as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
  
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• The final opportunity to prove that we really are altogether in this crisis

  03-04-2020 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Let me begin where I left off in Wednesday’s piece for the Belfast Telegraph: ‘The key challenge for the Executive parties over the next few weeks/months is to stand firm. They must not get to the point at which it looks like UK and Irish strategies are being played against each other.
  
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• Whan won’t rush things

  03-04-2020 19:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Commissioner Mike Whan says the LPGA Tour will not resume after the coronavirus pandemic until the majority of international players are able to compete in tournaments.
  
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• Empty stadiums hosting games would not be an empty gesture, says Knight

  03-04-2020 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Screening behind-closed-doors matches on free-to-air television would help “bring joy to people” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee.
  
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• CCTV footage of people who might have seen missing Owen Harding

  03-04-2020 19:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have released CCTV footage of people who might have seen missing Owen Harding.
  
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• England cricketers to make contribution to good causes

  03-04-2020 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England men’s centrally-contracted players will make a contribution of £500,000 to the England and Wales Cricket Board and selected good causes, the Professional Cricketers’ Association has announced.
  
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• Jennifer Aniston says self-isolating has not been ‘much of a challenge’

  03-04-2020 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston says self-isolating amid the coronavirus pandemic has not been “much of a challenge”.
  
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• Loss of taste and smell will not be added to Covid-19 symptoms watchlist

  03-04-2020 19:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loss of taste and smell will “absolutely not” be added to the list of symptoms people should watch for when measuring their potential for having Covid-19, the Government has confirmed.
  
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• Stormont noise must not drown out vital coronavirus message – Foster

  03-04-2020 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Vital public health messages about coronavirus must not be drowned out by political noise at Stormont, the First Minister has warned.
  
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• World’s largest clinical trial of Covid-19 treatments up and running in UK

  03-04-2020 19:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The “world’s largest randomised clinical trial” is already up and running in the UK, as part of the race to find effective treatments for Covid-19, the Department of Health (DHSC) has said.
  
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• Northern Ireland in line for five million items of PPE from London

  03-04-2020 18:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is set to receive five million items of personal protective equipment from London ahead of the expected coronavirus surge.
  
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• Donny Osmond shares story about woman who went into labour during a musical

  03-04-2020 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Donny Osmond has said that a pregnant woman who went into labour during a musical he was performing in refused to leave the theatre until the show had finished.
  
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• Son blames father’s death on lack of coronavirus testing for hospital staff

  03-04-2020 18:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The grieving son of an 81-year-old man who died after contracting coronavirus in hospital has blamed his father’s death on a lack of testing and protective equipment for frontline NHS staff.
  
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• More than one million benefits claims amid coronavirus outbreak

  03-04-2020 18:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than a million people have made new benefits claims over the past few weeks, it is understood.
  
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• Chief nursing officer fears ‘more deaths’ as she paid tribute to late colleagues

  03-04-2020 18:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England’s chief nursing officer has said she “worries there will be more deaths” as she paid tribute to frontline NHS workers who died after contracting coronavirus.
  
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• Premier League clubs to ask players to take 30 per cent cut in wages

  03-04-2020 18:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Premier League clubs will consult with players over wage reductions and deferrals amounting to 30 per cent of salary as they grapple with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Face masks not recommended for general wearing by public

  03-04-2020 18:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The wearing of face masks by healthy people is not recommended by the Government, the deputy chief medical officer has said.
  
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• Sinn Fein would accept British Army help in NI coronavirus fight – Murphy

  03-04-2020 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is set to potentially back a request by Stormont’s health minister to use the British Army in efforts to tackle coronavirus in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Children don outfits for fancy-dress edition of Joe Wicks’ PE workout

  03-04-2020 18:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Children have been spotted in outfits from superheroes to princesses as Joe Wicks aired a fancy-dress special of his daily online PE lessons.
  
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• Madison Beer drops ‘vulnerable’ Stained Glass single after fan demand

  03-04-2020 18:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Madison Beer has released her latest single following demand from her fans.
  
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• Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick signs new long-term contract

  03-04-2020 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bayern Munich head coach Hansi Flick has agreed a new contract with the Bundesliga champions until June 2023.
  
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• Warning over coronavirus email voucher scam

  03-04-2020 17:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shoppers are being warned of an email voucher scam themed around the coronavirus pandemic which attempts to steal credit card details.
  
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