Belfast news

• Demands for lockdown exit grow as Government accused of being too slow

  18-04-2020 23:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Calls for an exit plan to end the lockdown intensified as questions emerged about the Government’s preparedness during the build-up to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Gogglebox’s Jonathan Tapper ‘at end of recovery’ after family contract Covid-19

  18-04-2020 22:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gogglebox star Jonathan Tapper is “at the end of his recovery” after he and the rest of his family contracted the coronavirus.
  
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• TikTok dance challenge: Belfast MP takes on Mayor - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 22:45
  
  TikTok dance challenge: Belfast MP takes on Mayor  Belfast Live
  
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• Relegation unfathomable if season cannot be completed, says Brighton owner

  18-04-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brighton owner Tony Bloom has claimed it would be unfathomable to relegate clubs from the Premier League if the season cannot be completed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Dwayne Johnson reveals how lockdown has impacted his marriage

  18-04-2020 22:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dwayne Johnson has said quarantining with his wife Lauren Hashian has had a positive effect on their marriage.
  
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• Annie Lennox, Niall Horan and Jessie J among stars kicking off Together At Home

  18-04-2020 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Annie Lennox, Niall Horan and Jessie J are among the stars who have taken part in an international virtual concert to celebrate frontline workers fighting the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• West Belfast mural for NHS heroes complete - this is what our health staff thought - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 21:34
  
  West Belfast mural for NHS heroes complete - this is what our health staff thought  Belfast Live
  
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• Not recording BAME cases and deaths would be a scandal, says medical chief

  18-04-2020 21:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A medical chief has called on the Government to immediately record Covid-19 cases by ethnicity, describing any delay as a “scandal”.
  
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• Katie Holmes says she is ‘so blessed’ to be mother to daughter Suri

  18-04-2020 21:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Katie Holmes has said she is “so blessed” to be mother to her daughter Suri as she celebrated the girl’s 14th birthday.
  
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• Watch: Young Belfast virtual choir sings 'When You Believe' in tribute to key workers - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 21:23
  
  Watch: Young Belfast virtual choir sings 'When You Believe' in tribute to key workers  Belfast Live
  
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• Northern Ireland health department to consider PPE reuse advice in event of shortages

  18-04-2020 21:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has said it is not currently implementing new Public Health England advice to reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) but that it will take national evidence into account in the event of shortages. 
  
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• Kim Kardashian West jokes sister Kourtney ‘packs a mean punch’ on birthday

  18-04-2020 21:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kim Kardashian West joked her sister Kourtney “packs a mean punch” as she paid tribute to her on her 41st birthday.
  
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• NHS staff being asked to ‘sacrifice’ themselves over lack of PPE

  18-04-2020 21:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Officials responsible for the UK’s “disgraceful” lack of adequate personal protective equipment need to be held “fully accountable for their abject failure” to protect frontline health staff, the hospital doctors’ union has said.
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing to revisit best moments from themed weeks with specials

  18-04-2020 20:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Strictly Come Dancing fans will be treated to the best moments from different themed weeks of the hit show in a new three-part special.
  
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• Council paints its thanks to NHS workers on roads outside hospitals

  18-04-2020 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A council in Cheshire has added appreciative road markings near local hospitals to “applaud the efforts of each and every healthcare professional”.
  
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• David Beckham leads global stars in FIFA campaign to support healthcare workers

  18-04-2020 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Beckham, Harry Kane and Harry Maguire are part of a FIFA campaign showing appreciation for healthcare workers and other professionals around the world leading the fight against coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus: Parks and cemeteries must stay open, says communities minister

  18-04-2020 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'People need parks' and can attend loved ones' funerals to say goodbye, says Robert Jenrick.
  
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• Will Mellor says it’s been ‘the worst week of my life’ after death of father

  18-04-2020 20:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Will Mellor says he has had “the worst week of my life” after the death of his father.
  
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• Former US treasury secretary Paul O’Neill dies aged 84

  18-04-2020 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paul O’Neill, a former US treasury secretary who broke with then-president George W Bush over tax policy and then produced a book critical of his administration, has died aged 84.
  
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• NHS paediatric nurse moves BGT judges with song about patients

  18-04-2020 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An NHS paediatric nurse working on the front line in the fight against coronavirus brought the judges and audience to tears on Britain’s Got Talent by singing a song about her young patients.
  
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• PPE supplies including 400,000 gowns to be shipped to front line

  18-04-2020 18:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Surgeons are being advised “not to risk their health” by working without adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) amid fears that hospitals could run out of supplies.
  
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• Woman attacked by husband after she tried to restrain his lockdown drinking

  18-04-2020 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has spared jail after he admitted attacking his wife when she tried to restrain his early morning drinking during lockdown.
  
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• Families to be allowed to attend funerals to mourn loved ones

  18-04-2020 18:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Families have been told they can attend funerals to mourn their loved ones and be allowed to visit their graves.
  
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• Co Antrim police arrest two over number of alleged overnight burglaries - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 18:27
  
  Co Antrim police arrest two over number of alleged overnight burglaries  Belfast Live
  
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• Captain Tom Moore to be guest of honour at new Nightingale Hospital

  18-04-2020 18:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Captain Tom Moore will be the guest of honour at the opening of a new Nightingale hospital in his native Yorkshire next week.
  
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• Adil Rashid still favouring one-day cricket as he sets sights on 2023 World Cup

  18-04-2020 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Adil Rashid has envisioned playing in the 2023 World Cup but the England leg-spinner is more hesitant about the prospect of returning to Test cricket.
  
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• Nutts Corner "controlled burning" sees firefighters scrambled - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 17:59
  
  Nutts Corner "controlled burning" sees firefighters scrambled  Belfast Live
  
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• Police launch investigation into officer over threat to fabricate offence

  18-04-2020 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lancashire Police have launched an investigation into an officer caught on camera threatening to fabricate an offence against a young man.
  
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• More work required to help rough sleepers, Local Government Secretary says

  18-04-2020 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Local Government Secretary has warned there is still more work to be done to help rough sleepers, claiming 90% of them have been offered accommodation during the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Jenrick defends spending lockdown in Herefordshire instead of London

  18-04-2020 17:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has defended his decision to spend the lockdown at his home in Herefordshire rather than in London after questions were raised about the move.
  
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• Belfast's International Wall of Murals honours NHS heroes - ITV News

  18-04-2020 17:30
  
  Belfast's International Wall of Murals honours NHS heroes  ITV News
  
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• No bail for man accused of drunken attack

  18-04-2020 17:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man allegedly attacked a home owner as he tried to get into what he drunkenly thought was his friends house, a court has heard.
  
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• Another 28 people in Wales die after testing positive for coronavirus

  18-04-2020 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A total of 534 people have died with confirmed coronavirus in Wales, an increase of 28 deaths since Friday’s figure.
  
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• Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Dedicated email for PPE complaints from health staff - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 17:05
  
  Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Dedicated email for PPE complaints from health staff  Belfast Live
  
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• Coronavirus: Seventeen more deaths in Northern Ireland

  18-04-2020 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It brings the total number of deaths announced by the Public Health Agency to 193.
  
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• Northern Ireland Executive receives £50m cash injection to tackle coronavirus

  18-04-2020 16:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK Government has pledged a further £50 million in funding to support the Northern Ireland Executive’s bid to tackle coronavirus.
  
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• Man threw breeze block at police station in lockdown 'cry for help'

  18-04-2020 16:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man repeatedly threw a breeze block at a police station sanger as a “cry for help” because he cannot cope with the lockdown, a judge heard on Saturday.
  
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• Notes from an author: Wendy Erskine on Belfast - National Geographic UK

  18-04-2020 16:16
  
  Notes from an author: Wendy Erskine on Belfast  National Geographic UK
  
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• Coronavirus: Just last month Mrs Mathers told me to stay safe... now my inspiring and kind former teacher is gone

  18-04-2020 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  To teach is to touch a life forever and Yvonne Mathers from Enniskillen certainly did that for a generation of children. I should know, I was one of them.
  
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• Why lockdown is driving rats into our homes - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 15:51
  
  Why lockdown is driving rats into our homes  Belfast Live
  
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• Surgeons told ‘not to risk health’ by working without PPE

  18-04-2020 15:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Surgeons are being advised “not to risk their health” by working without adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) amid fears that hospitals could run out of supplies this weekend.
  
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• Cleaning firm doing its bit for local community

  18-04-2020 15:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A team of community-minded cleaners are helping to keep people safe during the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Stephen Robinson opens up on Northern Ireland manager speculation - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 15:34
  
  Stephen Robinson opens up on Northern Ireland manager speculation  Belfast Live
  
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• Lifting restrictions will be ‘slow and controlled’, says Covid-19 advisory group

  18-04-2020 15:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lifting restrictions on people’s movements will happen in a “slow and controlled manner”, the chairman of the Covid-19 expert advisory group has said.
  
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• ‘I can’t reassure her without lying’ – nurse reveals emotional impact on child

  18-04-2020 15:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An NHS nurse has criticised Matt Hancock after her daughter begged her not to continue working in A&E during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Grandfather walks 91 laps around bungalow on 91st birthday to raise cash for NHS

  18-04-2020 15:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A farmer is raising money for the NHS by walking 91 laps around his bungalow on his 91st birthday.
  
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• Michael Conlan-Carl Frampton Belfast show 'could happen' in future - Belfast Live

  18-04-2020 15:15
  
  Michael Conlan-Carl Frampton Belfast show 'could happen' in future  Belfast Live
  
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• Police station attack 'a coronavirus cry for help'

  18-04-2020 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Raymond Neill, 39, has been jailed after throwing a breeze block at a police station sangar.
  
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• Coronavirus updates: UK government pledges extra £50m in funding as 17 further deaths confirmed in Northern Ireland

  18-04-2020 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK government has said they will provide an extra £50 million towards tackling the coronavirus crisis in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Coronavirus updates: Pharmacist insists chemists are not 'profiteering' from crisis

  18-04-2020 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A community pharmacist has insisted local chemists are not "profiteering" from the coronavirus crisis, saying there has been an increase in the price of paracetamol from the start of the outbreak.
  
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