Belfast news

• Trump seeks to regain footing by shifting coronavirus focus to economy

  27-04-2020 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The White House has released new guidelines on coronavirus testing and reopening businesses as Donald Trump sought to regain his footing after weeks of criticism created in part by his sideshow press conferences.
  
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• We must not rush out of lockdown or we risk experiencing a second large and deadly peak

  27-04-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  We must control Covid-19 until we can find a vaccine or a safe and effective treatment.
  
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• Care home residents 'may have lost lives due to slow testing', says Sinn Fein's Pat Sheehan

  27-04-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health officials were too slow to protect thousands of care homes residents from the deadly threat of Covid-19, it has been claimed.
  
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• England prop Ellis Genge planning to create new players’ union

  27-04-2020 22:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England and Leicester prop Ellis Genge  has announced plans to set up a new players’ union after feeling some people were badly advised after being asked to accept pay cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Belfast officials approve COVID-19 relief fund - WABI

  27-04-2020 22:52
  
  Belfast officials approve COVID-19 relief fund  WABI
  
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• Konnie Huq and Cressida Cowell to judge children’s science book prize

  27-04-2020 22:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell and former Blue Peter host Konnie Huq are on the judging panel for a book prize celebrating science writing for children.
  
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• Uplifting news: Strangers clean gravestones and Captain Moore gets postmark

  27-04-2020 22:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A family have been cleaning people’s gravestones and a special postmark will celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore in Monday’s uplifting news.
  
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• Virgin Media suffers broadband outage across Republic of Ireland and the UK

  27-04-2020 22:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media is undergoing a series of broadband outages across the Republic of Ireland and the UK.
  
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• Surge in applications to work for NHS during pandemic

  27-04-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There has been a surge in the number of people signing up to work for the NHS as the public shows support for the health service during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Northern Ireland mum's pride as little girl born with spina bifida shows her support for NHS heroes

  27-04-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A young Newtownabbey girl who has had seven brain surgeries in six months has been bravely showing her appreciation to NHS workers.
  
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• John Fashanu talks about childhood racist abuse on Celebrity SAS

  27-04-2020 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former England international John Fashanu has recounted the “heavy” racial abuse he and his late brother Justin faced growing up in Norwich.
  
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• Tandragee woman Natalie Bowbanks completes 'London' marathon in garden for NHS

  27-04-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A runner brought a piece of London to her parents' Co Armagh back garden as she raised more than £4,500 in total for the NHS while running the length of the city's famous marathon.
  
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• Strong online sales helping Northern Ireland's garden centres thrive during coronavirus crisis

  27-04-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Online sales have shielded some Northern Ireland garden centres from having to dump perfectly good plants amid the coronavirus pandemic, it can be revealed.
  
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• ECB advised to consider private equity investment for The Hundred

  27-04-2020 21:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The England and Wales Cricket Board could consider private equity investment for The Hundred in an effort to minimise the financial impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a new report has claimed.
  
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• Captain Tom Moore's fundraising efforts will now reach Northern Ireland - Belfast Live

  27-04-2020 21:44
  
  Captain Tom Moore's fundraising efforts will now reach Northern Ireland  Belfast Live
  
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• Who is Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones?

  27-04-2020 21:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sally Rooney’s acclaimed novel Normal People has been adapted for a similarly well-received BBC TV series.
  
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• Exhibitors saddened but believe it's the right decision

  27-04-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around 120,000 people visit the Balmoral Show at the Maze each year but this year's cancellation is just one of a few times the famous event has not run in its history.
  
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• Cancellation of Balmoral Show 'blow to economy and morale of agri-food sector'

  27-04-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The local economy is facing a further £6m hit following the cancellation of the Balmoral Show as the coronavirus crisis continues, an expert has warned.
  
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• Coronavirus: Care home acts as castle against Covid-19

  27-04-2020 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A nursing home in Ardglass closed its doors to visitors before Mother’s Day, a fortnight before the official guidance.
  
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• Premier League to return ‘as soon as possible’ with some clubs back training

  27-04-2020 21:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden says talks are ongoing to get the Premier League “up and running as soon as possible” as top-flight players begin to return to training grounds.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'gentleman' ex-footballer Thomas Burke at funeral service

  27-04-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mourners at the funeral of a former footballer from Londonderry were told he was someone who "loved life and lived it to the full".
  
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• Despite having Parkinson's, when I look back on my life, it's impossible for me not to feel blessed, says George Best's sister Barbara McNarry

  27-04-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Here I am sitting on the balcony patiently waiting for the sunrise. We’ve just left Ecuador, heading to the Panama Canal and getting very close to coming home.” Barbara McNarry penned these words as she reflected on her epic adventure aboard the sumptuous Queen Victoria cruise ship. She and her husband Norman were sailing from their second home in South Africa across the Atlantic Ocean and around the South American coastline.
  
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• Captain Tom is sent 125,000 cards from around the world ahead of 100th birthday

  27-04-2020 20:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A school in Bedfordshire has been flooded with thousands of cards from well wishers across the globe for Captain Tom Moore’s upcoming 100th birthday.
  
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• SPFL clubs to meet over Rangers’ call for investigation into season-ending vote

  27-04-2020 20:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rangers have been granted a general meeting for clubs to decide whether there should be an independent investigation around the vote on ending the Scottish season.
  
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• Decision on relaxing lockdown will go down to the wire – Holohan

  27-04-2020 20:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A decision on relaxing coronavirus restrictions at the end of the current lockdown period will go down to the wire, the chief medical officer has said.
  
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• Coronavirus: Inside Politics Q&A - Upper Bann's Covid-19 response

  27-04-2020 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Devenport asks representatives from the Upper Bann constituency about the response to the pandemic.
  
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• Young child among 47 migrants brought ashore at Dover

  27-04-2020 20:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young child was carried ashore as at least 47 more migrants made it to the UK on Monday.
  
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• More work to do to hit 100,000-a-day testing target, says Hancock

  27-04-2020 20:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There is still more work to do to hit the Government’s 100,000-a-day testing target by the end of the month, but numbers are “broadly where they are expected to be”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said.
  
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• What we need is the horror made plain... the global disaster we read about in sci-fi has finally happened

  27-04-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  We have all been prepared by movies, comics and books to imagine calamity and it didn't look like this. We have been conditioned to expect that when a global horror descended the sky would darken, a toxic miasma would seep through the streets and alleys and we would hear weeping in the night.
  
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• ‘Too early’ to open schools as coronavirus spread among children largely unknown

  27-04-2020 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Experts say there is not enough evidence to reopen schools yet because it is still unclear how coronavirus spreads among children.
  
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• Life assurance scheme for frontline staff may not go far enough, BMA says

  27-04-2020 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The life assurance scheme for families of frontline NHS and social care workers who die with coronavirus may not go far enough, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.
  
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• Ambulance worker who died with coronavirus ‘was 100% dedicated’

  27-04-2020 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The wife of an ambulance worker who died with coronavirus said “he wanted to help out and do his bit”.
  
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• Family of Belfast murder victim Emma Jane McParland resolves legal battle over funeral arrangements

  27-04-2020 19:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mourning relatives of a woman allegedly stabbed to death by her son in south Belfast have resolved their legal battle over her funeral arrangements.
  
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• Piers Morgan cleared by Ofcom for ‘combative’ interviews with ministers

  27-04-2020 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has been cleared by TV watchdog Ofcom for his “combative” interviews with government ministers amid the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Joseph McKeever murder: Charged after Belfast arrest - BBC News

  27-04-2020 19:39
  
  Joseph McKeever murder: Charged after Belfast arrest  BBC News
  
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• Pay rise for nurses and paramedics at last - Belfast Live

  27-04-2020 19:30
  
  Pay rise for nurses and paramedics at last  Belfast Live
  
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• Melrose Place cast to reunite for special to support actors affected by pandemic

  27-04-2020 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The cast of classic 1990s soap Melrose Place will reunite for a special episode to support actors affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Health experts looking at reports of coronavirus-related syndrome among children

  27-04-2020 19:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health experts are looking into reports that a coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging in the UK, NHS England’s national medical director has said.
  
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• Soldiers drafted in to help test PPE for nurses at Scottish hospitals

  27-04-2020 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Soldiers have been drafted in to help test personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses at four hospitals in and around Glasgow.
  
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• Coronavirus: Staff needed to 'bolster' care homes, group warns

  27-04-2020 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The call for more nurses comes as 10 more deaths linked to Covid-19 are reported, bringing the total to 309.
  
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• Airbus placing more than 3,000 workers on furlough

  27-04-2020 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aerospace giant Airbus is to furlough more than 3,000 staff working at its site in North Wales, the company has announced.
  
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• Obamas announce Netflix documentary exploring Michelle’s Becoming book tour

  27-04-2020 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new documentary will provide a “rare and up-close look” at the life of Michelle Obama as she embarked on a tour to promote her memoir, Netflix has said.
  
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• Family of Belfast murder victim Emma Jane McParland resolves legal battle over funeral arrangements - Belfast Telegraph

  27-04-2020 18:43
  
  Family of Belfast murder victim Emma Jane McParland resolves legal battle over funeral arrangements  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Coronavirus: Foster criticises Irish unity claim by Sinn Féin

  27-04-2020 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  DUP leader rejects claims by Sinn Féin that the virus is a greater catalyst for Irish unity than Brexit.
  
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• Retailers withhold £2.4bn from Bangladeshi factories, documents show

  27-04-2020 18:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around £2.4 billion of contracts in Bangladesh have been cancelled by some of the UK’s biggest high street retailers, according to documents seen by ITV News.
  
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• Arlene Foster urges public to have patience with Covid-19 lockdown

  27-04-2020 18:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has urged the public to have patience with the coronavirus lockdown, following reports that some people are starting to break free from restrictions.
  
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• Covid-19 pandemic ‘nowhere near over’, warns WHO

  27-04-2020 18:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People need to be “mentally prepared” that the Covid-19 pandemic is “nowhere near over”, global health officials have said.
  
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• NHS to restart some services including cancer care, Matt Hancock says

  27-04-2020 18:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The NHS will restart some vital services, including cancer care, from Tuesday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, as he admitted the Government has a “lot of work” to do to hit its 100,000 a day testing target.
  
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• O’Neill criticises ‘reckless’ behaviour of those flouting coronavirus rules

  27-04-2020 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People starting to flout coronavirus rules in Northern Ireland are wrong, reckless and are putting lives in danger, the Deputy First Minister has said.
  
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• Co Down Supergran Karen powers her way to weightlift titles

  27-04-2020 18:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the iron-pumping grandmother who is lifting medals on the world stage.
  
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