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• Inside Politics' virtual tour hits North Belfast - BBC News

  04-05-2020 23:43
  
  Inside Politics' virtual tour hits North Belfast  BBC News
  
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• Billie Lourd pays tribute to late mother Carrie Fisher on Star Wars day

  04-05-2020 23:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Billie Lourd has remembered her late mother Carrie Fisher on Star Wars Day.
  
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• Story of 'powerlifting granny' from Belfast to be told in BBC documentary - Belfast Live

  04-05-2020 23:39
  
  Story of 'powerlifting granny' from Belfast to be told in BBC documentary  Belfast Live
  
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• Schoolboy cyclist clocks up a virtual 256km to raise money for the homeless

  04-05-2020 23:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A nine-year-old cyclist clocked up 256km as he raised funds for the homeless on a virtual ride in his kitchen.
  
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• Mother of James Bulger to become grandmother for first time

  04-05-2020 23:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has announced she is to become a grandmother for the first time.
  
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• Housemates raise £6,000 for domestic abuse charity with 26-hour disco

  04-05-2020 23:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three housemates spent 26 hours dancing in their basement and raised more than £6,000 for a women’s aid charity.
  
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• Security concerns make PSNI and jail staff wary of using coronavirus phone app

  04-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Security workers in Northern Ireland may be reluctant to download a new contact-tracing app over fears their personal details could be compromised, a former Special Branch officer has warned.
  
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• Nesbitt should resign as an MLA over lockdown breach, says former UUP councillor

  04-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt should resign for his "selfish and arrogant" breach of lockdown rules to visit a female friend, a former party councillor has said.
  
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• £700m investment will help economic recovery post-coronavirus – ministers

  04-05-2020 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A £700 million package to support city deal projects in Northern Ireland will help rebuild the region’s post-coronavirus economy, Stormont’s leaders have said.
  
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• Boreham Wood chairman sees no return for non-league in 2020

  04-05-2020 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boreham Wood chairman Danny Hunter does not expect non-league football to return this year as he claimed misguided advice from the National League had already cost him more than £100,000.
  
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• Breakdown of NI coronavirus cases by council area - Belfast Newsletter

  04-05-2020 22:40
  
  Breakdown of NI coronavirus cases by council area  Belfast Newsletter
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Mum and dad were old but stayed home and didn't go out... we never expected this to happen'

  04-05-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When Jackie Law visited her parents in January, she could not have imagined it would be the last time she would see them.
  
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• Cate Conway: 'Stephen Clements was like a brother to me and dragged me through really dark days. His death was overwhelming. I'm still on autopilot, but with the desire to do something positive'

  04-05-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost four months since broadcaster Cate Conway lost her "on-air husband" and best friend Stephen Clements she will later this week join his brother Gavin and his friends for a virtual final farewell and celebration of his life and to launch the newly formed Stephen Clements Foundation.
  
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• Care home outbreak figures not published for almost a week

  04-05-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health officials have come under fire as they have not published the number of care homes dealing with Covid-19 outbreaks for almost a week.
  
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• Ricky Tomlinson says he is unimpressed by modern comedians

  04-05-2020 22:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ricky Tomlinson has revealed he does not find modern comedians funny and believes audiences are being “cheated” by today’s comics.
  
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• Aer Lingus says coronavirus safety a ‘top priority’ after busy flight criticism

  04-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aer Lingus is to conduct a review after pictures emerged of an almost full flight with no apparent evidence of social distancing measures.
  
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• BBC Radio 4 to celebrate classic comedy in new series

  04-05-2020 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some of the UK’s best-known comedy stars will reveal how shows including The Vicar Of Dibley, The Thick Of It and Absolutely Fabulous made it to the screen.
  
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• Police appeal after reports of man in Downpatrick with firearm

  04-05-2020 21:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for information after reports of a man with a firearm in the Downpatrick area.
  
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• Keep Nightingale ready for a year in case of more Covid-19 peaks, doctor urges

  04-05-2020 21:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The 4,000-bed Nightingale hospital in London’s Docklands will need to be kept on standby for another year in case there are further coronavirus peaks, a doctor working there has said.
  
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• Handwritten Beatles lyrics and Prince’s guitar going under the hammer

  04-05-2020 20:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prince’s Blue Cloud guitar and Sir Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics to a Beatles hit are among a trove of music memorabilia going under the hammer.
  
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• The Hundred players have contracts terminated

  04-05-2020 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Players due to take part in The Hundred this summer have been informed their contracts have been terminated in a letter from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
  
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• Tributes flow after sudden death of talented Belfast teenager

  04-05-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to a "warm and kind-hearted" Belfast teenager who died suddenly over the weekend.
  
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• Tributes flow after sudden death of Belfast boy Carl Mooney - Belfast Telegraph

  04-05-2020 20:30
  
  Tributes flow after sudden death of Belfast boy Carl Mooney  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Family and friends raise a glass and say fond farewell to Give My Head Peace star BJ Hogg

  04-05-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The cast of the hit TV comedy Give My Head Peace yesterday raised a socially-distanced glass and gave a fond farewell round of applause to the actor BJ Hogg, who created one of the show's most popular characters and who died last week.
  
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• Yes, the future will turn out to be different, but things change all the time if you're paying attention

  04-05-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fr Paddy McCafferty has been trying to bring the Catholic sacraments to people who are socially distancing and even he must have been taken aback by the amount of abuse he has received for it, much of it from people who grew up within the Catholic community and, presumably, were baptised into the faith that Fr Paddy was doing his best to preserve.
  
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• ‘Miracle cat’ survives being hit by train

  04-05-2020 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A cat that was hit by a train has been hailed a “miracle cat” after he looks set to make a full recovery, thanks to the help of an animal charity.
  
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• Nicolas Cage set to play Joe Exotic in Tiger King adaptation

  04-05-2020 19:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nicolas Cage is set to play eccentric zoo owner Joe Exotic in a new adaptation of Netflix’s breakout documentary series Tiger King.
  
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• Nesbitt did right thing in quitting committee role – Foster

  04-05-2020 19:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt did the right thing in resigning a Stormont committee post for breaching lockdown rules, the First Minster has said.
  
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• Belfast senior will graduate as Maine's first transgender valedictorian - Bangor Daily News

  04-05-2020 19:46
  
  Belfast senior will graduate as Maine's first transgender valedictorian  Bangor Daily News
  
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• Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan reveals results of his Covid-19 test

  04-05-2020 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan is set to return to the show after he tested negative for Covid-19.
  
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• Teenager bailed after young boy injured in London shooting

  04-05-2020 19:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old arrested after a young boy was shot and left with possibly life-changing injuries has been released on bail.
  
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• Nordic Aquafarms pursuing West Coast salmon farm, but remains 'committed' to Belfast project - Bangor Daily News

  04-05-2020 19:29
  
  Nordic Aquafarms pursuing West Coast salmon farm, but remains 'committed' to Belfast project  Bangor Daily News
  
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• Man charged with murder after wife shot dead in family home

  04-05-2020 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with the murder of his solicitor wife after she was shot inside their family home.
  
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• Belfast Police Warn of Cybercrime Surge - Infosecurity Magazine

  04-05-2020 19:09
  Belfast Police Warn of Cybercrime Surge  Infosecurity Magazine
  
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• Sage: The 50 experts who have helped shape the Government’s Covid-19 response

  04-05-2020 19:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Government has published a list of experts who have attended its Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) meetings to help shape its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Setting dates for recovery milestones ‘presents difficulties’, warns O’Neill

  04-05-2020 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont’s deputy first minister has raised concern about setting milestone dates in Northern Ireland’s coronavirus exit strategy.
  
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• Dame Judi Dench says she was unhappy at how her Cats character looked

  04-05-2020 18:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dame Judi Dench has admitted to being unhappy about how her character in the much-derided Cats film turned out, saying she looked like a “battered, mangy old cat”.
  
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• Public should download Covid-19 contact-tracing app to save lives – Matt Hancock

  04-05-2020 18:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The public should download a new contact-tracing app to save lives and protect the health of their loved ones, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has urged.
  
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• Irish election: Green Party divided on coalition government

  04-05-2020 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than seven weeks after the general election, Irish parties have still to form a new government.
  
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• Salomon Kalou suspended by Hertha Berlin after breaking social distancing rules

  04-05-2020 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou has been suspended by Hertha Berlin after shaking hands with team-mates and appearing to make light of the coronavirus pandemic live on social media.
  
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• £700m infrastructure boost for city deals and Inclusive Future fund

  04-05-2020 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The funding will go to infrastructure, regeneration, and tourism projects across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Retired GP ‘looking forward to putting his feet up’ after 75 miles in five days

  04-05-2020 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A retired GP has said he is looking forward to putting his feet up after walking part of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in his Co Antrim driveway.
  
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• Executive 'not given advanced detail' of Republic's lockdown exit plan

  04-05-2020 18:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Executive was not given advanced detail of the Republic's lockdown exit strategy, Stormont's leaders have revealed.
  
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• Coronavirus: NI plan for easing lockdown may not include dates

  04-05-2020 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first and deputy first ministers say they're making progress on a plan for easing the lockdown.
  
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• Privacy concerns remain over contact-tracing app, Amnesty International UK says

  04-05-2020 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK public’s right to privacy could become “another casualty” of coronavirus through the use of a contact-tracing app, Amnesty International UK has warned.
  
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• Connor Phillips kicks off BBC Radio Ulster show with tribute to the late Stephen Clements

  04-05-2020 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Broadcaster Connor Phillips paid tribute to his close friend and colleague Stephen Clements as he kicked off his first show on BBC Radio Ulster.
  
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• Marty Quinn: There's no such thing as an Irish Cup curse - I really believed this could be Cliftonville's year

  04-05-2020 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cliftonville's title-winning former manager Marty Quinn insists there is no ‘hoodoo’ hanging over the Reds in the Irish Cup as he opens up about his memories of the blue riband trophy.
  
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• Diary marks 90th anniversary of record-breaking flight

  04-05-2020 17:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The 90th anniversary of aviation pioneer Amy Johnson becoming the first female pilot to fly solo from Britain to Australia will be celebrated with an online daily diary of her journey.
  
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• Woman wins legal battle over inquest into father's death in Derry IRA bomb

  04-05-2020 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman whose father was among three neighbours killed in an IRA bombing 32 years ago has won her legal battle over being denied a new inquest.
  
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• LaLiga targets June restart as German league has 10 positive coronavirus tests

  04-05-2020 17:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  LaLiga clubs are preparing to return to training ahead of a planned mid-June restart but 10 individuals connected to clubs in the top two divisions of German football have tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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