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• 'No decision made' at NIFL Premiership committee meeting as Irish League season remains in limbo

  13-05-2020 23:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Football chiefs and clubs have still not sounded the final whistle on the league season even though they have been backed into a corner by the NI Executive's plan to fight coronavirus.
  
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• New coronavirus antibody test found to have 100% accuracy, PHE finds

  13-05-2020 23:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new coronavirus antibody test has been found to be 100% accurate, public health leaders have said.
  
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• Return to training edges closer as Premier League holds talks with clubs

  13-05-2020 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Talks with managers and players have paved the way for the Premier League to seek agreement on protocols for a safe return to training, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• Coronavirus: Come clean on the death toll, Executive is urged

  13-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More transparency is needed from the Executive about the number of people dying with Covid-19 in care homes to gain public trust, the Commissioner for Older people has warned.
  
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• Ballycastle tragedy: Devastated father heard bang from accident that killed wife and child

  13-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken husband of a Co Antrim woman who died alongside her three-year-old daughter on a quad bike was just yards away from his family when the horrific crash occurred.
  
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• Sir Rod Stewart: I don’t think I’ve ever been as fit

  13-05-2020 22:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Rod Stewart has said he feels fitter than ever under lockdown, after overcoming health problems in the lead up to his 75th birthday.
  
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• England midfielder Dele Alli attacked during robbery at home

  13-05-2020 22:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England international Dele Alli was attacked when two armed raiders broke into his home.
  
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• Coronavirus: Nightingale hospital in NI being stood down

  13-05-2020 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health minister says it is not needed at present as the number of patients in critical care falls.
  
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• Mother and daughter died in tragic and freak accident, minister says

  13-05-2020 22:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother and daughter killed in a crash were victims of a “tragic and freak accident”, their minister said.
  
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• Howard Webb expects fans to warm to VAR

  13-05-2020 22:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Premier League official Howard Webb believes the Video Assistant Referee system that has proved so divisive in this country in recent months will gradually win over its doubters.
  
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• Princess Eugenie packages food bank parcels as Salvation Army volunteer

  13-05-2020 22:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Princess Eugenie has been helping package parcels for food banks alongside her husband Jack Brooksbank.
  
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• Swann pledges to reform 'not fit for purpose' care home system

  13-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Social care in Northern Ireland is not fit for purpose and the sector must be radically overhauled to protect the most vulnerable in society, the Health Minister has said.
  
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• Revealed: Only 60 people have completed training to work with contact tracing across NI

  13-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Only 60 people have been trained to work in contact tracing in Northern Ireland - one month after the head of the Public Health Agency said 500 people were being trained to work in the vital NHS Covid-19 scheme.
  
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• Coronavirus: Taoiseach hints he favours re-opening schools before autumn

  13-05-2020 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leo Varadkar strongly hints that he favours safely re-opening schools in Ireland before the autumn.
  
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• England footballer Dele Alli attacked during robbery at home

  13-05-2020 21:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England footballer Dele Alli was attacked when two armed raiders broke into his home.
  
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• Girl dies in farm accident in Co Donegal

  13-05-2020 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young girl has died in a farming accident in Co Donegal.
  
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• Childcare scheme for healthcare workers cancelled

  13-05-2020 21:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A scheme to offer childcare to frontline workers has been scrapped after only six providers applied to participate.
  
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• Rev Jonathan Abernethy-Barkley on finally forgiving IRA gunmen who murdered his father

  13-05-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast minister has told how faith helped him to finally forgive the IRA men who shot his father dead when he was just two years old. Rev Jonathan Abernethy-Barkley (34) still has the tickets to the circus which his father Colin Abernethy took him to a week before he was murdered in 1988.
  
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• Every firm should be judged on individual basis, says cinema owner

  13-05-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The owner of the Movie House cinema chain believes that if the public is not given controlled areas to spend time with their family or friends as the lockdown is lifted then "we will lose control".
  
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• Hospital pays tribute to ‘loving’ healthcare assistant after Covid-19 death

  13-05-2020 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have poured in for a “lovable, caring and responsible” healthcare assistant who died after contracting Covid-19.
  
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• EFL warns clubs over potential financial hole as training pushed back to May 25

  13-05-2020 21:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The English Football League has pushed back a return to training until May 25 at the earliest and reiterated “stark” warnings over a financial hole caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Concerns over test turnaround times will not delay exit plan – Holohan

  13-05-2020 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Turnaround times for testing and tracing coronavirus in Ireland are not set to delay the lockdown exit plan, the chief medical officer has said.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian criticises ‘false’ stories following pregnancy rumours

  13-05-2020 21:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Khloe Kardashian has criticised “rumours” and “false” stories online following speculation she is expecting another child with her ex-partner Tristan Thompson.
  
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• Dunn spokesman to lodge complaint over ‘distress caused’ in Red Notice saga

  13-05-2020 21:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The spokesman for the family of Harry Dunn is lodging a formal complaint against a police force after accusing them of “causing enormous distress” to the teenager’s parents over their comments on a reported Interpol Red Notice issued for their son’s alleged killer.
  
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• UK moving sharply into recession, says Bank of England governor

  13-05-2020 21:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Britain is very sharply moving into recession due to the coronavirus crisis, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said.
  
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• Risk of another prolonged recession with a badly damaged labour market

  13-05-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Yesterday the Office for National Statistics provided some of the first official, statistical confirmation that the UK, including Northern Ireland, is in the early stages of what will be a very deep recession.
  
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• Northern Ireland GPs fear 'tsunami' of mental illness if Covid-19 shielding extended

  13-05-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Extending the shielding period for vulnerable people in Northern Ireland will have a "significant impact" on their mental health, a leading GP has warned.​
  
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• 'Non-essential' shops in NI should reopen in June, says retail chief

  13-05-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Non-essential shops should be permitted to reopen next month as part of the Executive's economic recovery plan, a retail boss has said.
  
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• Federal Reserve boss calls for united response and warns of prolonged recession

  13-05-2020 20:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warned of the threat of a prolonged recession resulting from the viral outbreak and urged Congress and the White House to act further to prevent long-lasting economic damage.
  
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• EastEnders star Scott Maslen ‘waiting to hear’ when filming will restart

  13-05-2020 20:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  EastEnders star Scott Maslen has said he is still “waiting to hear” when he will return to filming.
  
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• Italy’s German-speaking majority region eases lockdown ahead of rest of country

  13-05-2020 20:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Italy’s German-speaking region has defied Rome by easing lockdown restrictions quicker than in the rest of the country.
  
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• EFL clubs will not return to training until May 25 at earliest

  13-05-2020 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The English Football League has told clubs not to return to training until May 25 at the earliest and warned: “The consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic will not be rectified simply by a return to play behind closed doors.”
  
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• Yes, of course review current legislation on hate crime, but not at expense of free speech

  13-05-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Last June, the Department of Justice launched an independent review of hate crime legislation in Northern Ireland. It happened during the period when devolution was suspended and I suspect that most people were unaware of it and still are unaware of it.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph named best regional news site for Brexit coverage - Belfast Telegraph

  13-05-2020 19:55
  
  Belfast Telegraph named best regional news site for Brexit coverage  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast Telegraph named best regional news site for Brexit coverage

  13-05-2020 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph has been named best regional news site at the Drum Online Media Awards for its Brexit coverage last year.
  
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• Stars pay tribute to ‘astonishing talent’ Stevie Wonder as he turns 70

  13-05-2020 19:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Paul McCartney, Bill Clinton and Sir Tom Jones have paid tribute to Stevie Wonder on his 70th birthday.
  
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• Giant monkey amuses residents in Kent town

  13-05-2020 19:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A monkey in Kent has been keeping residents and young children entertained during the lockdown.
  
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• In Video: Timelapse shows empty Edinburgh streets during rush hour

  13-05-2020 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The deserted streets of Edinburgh make a striking sight in this timelapse video filmed during rush hour.
  
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• In Pictures: Turkey’s children play in the parks after 40 days of lockdown

  13-05-2020 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Turkey’s parks filled with the sound of children as the government allowed people aged 14 and under to leave home for the first time in 40 days.
  
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• Northern Ireland's 'Nightingale Hospital' temporarily stood down, health minister announces

  13-05-2020 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s Nightingale hospital has been temporarily stood down, Health Minister Robin Swann has announced.
  
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• Building sites allowed to stay open longer, says Communities Secretary

  13-05-2020 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Builders can now operate until 9pm Monday to Saturday in residential areas as part of the Government’s plans to restart the economy.
  
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• Tory rebellion over post-Brexit food standards fails amid remote voting errors

  13-05-2020 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Conservative rebels have failed in their bid to guarantee post-Brexit food imports will match the UK’s high food and environmental standards.
  
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• Money stolen in ATM raid at Armagh filling station

  13-05-2020 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A sum of money has been stolen after an ATM machine in Armagh was broken into.
  
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• Belfast's Nightingale Hospital to be stood down | UTV - ITV News - ITV News

  13-05-2020 18:48
  
  Belfast's Nightingale Hospital to be stood down | UTV - ITV News  ITV News
  
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• Money stolen from ATM at a Co Armagh service station

  13-05-2020 18:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Money has been stolen from an ATM at a service station in Co Armagh.
  
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• Chancellor among MPs to vote wrong way in electronic voting blunder

  13-05-2020 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak accidentally voted against the Government in a virtual vote on the Agriculture Bill.
  
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• Call for Westminster to put abortion legislation responsibility into NI hands

  13-05-2020 18:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Anti-abortion campaigners in Northern Ireland have urged Westminster to give the Stormont Assembly a say over new abortion laws.
  
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• Over 600 asylum seekers moved to different site over social distancing fears

  13-05-2020 18:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over 600 people in Direct Provision have been moved to a different site because of physical distancing and cocooning measures.
  
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• Bloody Sunday: Soldier F hearing set for July in Londonderry

  13-05-2020 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former paratrooper faces two counts of murder and five of attempted murder on Bloody Sunday.
  
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• Covid-19 testing to be expanded in Northern Ireland’s care homes

  13-05-2020 18:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus testing in care homes in Northern Ireland is to be significantly expanded, the Health Minister has said.
  
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