Belfast news

• Man who filmed fatal shooting of black runner charged with murder

  21-05-2020 23:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Georgia man who filmed mobile phone video of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting has been charged with murder.
  
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• Coronavirus: Some NI pupils to return to school in August

  21-05-2020 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Children in key year groups will return ahead of others, says the education minister.
  
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• Peterborough residents say six reopened McDonald’s ‘excessive’

  21-05-2020 23:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Peterborough was the envy of McDonald’s fans across the UK after the fast food chain announced six of the 39 drive-thru lane locations reopening across the UK and Ireland were in the city.
  
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• Handwritten U2 lyrics sell for £76,000 during charity auction

  21-05-2020 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  U2 lyrics that were handwritten by Bono have sold for £76,000 during a coronavirus charity auction.
  
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• We must make sure classes are safe places before pupils return

  21-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  We miss the children and we want them back! However, as we begin to consider what a return to the classroom setting will look like in the next academic year, parents, children and teachers must be assured that schools are safe spaces before this can happen.
  
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• Unions give a cautious welcome to Peter Weir's timetable for schools

  21-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Teacher unions have given a cautious welcome to the Education Minister's timetable for restarting schools.
  
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• The safety of pupils and staff remains my key priority

  21-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The impact of Covid-19 has been unprecedented in the history of Northern Ireland. It has presented significant challenges for many sectors but particularly for those working in health and education.
  
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• Terminally ill bride-to-be Samantha Gamble's joy of getting go-ahead to marry fiance Frankie Byrne

  21-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Terminally ill bride-to-be Samantha Gamble, whose case persuaded authorities in Northern Ireland to allow weddings for people in her circumstances, will on Friday marry her love Frankie Byrne.
  
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• Coronavirus: Northern Ireland teachers keen to return, but nine out of 10 fear for safety in their classroom

  21-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than nine out of 10 teachers and principals have expressed fears about returning to work, according to a survey for a union.
  
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• Coronavirus: Executive rules out any indoor meetings of immediate family

  21-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Indoor meetings between immediate family members remain off-limits in Northern Ireland, the Executive has determined.
  
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• Two more suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering teenage law student

  21-05-2020 22:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Murder squad detectives have arrested two more suspects after a teenage law student was gunned down in a drive-by shooting.
  
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• Players must be comfortable before phase two of return – Paul Barber

  21-05-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brighton chief executive Paul Barber admits players must be able to buy into the Premier League’s comeback plan.
  
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• Migrant NHS cleaner ‘proud’ of his role as fee for overseas workers scrapped

  21-05-2020 22:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A hospital cleaner who challenged Boris Johnson over a fee levied on migrant workers in the NHS has said he is “proud and honoured” to have played a role in pressuring the Government into a U-turn.
  
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• HC-One care homes to provide full pay to self-isolating workers

  21-05-2020 22:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of the UK’s largest care home providers will now give full pay to workers self-isolating as they wait to be tested for coronavirus.
  
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• Bill Clinton writing second political thriller with James Patterson

  21-05-2020 22:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bill Clinton is writing a second political thriller with author James Patterson, about a former US president whose daughter is kidnapped.
  
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• I did it for the craic, says priest who played The Sash at Mass and put a smile on many a face amid pandemic

  21-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Fermanagh priest who has become an internet sensation after he played The Sash at his Sunday morning Mass has broken his silence to say that he did it for "the craic" and that his choice of music was no clerical error.
  
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• Education Minister Peter Weir reveals plan for NI schools to reopen from late August on a phased basis

  21-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Education Minister Peter Weir has revealed his plans for some school pupils to return to school in late August.
  
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• Kate Garraway ‘couldn’t be prouder’ of children as husband remains in hospital

  21-05-2020 21:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kate Garraway has said she “couldn’t be prouder” of how her children have coped with the “horrific” two months since their father fell ill with coronavirus.
  
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• FBI launches terrorism probe after Texas naval air station shooting

  21-05-2020 21:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead is being investigated as “terrorism-related”, the FBI said.
  
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• Defence helicopter door ‘detaches’ and lands in school grounds

  21-05-2020 21:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Defence Forces helicopter door “detached” and landed in the grounds of a secondary school in Dublin on Thursday night, the military said.
  
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• Kate Thornton: Therapy saved me from a life of dysfunctional eating

  21-05-2020 21:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kate Thornton has said that therapy saved her from a life of “body dysmorphia and dysfunctional eating”.
  
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• Family of Michael 'Tony' Lynch in agonising wait after a body found in submerged car

  21-05-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A media appeal about a missing man was at the back of an angler's mind when he found a car in a Co Fermanagh lake that led to the discovery of a body, the man's son has said.
  
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• Celebrities urge Muslims to celebrate Eid at home

  21-05-2020 20:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Great British Bake-Off winner Nadiya Hussain and Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray have urged Muslims celebrating Eid this weekend to follow the guidance on social distancing.
  
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• Dublin city centre to get more pedestrian areas in back-to-work plan

  21-05-2020 20:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pedestrianising part of Dublin city centre is part of a plan to get the area back to work, the City Council said.
  
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• Frankie Bridge struggling to find time for ‘date night’ during lockdown

  21-05-2020 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Frankie Bridge has said she is struggling to find time for “date night” with her husband Wayne during lockdown.
  
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• Australia and Pakistan offer hope that England can complete majority of schedule

  21-05-2020 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England’s chances of scheduling the majority of their international fixtures this summer have received another boost, with positive noises from Australia and Pakistan about their forthcoming tours.
  
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• Blades cut short suggestions of an ownership change

  21-05-2020 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield United have dismissed suggestions owner Prince Abdullah bin Musa’ad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has left Bramall Lane.
  
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• Zuckerberg: Half of Facebook staff could be home working by end of decade

  21-05-2020 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Half of Facebook’s workforce could shift to permanent home working by the end of the decade, founder Mark Zuckerberg has revealed.
  
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• Chief medical officer warns of longer wait for return of grassroots football

  21-05-2020 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The opportunity to play football while Britain is tackling the coronavirus pandemic is still a long way off, the chief medical officer has said.
  
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• Life on the inside: 10 ways to spend your lunch break at home

  21-05-2020 19:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It can be tricky distinguishing between “work” and “personal” time when your home suddenly becomes your office.
  
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• John Cooney relishing added competition with Ulster next season - Belfast Live

  21-05-2020 19:39
  
  John Cooney relishing added competition with Ulster next season  Belfast Live
  
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• Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Seven more lives lost, reports Department of Health - Belfast Live

  21-05-2020 19:39
  
  Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Seven more lives lost, reports Department of Health  Belfast Live
  
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• Coronavirus: Care home owner 'threatened' to take untested elderly

  21-05-2020 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hospital manager allegedly "insisted" a care home take a patient who had not had a Covid-19 test.
  
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• Director-general Tony Hall says BBC needs to take action on diversity

  21-05-2020 19:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC director-general Tony Hall has said that the broadcaster needs to “get on with doing things” to improve diversity within the organisation.
  
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• Wrightbus to cut up to 125 jobs

  21-05-2020 19:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ballymena bus manufacturer Wrightbus is cutting up to 125 jobs.
  
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• Jaap Stam lands head coach role at FC Cincinnati

  21-05-2020 19:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  FC Cincinnati have appointed former Holland and Manchester United defender Jaap Stam as their new head coach.
  
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• Ireland’s daily new coronavirus cases below 100 for sixth day

  21-05-2020 19:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s tally of daily new coronavirus cases has fallen below 100 for a sixth day in a row.
  
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• How do plans to reopen schools differ across the UK?

  21-05-2020 19:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Schools, colleges and nurseries across the UK closed more than eight weeks ago due to the coronavirus outbreak, remaining open only for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers.
  
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• Body found in search for missing 16-year-old girl

  21-05-2020 18:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have found a body in the search for a 16-year-old girl who has been missing since VE Day.
  
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• £10.7m in free school meal payments made during lockdown, says Education Minister Peter Weir

  21-05-2020 18:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Education Minister Peter Weir has said that £10.7 million in free school meal payments have been paid out for some 101,500 children in Northern Ireland since the lockdown began.
  
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• Belfast photographer shares 5 easy tips to taking perfect pictures on your phone - Belfast Live

  21-05-2020 18:43
  
  Belfast photographer shares 5 easy tips to taking perfect pictures on your phone  Belfast Live
  
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• Celtic agree partnership with new Belfast side that shares their name - The Scottish Sun

  21-05-2020 18:41
  
  Celtic agree partnership with new Belfast side that shares their name  The Scottish Sun
  
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• What do the latest statistics tell us about testing for Covid-19?

  21-05-2020 18:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of Covid-19 tests taking place in the UK is one of the key announcements at the daily Downing Street press conference.
  
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• Man charged over incident which saw officer pull gun during Belfast house confrontation

  21-05-2020 18:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 33-year-old man has been charged in relation to an incident which saw a plain-clothed PSNI officer draw his firearm on a male during an incident in west Belfast last weekend.
  
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• ‘There should be no delay in Covid-19 treatment availability after trials’

  21-05-2020 18:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Researchers say there should be “no delay” in coronavirus treatments being made available for immediate use after trials have shown them to be successful.
  
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• Man arrested in Scotland in connection with 2015 attempted murder of PSNI officer

  21-05-2020 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 35-year-old man has been arrested in Scotland in connection with the attempted murder of an off duty PSNI officer.
  
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• Hancock: 17% of Londoners and 5% in rest of England have had Covid-19

  21-05-2020 18:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around one in six people in London and one in 20 elsewhere in England have already had coronavirus, Matt Hancock said as he announced plans for antibody certificates.
  
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• Teenager arrested over Covid-19 fraud claims

  21-05-2020 18:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager has been arrested for fraudulently claiming Covid-19 payments, gardai have said.
  
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• Big wall of Belfast sparks row between residents, city council and China - The Guardian

  21-05-2020 18:12
  
  Big wall of Belfast sparks row between residents, city council and China  The Guardian
  
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• On the Beach launches £67m fundraiser as bosses reveal extent of refund bill

  21-05-2020 18:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  On the Beach will tap up shareholders for up to £67 million as part of plans to help the package holiday firm emerge stronger from the coronavirus crisis, the company said.
  
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