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• 'We need a plan to move forward to ensure Northern Ireland development continues'

  27-05-2020 23:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  ‘Sure, the Northern Ireland development industry can take it. Didn’t it weather the economic crash?’ Well, just about, if you discount the bankruptcies, the lights put out, the slow crawl back to well-being. But this is so much worse.
  
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• Stacey Solomon says she is ‘sobbing’ after watching her son learn to walk

  27-05-2020 23:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stacey Solomon has said that watching her son learning to walk has left her “sobbing” as she shared a video of the toddler.
  
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• Nando's reopens Belfast branch for collection and delivery - Belfast Live

  27-05-2020 23:07
  
  Nando's reopens Belfast branch for collection and delivery  Belfast Live
  
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• McDonald's announce reopening plan for Northern Ireland - Belfast Live

  27-05-2020 23:07
  
  McDonald's announce reopening plan for Northern Ireland  Belfast Live
  
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• Minister acknowledges public restless over lockdown regulations

  27-05-2020 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Stormont minister has acknowledged the public is restless and want answers ahead of the latest review of lockdown regulations.
  
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• Northern Ireland shoppers warned a world of change is on the way after coronavirus lockdown

  27-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shoppers in Northern Ireland have been warned the retail experience they've been used to is gone forever.
  
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• Lock up changing rooms and you take away the spirit of the shopping spree

  27-05-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's all change - except in the changing rooms.
  
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• Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter to host lockdown quiz

  27-05-2020 22:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter are set to host a lockdown quiz featuring questions on Harry Potter and Downton Abbey.
  
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• Father of Aston Villa boss Dean Smith dies at the age of 79

  27-05-2020 22:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The father of Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith has died after contracting Covid-19.
  
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• Troy Deeney receives abuse after expressing his concerns over football’s return

  27-05-2020 22:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Watford skipper Troy Deeney has had to deal with people wishing his baby son gets coronavirus after being targeted for expressing his concerns over football’s return.
  
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• Surrey optimistic cricket will resume this summer as club keep an eye on 2021

  27-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Surrey are hopeful of some county cricket this summer but the recession that has been widely predicted to grip the country over the next few months has sharpened minds towards next year and beyond.
  
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• Cyclists criticise Sydenham Bypass resurfacing

  27-05-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has come under heavy criticism from cycling enthusiasts after tweeting a picture of completed resurfacing works along the Sydenham Bypass.
  
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• RB Leipzig fail to move up to second after home draw with Hertha Berlin

  27-05-2020 21:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  RB Leipzig were denied second place in the Bundesliga as Krzysztof Piatek struck an 82nd-minute penalty for Hertha Berlin in a 2-2 draw.
  
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• Emily Maitlis to miss Newsnight after BBC criticises Cummings row coverage

  27-05-2020 21:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emily Maitlis will not present Wednesday’s episode of Newsnight after the BBC ruled the programme breached impartiality rules over its coverage of the Dominic Cummings lockdown row.
  
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• Emily Maitlis misses Newsnight after BBC criticises Cummings row coverage

  27-05-2020 21:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emily Maitlis did not present Wednesday’s episode of Newsnight after the BBC ruled the programme breached impartiality rules over its coverage of the Dominic Cummings lockdown row.
  
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• Weather postpones first SpaceX launch of Nasa astronauts minutes before lift-off

  27-05-2020 21:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nasa has postponed its first launch of astronauts from US soil in nine years due to bad weather, just minutes before lift-off.
  
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• Bad weather postpones first SpaceX launch of Nasa astronauts

  27-05-2020 21:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nasa has postponed its first launch of astronauts from US soil in nine years due to bad weather.
  
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• Northern Ireland Voice contestant admits guilt over voyeurism charges

  27-05-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former contestant on TV talent show The Voice from Co Down has been revealed as a self-confessed sex offender who secretly recorded women for his own sexual gratification.
  
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• Officer who put knee on black man’s neck ‘should be charged over death’

  27-05-2020 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mayor of Minneapolis has called for criminal charges to be filed against the white police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed black man during an arrest, even after the man said he could not breathe and stopped moving.
  
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• Why comparing Covid-19 outcomes, north and south, matters less than keeping the mortality rate of the virus down

  27-05-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thankfully, the number of deaths related to the Covid-19 virus has fallen to a low level of a handful a day and we can begin to see the end of the pandemic.
  
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• Holohan ‘little bit worried’ about rise in ICU admissions

  27-05-2020 20:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health experts are a “little bit worried” about an increase in coronavirus admissions to intensive care, the chief medical officer for Ireland has said.
  
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• World Rugby rejects invitational tournament proposal to help struggling unions

  27-05-2020 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  World Rugby has quickly dismissed suggestions for a major international tournament to be held in England next year to ease the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• DUP mayor defends opposition of misogyny hate crime motion

  27-05-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP mayor has defended his party's decision to oppose a council push to make misogyny a hate crime.
  
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• Access to Bloody Sunday and Lyra hearings will have to be restricted, announces judge

  27-05-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Media and public access to court hearings in relation to Bloody Sunday and the murder of Lyra McKee will be restricted in order to comply with the Government's Covid-19 regulations, a District Judge said on Wednesday.
  
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• Bob Geldof: ‘Bizarre’ Boomtown Rats publicity stunt ended hopes of US success

  27-05-2020 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Bob Geldof has said that a publicity stunt by the Boomtown Rats which saw 1,000 rodents posted to radio hosts was “basically the end” of the band’s chances of finding success in the US.
  
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• Two generations of NHS medics work side-by-side fighting coronavirus

  27-05-2020 20:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four members of a family who all work at the same hospital have spoken of their pride in fighting coronavirus together.
  
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• Boris Johnson denies any plan to move NHS Covid-19 patients into care homes

  27-05-2020 19:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There has never been a “concerted effort to move people out of NHS beds into care homes”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told MPs.
  
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• Coronavirus: Participants needed for Covid-19 research in NI

  27-05-2020 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are seven local studies being carried out into the virus as researchers aim to find treatments.
  
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• CMO rejects Ryanair criticism of quarantine measures

  27-05-2020 19:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chief medical officer has rejected a claim from Ryanair’s boss that the 14-day quarantine on overseas travellers arriving in Ireland is “ineffective”.
  
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• Coronavirus deaths close to 100,000 in United States

  27-05-2020 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The United States is on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 coronavirus deaths.
  
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• Scottish League One champions Raith Rovers re-sign all out-of-contract players

  27-05-2020 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Raith Rovers have chosen to re-sign all out-of-contract players until the end of July.
  
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• Man who used social distancing post as weapon in West Belfast jailed - Belfast Live

  27-05-2020 19:35
  
  Man who used social distancing post as weapon in West Belfast jailed  Belfast Live
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s anxious wait over pardon decision continues

  27-05-2020 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s anxious wait over whether she will be pardoned is set to continue after her family hoped they were on “the cusp of potentially good news”.
  
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• It is the public’s civic duty to make mass contact tracing works, Hancock says

  27-05-2020 19:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Matt Hancock has urged the public to carry out their “civic duty” and make a new test and trace system work – saying the only other option is continuing the lockdown.
  
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• 'I would love to take my three children to see their nanny indoors' - Mallon says no one is above the law during coronavirus restrictions

  27-05-2020 19:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon has renewed calls for government adviser Dominic Cummings to step down.
  
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• Wales to launch ‘unprecedented’ contact tracing plan on Monday

  27-05-2020 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wales will launch its test and trace plan on Monday, the country’s health minister has announced.
  
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• Sir Elton John leads tributes to playwright and Aids activist Larry Kramer

  27-05-2020 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Elton John has led tributes to Larry Kramer, the playwright who raised theatregoers’ consciousness about Aids, who has died aged 84.
  
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• SpaceX and Nasa set to make history as they launch astronauts from US soil

  27-05-2020 19:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Nasa astronauts are on course to make history as they launch into space from US soil for the first time in nine years.
  
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• PM signals ‘air bridges’ between countries could be introduced

  27-05-2020 18:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Travellers may be exempt from a 14-day quarantine after returning from countries where the rate of coronavirus infection is “at least as good” as that in the UK, Boris Johnson has said.
  
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• Mike Ashley fails in bid to trigger investigation into struggling Debenhams

  27-05-2020 18:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Businessman and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has failed in a bid to trigger an investigation into the financial affairs of struggling department store chain Debenhams.
  
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• Eoin Morgan admits it will take time for Alex Hales to heal England wounds

  27-05-2020 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eoin Morgan explained that Alex Hales potentially jeopardising England’s World Cup hopes last summer is the chief reason why the Nottinghamshire batsman is still in international purgatory.
  
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• Girl (13) allegedly broke into castle and stole ornamental key during alcohol-fuelled crime spree

  27-05-2020 18:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 13-year-old girl allegedly broke into a castle and stole a century-old ornamental key during an alcohol-fuelled crime spree in Co Down, a court heard today.
  
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• Andrew accused in documentary of romping in pool with topless woman

  27-05-2020 18:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former employee of Jeffrey Epstein has accused the Duke of York of frolicking in a pool with a topless victim of the disgraced American financier.
  
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• Ianis Hagi turned down other clubs to sign long-term deal at Rangers

  27-05-2020 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ianis Hagi revealed he dismissed interest from elsewhere before agreeing to sign a long-term deal with Rangers.
  
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• I would have liked more female representation at press conferences, PM says

  27-05-2020 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More female representation at the daily Downing Street press conferences would have been desirable, Boris Johnson has admitted.
  
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• WHO creates new foundation in a bid for more funds

  27-05-2020 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organisation has called on members of the public to start donating funds to its new foundation.
  
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• Teen came from Manchester to Dublin to attend party during coronavirus lockdown, court told

  27-05-2020 18:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager arrested for obstructing a Garda drug search had travelled to Dublin from Manchester during the coronavirus lockdown to go to a party, a court has heard.
  
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• Will Addison: I'm glad I risked injury to help Ulster into European quarter-finals and I'd make the same choice again despite missing Six Nations

  27-05-2020 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster’s Will Addison has no regrets over playing through the pain barrier to help his province through to the now postponed Champions Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• Author and anchor Emily Maitlis has become Newsnight’s most recognisable face

  27-05-2020 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The BBC has said a Newsnight introduction, delivered by Emily Maitlis, which discussed the Dominic Cummings lockdown row, broke its impartiality rules.
  
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• Health service to examine easing visitor restrictions at nursing homes

  27-05-2020 18:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The health service is to examine the issue of easing some visitor restrictions at nursing homes in Ireland, the minister for health has confirmed.
  
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