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• Stormont may still say no to abortion... but it can't turn clock back

  02-06-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Westminster said yes, but Stormont still says no, as a DUP motion to restrict abortion services here was passed by 46 votes to 40.
  
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• Police break up brawl on Hampstead Heath

  02-06-2020 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six people have been arrested following a brawl involving hundreds of youths on London’s Hampsted Heath.
  
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• Northern Ireland Dentists to return to work in 3-phase plan - Belfast Live

  02-06-2020 23:01
  
  Northern Ireland Dentists to return to work in 3-phase plan  Belfast Live
  
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• I'll go on hunger strike, vows Rathlin man (76) refused travel on ferry due to lockdown

  02-06-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Rathlin pensioner has threatened to go on hunger strike after claiming he was stopped from travelling to the mainland to buy food.
  
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• Zoom booms as pandemic drives millions to video service

  02-06-2020 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Zoom Video Communications is rapidly emerging as the latest internet gold mine as millions of people flock to its conferencing service to see colleagues, friends and family while tethered to their homes during the pandemic.
  
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• Temperatures around UK to plunge after days of hot sunshine

  02-06-2020 22:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are expected to drop to as low as 10C after days of hot weather around the UK.
  
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• Pensioner's frustration at 'priority' supermarket deliveries

  02-06-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shielding Belfast pensioner who cannot leave his home for fear of infection has said he feels ignored over government arrangements for food deliveries.
  
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• Opportunity is there for Sheffield United to do something special – Ben Osborn

  02-06-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield United are determined to take this opportunity to do “something special”, with Ben Osborn prepared for an intense mini-season that could bring European qualification and FA Cup glory.
  
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• Call for travel restrictions to halt scenes like this as young people urged 'act responsibly'

  02-06-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Executive has been urged to consider introducing a strict travel limit after more scenes of crowding at beauty spots here.
  
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• Foreign travellers who disobey UK quarantine rules could face deportation

  02-06-2020 22:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Foreign travellers who disobey forthcoming UK quarantine rules could be deported, according to new restrictions laid out by ministers.
  
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• Jeremy Irvine reveals how his bad dancing landed him The Last Full Measure role

  02-06-2020 22:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Actor Jeremy Irvine has revealed how his bad dancing landed him a role in war drama The Last Full Measure.
  
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• Coronavirus: What now for shopping centre days out?

  02-06-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  They have been a destination for retail therapy for years - but one observer remarks that there may be more anxiety in shopping centre trips of the future.
  
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• Premier League clubs given green light to organise friendlies before resumption

  02-06-2020 21:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Premier League clubs have been given the go-ahead to organise friendlies ahead of the competition’s resumption, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• MLAs vote against ‘imposition’ of new abortion regulations in Northern Ireland

  02-06-2020 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Stormont Assembly has voted in opposition to new abortion regulations that include terminations up to birth in cases of serious non-fatal disabilities.
  
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• Watch: Medic mum reunited with daughters after nine weeks apart

  02-06-2020 21:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An NHS healthcare worker has been reunited with her daughters after nine weeks apart during the pandemic.
  
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• Rapper The Weeknd makes major donations to Black Lives Matter causes

  02-06-2020 21:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rapper The Weeknd has donated 500,000 dollars (about £400,000) to Black Lives Matter causes and urged record labels and streaming services to do similar.
  
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• Paris police fire tear gas as George Floyd protests spread around the world

  02-06-2020 21:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Riot police in Paris have fired tear gas as scattered protesters pelted them with debris and set fires during an unauthorised demonstration against racial injustice and heavy-handed police tactics.
  
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• Paris police fire tear gas as George Floyd protests go global

  02-06-2020 21:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tear gas has choked Paris streets as riot police faced off with protesters setting fires amid growing global outrage over George Floyd’s death in the US, racial injustice and heavy-handed police tactics around the world.
  
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• Testing and tracing must become a new way of life – Government TV advert

  02-06-2020 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Government TV advert about NHS Test and Trace says it “must become a new way of life”.
  
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• Coronavirus shielders can go outside from next week - Belfast Live

  02-06-2020 20:45
  
  Coronavirus shielders can go outside from next week  Belfast Live
  
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• Tens of millions join Blackout Tuesday in solidarity with George Floyd protests

  02-06-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Social media feeds went dark and quiet on Tuesday as tens of millions of people showed solidarity with the black community following the death of George Floyd in US police custody.
  
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• Amid the riots and the looting, Trump's only thought is re-election

  02-06-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For some, President Donald Trump committed a truly appalling act by walking from the White House to a church, then holding up a Bible. It could become an iconic image.
  
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• Freeze UK sales of riot gear to US police amid protest violence, says Thornberry

  02-06-2020 20:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shadow trade secretary Emily Thornberry has said it would be a “disgrace” if the UK supplied equipment to US authorities to crush protests against police brutality.
  
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• Commons voting procedure ‘potentially put MPs at risk’

  02-06-2020 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The House of Commons voting procedure may have put MPs at risk by exposing them to droplets that could potentially have been left in the air, experts have said.
  
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• ‘Just 1,749 people contacted’ in first four days of NHS Test and Trace

  02-06-2020 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fewer than 2,000 people were contacted in the first four days of the NHS Test and Trace scheme, according to a leaked copy of data.
  
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• Heatwave ends on a 26.7C high as the showers arrive

  02-06-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland has been basking in a prolonged period of sunshine, but sadly it looks to have ended for the time being.
  
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• Six Atlanta officers charged after students pulled from car during Floyd protest

  02-06-2020 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six Atlanta police have been charged after a dramatic video showed officers pulling two young people from a car and shooting them with stun guns while they were stuck in traffic caused by protests over George Floyd’s death, a prosecutor said.
  
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• Gardai probe alleged lockdown breaches at Dublin Black Lives Matter protest

  02-06-2020 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gardai are investigating a large Black Lives Matter protest in Dublin over alleged lockdown breaches.
  
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• Odion Ighalo happy to continue Man Utd dream after ‘difficult few days’

  02-06-2020 19:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Odion Ighalo is delighted that his Manchester United “dream” did not come to an underwhelming end after a loan extension was belatedly struck with Shanghai Shenhua.
  
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• Teenager in hospital with suspected fractured skull after serious assaults in Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  02-06-2020 19:46
  
  Teenager in hospital with suspected fractured skull after serious assaults in Belfast  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Teenager in hospital with suspected fractured skull after serious assaults in Belfast

  02-06-2020 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three teenagers were injured after being seriously assaulted in Belfast on Monday evening.
  
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• Soap star Adam Rickitt opens up on mental health struggles

  02-06-2020 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Soap star Adam Rickitt has opened up on his mental health struggles and revealed he spent years wanting to end his own life.
  
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• Britons asked to ‘take the knee’ on their doorsteps for George Floyd

  02-06-2020 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An anti-racism campaign group is urging Britons to “take the knee” on their doorsteps for a socially distanced protest in solidarity with protesters in the US.
  
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• DUP MLA asks for ‘undisclosed’ emails around PPE order

  02-06-2020 19:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP MLA has asked for “undisclosed” emails around an order of personal protective equipment.
  
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• Huawei, 5G and the UK: The key issues

  02-06-2020 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The United States is continuing to urge the UK to reconsider allowing Huawei to be a part of the country’s 5G network, with US politicians warning the issue could damage relations between the two countries.
  
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• Southampton have something special, says Ralph Hasenhuttl after signing new deal

  02-06-2020 19:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ralph Hasenhuttl had no hesitation extending his contract at Southampton – a club that not only matches his ambitions but have proven themselves to be “something special” during dark times.
  
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• Warning over ‘non-essential journeys’ on public transport

  02-06-2020 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A large number of people are using public transport to make non-essential journeys, the head of the National Transport Authority has claimed.
  
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• Weekend crowds at Durdle Door showed ‘shocking’ disregard for area, charity says

  02-06-2020 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Crowds on beaches and cliffs at Durdle Door over the weekend showed a “shocking” disregard for the area, a conservation charity has said.
  
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• Sinn Fein warns over implications of abortion for cases such as Down’s Syndrome

  02-06-2020 19:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Allowing abortions in cases like Down’s Syndrome would not serve disabled people in Northern Ireland properly, Sinn Fein has said.
  
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• Trump continues religious focus amid unrest with visit to John Paul II shrine

  02-06-2020 19:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has toured a Catholic shrine in his second straight religious-themed appearance as the nation grappled with widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
  
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• Hancock defends Government testing figures after stats watchdog rebuke

  02-06-2020 19:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Matt Hancock has defended the Government’s approach to coronavirus testing figures after the UK’s statistics watchdog criticised the data as inadequate.
  
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• Plan for phased return of dental services announced

  02-06-2020 19:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A three-stage plan has been announced for a phased return of dental services in Northern Ireland.
  
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• China using Huawei as ‘hi-tech wedge’ to drive US and UK apart, senator warns

  02-06-2020 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Continuing to allow Huawei equipment to be used in the UK’s 5G network would create “some tensions” in the US’s ability to share sensitive intelligence, an American senator has warned.
  
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• Socially-distanced performances ‘not financially viable’, says RSC boss

  02-06-2020 18:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It is “not financially viable” for the Royal Shakespeare Company to put on productions with social distancing measures in place inside theatres, according to its executive director.
  
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• Bishop Michael Curry criticises Donald Trump over church visit

  02-06-2020 18:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The priest who gave an impassioned sermon at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has criticised US President Donald Trump for using a church and a bible for “partisan political purposes”.
  
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• 'A manager's dream': How Conor Bradley earned professional Liverpool contract after joining Academy aged nine

  02-06-2020 18:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Another step up the mountain, another new height reached but more acclimatisation to be done.
  
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• Welfare officer left ‘speechless’ after parrot abandoned outside restaurant

  02-06-2020 18:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An animal welfare officer said she was left “speechless” after finding an African grey parrot abandoned in a cage outside a north London restaurant.
  
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• Thousands in Dublin and Belfast march following the death of George Floyd - IrishCentral

  02-06-2020 18:39
  
  Thousands in Dublin and Belfast march following the death of George Floyd  IrishCentral
  
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• Scottish Parliament could continue sitting through ‘very unusual summer’

  02-06-2020 18:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Parliament could continue to sit through its usual summer recess with an “active need for scrutiny” of the Scottish Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Pilot, 77, dies after motorised paraglider crashes in field

  02-06-2020 18:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The pilot of a motorised paraglider has died after his aircraft crashed in a field in Inverclyde.
  
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