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• Lampard admits it is ‘going to be tough’ as Chelsea push for Champions League

  14-07-2020 23:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Frank Lampard said Chelsea’s last push for the Champions League will “be tough” but insisted it will not come down to a test of nerve.
  
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• US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taken to hospital

  14-07-2020 23:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was being treated for a possible infection and was expected to stay in the hospital for a few days following a medical procedure, the Supreme Court said in a statement.
  
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• McDonald’s test safety measures in hopes of reopening dine-in restaurants

  14-07-2020 23:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  McDonald’s announced it has reopened four of its restaurants for dine-in customers across the UK and Ireland to test safety procedures.
  
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• Donald Trump takes measures against China over Hong Kong policy

  14-07-2020 23:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has signed legislation mandating sanctions for Chinese officials involved in Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong and issued an executive order that ends US preferential treatment for Hong Kong.
  
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• Barry Cowen: Irish minister sacked over drink-drive row

  14-07-2020 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The taoiseach says he has "terminated" Barry Cowen's appointment as agriculture minister.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail as she faces court in Jeffrey Epstein case

  14-07-2020 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, will remain behind bars until trial after she was denied bail as a risk to flee rather than face charges she recruited girls for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago.
  
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• Revealed: the Northern Ireland areas worst affected by cruel sweep of Covid-19

  14-07-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Covid-19 claimed more lives in east Belfast than in any other part of Northern Ireland during the first spike of the deadly virus, it can be revealed.
  
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• Communities Minister Caral Ni Chuilin backs calls for statue at Windsor Park of legend Pat Jennings

  14-07-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A campaign to erect a statue of former Northern Ireland goalkeeper Pat Jennings outside Windsor Park has been backed by a Stormont minister.
  
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• Music royalty group announces £132m payout, but warns of tough times ahead

  14-07-2020 22:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Royalty collection society PRS For Music has announced a £3.8 million year-on-year rise in payouts for its members, but warned of tough times ahead due to the pandemic.
  
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• Union Jack flown by HMS Belfast 'back home' after Northern Ireland man buys it in US auction - Belfast Telegraph

  14-07-2020 22:30
  
  Union Jack flown by HMS Belfast 'back home' after Northern Ireland man buys it in US auction  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Union Jack flown by HMS Belfast 'back home' after Northern Ireland man buys it in US auction

  14-07-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Union Jack belonging to HMS Belfast is returning to the UK after being sold at an auction in the United States.
  
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• Steve Bruce doesn’t understand criticism of ‘serial winner’ Jose Mourinho

  14-07-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Steve Bruce cannot understand why people doubt Jose Mourinho as he prepares to go head-to-head with a “serial winner”.
  
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• Pep Guardiola – Manchester City won’t apologise for spending money to succeed

  14-07-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City have no reason to apologise for their vast spending.
  
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• Mikel Arteta highlights winning gambles and says Arsenal can still turn heads

  14-07-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta has warned Arsenal may have to take financial gambles if they are to return to the Champions League – but insists the club can continue to attract top talent even without European football.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp says Financial Fair Play rules are not there to be broken

  14-07-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp suggested if Financial Fair Play is no longer about revenues then someone could spend “a billion a year of his own money”.
  
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• ‘I don’t agree with the circus’ – Spurs boss Jose Mourinho calls for end to FFP

  14-07-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has called for the “circus” of Financial Fair Play to end after Manchester City’s European ban was overturned.
  
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• Olivier Giroud goal keeps Chelsea on course for Champions League

  14-07-2020 22:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Olivier Giroud wasted a hat-trick of chances before heading Chelsea to a 1-0 home win over Norwich to boost the Blues’ Champions League qualification hopes.
  
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• Glee star Naya Rivera’s death was an accident, medical examiner says

  14-07-2020 22:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Naya Rivera’s death has been ruled an accident, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office has said.
  
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• Irish Government's Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen sacked amid drink-drive row

  14-07-2020 22:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked.
  
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• Irish Government's Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen sacked

  14-07-2020 22:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked.
  
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• Belfast Public Health Nursing receives $15000 grant from Stephen, Tabitha King Foundation - PenBayPilot.com

  14-07-2020 22:15
  
  Belfast Public Health Nursing receives $15000 grant from Stephen, Tabitha King Foundation  PenBayPilot.com
  
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• George Ford confident players will not burn out with condensed schedule

  14-07-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  George Ford is confident rugby union’s top players will not be allowed to burn themselves out as they prepare to return to action.
  
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• Coronavirus: Wearing masks like using a sheep fence to halt mosquitoes, says leading Northern Ireland GP Anne McCloskey

  14-07-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A leading local doctor has voiced deep scepticism about the value of face masks in reducing the spread of coronavirus.
  
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• Second man charged with murder of Omani student stabbed to death near Harrods

  14-07-2020 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A second man has been charged with the murder of an Omani student who was killed in an “extremely violent” robbery near London department store Harrods last December, the Metropolitan Police said.
  
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• Glee creators to set up college fund for Naya Rivera’s son

  14-07-2020 21:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The creators of Glee have paid tribute to Naya Rivera and announced plans to establish a college fund for her four-year-old son.
  
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• Banksy’s coronavirus-related artwork removed from London Underground train

  14-07-2020 21:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Banksy’s latest artwork inside a London Underground train carriage, with messages about the spread of coronavirus, has been removed by Transport for London (TfL).
  
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• Irish minister Barry Cowen sacked amid drink-drive row

  14-07-2020 21:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked.
  
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• Shop assistants fear abuse from customers over mandatory face coverings

  14-07-2020 21:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shop assistants have said they fear abuse from customers over mandatory face coverings.
  
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• Del Boy falling through the bar named most memorable TV moment

  14-07-2020 21:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Del Boy falling through the bar during a classic episode of Only Fools And Horses is the nation’s most memorable TV moment, a survey has found.
  
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• Northern Ireland woman's fears after cancer-stricken husband put in ward with Covid patients

  14-07-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman whose husband was admitted to a ward in the Ulster Hospital where coronavirus patients are treated fears he could have been exposed to the deadly virus.
  
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• Doctor admits stalking paratrooper-turned TV explorer Levison Wood

  14-07-2020 20:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A doctor has admitted stalking TV explorer and documentary-maker Levison Wood in a three-month harassment campaign that left him “constantly looking over his shoulder”.
  
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• Boeing sells just one plane in June amid crisis in aviation

  14-07-2020 20:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boeing reported that customers cancelled orders for 60 of its grounded 737 Max jets in June, and the aircraft maker removed another 123 planes from its backlog because of doubts that the deals will be completed.
  
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• Ibiza Irish bar Joe Spoons closing after 50 years - Belfast Live

  14-07-2020 20:18
  
  Ibiza Irish bar Joe Spoons closing after 50 years  Belfast Live
  
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• Dunmurry: Teen girls 'trapped' in barn with burning polystyrene blocks

  14-07-2020 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say the girls, 13, were trapped in a disused barn in Dunmurry by male youths.
  
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• Wigan hammer relegation rivals Hull 8-0 in record league win

  14-07-2020 20:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wigan claimed the biggest league win in their history as they responded to their looming 12-point penalty in spectacular fashion with an 8-0 rout of Championship relegation rivals Hull.
  
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• I’d eight to be Hull right now – Wigan join ranks of biggest victors

  14-07-2020 20:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wigan’s 8-0 defeat of Hull joins the ranks of England’s biggest victories in recent years.
  
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• Wigan score eight with Hull in a right state

  14-07-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wigan scored seven goals in an incredible first half as they thrashed fellow Sky Bet Championship relegation battlers Hull 8-0 at the DW Stadium.
  
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• Teenage girls trapped inside barn with blazing polystyrene

  14-07-2020 19:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four teenage girls were trapped inside a disused barn with burning blocks of polystyrene, police in Northern Ireland said.
  
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• Turkey hits out at EU over criticism of decision to revert Hagia Sophia to mosque

  14-07-2020 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Turkey’s foreign minister chided the European Union over its condemnation of a Turkish decision to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque, saying the matter is an issue of national sovereignty.
  
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• Billy Caldwell referred to new UK-wide epilepsy service

  14-07-2020 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Co Tyrone epilepsy sufferer Billy Caldwell has been referred to a new UK-wide service for considering difficult cases.
  
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• Asda bosses wait for ruling in Supreme Court equal pay fight

  14-07-2020 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Asda bosses are waiting for a ruling after a Supreme Court equal pay fight with employees.
  
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• Countdown stars practice social distancing as show returns to the studio

  14-07-2020 19:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Countdown has returned to the studio and resumed filming, Channel 4 has revealed.
  
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• Police appeal after teenage girls were 'trapped' in Belfast barn - Belfast Live

  14-07-2020 19:13
  
  Police appeal after teenage girls were 'trapped' in Belfast barn  Belfast Live
  
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• BT: Huawei ban cost can be absorbed in £500m set aside from earlier cap

  14-07-2020 19:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BT estimates that the cost of removing Huawei equipment from its 5G network can be absorbed within the £500 million set aside to comply with the original cap set by Government.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow in ‘utter shock and disbelief’ following death of Naya Rivera

  14-07-2020 19:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow said she is in “utter shock and disbelief” following the death of her Glee co-star Naya Rivera.
  
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• Four girls (13) rescued from burning barn in Dunmurry

  14-07-2020 19:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four teenage girls were trapped inside a burning barn during an incident in Dunmurry on Monday, police have said.
  
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• China hits out at UK decision to strip Huawei out of 5G networks by 2027

  14-07-2020 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  China has hit out at the Government’s decision to strip Huawei equipment from its 5G network, questioning whether the UK can provide a “fair” environment for business as tensions with Beijing deepened.
  
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• Phoebe Waller-Bridge reveals why there are so many animals in Fleabag

  14-07-2020 18:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said she knew from the start that a fox would be a key part of the second series of the show and explained why unexpected animals have such a crucial role in the hit series.
  
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• Meghan urges young women to challenge leaders to create positive change

  14-07-2020 18:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex has issued a rallying cry to young women across the globe to “push” humanity in a “more inclusive, more just, and more empathetic direction”.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell refused bail after she denies recruiting girls for Epstein

  14-07-2020 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend has pleaded not guilty to charges she recruited girls and women for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago.
  
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