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• Simon Cowell had six-hour surgery after breaking back in bike fall

  09-08-2020 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Simon Cowell had six hours of surgery after a fall from a bike caused him to break his back in a number of places.
  
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• Tiger Woods back feeling ‘competitive’ after fine finish at US PGA Championship

  09-08-2020 22:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods was left wondering what might have been after saving his best till last before the battle for the US PGA Championship intensified in San Francisco.
  
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• Raheem Sterling: ‘Hungry’ City ready for new-look finale to Champions League

  09-08-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling insists Manchester City are “hungry” for Champions League success and have the “energy and fight” needed to progress in the competition.
  
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• NY governor calls Trump benefits executive order ‘laughable’

  09-08-2020 22:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has dismissed President Donald Trump’s executive orders as “laughable” and another chapter in the federal government’s botched response to the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• 'Working in my Uncle's pub, the scene of UVF massacre, was good training for a life in politics'

  09-08-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Once he walked the corridors of power at Downing Street and worked for two Prime Ministers. Nowadays Matthew O’Toole’s political home is Parliament Buildings, Stormont, where he is regarded as the best addition to SDLP ranks in years.
  
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• Search under way for child missing in Balloch

  09-08-2020 21:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police, the fire service and the coastguard are searching for a missing child in the water in the west of Scotland.
  
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• Israeli jeweller makes gold coronavirus mask worth 1.5 million dollars

  09-08-2020 21:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Israeli jewellery company is working on what it says will be the world’s most expensive coronavirus mask – a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of 1.5 million US dollars (£1.15 million).
  
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• Bank of Ireland cuts could hit NI jobs and branches

  09-08-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bank of Ireland branches and jobs in Northern Ireland could be under threat after it said it planned to cut more than 1,400 posts from its UK and Ireland operations.
  
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• Atletico Madrid confirm two coronavirus cases ahead of Champions League clash

  09-08-2020 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid have confirmed two positive coronavirus tests ahead of Thursday’s Champions League quarter-final against RB Leipzig.
  
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• Coronavirus: Non-essential travel could be restricted in Ireland

  09-08-2020 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Republic's health minister said his department was "preparing options" to present to government.
  
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• Tiger Woods takes positives from impressive finish to US PGA Championship

  09-08-2020 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods was left wondering what might have been after saving his best till last on the final day of the US PGA Championship in San Francisco.
  
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• Matthew O'Toole: Working in my Uncle's pub, the scene of UVF massacre, was good training for a life in politics

  09-08-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Once he walked the corridors of power at Downing Street and worked for two Prime Ministers. Nowadays Matthew O'Toole's political home is Parliament Buildings, Stormont, where he is regarded as the best addition to SDLP ranks in years.
  
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• Jamie Overton stars as Somerset demolish Northamptonshire

  09-08-2020 20:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jamie Overton starred with bat and ball as Somerset completed a 167-run Bob Willis Trophy win over Northamptonshire inside two action-packed days at Wantage Road.
  
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• 5 talking points ahead of Europa League quarter-finals

  09-08-2020 20:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United, Inter Milan, Sevilla and Wolves are among the clubs looking to make Europa League progress in the coming days.
  
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• Morelos leads Rangers to victory over St Mirren

  09-08-2020 20:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Steven Gerrard hailed Alfredo Morelos after revealing a pre-match pep talk sparked the Rangers striker back into life.
  
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• Celtic drop points in Kilmarnock draw

  09-08-2020 20:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chris Burke's penalty gave Kilmarnock a precious Premiership point against below-par Celtic at the BBSP Stadium, Rugby Park.
  
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• PSNI officers 'seriously hurt' in west Belfast attack - BBC News

  09-08-2020 20:02
  
  PSNI officers 'seriously hurt' in west Belfast attack  BBC News
  
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• Storm clouds on horizon as thunder and rain to hit NI

  09-08-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  After a gloomy few weeks, it was a weekend far more reminiscent of high summer - but the balmy weather is not going to last.
  
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• Belarus election commission claims authoritarian incumbent far ahead in vote

  09-08-2020 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of Belarus’s election commission has declared that partial results show authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko far ahead in his bid for a sixth consecutive term.
  
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• Police appeal to find killer of man stabbed to death outside party

  09-08-2020 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The key to finding the killer of a 35-year-old man who was stabbed to death outside a Sheffield house party “lies within the local community”, police have said.
  
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• Sharvin can't find historic European Tour finish but still records promising result at English Championship

  09-08-2020 19:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cormac Sharvin fell just short of his best ever finish on the European Tour at the English Championship, but still recorded a hugely promising result at Hanbury Manor.
  
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• Europa League ‘perfect’ launch pad for my rising stars – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

  09-08-2020 19:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is determined to make the most of these strange circumstances and lift the Europa League at the end of a competition that has provided the “perfect” platform for Manchester United’s development.
  
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• Focus on FC Copenhagen ahead of Europa League clash with Manchester United

  09-08-2020 18:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United face FC Copenhagen in Monday’s Europa League quarter-final in Germany.
  
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• Labour MP accuses police of racial profiling after being stopped in a car

  09-08-2020 17:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Dawn Butler has accused police of racially profiling her and called on officers to “stop associating being black and driving a nice car with crime” after a vehicle she was travelling in was pulled over for questioning.
  
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• Labour MP accused police of racial profiling after being stopped in a car

  09-08-2020 17:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Dawn Butler has accused police of racially profiling her after she was stopped by officers while in a car.
  
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• International donors pledge £228m in aid to Lebanon but demand reform

  09-08-2020 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  International donors have pledged a total of 252.7 million euro (£228.39 million) in emergency aid during a conference for Lebanon.
  
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• Aid to Lebanon will come with reforms, donors say

  09-08-2020 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 30 participants at the international aid conference for Lebanon have pledged help for a “credible and independent” investigation into the Beirut explosion.
  
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• NIFL planning on introducing new Code of Conduct for clubs to address issues 'bringing the game into disrepute'

  09-08-2020 17:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Football League are planning on introducing a new Code of Conduct for players, managers, staff and even supporters.
  
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• Crusaders launch appeal over Irish Cup suspensions following rivals' successful contests

  09-08-2020 17:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Crusaders have lodged an appeal over sanctions issued against manager Stephen Baxter and players Gerard Doherty and Jordan Forsythe.
  
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• Police attacked while responding to Dungannon hate crime

  09-08-2020 17:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police came under attack while responding to a hate crime in Dungannon in the early hours of Sunday morning.
  
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• Joel Corry and MNEK heading for fourth week at top of UK singles chart

  09-08-2020 17:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Joel Corry and MNEK are heading for their fourth week at the top of the UK singles chart.
  
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• West End murder victim named

  09-08-2020 17:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager who died after being stabbed in London’s West End has been named as Jeremy Menesses.
  
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• Tributes paid to former Labour TD and MEP Brendan Halligan

  09-08-2020 16:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to former Labour TD and MEP Brendan Halligan, who has died at the age of 84.
  
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• Italy’s pioneering comic actor, Franca Valeri, dies aged 100

  09-08-2020 16:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Franca Valeri, an elegant, ironic and versatile actor who pioneered female comic roles in Italy’s post-war years and helped the nation laugh at its foibles, has died aged 100.
  
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• 29 police injured in internment bonfire attack

  09-08-2020 16:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Twenty-nine police officers were injured, including three who needed hospital treatment, after coming under attack as they facilitated the removal of an internment bonfire.
  
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• Belarus opposition leader’s aide flees country on election polling day

  09-08-2020 16:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eight staff members for the main challenger to the authoritarian leader of Belarus have reportedly been detained by police and one of the campaign’s leading figures has fled the country as it votes in a presidential election.
  
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• Three police officers hospitalised following 'disgraceful attack' at Belfast bonfire removal

  09-08-2020 16:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have revealed the level of injuries suffered by officers during an internment bonfire removal in west Belfast on Saturday.
  
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• Three police officers hospitalised following attack at Belfast bonfire removal

  09-08-2020 16:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have revealed the level of injuries suffered by officers during an internment bonfire removal in west Belfast on Saturday.
  
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• BBC apologises over use of racist term in news report

  09-08-2020 16:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC director-general Tony Hall has apologised for a news report which contained a racist term.
  
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• Scotland’s under-fire Education Secretary to address exam results chaos

  09-08-2020 16:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scotland’s education secretary is to address anger over exam results chaos, as he faces a no-confidence vote in the Scottish Parliament.
  
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• Paul Brady: 'I was accused of turning my back on my own people'​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

  09-08-2020 15:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  "They say the skies of Lebanon are burning, Those mighty Cedars bleeding in the heat. They're showing pictures on the television, Women and children dying in the street."
  
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• Coronavirus cases top 5 million in United States

  09-08-2020 15:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the US has reached 5 million, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
  
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• Coronavirus: Everything you need to know about face masks

  09-08-2020 15:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With face masks set to become mandatory in shops and other enclosed public spaces in Northern Ireland on Monday we give the rundown on everything you need to know.
  
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• John Hume and the Sunday Independent - when the newspaper took on the Peacemaker

  09-08-2020 15:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aengus Fanning came striding down the newsroom of the Sunday Independent with a thunderous look on his face. Leaning over the desk, he hissed through gritted teeth: "Why did you give Eamon's copy [column] to the lawyer?"
  
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• ‘I leave with my head held high’ – Willian confirms Chelsea exit

  09-08-2020 15:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Willian has announced the “time has now come” to leave Chelsea amid repeated reports of a free transfer switch to London rivals Arsenal.
  
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• In Pictures: Sun-seekers make most of heatwave ahead of storms

  09-08-2020 15:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sunday saw Britons bask in another hot day, with temperatures in the 30Cs.
  
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• Calais migrants ‘exhausted’ and ‘scared’ as police evictions continue

  09-08-2020 15:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Migrants living in Calais facing repeated police evictions have been left “exhausted, scared and not knowing which way to turn”, a humanitarian charity has warned.
  
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• Manager Conlan eager to see McComb prove he is ready for title fight before Christmas

  09-08-2020 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manager Jamie Conlan wants Sean McComb to prove that he's ready for a title fight before Christmas when the Belfast man returns to the ring this Wednesday night.
  
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• Shots fired at house in Dungiven

  09-08-2020 14:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for witnesses and information after shots were fired at a house in Dungiven in the early hours of Sunday.
  
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• Tipton takes extra Kerr in reinforcing Portadown defence for return to Premiership

  09-08-2020 14:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Portadown have handed Nathan Kerr a return to Irish League football, 15 months after he suffered a serious knee injury.
  
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