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• Holidaymakers scramble to beat quarantine as new restrictions imposed in north

  21-08-2020 23:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Holidaymakers scrambled to get home to beat new quarantine measures as further restrictions were implemented in the north of England.
  
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• Two men charged in New IRA probe

  21-08-2020 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been charged with a number of offences under the Terrorism Act as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of the New IRA.
  
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• Robert Trump remembered by brother and family at White House service

  21-08-2020 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The White House was a scene of mourning as President Donald Trump and his family held a private memorial service for the president’s younger brother, Robert, who died last week at 71.
  
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• Two-goal Luuk de Jong pleased to make the right impression in Sevilla’s success

  21-08-2020 23:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Luuk de Jong has insisted he was primed play his part in a sixth Europa League triumph for Sevilla after helping them see off Inter Milan.
  
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• Dustin Johnson takes control of the Northern Trust with a round of 60

  21-08-2020 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dustin Johnson took a two-shot lead in the Northern Trust at TPC Boston with a second round 60.
  
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• Sinn Fein faces calls to foot bill after victims' pension delay ruling

  21-08-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is facing calls to foot the legal bill arising from a successful court challenge taken by victims over the failure to implement a Troubles pension.
  
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• Priest tells of nightmare Donegal scene where father and children died

  21-08-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A priest who was at the scene of the tragic car crash in Donegal which claimed the lives of three members of the same family has said nothing could have prepared him for the carnage which met him.
  
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• Calls for Sinn Fein to foot bill after victims' pension delay ruling

  21-08-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is facing calls to foot the legal bill arising from a successful court challenge taken by victims over the failure to implement a Troubles pension.
  
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• UK holidaymakers in Croatia make late dash to beat quarantine deadline

  21-08-2020 22:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  British holidaymakers have endured long last-minute drives and forked out thousands of pounds in a bid to return home from Croatia before the imposition of new travel quarantine rules.
  
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• Police investigating New IRA charge two men with terrorism offences

  21-08-2020 22:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating dissident republican group the New IRA have charged two men with directing terrorism.
  
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• Geri Horner reveals ‘sassy’ Spice Girls confrontation with label boss

  21-08-2020 22:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Geri Horner has revealed that the Spice Girls once confronted a record company boss who had previously rejected the group.
  
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• Troubles survivors delighted by High Court victory, but say case shouldn't have been necessary

  21-08-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dozens of victims and supporters gathered outside the High Court on Friday to celebrate an emphatic legal victory.
  
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• A victory to savour, but how could Sinn Fein get it so wrong?

  21-08-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  They lost legs, arms or their eyesight, but the victims who gathered outside Belfast High Court never lost heart.
  
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• Attack on Belfast home of young Syrian refugee family treated as hate crime - Belfast Telegraph

  21-08-2020 22:28
  
  Attack on Belfast home of young Syrian refugee family treated as hate crime  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Attack on Belfast home of young Syrian refugee family treated as hate crime

  21-08-2020 22:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An attack on the home of a young Syrian refugee family is being investigated as a hate crime.
  
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• Nigerian boy, 11, dazzles social media with his ballet dancing

  21-08-2020 22:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 11-year-old boy practising ballet barefoot in the drizzling rain in Nigeria has seen his performance unexpectedly go around the world.
  
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• Romelu Lukaku own goal seals sixth Europa League title for Sevilla

  21-08-2020 22:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Romelu Lukaku’s own goal handed Sevilla a record-extending sixth Europa League triumph as Inter Milan’s hopes died in agonising fashion.
  
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• Sinn Fein plans for dual language street signs in Belfast reach cul-de-sac in row with Alliance - Belfast Telegraph

  21-08-2020 22:04
  
  Sinn Fein plans for dual language street signs in Belfast reach cul-de-sac in row with Alliance  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Sinn Fein plans for dual language street signs in Belfast reach cul-de-sac in row with Alliance

  21-08-2020 22:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein plans for dual language street signs in Belfast have reached a cul-de-sac amidst a bitter row with the Alliance party.
  
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• Emiliano Sala’s family ‘have received nothing’ from trust fund, lawyers claim

  21-08-2020 21:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emiliano Sala’s family are said to be in a “very difficult economic situation” after revealing that a trust fund launched by Cardiff in January in the player’s memory had not been set up.
  
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• Biffy Clyro top the UK album chart with A Celebration Of Endings

  21-08-2020 21:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Biffy Clyro have topped the UK album chart with A Celebration Of Endings.
  
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• Kildare: Covid-19 restrictions extended for another two weeks

  21-08-2020 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Similar restrictions in counties Offaly and Laois have been lifted with immediate effect.
  
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• Coronavirus: Primary school postpones opening after Covid-19 case

  21-08-2020 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  St Kevin's Primary School in west Belfast will not reopen on Monday as planned.
  
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• Turkish government reconverts another former church into a mosque

  21-08-2020 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly turning Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer.
  
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• Mother of tragic Belfast teen Noah Donohoe makes powerful plea for answers over son's death - Irish Post

  21-08-2020 21:05
  
  Mother of tragic Belfast teen Noah Donohoe makes powerful plea for answers over son's death  Irish Post
  
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• Spanish police probe death of NI holidaymaker in Ibiza

  21-08-2020 21:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Spanish police are probing the death of a Northern Ireland holidaymaker at an Ibiza hotel.
  
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• Dermot O’Leary reveals his wedding ring was stolen from a gym

  21-08-2020 20:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dermot O’Leary has revealed that his wedding ring was stolen from a gym.
  
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• Meadow sticks around for the weekend at Royal Troon as Maguire and Mehaffey make early exits at Women's Open

  21-08-2020 20:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stephanie Meadow will fly the Irish flag by herself at the AIG Women’s Open Championship after being the only local player to make the halfway cut at Royal Troon.
  
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• Student travel agency STA Travel ceases trading

  21-08-2020 20:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Student travel firm STA Travel UK has ceased trading, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
  
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• Apologies and anger during fall out from Irish golf society dinner

  21-08-2020 20:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Here is what some key players in Irish public life have said about the parliamentary golf society dinner.
  
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• Slick Exeter demonstrate title credentials in win at Sale

  21-08-2020 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Exeter emphasised their Gallagher Premiership title credentials with a crushing 32-22 win over third-placed Sale at the AJ Bell Stadium.
  
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• Bryan Cranston discusses his British accent in The One And Only Ivan

  21-08-2020 20:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bryan Cranston has said that the quality of his British accent in his new film does not matter “because the people in the States don’t know any better”.
  
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• Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison over college bribes

  21-08-2020 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Full House actress Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, must serve five months for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits, a US federal judge ruled.
  
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• Clubs rally round to wish Linfield's boss Healy well after fall

  21-08-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Supporters and figures from across the Northern Ireland football fraternity have wished Linfield manager David Healy a speedy recovery, after he underwent surgery following a fall.
  
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• Watch: Northern Ireland's Lauren Wade scores world class screamer in Champions League quarter-final as Glasgow City beaten by Wolfsburg

  21-08-2020 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland international Lauren Wade's world class screamer proved a fitting consolation for Glasgow City in their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Wolfsburg.
  
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• Lindsey Weaver goes back to basics to move into contention at Royal Troon

  21-08-2020 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  American Lindsey Weaver lies just two shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the AIG Women’s Open, despite opting to pull her own clubs on a malfunctioning trolley plucked from her parents’ garage.
  
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• Zak Crawley’s cricket career flashed before his eyes as he completed Test ton

  21-08-2020 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Zak Crawley was struck by an “unbelievable feeling of elation” the moment his dreams of becoming an England centurion came true on the opening day of the third Test against Pakistan.
  
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• Belfast boxer swaps ring for building site as he waits on next fight - Belfast Live

  21-08-2020 19:49
  
  Belfast boxer swaps ring for building site as he waits on next fight  Belfast Live
  
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• Sinn Fein shows no shame in demanding resignations after Irish government golf row

  21-08-2020 19:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson put it best.
  
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• Taoiseach: Golfing dinner a ‘monumental’ error of judgment

  21-08-2020 19:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Public figures who attended a golf dinner in Ireland with more than 80 people present committed a “monumental” error of judgment, the Taoiseach has said.
  
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• Donald Trump hits out at ‘gloomiest’ Democratic convention

  21-08-2020 19:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump said that where Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sees “American darkness”, he sees “American greatness”.
  
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• Belfast City Council row over dual language street signs continues - Belfast Live

  21-08-2020 19:15
  
  Belfast City Council row over dual language street signs continues  Belfast Live
  
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• EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt separated from wife last year

  21-08-2020 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Adam Woodyatt separated from his wife last year, a spokesman for the EastEnders star has said.
  
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• College fined £50,000 for polluting stream with slurry

  21-08-2020 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An agricultural college in Sussex has been fined £50,000 for polluting a river, causing the deaths of more than 1,500 fish, according to the Environment Agency.
  
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• Boston tee party: Scottie Scheffler breaks 60 to join a select group

  21-08-2020 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  American Scottie Scheffler secured his place in the history books with a brilliant round of 59 in the Northern Trust at TPC Boston.
  
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• Zak Crawley makes century dream a reality as England dominate day one of third Test

  21-08-2020 18:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Zak Crawley produced a magnificent maiden international century then drove on to 171 not out to dominate the first day of England’s series deciding third Test against Pakistan.
  
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• Staff member at west Belfast school tests positive for Covid-19 - Belfast Telegraph

  21-08-2020 18:46
  
  Staff member at west Belfast school tests positive for Covid-19  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Staff member at west Belfast school tests positive for Covid-19

  21-08-2020 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A staff member at St Louise's Comprehensive College in west Belfast has tested positive for Covid-19.
  
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• Staff member at Belfast school tests positive for Covid-19 - Belfast Telegraph

  21-08-2020 18:46
  
  Staff member at Belfast school tests positive for Covid-19  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Man arrested in East Belfast after drugs found in Minnie Mouse toy - Belfast Live

  21-08-2020 18:46
  
  Man arrested in East Belfast after drugs found in Minnie Mouse toy  Belfast Live
  
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