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• Gigi Hadid shares throwback pregnancy snap in birthday tribute to sister Bella

  09-10-2020 23:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New mother Gigi Hadid shared a throwback picture of her baby bump as she wished younger sister Bella a happy birthday.
  
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• Queen's Birthday Honours: Pride of place for NI heroes of Covid-19 crisis

  09-10-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heroes who have guided Northern Ireland through the coronavirus emergency have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
  
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• Queen's Birthday Honours: Mary Berry celebrates being made a Dame

  09-10-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mary Berry has said she is "overwhelmed to receive the very great honour" of being made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
  
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• Northern Ireland business and public sector leaders receive Queen's Birthday Honours

  09-10-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The boss of one of Northern Ireland’s largest firms, the former head of the civil service and a council chief executive are among those receiving Birthday Honours from the Queen this year.
  
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• Honours for coach who gave Rory break and Translink chief who kept vital services going

  09-10-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A juniors coach who gave Rory McIlroy his first break in golf aged seven has told of his pride after he was honoured with a British Empire Medal.
  
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• Full list of Northern Ireland recipients of Queen's Birthday Honours October 2020

  09-10-2020 23:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The full list of Northern Ireland people recognised in the 2020 Queen's birthday honours list.
  
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• Stephen Nolan mask complaints dismissed by the PSNI

  09-10-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have been contacted after BBC presenter Stephen Nolan confronted shoppers who were not wearing face masks at a shop during a segment for his television show.
  
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• O'Neill's double in vain as Northern Ireland U21s errors are punished

  09-10-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Glentoran striker Paul O'Neill showed his rising potential with two goals, but was ultimately left frustrated as Northern Ireland Under-21s fell to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Finland.
  
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• Jack Grealish delighted to be compared with ‘absolute icon’ Paul Gascoigne

  09-10-2020 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jack Grealish is happy for the Paul Gascoigne comparisons to keep coming after he dazzled on his first England start on Thursday night.
  
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• Gareth Southgate says more players still have chance to break into England squad

  09-10-2020 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate insists the door is still open for new players to force their way into his England squad for the European Championships next summer.
  
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• Ian Baraclough hails Northern Ireland character after semi-final triumph

  09-10-2020 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Baraclough has hailed the team spirit within his Northern Ireland squad after they came through a tense night in Sarajevo to keep their Euro 2020 hopes alive.
  
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• Tony Hatch ‘humbly proud’ to be made OBE

  09-10-2020 22:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tony Hatch has said he is “humbly proud” to be made an OBE.
  
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• ‘Scapegoat move’ criticised as pubs and bars close across central Scotland

  09-10-2020 22:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pubs and licensed restaurants in five health board areas across central Scotland have begun their enforced 16-day closure amid new restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.
  
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• Henry Slade believes previous Premiership play-off heartache motivates Exeter

  09-10-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England star Henry Slade says Exeter’s triple Twickenham heartache is all the motivation they require ahead of a Gallagher Premiership play-off showdown against Bath.
  
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• Trump to hold campaign rally on Monday in Florida

  09-10-2020 21:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail and will hold his first rally since his Covid-19 diagnosis on Monday in Florida.
  
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• Johnson to reveal details of tiered Covid-19 restrictions on Monday

  09-10-2020 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson will outline a new three-tiered system of coronavirus restrictions on Monday that is expected to cause pubs and restaurants to shut across the north of England.
  
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• Johnson to address MPs on Monday on new tiered system of Covid restrictions

  09-10-2020 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson will outline a new three-tiered system of coronavirus restrictions on Monday that is expected to cause pubs and restaurants to shut across the north of England.
  
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• Britons accused in beheading of hostages plead not guilty

  09-10-2020 21:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two British men charged with helping the Islamic State group carry out executions and ransom negotiations for Western hostages have pleaded not guilty in a US federal court.
  
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• Pubs and bars dump leftover ice on streets in closure protest

  09-10-2020 21:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hospitality workers across Scotland have protested against their venues closing by dumping leftover ice at focal points of their cities.
  
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• GCSEs and A-level exams to start later in NI next summer

  09-10-2020 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Next year's exam season will start on 12 May 2021 but still finish by 30 June.
  
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• Team GB sprinter might withdraw from police misconduct investigation

  09-10-2020 21:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Team GB athlete Bianca Williams has threatened to absent herself from a police watchdog investigation into five officers who stopped and searched her and her partner this summer.
  
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• Gordon Ramsay says he is the ‘proudest father’ after his son joins the Marines

  09-10-2020 20:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gordon Ramsay has said he feels like the “proudest father” after his son Jack joined the Royal Marines.
  
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• President leads tributes to former government minister Tom O’Donnell

  09-10-2020 20:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish president has led tributes to former government minister Tom O’Donnell.
  
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• Nightclubs fear latest Government support will not stave off collapse

  09-10-2020 20:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Britain’s nightclubs have cautiously welcomed the Government’s decision to include them in the latest coronavirus support package but fear it will not be enough to save the sector from collapse.
  
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• Dizzee Rascal says collaborating with Noel Gallagher was ‘amazing’

  09-10-2020 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dizzee Rascal has said that collaborating with Noel Gallagher was “amazing”.
  
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• Planning under way to mark centenary of Northern Ireland

  09-10-2020 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Planning has started to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland next year.
  
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• Coronavirus: NI records more than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases

  09-10-2020 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus situation is becoming graver by the hour, Health Minister Robin Swann warns.
  
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• Sunak support package ‘doesn’t even touch the sides’, pub owners say

  09-10-2020 19:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People in charge of pubs in England have criticised Rishi Sunak’s expanded job support scheme, saying their industry needs more financial help.
  
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• WHO reports new daily high in global Covid-19 cases

  09-10-2020 19:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organisation has announced a record in new daily coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, with more than 350,000 reported to the UN health agency on Friday.
  
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• Family of man who died in custody condemn ‘disproportionate’ use of restraints

  09-10-2020 18:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a mentally ill man who died in police custody said he was restrained “unnecessarily and disproportionately”, as a jury found it contributed to his death.
  
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• Edinson Cavani says Ander Herrera helped convince him to join Manchester United

  09-10-2020 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Edinson Cavani has revealed a last-minute conversation with Ander Herrera helped convince him to join Manchester United.
  
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• Fastest possible speed of sound discovered by scientists

  09-10-2020 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fastest possible speed of sound has been discovered by scientists, according to a new study.
  
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• Government trying to 'run down clock' until public inquiry into Pat Finucane murder becomes 'pointless', court told

  09-10-2020 18:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The British Government may be trying to "run down the clock" until a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane becomes pointless, the High Court heard on Friday.
  
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• Harry and Meghan join podcast to support World Mental Health Day

  09-10-2020 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have recorded a podcast with a group of teenagers to mark World Mental Health Day.
  
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• England debutants awarded and latest trend recognised – Friday’s sporting social

  09-10-2020 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
  
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• Police restraint of mentally ill man contributed to death – inquest jury

  09-10-2020 17:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The decision by police to use restraints on a mentally ill man “escalated the situation to a medical emergency” and contributed to his death, an inquest jury has found.
  
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• Queen score first number one album in 25 years

  09-10-2020 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Queen have scored their first number one album in 25 years with Live Around The World.
  
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• Students must not see teaching hours cut amid shift to online lessons – minister

  09-10-2020 17:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Students at universities that switch to online teaching due to Covid-19 campus outbreaks should not see a reduction in their contact hours, the universities minister has said.
  
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• Arrests after cocaine factory uncovered in Cookstown

  09-10-2020 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have seized cocaine estimated to be worth £600,000 after a drugs factory was uncovered in Cookstown.
  
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• Government borrowing ‘far higher than anticipated but still affordable’

  09-10-2020 17:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Government’s level of borrowing will still be affordable this year despite being “far higher” than ever expected due to Covid-19, the Finance Minister has said.
  
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• Stormont ministers welcome fresh Treasury wage support

  09-10-2020 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont ministers have welcomed financial commitments from the Treasury to help pay workers whose employers are forced to close due to renewed lockdowns.
  
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• Matt Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry share halfway lead at BMW PGA Championship

  09-10-2020 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It’s a long way from Las Vegas to Wentworth, but Sin City was very much on the minds of joint leaders Shane Lowry and Matt Fitzpatrick at the halfway stage of the BMW PGA Championship.
  
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• How safe is a visor in protecting you against Covid-19?

  09-10-2020 17:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Face visors have become popular with hairdressers, hospitality and retail staff but are they a safe alternative to a face mask and what protection do they provide?
  
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• Chancellor announces new wage support for businesses forced to close

  09-10-2020 17:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Workers in pubs, restaurants and other businesses which are forced to close under new coronavirus restrictions will have two thirds of their wages paid by the Government, the Chancellor has announced.
  
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• Harry Styles’ mum Anne Twist completes wing walk for Parkinson’s UK

  09-10-2020 17:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of singer Harry Styles has taken to the skies and raised more than £10,000 for Parkinson’s UK.
  
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• FTSE 100 lifts on Chancellor’s latest financial support package

  09-10-2020 17:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 lifted to a three-week high as traders welcomed an expansion of furlough measures for companies hit by tighter restrictions.
  
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• Detectives ‘keeping open mind’ after two Derby school fires started deliberately

  09-10-2020 17:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives are “keeping an open mind” as to whether two arson attacks on schools in Derbyshire were linked.
  
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• Andy Considine and Paul McGinn added to Scotland squad

  09-10-2020 17:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scotland have added uncapped defenders Andy Considine and Paul McGinn to their squad for the Nations League double-header against Slovakia and Czech Republic.
  
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• Scottish Finance Secretary seeks clarity on £700m extra funding for Holyrood

  09-10-2020 17:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scotland’s Finance Secretary has called for clarity from the UK Government over an extra £700 million in funding provided to Holyrood.
  
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• PSNI bust suspected illegal drug manufacturing plant in Co Tyrone

  09-10-2020 17:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have busted a suspected illegal drug manufacturing plant in Co Tyrone.
  
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