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• Two more stars eliminated from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

  02-12-2020 23:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Mo Farah and AJ Pritchard have become the latest contestants to be evicted from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
  
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• Former French leader Valery Giscard d’Estaing dies aged 94

  02-12-2020 23:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, has died at the age of 94, his office and the French presidency announced.
  
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• County Antrim Shield winners and top of the league - Larne have plenty to be excited about as the revolution continues

  02-12-2020 23:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Larne revolution continues. Transformation of Inver Park? Check. Promotion from the Championship? Check. Signing players to become a force in the Irish Premiership? Check. First trophy as a top-flight club under the new regime? Check, check, check.
  
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• UK braces for wintry December weather amid snow and ice warnings

  02-12-2020 23:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK is braced for more wintry weather going into the first weekend of December, with warnings for ice and snow put in place by the Met Office.
  
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• Black Lives Matter tops ArtReview Power 100 list

  02-12-2020 23:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Black Lives Matter movement has topped the annual ArtReview Power 100 list.
  
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• Coveney visits Paris for talks with French counterparts

  02-12-2020 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Simon Coveney is visiting Paris on Thursday for discussions with his French counterparts.
  
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• Olivier Giroud steals the show with four goals in Chelsea’s hammering of Sevilla

  02-12-2020 23:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Olivier Giroud completed a perfect hat-trick and then fired a penalty to boot as Chelsea thrashed Sevilla 4-0 to win Champions League Group E with a game to spare.
  
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• PSG dent Manchester United’s Champions League hopes as Fred sees red

  02-12-2020 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United blew the chance to seal progress to the Champions League knockout phase as Fred was sent off in defeat to last season’s finalists Paris St Germain.
  
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• 'We're in a better place but not out of the woods': Experts on what lies ahead after vaccine news

  02-12-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Following the news that the Pfizer vaccine will begin to be rolled out from next week, the Belfast Telegraph asked three experts - independent Sage member Dr Gabriel Scally, Ulster University senior economist Dr Esmond Birnie and Queen's University virologist Dr Connor Bamford - what lies ahead inthe coming months. Here are their assessments...
  
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• Care homes unlikely to get Covid-19 vaccines until start of the new year

  02-12-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Covid-19 vaccination programme for care home residents is not likely to begin until the start of January, it has emerged.
  
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• Ben Stokes believes the sky is the limit for England’s Twenty20 side

  02-12-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes signed off for 2020 with an optimistic look towards a bumper year ahead and a growing confidence that England have what it takes to beat all-comers.
  
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• Man arrested after pipe bomb explodes

  02-12-2020 22:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a pipe bomb exploded in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Gov. Mills in quarantine as a precaution - By Fran Gonzalez - Republican Journal

  02-12-2020 22:32
  
  Gov. Mills in quarantine as a precaution - By Fran Gonzalez  Republican Journal
  
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• Pat Finucane case sparks accusations of ‘double standards’ for victims

  02-12-2020 22:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Most victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles have been left “to stew in their own juice” it has been claimed at Westminster, amid accusations of “double standards” over the high-profile case of Pat Finucane.
  
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• Belfast residents waiting up to six weeks for bins to be emptied - Belfast Telegraph

  02-12-2020 22:01
  
  Belfast residents waiting up to six weeks for bins to be emptied  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast residents waiting up to six weeks for bins to be emptied

  02-12-2020 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast residents have been waiting up to six weeks to have their bins emptied, with flimsy excuses offered by waste disposal workers, a city councillor has claimed.
  
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• Charles and Camilla tour reopened National Gallery

  02-12-2020 21:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have toured The National Gallery which has reopened after the four-week lockdown.
  
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• The shafts of light finally began to break through the Covid cloud

  02-12-2020 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was the day we have been waiting for since the start of lockdown in March.
  
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• Digitally aged David Beckham appears in malaria campaign video

  02-12-2020 21:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Beckham has appeared as an older version of himself in a campaign video calling for action to help prevent deaths from malaria.
  
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• Man hurt in Armagh blast is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

  02-12-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who was injured after a bomb partially exploded in Co Armagh on Tuesday night has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of an explosive device with intent to endanger life.
  
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• Brian Stanley renews apology over Troubles tweet but faces calls to make Dáil statement

  02-12-2020 20:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said he is "genuinely sorry" for his controversial tweet about the deaths of British soldiers in Ireland.
  
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• Tesco and Morrisons to hand over millions of pounds from business rate holiday

  02-12-2020 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Supermarkets Tesco and Morrisons have said they will pay more than £850 million to the Government – money they saved from a business rates holiday introduced to help struggling retailers.
  
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• Causeway takes giant steps to improve heritage status

  02-12-2020 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Giant's Causeway is no longer a World Heritage Site of "significant concern" to the global authority on safeguarding the natural world.
  
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• Brian Stanley profile: The Sinn Féin TD who hardly knows how to use Facebook but finds himself at centre of IRA tweet furore

  02-12-2020 20:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  On Monday morning Brian Stanley sat in his constituency office with his Sinn Féin ally Aidan Mullins. The Laois county councillor asked the embattled TD straight out whether he really had sent the tweet that was causing so much controversy.
  
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• Who will get the Covid-19 vaccine first? Key questions answered

  02-12-2020 20:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Vaccination against Covid-19 will begin early next week after the UK became the first country in the world to approve a jab from Pfizer and BioNTech.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers welcomes chance to rest key players against Zorya Luhansk

  02-12-2020 20:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brendan Rodgers has welcomed the respite that comes with Leicester qualifying from the Europa League group stage with games to spare as he prepares to rest some of his jaded players and bring back a key trio from injury.
  
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• Ann S. Mullen - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal - Republican Journal

  02-12-2020 20:21
  
  Ann S. Mullen - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal  Republican Journal
  
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• Take Covid-19 vaccine if you want social distancing to end, urges Prof Van-Tam

  02-12-2020 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  If people want social distancing to come to an end they need to take the coronavirus vaccine when it is offered to them, the deputy chief medical officer has said.
  
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• Larne win County Antrim Shield to end 33 year trophy wait as hometown man Jeff Hughes nets decisive penalty

  02-12-2020 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Larne have won their first top level trophy in 33 years as hometown man Jeff Hughes stroked home the decisive penalty at the end of a tense County Antrim Shield final against Glentoran.
  
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• County Antrim Shield final: Updates as Glentoran boss makes eight changes to take on Larne at Seaview

  02-12-2020 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's local football's first decider of the 20/21 season in what has become a much-discussed County Antrim Shield final.
  
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• County Antrim Shield final LIVE: Updates as Glentoran boss Mick McDermott makes eight changes to take on Larne at Seaview

  02-12-2020 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's local football's first decider of the 20/21 season in what has become a much-discussed County Antrim Shield final.
  
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• County Antrim Shield final LIVE: Updates as Glentoran boss makes eight changes to take on Larne at Seaview

  02-12-2020 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's local football's first decider of the 20/21 season in what has become a much-discussed County Antrim Shield final.
  
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• How the newly-approved Covid vaccine will be rolled out

  02-12-2020 20:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of the NHS in England has said news of the approval of the first Covid-19 vaccine needs to be “tempered with realism”.
  
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• Johnson warns tiered restrictions will need to continue despite vaccine

  02-12-2020 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The approval of a vaccine will make “absolutely no difference” to the tough tiered restrictions which came into force in England on Wednesday, Boris Johnson said.
  
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• Charles and Camilla visit National Gallery as lockdown ends

  02-12-2020 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have arrived at the National Gallery for their first official public engagement since the second lockdown in England ended.
  
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• Maine Expansion Arts Fund awards $59000 in grants - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  02-12-2020 20:03
  
  Maine Expansion Arts Fund awards $59000 in grants - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican Journal
  
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• Manchester City hit back at Porto over ‘ill-judged’ criticism in newsletter

  02-12-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City have issued an angry response to an inflammatory newsletter produced by Porto following Tuesday’s Champions League clash between the two clubs.
  
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• Labour will back Government messaging on vaccine rollout to offer ‘confidence’

  02-12-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Labour has offered to sing from the same hymn sheet as Government ministers on the vaccine rollout in order to give the public “confidence” in the newly approved jab.
  
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• 145 new eco-friendly buses for Belfast and Derry | ITV News - ITV News

  02-12-2020 20:00
  
  145 new eco-friendly buses for Belfast and Derry | ITV News  ITV News
  
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• Breaching Northern Ireland Protocol big mistake, Irish foreign minister warns UK

  02-12-2020 19:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney has warned the UK it will be making “a really big mistake” if it breaches the Northern Ireland Protocol on Brexit.
  
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• Universities told to stagger return of students over five weeks post-Christmas

  02-12-2020 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Universities must stagger the return of students over five weeks after Christmas to reduce the transmission of Covid-19, the Government has said.
  
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• Optimistic and patient outlook possible after vaccine news, say chief scientific advisor and medical officer

  02-12-2020 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride and Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Ian Young have said it is possible to look to the future with optimism and patience after the rapid development of a coronavirus vaccine.
  
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• Optimistic and patient outlook possible after vaccine news

  02-12-2020 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride and Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Ian Young have said it is possible to look to the future with optimism and patience after the rapid development of a coronavirus vaccine.
  
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• Johnson ‘absolutely committed’ to reaching post-Brexit trade deal ‘if we can’

  02-12-2020 19:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK’s “bottom line” on a post-Brexit trade deal is to “take back control”, Boris Johnson said as he returned to the language of the referendum campaign with time running out for an agreement.
  
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• Margaret Thatcher briefed on Corrie characters ahead of Rovers Return visit

  02-12-2020 19:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Margaret Thatcher was briefed on the characters of Coronation Street on her way to visiting the set in 1990, a minister has revealed.
  
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• MPs encourage Boris Johnson to visit Coronation Street to mark show’s 60 years

  02-12-2020 19:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has been told to make his first visit to Coronation Street, as MPs commemorated the soap’s 60th anniversary in the House of Commons.
  
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• Michael Ball and Alfie Boe head to in-store album signing

  02-12-2020 19:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael Ball and Alfie Boe have signed copies of their chart-topping Christmas album at HMV on the day that non-essential shops were allowed to reopen in England.
  
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• Coronavirus vaccine: The plan for Northern Ireland

  02-12-2020 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A vaccine will arrive in NI as soon as next week but how and when will vaccinations be rolled out?
  
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• Ulster Rugby Round Up podcast: How Ulster are handling spate of contract renewals in 2021 and what we can expect from Aaron Sexton

  02-12-2020 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The end of the international window is in site and Ulster have continued their fine form with yet another bonus point win.
  
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• Robin Swann: NI faces ‘long and difficult’ path to Covid recovery

  02-12-2020 19:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland faces a “long and difficult” path until enough people have been vaccinated for Covid-19, the Health Minister warned.
  
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