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• Ronald Koeman admits Barcelona title challenge all-but over after latest setback

  29-12-2020 23:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ronald Koeman conceded the title appears to be beyond Barcelona this season after they were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Eibar at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night.
  
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• Barcelona frustrated by struggling Eibar in Nou Camp draw

  29-12-2020 23:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Barcelona’s frustrations continued as they laboured to a 1-1 draw with relegation-battling Eibar at the Nou Camp.
  
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• London hospital ‘aggressively overstretched’ by Covid patients, says doctor

  29-12-2020 23:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A junior doctor has said his London hospital is “aggressively overstretched” by Covid patients and he expects the situation to worsen.
  
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• Sir Anthony Hopkins celebrates 45 years of sobriety with uplifting message

  29-12-2020 23:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Anthony Hopkins shared an uplifting message on social media while reflecting on 45 years of being sober.
  
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• Jose Mourinho still carries charisma he had in our Chelsea days – Scott Parker

  29-12-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fulham manager Scott Parker believes there remains an aura about Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho that was evident when the Portuguese first arrived in England.
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson urges MPs to back 'historic' trade deal

  29-12-2020 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parliament is being recalled on Wednesday to vote on the UK's future relationship with the EU.
  
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• Boris Johnson says ‘historic resolution’ will be delivered by Brexit Bill

  29-12-2020 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A “historic resolution” will be delivered when MPs approve the UK’s Brexit deal with the EU, according to Boris Johnson.
  
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• Northern Ireland grandmother who was first to get Covid-19 vaccine is given second jab

  29-12-2020 23:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A grandmother from Northern Ireland who became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer vaccine earlier this month following its clinical approval has been given her second dose.
  
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• Marcus Rashford strikes late as Manchester United snatch win against Wolves

  29-12-2020 23:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford’s deflected stoppage-time strike secured Manchester United a hard-fought victory against Wolves and ensured Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men start 2021 second in the Premier League.
  
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• Marcus Rashford hits last-gasp winner to lift Manchester United up to second

  29-12-2020 23:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford’s stoppage-time strike lifted Manchester United to within two points of the Premier League summit with a 1-0 win over Wolves.
  
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• PSNI hit by £50m cut as £832m extra is handed to other UK forces

  29-12-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has seen a £50m-plus real-terms budget cut in the last five years - while police forces in England and Wales have benefited from a £832m increase.
  
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• More misery for Sheffield United but Chris Wilder will not blame coronavirus

  29-12-2020 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder refused to blame a Covid-19 outbreak at the club for the latest defeat of a trying Premier League season and predicted it was a situation that would become increasingly commonplace as the country continues to battle the pandemic.
  
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• David Moyes rues Said Benrahma’s failure to convert late chance at Southampton

  29-12-2020 22:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Moyes said he expected Said Benrahma to clinch victory for West Ham with a late chance in their cagey goalless draw at Southampton.
  
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• Biden criticises pace of vaccine rollout and vows acceleration

  29-12-2020 22:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President-elect Joe Biden has criticised the Trump administration for the pace of distributing Covid-19 vaccines, saying it is “falling far behind”.
  
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• Sam Allardyce calls for a break as positive coronavirus tests rise in top flight

  29-12-2020 22:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sam Allardyce has called for a “circuit break” after the Premier League returned its highest number of positive coronavirus tests this season.
  
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• Marcelo Bielsa warns Leeds they still have many Premier League tests ahead

  29-12-2020 22:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boss Marcelo Bielsa has warned Leeds against thinking they have made it in the Premier League after they demolished West Brom 5-0 at The Hawthorns following a first-half four-goal blast.
  
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• Mikel Arteta in dreamland after super sub Alexandre Lacazette lifts Arsenal

  29-12-2020 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta hailed a “dream” substitution after Alexandre Lacazette made an instant impact to secure a 1-0 success at struggling Brighton.
  
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• I fantasise about a diary full of gigs, says Kennedy

  29-12-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ask Brian Kennedy what he is most looking forward to in 2021 and you can tell there is a cheeky, easygoing Belfast smile behind his answer.
  
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• I fantasise about a diary full of gigs, says Brian Kennedy as he prepares for February live show

  29-12-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ask Brian Kennedy what he is most looking forward to in 2021 and you can tell there is a cheeky, easygoing Belfast smile behind his answer.
  
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• Councils in Northern Ireland issue 10,000 fines in three years for dog dirt and litter as the annual clean-up bill hits £30m

  29-12-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost 10,000 fines for dog fouling and litter were issued here in the last three years ­- but there is wide variance in how strictly councils tackle the problem.
  
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• Hundreds complain over Channel 4’s ‘deepfake’ Queen’s speech

  29-12-2020 21:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ofcom has received more than 200 complaints about Channel 4’s digitally created “deepfake” version of the Queen’s speech.
  
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• Barcelona held by lowly Eibar as injured Lionel Messi watches from the stands

  29-12-2020 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Barcelona laboured to a 1-1 draw with relegation-battling Eibar as the in-demand Lionel Messi watched on from the stands.
  
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• Southampton held to second successive stalemate as West Ham earn point

  29-12-2020 21:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Southampton recorded their second successive goalless draw in a cagey match against West Ham at St Mary’s.
  
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• Five-star Leeds see off sorry West Brom thanks to first-half blitz

  29-12-2020 21:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leeds ran riot at West Brom to hammer the Baggies 5-0 and claim their biggest Premier League win for 17 years.
  
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• Substitute Alexandre Lacazette fires Arsenal to victory at beleaguered Brighton

  29-12-2020 21:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Substitute Alexandre Lacazette made an instant impact as Arsenal continued their resurgence by scraping a 1-0 win which prolonged Brighton’s miserable home record.
  
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• Sheffield United still winless as Ben Mee nods Burnley to victory

  29-12-2020 21:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ben Mee gave Burnley a concrete reason to celebrate amid reports of the club’s imminent American takeover as his goal sent relegation favourites Sheffield United into the new year winless in the Premier League.
  
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• Did skywatchers see UFOs in Northern Ireland, or was it stars in their eyes?

  29-12-2020 20:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For most people, the coronavirus pandemic will be the defining event of 2020 - unless of course you were given a ride aboard an alien spacecraft and dropped off at Bangor Marina.
  
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• Covid-19: 'Significant rise' in new cases among young adults in NI

  29-12-2020 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fourteen further Covid-19-related deaths and 1,566 new positive cases are recorded in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Gallery | Munster Prepare For Ulster In Belfast - Munster Rugby

  29-12-2020 20:18
  
  Gallery | Munster Prepare For Ulster In Belfast  Munster Rugby
  
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• Covid-19: Republic of Ireland begins vaccine rollout

  29-12-2020 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Annie Lynch, 79, becomes the first person in the Republic of Ireland to get a Covid vaccine.
  
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• Scott Parker tests negative for Covid-19 but Fulham’s game could be in doubt

  29-12-2020 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fulham have recorded a number of positive tests in the club’s latest round of Covid-19 testing, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• Calls grow for more Tier 4 restrictions as Covid hospital cases rise further

  29-12-2020 19:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pressure is growing for the toughest coronavirus restrictions to be expanded across the country in the face of increasing strain on hospitals in England where the number of Covid-19 patients is at its highest ever level during the pandemic.
  
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• Michael Sheen reveals why he relinquished his OBE in 2017

  29-12-2020 19:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael Sheen has revealed he gave up his OBE so he could air his views about the monarchy without being a “hypocrite”.
  
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• Hurricanes and coronavirus can’t stop Louisiana couple’s wedding

  29-12-2020 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A couple in the US who moved their wedding three times because of the pandemic and two hurricanes that hit almost the exact same spot within weeks of one another have got married.
  
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• Around 8,400 meals given to stranded drivers during border disruption week

  29-12-2020 18:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around 8,400 hot meals were given to stranded lorry drivers and more than 14,000 heavy goods vehicles were moved on during the week of disruption at the English Channel border, new figures show.
  
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• Janie C. York - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal - Republican Journal

  29-12-2020 18:43
  
  Janie C. York - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal  Republican Journal
  
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• Stark warning from Swann as he reveals people under 40 account for almost half of Covid cases in NI

  29-12-2020 18:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People aged under 40 in Northern Ireland are behind almost half of Covid-19 cases, it has emerged.
  
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• Police turn away visitors after ‘hundreds of vehicles’ arrive in Brecon Beacons

  29-12-2020 18:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have turned visitors away from the Brecon Beacons after hundreds of vehicles arrived at the national park, despite Wales being in lockdown.
  
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• Brexit: No risk to NI's place in UK, says Sammy Wilson

  29-12-2020 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The DUP will not support the trade deal but one of its MPs says Brexit is still the best way forward.
  
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• Coronavirus: Irish grandmother receives first Covid vaccine

  29-12-2020 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 79-year-old woman became the first person in the Republic of Ireland to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
  
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• Welsh health board warns of ‘extremely serious’ situation due to Covid-19

  29-12-2020 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A health board has warned that the situation in its hospitals is “extremely serious”, with the highest number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units since the first wave of the pandemic.
  
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• Markets soar on first trading day since Brexit deal

  29-12-2020 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A nearly-delivered Brexit deal put a spring in the step of previously worried traders, sending London’s top index to its highest point since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic on Tuesday.
  
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• More snow and ice forecast to extend frosty spell into new year

  29-12-2020 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The frosty spell will continue into the new year, with further snow and ice forecast to bring hazardous conditions to much of the country.
  
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• Much-loved actor who ‘lived for being Santa’ dies on Christmas Day

  29-12-2020 18:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A much-loved local actor and grandfather who “lived for being Santa” at annual events in Northumberland has died on Christmas Day.
  
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• PSNI at scene of incident in West Belfast after reports of 'crossbow being fired' - Belfast Live

  29-12-2020 18:02
  
  PSNI at scene of incident in West Belfast after reports of 'crossbow being fired'  Belfast Live
  
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• Essex Lorry Deaths: Truck driver Mo Robinson 'haunted' by memory of his crime

  29-12-2020 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mass killer truck driver Mo Robinson has needed special counselling after he was haunted by his terrible crime, Sunday World has revealed.
  
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• Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin retires

  29-12-2020 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who worked to rebuild the Roman Catholic Church’s credibility in Ireland after it was shattered by decades of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up.
  
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• Covid-19: First vaccine patient has her second jab

  29-12-2020 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Margaret Keenan, the first person in the world to have the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, has final dose.
  
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• Archie steals the show during Harry and Meghan’s podcast

  29-12-2020 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie has given his first public broadcast wishing the world a “Happy New Year” – in a slight American accent.
  
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• Couple attacked by youths outside west Belfast home - The Irish News

  29-12-2020 17:35
  
  Couple attacked by youths outside west Belfast home  The Irish News
  
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