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• Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa discusses her grief nearly a year on from his death

  15-01-2021 23:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa has opened up about her experiences of grief ahead of the one-year anniversary of the basketball superstar’s death.
  
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• Head of vaccine taskforce says only modest impact from Pfizer reconfiguration

  15-01-2021 23:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine taskforce has said there will only be a modest impact to the rollout of the vaccination programme.
  
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• Steven Ward vs Hafthor Bjornsson result suspense as Belfast boxer remains tight-lipped on social media - Belfast Live

  15-01-2021 23:37
  
  Steven Ward vs Hafthor Bjornsson result suspense as Belfast boxer remains tight-lipped on social media  Belfast Live
  
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• Jurgen Klopp says Man Utd can never be thought of as underdogs

  15-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp does not consider Manchester United underdogs in this season’s title race and has never seen them in that light.
  
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• Jose Mourinho refuses to discuss Dele Alli’s future at Tottenham

  15-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho did little to quell speculation surrounding Dele Alli’s future at Tottenham by insisting he is not ready to discuss the matter.
  
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• Graham Potter admits Brighton need to turn good performances into points

  15-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brighton head coach Graham Potter insists his struggling side are producing better performances than they did during their history-making efforts of last season.
  
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• Frank Lampard frustrated by ‘inconsistent’ scheduling rules

  15-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Frank Lampard has hit out at Premier League inconsistency in fixture scheduling, lamenting “nobody came to help us” when Chelsea played two games in 48 hours at Christmas.
  
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• Bruno Fernandes craving trophies at Manchester United

  15-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bruno Fernandes relishes the responsibility of helping to bring silverware back to Manchester United as the Portuguese playmaker prepares for his first encounter with rivals Liverpool.
  
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• Priest who championed those with HIV a ‘true hero’, says president

  15-01-2021 23:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irish priest who spent much of his life championing the rights of those with HIV in Africa was a “true hero”, the president has said.
  
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• National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy

  15-01-2021 23:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The National Rifle Association announced it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York.
  
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• Yebin Mok says she is ‘much better’ after suffering DOI training injury

  15-01-2021 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Professional skater Yebin Mok has said her leg is feeling “so much better” after she was injured during training for Dancing On Ice.
  
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• UK to face short-term delay in delivery of Pfizer vaccine

  15-01-2021 23:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK is set to face short-term delays in delivery of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the pharmaceutical company upgrades its production capacity.
  
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• PSNI defends attending Belfast wake to enforce Covid regulations - Belfast Telegraph

  15-01-2021 23:00
  
  PSNI defends attending Belfast wake to enforce Covid regulations  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• PSNI defends attending Belfast wake to enforce Covid regulations

  15-01-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has defended attending a wake in west Belfast to enforce Covid-19 regulations.
  
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• Leading GP warns over parties being planned for St Patrick's Day

  15-01-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A leading doctor has spoken of his shock that St Patrick's Day parties are being organised two months in advance - and issued a stark warning against mass gatherings of any kind.
  
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• Wayne Rooney wants to manage and that is important – Sir Alex Ferguson

  15-01-2021 22:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney’s desire to be a manager will help the new Derby boss adapt to life in the hotseat.
  
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• What are the new travel rules and how do they affect passengers?

  15-01-2021 22:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All travel corridors will be scrapped by Monday in an attempt to curb coronavirus cases, the Government has announced.
  
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• PSNI: No evidence dissident republicans fired shots at police helicopter during security alert

  15-01-2021 22:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have said there have been no reports of shots being fired at one of their helicopters after claims by a dissident republican group.
  
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• London Mosque donates hot meals to local hospital staff as ‘token of thanks’

  15-01-2021 22:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mosque in London has pledged to deliver hot meals to local hospital staff every Friday as a “token of thanks”.
  
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• Dissident republicans in police helicopter attack claims

  15-01-2021 22:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dissident republicans have claimed they fired shots at a police helicopter, the force in Northern Ireland said.
  
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• 'Compelling evidence' Nora Quoirin was abducted, says mum

  15-01-2021 22:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of Nora Quoirin has said that the inquest into the teenager's death revealed "compelling evidence" to support the family's view she had been abducted.
  
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• Nóra Quoirin: 'Compelling evidence' of abduction

  15-01-2021 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Belfast mother says there is "compelling evidence" that her daughter was abducted in Malaysia.
  
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• Sir Alex Ferguson glad he retired when he did due to ‘phenomenal’ Liverpool side

  15-01-2021 21:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Liverpool’s “phenomenal” form over the last two seasons makes him thankful he retired when he did.
  
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• Loveworld breached broadcasting rules by airing Covid conspiracies, rules Ofcom

  15-01-2021 21:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Religious satellite television channel Loveworld breached broadcasting rules when it aired unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about coronavirus, Ofcom has ruled.
  
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• ‘Really quite easy’ to adjust vaccines to variants – Vallance

  15-01-2021 21:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some of the new coronavirus variants may be able to “get round” vaccines but it is “quite easy” to make adjustments to deal with this, according to the Government’s chief scientific adviser.
  
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• Why Executive Covid briefings have been moved from Stormont to Dungannon landmark

  15-01-2021 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  They have been part of evening news bulletins for almost a year - but regular viewers of the Stormont media briefings have noticed a big change this week.
  
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• Belfast Multi-Cultural Association fire 'was deliberate hate crime' - BBC News

  15-01-2021 21:20
  
  Belfast Multi-Cultural Association fire 'was deliberate hate crime'  BBC News
  
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• WHO blames human behaviour more than variants as virus spreads

  15-01-2021 21:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organisation’s emergencies chief says the impact of new variants of Covid-19 in places like Britain, South Africa and Brazil remains to be seen, and blames human behaviour for some recent rises in infection counts.
  
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• Yellow car sales rise by 50% but Northern Ireland drivers opt for monochrome

  15-01-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Yellow car sales in the UK rose by 50% last year - but monochrome tones still reign supreme among new car buyers.
  
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• PSNI urged to explain implications of lost data

  15-01-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Policing Board members have urged the PSNI to disclose what impact a "technical issue" that led to 150,000 records being deleted from police databases will have on investigations here.
  
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• Northern Ireland lottery winner Frances Connolly doing sponsored slim in aid of young carers

  15-01-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  She is used to giving away pounds for charity, but now Lottery winner Frances Connolly is shedding them as well.
  
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• 11,600 Northern Ireland households presented as homeless in just eight months

  15-01-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over 11,000 Northern Ireland households presented as homeless in just eight months last year, new figures show.
  
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• Brexit: Dublin Port 'minefield' leaves trucks stranded

  15-01-2021 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Around 20% of NI's trade goes through Dublin and firms are reporting delays in loads from GB.
  
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• International travellers must isolate on arrival in NI as travel corridor scrapped

  15-01-2021 20:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All travellers arriving into Northern Ireland will now have to isolate for ten days after travel corridors were scrapped due to fears of new strains of Covid-19.
  
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• Brexit: Republic of Ireland to lose 15% of fishing quota

  15-01-2021 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland's fishing fleet will be one of the worst affected under the UK/EU trade deal.
  
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• Dillian Whyte’s rematch against Alexander Povetkin scheduled for March 6

  15-01-2021 20:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dillian Whyte’s heavyweight rematch against Alexander Povetkin has been confirmed for March 6.
  
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• Large retailers urged to stop selling non-essential goods

  15-01-2021 20:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Large retailers have been urged to stop selling non-essential goods in Northern Ireland.
  
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• How Covid-19 testing will work in the Danske Bank Premiership - Belfast Live

  15-01-2021 19:49
  
  How Covid-19 testing will work in the Danske Bank Premiership  Belfast Live
  
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• UK scraps travel corridors to protect against new strains of coronavirus

  15-01-2021 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday to “protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains” of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has said, as the global death toll from Covid passed two million.
  
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• Coronavirus hospital admissions set to peak in next 10 days, Whitty says

  15-01-2021 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of patients being admitted to hospital with coronavirus is set to peak within the next 10 days, England’s chief medical officer has said.
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino to self-isolate after positive Covid-19 test

  15-01-2021 19:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paris St Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino has tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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• 50 more people die in Ireland with Covid-19

  15-01-2021 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An additional 50 people have died with Covid-19 in Ireland, the Department of Health said.
  
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• ‘Highly unlikely’ NI lockdown restrictions will be eased after six weeks – Swann

  15-01-2021 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It is “highly unlikely” that coronavirus restrictions in Northern Ireland will be eased after the six-week lockdown ends, the Stormont health minister said.
  
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• McCann leads by example as Sexton brace helps Ulster 'A' maintain unbeaten season with victory over Leinster

  15-01-2021 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In what has turned into the only organised rugby on the island of Ireland this weekend, Ulster’s young second string certainly seemed to enjoy their top billing as they put their Leinster counterparts to the score with a four-try, 37-14 win to maintain their unbeaten season.
  
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• TV personality Paddy Doherty in hospital after contracting coronavirus

  15-01-2021 19:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TV personality Paddy Doherty has urged people not to “underestimate” Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital with the virus.
  
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• Premier League chief expects to see out rest of season without fans

  15-01-2021 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Premier League is preparing to play out the rest of the season behind closed doors, its chief executive Richard Masters has admitted.
  
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• Premier League chief: Clubs should practise celebrating goals safely in training

  15-01-2021 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Clubs should practise celebrating goals safely in training to “get the hang of it”, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has said.
  
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• Almost 40% of care home residents in England have had coronavirus vaccine – PM

  15-01-2021 18:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost 40% of care home residents in England have received a coronavirus vaccine, the Prime Minister has said.
  
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• What do we know about the variants emerging from Brazil?

  15-01-2021 18:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are two new coronavirus variants emerging in Brazil, with one causing more concern than the other.
  
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• Worldwide coronavirus death toll passes two million threshold

  15-01-2021 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two million people have now died worldwide with coronavirus, figures show.
  
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