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• Cristiano Ronaldo becomes all-time leading scorer with 760th career goal

  20-01-2021 23:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo became football’s all-time leading goalscorer by firing Juventus to Italian Super Cup glory against Napoli.
  
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• Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump policies following his inauguration

  20-01-2021 23:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders from the Oval Office hours after his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States.
  
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• Biden inauguration: Irish cousins celebrate with champagne and cake

  20-01-2021 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden's heritage can be traced back to County Mayo and County Louth in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Rose Matafeo: Women’s on-screen attitudes to motherhood should be more complex

  20-01-2021 23:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rose Matafeo has said that on-screen depictions of the attitudes of women towards motherhood should be more complex.
  
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• Storm Christoph: Thousands of properties being evacuated due to flooding

  20-01-2021 23:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some 2,000 properties in Greater Manchester will be evacuated overnight due to flooding caused by Storm Christoph, the city council said.
  
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• Celtic slip up again as Northern Ireland defender Ciaron Brown scores for Livingston in Scottish Premiership draw

  20-01-2021 23:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Neil Lennon's angry rebuke of Celtic's Dubai critics failed to provoke a response from his players as they were held to another damaging 2-2 draw by a second-string Livingston outfit.
  
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• Lean spell just makes Liverpool more lethal, warns Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope

  20-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nick Pope believes Liverpool’s recent lean run in front of goal makes them an even more dangerous proposition ahead of Burnley’s visit to Anfield on Thursday evening.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp urges Liverpool players to be more resilient as winless run goes on

  20-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants his players to be more resilient and insists he is well aware of the reality facing his side.
  
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• Lockdown likely to last well into next month, FG meeting hears

  20-01-2021 23:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The country’s current lockdown will continue “well into February”, a meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party has heard.
  
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• Paul Pogba sends Manchester United back to the top with stunning strike

  20-01-2021 23:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba’s stunning strike sent Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League following a 2-1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage.
  
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• Covid-19: Military to assist NI medical staff

  20-01-2021 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health minister asks the Ministry of Defence to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals.
  
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• Lizz Truss accepts Brexit contributed to shortages in Northern Ireland

  20-01-2021 23:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has accepted that Brexit contributed to shortages on supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Liz Truss accepts Brexit contributed to shortages in Northern Ireland

  20-01-2021 23:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has accepted that Brexit contributed to shortages on supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Democrats gain control of US Senate as new members take oath

  20-01-2021 23:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three new senators have been sworn into office after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate.
  
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• Dean Smith rages after decisions go against Aston Villa at Manchester City

  20-01-2021 22:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa boss Dean Smith angrily rounded on the officials after his side conceded twice late on to lose 2-0 at Manchester City.
  
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• Meal-kit service Hello Fresh makes new plans for its NI deliveries after hitch

  20-01-2021 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Meal-kit service Hello Fresh has told customers here it will deliver directly from its production facility after problems following the introduction of the NI Protocol.
  
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• Northern Ireland protocol 'has driven our road haulage back to the Dark Ages'

  20-01-2021 22:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A haulier has said the business has returned to the "Dark Ages" as a result of new complexities following Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol.
  
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• Kate Garraway shares update on husband Derek Draper’s Covid recovery

  20-01-2021 22:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kate Garraway has said her husband’s “journey” is “far from over” as he recovers from coronavirus.
  
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• Independent probe into family members of Coombe employees receiving Covid jab

  20-01-2021 22:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Coombe hospital has ordered an independent review to be conducted into how family members of its staff received coronavirus vaccines.
  
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• Angela Rippon says she is ‘delighted’ to have received coronavirus vaccine

  20-01-2021 21:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Angela Rippon has said she is “genuinely delighted” to have been vaccinated against coronavirus.
  
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• People to be evacuated from homes as Storm Christoph flood risk intensifies

  20-01-2021 21:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are to begin evacuating people from their homes in Didsbury in Greater Manchester as Storm Christoph continues to bring “significant” rainfall across the UK.
  
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• Manchester City leave it late to see off stubborn Aston Villa

  20-01-2021 21:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan struck late on as Manchester City maintained their title charge with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Aston Villa.
  
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• Joe Biden safely sworn in as president with no security issues

  20-01-2021 21:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden has been safely sworn in as president of the United States two weeks after rioters loyal to former president Donald Trump besieged the Capitol.
  
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• Questions raised about failure to set up independent spending oversight body

  20-01-2021 20:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Westminster committee chair has questioned if Stormont’s failure to set up an independent spending oversight body is down to a desire to hide corruption or incompetence.
  
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• With passion and fashion, Lady Gaga delivers powerful anthem at inauguration

  20-01-2021 20:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A full-throated, supremely confident Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration in a very Gaga way – with flamboyance, fashion and passion.
  
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• ‘There’s nothing wrong with being woke,’ declares Boris Johnson

  20-01-2021 20:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has declared “there’s nothing wrong with being woke”.
  
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• Man 'didn't intend to hurt' Darren O'Neill in Tyrella Beach altercation, court hears

  20-01-2021 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man accused of striking a fatal blow which killed his friend on Wednesday denied he had tried to "sugarcoat and underplay" his actions.
  
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• Decades-long war mystery finally solved: Family’s relief as fate of Portadown SAS hero who died in WWII is revealed

  20-01-2021 20:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 70 years after the end of World War Two, an elderly man in Australia is still grieving over the loss of his big brother in an SAS mission into occupied France in July 1944.
  
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• Poet Amanda Gorman delivers inspirational inauguration performance

  20-01-2021 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Poet Amanda Gorman referenced everything from biblical scripture to Hamilton in one of the most talked about moments of Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony.
  
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• PM urges people to heed Storm Christoph flood evacuation warnings

  20-01-2021 20:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has urged people to evacuate their homes if told to as Storm Christoph leaves thousands of properties at risk of flooding.
  
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• Johnson defends border measures after Patel ‘overruled on March closure’

  20-01-2021 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has defended coronavirus measures at the border after it emerged Home Secretary Priti Patel lobbied for tougher restrictions during the early stages of the pandemic.
  
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• One person to be prosecuted in connection with Co Fermanagh historical sexual abuse allegations

  20-01-2021 19:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland has decided to prosecute one person in connection with historical sexual abuse allegations in Co Fermanagh.
  
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• Reese Witherspoon and Oprah Winfrey among famous faces celebrating inauguration

  20-01-2021 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey and Stephen King were among the celebrities who celebrated the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
  
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• Vice president Kamala Harris opens a new chapter in US politics

  20-01-2021 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  US vice president Kamala Harris has broken the barrier that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries.
  
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• UK and French governments must work together to save Eurostar – MP

  20-01-2021 19:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK and French governments must make a joint commitment to support struggling Eurostar, the chairman of the Transport Select Committee has said.
  
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• Queen sends private message to President Biden

  20-01-2021 19:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Queen sent a private message to US President Joe Biden before he was sworn into office, Buckingham Palace has said.
  
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• Anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign condemned as ‘unhelpful’

  20-01-2021 19:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A campaign against the coronavirus vaccine has been condemned as “unhelpful” by the Stormont health minister.
  
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• Calls for police to be vaccinated sooner as officer hospitalised with Covid-19

  20-01-2021 19:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An officer who has been hospitalised with Covid-19 after attending a protest highlights the need for police to receive priority vaccines, his force has said.
  
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• Indian village cheers for Kamala Harris during swearing-in as US vice president

  20-01-2021 19:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Residents of a tiny Indian village flocked to a Hindu temple, setting off firecrackers and praying as they watched Kamala Harris, who has strong roots to the village, take her oath of office and become the US vice president.
  
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• ‘Shame on anybody’ intending to target medical military personnel in hospitals, says Robin Swann

  20-01-2021 19:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health minister Robin Swann has warned against dissident republicans targeting military personnel working in Northern Ireland’s crisis-hit hospitals.
  
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• Irish premier congratulates Joe Biden on his inauguration as US President

  20-01-2021 19:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish premier Micheal Martin has congratulated the new US President Joe Biden on his “immense achievement”.
  
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• Joe Biden’s ancestral homes in Ireland celebrate inauguration

  20-01-2021 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden’s ancestral homes on the west and east coast of Ireland have celebrated his inauguration with champagne and cake while waving Irish and American flags.
  
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• Hauliers ‘need financial aid for Irish Sea border’

  20-01-2021 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 12-month grace period and urgent financial aid is needed to iron out problems with the post-Brexit Irish Sea trade border, hauliers said.
  
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• Ofcom receives hundreds of complaints over Rufus Hound’s Dancing On Ice comments

  20-01-2021 18:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ofcom has received 341 complaints about last weekend’s episode of Dancing On Ice, with the majority made about celebrity contestant Rufus Hound.
  
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• Less than 5% of smart motorway network has radar tech to spot stranded motorists

  20-01-2021 18:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Less than 5% of England’s 500-mile smart motorway network has radar technology to detect drivers who break down in live lanes, according to new analysis.
  
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• Trump hints at comeback as he bids farewell to Washington

  20-01-2021 18:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump hinted at a comeback as he said farewell to Washington while breaking tradition to avoid the inauguration ceremony of new US President Joe Biden.
  
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• Three killed as gas explosion rips through Madrid building

  20-01-2021 18:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A powerful gas explosion tore through a residential building in central Madrid on Wednesday, killing at least three people and ripping the facade off the structure.
  
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• PM expects politicians to follow Covid rules amid Senedd drinking row

  20-01-2021 18:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects politicians to go “above and beyond” in following the Covid-19 restrictions amid reports Senedd members had been seen drinking during a pub alcohol ban, his press secretary has said.
  
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• Markets bounce as Biden inauguration drives afternoon rally

  20-01-2021 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The London markets closed higher after the inauguration of Joe Biden sparked the Dow Jones and helped European sentiment rally in the afternoon.
  
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• Ulster Rugby Round Up podcast: What's the next step for Ulster 'A' star David McCann and will Rory Best turn to full-time coaching?

  20-01-2021 18:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster senior side may have begun a lengthy mid-season break but there's no such rest for the Ulster Rugby Round Up podcast.
  
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