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• Towie star Mick Norcross hailed as a ‘true gentleman’ following his death

  21-01-2021 23:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to Mick Norcross, who appeared in The Only Way Is Essex, following his death aged 57.
  
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• Covid: Prioritise teachers for vaccine, says Peter Weir

  21-01-2021 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teaching staff at special schools should be "very high up in the queue", says the education minister.
  
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• Official ‘asked to change account of Salmond complaint knowledge’ – reports

  21-01-2021 23:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Calls are being made for answers after it was reported a Scottish Government official asked to change an account of when they knew about harassment complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond.
  
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• Troops more at risk of virus than attack, says ex-PSNI chief

  21-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UK Army medics deployed to help frontline hospital staff in Northern Ireland are more at risk of getting Covid than coming to harm due to dissident republicans, a former PSNI chief has said.
  
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• Stormont only follows advice when it suits them... and now look where we are

  21-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was the Christmas gift that kept on giving - but not in the way that any of us had hoped.
  
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• Mikel Arteta feels Frank Lampard should be given more time at Chelsea

  21-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta believes Chelsea “icon” Frank Lampard deserves more time to turn the Blues back into a winning side.
  
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• Covid crisis is no longer an excuse for Celtic – Mohamed Elyounoussi

  21-01-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mohamed Elyounoussi says it is time Celtic stopped using the Covid-19 crisis to excuse their shattered 10-in-a-row dreams.
  
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• Granddad admitted to hospital after swallowing sewage water in flooded home

  21-01-2021 23:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A grandfather was taken to hospital after accidentally swallowing sewage water when his house was flooded.
  
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• Tanzania and DRC added to ban list as UK attempts to block South Africa variant

  21-01-2021 23:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arrivals from Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo are to be banned as the UK looks to prevent the South African Covid-19 variant from taking hold.
  
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• Burnley stun Liverpool to end unbeaten Anfield record

  21-01-2021 23:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool’s seven-hour goal drought eventually caught up with them as Burnley pulled off a shock 1-0 victory at Anfield which ended an unbeaten home Premier League record of almost four years.
  
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• European Commission joins football authorities in opposing European Super League

  21-01-2021 23:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The European Commission has backed the strong opposition of football’s governing bodies to a breakaway European Super League.
  
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• Fears extended lockdown will finish off many small retailers

  21-01-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The extension of the lockdown until March 5 - and possibly beyond - will mean many independent businesses will be unable to survive, a retail chief has said. 
  
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• Coroner rules farmer killed by Army in 1974 'shot in cold blood'

  21-01-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A farmer killed by the Army in 1974 was "an innocent man, shot in cold blood, without warning when he was no threat to anyone", a coroner has said.
  
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• Police revisit the scene of racist arson attack on Belfast Multi-Cultural Association premises

  21-01-2021 22:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have revisited the scene of an arson attack at a property used by the Belfast Multi-Cultural Association.
  
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• Police revisit scene of Belfast Multi-Cultural Association racist arson attack - Belfast Telegraph

  21-01-2021 22:58
  
  Police revisit scene of Belfast Multi-Cultural Association racist arson attack  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Trump's portrait of president with NI links replaced at White House

  21-01-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden's decision to replace a portrait of President Andrew Jackson with a Benjamin Franklin painting shows his attempt to "restore reason and decorum" to the White House, an academic has said.
  
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• Next withdraws from bidding war for Sir Philip Green’s retail empire Arcadia

  21-01-2021 22:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Next has withdrawn from negotiations to purchase Sir Philip Green’s collapsed Arcadia empire.
  
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• Week of uncertainty as decision on a return to classes is put back

  21-01-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Schools in Northern Ireland are facing a week of uncertainty as they wait to see if they will be allowed to reopen as planned after the February half-term break.
  
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• Dustin Diamond undergoing chemotherapy treatments for cancer

  21-01-2021 21:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Original Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond has begun chemotherapy treatments after being diagnosed with cancer, according to his representative.
  
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• Covid-19 incidence in Ireland 10 times higher than when restrictions were eased

  21-01-2021 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The incidence of Covid-19 in Ireland is now 10 times higher than it was when the Government eased public health restrictions in December, the chief medical officer has said.
  
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• Companies hiring in January 2021

  21-01-2021 21:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Looking for a new job in 2021? nijobfinder have thousands of jobs on site now. Companies hiring include Northern Ireland Audit Office, Randox Laboratories and more!
  
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• President Biden signs series of executive coronavirus orders

  21-01-2021 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden has served notice that the nation’s Covid-19 response is under new management and he is demanding progress to reduce infections and lift the siege Americans have endured for nearly a year.
  
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• Robert Webb offers health update after major heart surgery

  21-01-2021 21:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Robert Webb is “absolutely fine” and “available for panto” after undergoing major heart surgery last year.
  
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• Chorley wait on three ahead of FA Cup tie against Wolves

  21-01-2021 21:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chorley trio Harry Cardwell, Lewis Reilly and Will Tomlinson are injury doubts for Friday’s home FA Cup fourth-round tie against Wolves.
  
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• Another queen sashays away on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

  21-01-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cherry Valentine has become the second queen to leave RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
  
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• Lenadoon youth group helping hundreds in their community - Belfast Live

  21-01-2021 20:56
  
  Lenadoon youth group helping hundreds in their community  Belfast Live
  
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• Glentoran boss Mick McDermott opens up on 'scourge' of social media - Belfast Live

  21-01-2021 20:50
  
  Glentoran boss Mick McDermott opens up on 'scourge' of social media  Belfast Live
  
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• Michelle O’Neill unaware of Pat Sheehan’s military comments

  21-01-2021 20:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein's leader in Northern Ireland said she was not aware of a comment by a party MLA that military staff may "get in the way" of medical professionals.
  
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• Review: One Belfast Landmark Inspires Five Irish Monologues - The New York Times

  21-01-2021 20:11
  
  Review: One Belfast Landmark Inspires Five Irish Monologues  The New York Times
  
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• ‘Morally reprehensible’ to jump vaccine queue, says NHS England doctor

  21-01-2021 20:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A leading doctor has branded those attempting to jump the queue to get a Covid jab as “morally reprehensible”.
  
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• Pubs should stay shut until May due to Covid fears, scientists suggest

  21-01-2021 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bars and restaurants should stay shut until May, researchers have suggested as Boris Johnson acknowledged it was “too early to say” when lockdown measures could be eased.
  
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• Discussions ongoing with UK government over funding for victims pension scheme

  21-01-2021 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Discussions around the funding of a compensation scheme for those injured in the Troubles are ongoing with the UK Government, Arlene Foster has said.
  
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• Hospitals still in ‘precarious’ position, warns medic

  21-01-2021 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hospitals remain in a “precarious” situation under the strain of Covid-19 patients, but there are some “glimmers” of hope with the impact of lockdown, a top medic has said.
  
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• Michelle O’Neill unaware of military staff comment made by MLA

  21-01-2021 19:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein’s leader in Northern Ireland said she was not aware of a comment by a party MLA that military staff may “get in the way” of medical professionals.
  
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• Care home residents evacuated after Storm Christoph flooding

  21-01-2021 19:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dozens of care home residents were among people evacuated to safety after Storm Christoph brought heavy rain and flooding to parts of northern England.
  
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• Police seize £250,000 worth of suspected cocaine

  21-01-2021 19:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has seized an estimated £250,000 worth of suspected cocaine.
  
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• Ignore fake news about Covid-19 vaccine, says Angela Rippon after getting jab

  21-01-2021 19:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Angela Rippon has urged people to ignore the “nonsense” and “fake news” circulating on social media and get the coronavirus vaccination after having one herself.
  
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• Josh Warrington vacates IBF featherweight title

  21-01-2021 19:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Josh Warrington has vacated his IBF featherweight title after the organisation refused to sanction a proposed unification bout in April.
  
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• £290 million financial package to help NI through virus restrictions

  21-01-2021 19:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A £290 million financial package will help Northern Ireland through the coronavirus restrictions, the finance minister said.
  
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• GP practices in NI to receive more deliveries of Oxford vaccine on Friday

  21-01-2021 19:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  GP practices in Northern Ireland can expect to receive more deliveries of the Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccine on Friday.
  
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• Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown extended for four weeks to March 5

  21-01-2021 19:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown is to be extended for a further four weeks to March 5.
  
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• Jill Scott returns to Everton Women on loan from Manchester City

  21-01-2021 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jill Scott has rejoined Everton on loan from Manchester City for the rest of the season.
  
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• House party fines increased to £800 in crackdown on illegal gatherings

  21-01-2021 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fines of £800 will be slapped on people caught at house parties as part of tougher measures to crack down on illegal gatherings during the pandemic.
  
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• Covid-19: NI undertakers reminded not to advertise funeral times

  21-01-2021 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Official guidance states that funeral arrangements should not be advertised in newspapers or online.
  
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• London lagging behind other regions in vaccinating over 80s, data shows

  21-01-2021 18:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  London and eastern England are lagging behind other regions in vaccinating those aged 80 and over, provisional data from NHS England shows.
  
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• Facebook asks its ‘supreme court’ to decide if Trump should remain suspended

  21-01-2021 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Facebook’s “supreme court” has been asked to decide whether Donald Trump should remain suspended indefinitely after the Capitol riots which led to a social media backlash against the former US president.
  
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• Sepp Blatter spent week in induced coma, says daughter

  21-01-2021 18:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter spent a week in an induced coma after having heart surgery in December, his family have said.
  
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• Tory MPs put pressure on PM to ignore calls for pubs to stay closed until May

  21-01-2021 18:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Conservative MPs have put pressure on Boris Johnson to ignore scientific advice to keep pubs and restaurants shut until May, as the hospitality sector warned such measures could help kill off more businesses.
  
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• Pound soars but markets sluggish after inauguration jubilation

  21-01-2021 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Inauguration hangovers started to kick in on Thursday as the strong gains following the swearing in of new US president Joe Biden petered out.
  
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• Aston Villa boss Dean Smith charged by FA for Manchester City remonstrations

  21-01-2021 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has been charged by the Football Association after he was sent off against Manchester City on Wednesday.
  
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