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• Gemma Collins thanks family and friends following Piers Morgan interview

  11-02-2021 23:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gemma Collins has thanked her friends and family for “standing by me through the highs and lows” after reflecting on her life and career during Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
  
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• Tammy Abraham makes Barnsley pay for missed chances as Chelsea edge through

  11-02-2021 23:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tammy Abraham saved Chelsea’s blushes with a second-half winner at Barnsley as his side scraped through to the last eight of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win.
  
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• Stuart Broad offers another string to England’s bow as Jofra Archer misses out

  11-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jofra Archer will miss England’s second Test against India after picking up an elbow injury, with Stuart Broad returning to the side.
  
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• Man who murdered schoolgirl Sonia in 1991 convicted of historic sex abuse

  11-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a murdered schoolgirl has said her killer remains a danger to society after he was convicted of historic abuse charges.
  
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• Hotel quarantine booking system to stay down overnight due to ‘technical issue’

  11-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Travellers who will have to quarantine in hotels from next week are unable to secure rooms just days before the scheme comes into place, after the booking website suffered a technical glitch shortly after being launched.
  
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• Brooklyn Nine-Nine to end after 153 episodes

  11-02-2021 22:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  US comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine is to end, it has been announced.
  
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• Arlene Foster: One more push from public needed ahead of crunch Executive meeting about easing lockdown

  11-02-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One more "push" is needed to reduce infection rates as low as possible ahead of the Executive's meeting on lifting lockdown restrictions next week, the First Minister has said.
  
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• 6 key points from Northern Ireland Executive press conference - Belfast Live

  11-02-2021 22:08
  
  6 key points from Northern Ireland Executive press conference  Belfast Live
  
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• Former councillor and community activist Robert Mulligan passes away following illness

  11-02-2021 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to Robert (Bob) Mulligan, the former Mayor of Dungannon, who has passed away.
  
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• David Beckham’s production company to make documentary on Adidas and Puma feud

  11-02-2021 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Beckham’s production company is to make a documentary series about a feud between the brothers who created the Adidas and Puma sports companies.
  
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• Large fire breaks out on Dartmoor

  11-02-2021 21:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A large fire has broken out on Dartmoor in Devon.
  
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• Kyle Lafferty: Tommy Wright's Kilmarnock set to make move for striker after Romania move collapsed

  11-02-2021 21:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New Kilmarnock boss Tommy Wright could be set to link up with compatriot Kyle Lafferty.
  
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• Manchester City drawn away to Everton in FA Cup quarter-finals

  11-02-2021 21:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Premier League leaders Manchester City will travel to Everton in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• Biden decree ends ’emergency’ that Trump used to build wall

  11-02-2021 21:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
  
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• Ralph Hasenhuttl says Saints are serious about FA Cup success

  11-02-2021 21:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boss Ralph Hasenhuttl targeted ending Southampton’s 45-year FA Cup drought after they reached the quarter-finals.
  
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• Vaccine hesitancy ‘not because people are choosing to be difficult’

  11-02-2021 21:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Vaccine hesitancy among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities is often rooted in social and cultural factors – and mistrust can be based on historic difficulties people have had, a health leader has said.
  
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• Lisburn man who trashed flat with baseball bat and pushed fridge out window jailed

  11-02-2021 21:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Lisburn man who trashed a flat with a baseball bat and pushed a fridge out of a second floor window, almost hitting two people in the street, was jailed for six months yesterday.
  
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• Brexit: Inquiry into suspension of Irish Sea border checks

  11-02-2021 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stormont committee backs investigation into what led to checks being suspended at NI ports.
  
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• Swann urged to take control of NI private hospitals to assist with Covid response

  11-02-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Health Minister has been urged to take control of private hospitals in Northern Ireland to assist with the pandemic response.
  
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• PSNI 'could have prevented Jim Donegan murder'

  11-02-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police failed to warn a man murdered outside a west Belfast school about a threat linked to dissident republicans, the High Court was told on Thursday.
  
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• Northern Ireland man amazed as Scottish cold snap freezes water in mid-air

  11-02-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A youth worker from Northern Ireland who lives in Scotland has told how he threw a cup of boiling water into mid-air - and saw it transform into ice crystals.
  
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• Belfast girl Cara (12) teams up with top London designers to create clothing range for children with dwarfism - Belfast Telegraph

  11-02-2021 21:00
  
  Belfast girl Cara (12) teams up with top London designers to create clothing range for children with dwarfism  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast girl Cara (12) teams up with top London designers to create clothing range for children with dwarfism

  11-02-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For many fashion-conscious girls it can be a common complaint - they simply cannot find the clothes they love in the right size.
  
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• Advice for looking after pets as temperatures plummet

  11-02-2021 20:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pet owners should keep a closer eye on their furry friends as temperatures plummet, the RSPCA has said.
  
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• Saints sink Wolves and march into the last eight of the FA Cup

  11-02-2021 20:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Danny Ings helped Southampton into the FA Cup quarter finals after a 2-0 win at Wolves.
  
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• Alex Salmond committee to discuss court ruling on evidence

  11-02-2021 20:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Alex Salmond inquiry committee has called a meeting to discuss a court judgment about the former first minister’s evidence.
  
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• Stormont launches public consultation on future of controversial RHI scheme

  11-02-2021 20:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Executive has launched a consultation on options for the future of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, including its potential closure.
  
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• Consultation launched on future of controversial RHI scheme

  11-02-2021 20:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Executive has agreed to the launch of a consultation on options for the future of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme, including its potential closure.
  
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• ‘Gross failures’ contributed to disabled woman’s death, coroner concludes

  11-02-2021 20:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The death of a disabled woman days after she had all her teeth surgically removed was contributed to by the neglect of care home nurses, a coroner has concluded.
  
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• Child abuse content on Facebook may have been missed due to technical issue

  11-02-2021 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Facebook is working to catch child sexual exploitation content it may have missed as a result of a technical issue after changes the firm made late last year.
  
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• Meghan says Mail On Sunday ‘blatantly exploited’ her privacy after court win

  11-02-2021 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex has criticised the publisher of The Mail On Sunday for “blatantly exploiting” her privacy after winning her High Court claim against the newspaper for misuse of private information.
  
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• Brighton boss Graham Potter focusing on task at hand rather than home record

  11-02-2021 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brighton boss Graham Potter is focused on getting the better of visiting Aston Villa this weekend and not placing too much pressure on their efforts to secure rare back-to-back wins at home.
  
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• Meghan denounces companies for profiting from ‘people’s pain’ as she wins claim

  11-02-2021 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex has suggested her High Court privacy claim win against The Mail On Sunday was a victory for all “because we all deserve justice and truth, and we all deserve better”.
  
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• Rioters acting on Trump’s orders, Democrats say at impeachment trial

  11-02-2021 19:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump’s impeachment said the Capitol invaders believed they were are acting on “the president’s orders” to storm the building and stop the joint session of Congress that was certifying Joe Biden’s election.
  
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• Elderly woman left badly shaken after Bangor robbery

  11-02-2021 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Bangor are hunting two men who robbed an elderly woman while she was out walking earlier today.
  
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• Raab condemns China’s ‘unacceptable’ ban on BBC World News

  11-02-2021 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary has branded China’s decision to ban BBC World News an “unacceptable curtailing of media freedom”.
  
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• Michael Gove boasted about singing The Sash, says Ian Paisley

  11-02-2021 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cabinet minister says he has a "formidable singing repertoire" including The Fields of Athenry.
  
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• Dramatic fall in Covid cases needed before easing lockdown – Government adviser

  11-02-2021 19:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Government adviser has warned that daily coronavirus cases need to fall dramatically before Boris Johnson can consider easing lockdown measures.
  
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• In Video: Truck plunges 70 feet off motorway

  11-02-2021 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Authorities in the US state of Wisconsin say the driver of a pick-up truck survived after plunging 70 feet from an elevated motorway onto a road below.
  
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• Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant reveals he has had coronavirus jab

  11-02-2021 19:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys has revealed he has had the coronavirus jab.
  
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• Woman targeted in voyeurism offence says killer ‘was just allowed to carry on’

  11-02-2021 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who was watched by Pawel Relowicz as she had sex said the meat processing worker “was allowed to just carry on targeting vulnerable women to the point where his actions had tragic and deadly consequences”.
  
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• Brussels committed to making Northern Ireland Protocol work, says EC official

  11-02-2021 19:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brussels remains “absolutely committed” to making the contentious Northern Ireland Protocol work, the European Commission’s vice president has said.
  
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• White House names generals targeted by Myanmar sanctions

  11-02-2021 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Biden administration in the US has announced that new sanctions against Myanmar will target the country’s top military officials who ordered this month’s coup in the Southeast Asian country.
  
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• Cameron Redpath injury a concern for Scotland but coach sees the bigger picture

  11-02-2021 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gregor Townsend is confident Scotland can improve on their winning performance against England despite concerns over Cameron Redpath’s neck injury amid a triple blow.
  
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• Brexit trade arrangements an ‘unmitigated disaster’, food sector bosses tell MPs

  11-02-2021 18:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Food industry bosses have condemned Brexit as an “unmitigated disaster” and claimed the cost of disruption has caused some firms to shut for good.
  
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• Johnson under pressure to commit to March 8 school reopening

  11-02-2021 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson is under pressure from Tories not to let the timetable for easing lockdown slip, despite warnings from senior scientists about the dangers still posed by coronavirus.
  
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• Seller did not know ‘how combustible’ cladding was until after Grenfell fire

  11-02-2021 18:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A member of staff responsible for selling the type of flammable cladding panels used on Grenfell Tower has told an inquiry he did not realise how combustible the material was until after the fatal blaze.
  
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• Shane Williams: Wales ‘on the way’ to mounting strong Six Nations challenge

  11-02-2021 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shane Williams believes Wales have the strength in depth to cope with their current injury crisis and challenge at the top end of the Guinness Six Nations table this year.
  
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• Parents remember ‘beautiful’ Libby Squire as butcher found guilty of murder

  11-02-2021 18:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of student Libby Squire have remembered their “beautiful, caring, wonderful girl” after a butcher was found guilty of raping and murdering the 21-year-old.
  
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• Covid-19: Conor Murphy says Stormont will act collectively in lockdown review

  11-02-2021 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NI lockdown restrictions will be reviewed next week but ministers warn any easing will be gradual.
  
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