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• My Mum Tracy Beaker enjoys CBBC’s most successful show launch ever, channel says

  15-02-2021 23:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  My Mum Tracy Beaker has set a record as CBBC’s most successful programme launch ever, the channel said.
  
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• Homebuilder helps deliver 7,000 books to children around Belfast as it celebrates one-year of bringing the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to the city - Love Belfast

  15-02-2021 23:33
  
  Homebuilder helps deliver 7,000 books to children around Belfast as it celebrates one-year of bringing the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to the city  Love Belfast
  
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• When the Boaty comes in... polar explorer drops anchor

  15-02-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  While not the legendary naturalist himself, one Sir David Attenborough could be spotted off the north coast on Monday.
  
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• FAI offers James McClean support after wife reveals he received gun threat

  15-02-2021 23:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Football Association of Ireland has offered its support to James McClean after the Stoke winger suffered online abuse, with his wife revealing she once watched a match in fear after someone threatened to take a gun to the game.
  
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• Coronavirus: Priest providing 'takeaway ashes' for Ash Wednesday

  15-02-2021 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fr Brian Brady teamed up with a shop to provide holy ashes in sauce containers for parishioners.
  
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• Coronavirus: Fifty NI heritage groups to receive money

  15-02-2021 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Self-employed individuals like tour guides and stonemasons will also benefit from the £5m fund.
  
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• Timo Werner ends goal drought as Chelsea brush aside woeful Newcastle

  15-02-2021 23:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Timo Werner’s first goal in 15 Premier League games sent Chelsea back into the top four as the Blues saw off Newcastle 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• Loyalist group insists no form of Irish Sea border will be tolerated

  15-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An umbrella organisation representing loyalist groups, including the UDA, UVF and Red Hand Commando, has written to two MPs and 10 MLAs warning that "no form of Irish Sea border will ever be tolerated".
  
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• Local pro-life group rapped over its Covid-19 vaccine disinformation

  15-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said misinformation is putting "lives at risk" after an anti-abortion group in Northern Ireland warned people against the Covid-19 jab.
  
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• Phased return to schools only way to deal with situation: teaching union

  15-02-2021 22:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teaching union has warned schools can only reopen on a phased basis - as it published a five-point plan for pupils' return.
  
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• MaineHealth changes vaccination date due to weather - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  15-02-2021 22:32
  
  MaineHealth changes vaccination date due to weather - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican Journal
  
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• TikTok star Addison Rae on how she deals with trolls

  15-02-2021 22:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TikTok star Addison Rae revealed she looked to the Kardashians for advice on how to adjust to fame.
  
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• Donohoe family solicitor issues thanks over new phone evidence

  15-02-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A solicitor representing the family of the late Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe has thanked a woman for handing over potential new evidence to the police.
  
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• Spanish rapper rejects imprisonment to draw focus on gag law

  15-02-2021 22:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rapper in Spain and dozens of his supporters have locked themselves inside a university building in the artist’s latest attempt to avoid a prison sentence for insulting the country’s monarchy and praising terrorism.
  
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• Kathleen Thompson: Inquest resumes over 1971 shooting

  15-02-2021 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kathleen Thompson was killed outside her home in 1971 during an Army raid on the Creggan estate.
  
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• David Moyes says West Ham can get better in battle for Champions League places

  15-02-2021 22:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Moyes admitted he would not have believed anyone who told him at the start of the season that West Ham would be above the champions in February.
  
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• 'I learned Gerard was in hospital from the news': Inquest hears from mum of Belfast DJ who died after nightclub altercation in 2016

  15-02-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Belfast DJ, who died in the city almost five years ago, first learned her son was in hospital from a TV news report.
  
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• A Belfast man on becoming a bilingual being in Canada - IrishCentral

  15-02-2021 21:54
  
  A Belfast man on becoming a bilingual being in Canada  IrishCentral
  
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• Speaker Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot

  15-02-2021 21:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an independent commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the US Capitol.
  
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• Tributes paid to comedy writer Iain Pattinson following his death aged 68

  15-02-2021 21:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to comedy writer Iain Pattinson following his death at the age of 68.
  
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• James McClean: FAI offers Republic of Ireland winger support over social media threats

  15-02-2021 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James McClean is offered support by the Football Association of Ireland after revealing a recent threat sent to him on social media.
  
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• James McClean's wife details sickening abuse footballer gets from online trolls - Belfast Live

  15-02-2021 21:42
  
  James McClean's wife details sickening abuse footballer gets from online trolls  Belfast Live
  
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• Dramatic flares as power surges through cables in winter storm

  15-02-2021 21:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Power cables put on a dramatic light show as wintry weather caused disruption in parts of the United States.
  
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• Northern Ireland football manager has shot at £1m race jackpot

  15-02-2021 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Banbridge football manager is in with a shot of a life-changing jackpot - if the race is ever run.
  
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• Covid-19: Virus-related death toll in NI hits 2,000

  15-02-2021 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The milestone is reached after the Department of Health reported four more deaths on Monday.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces and colleges a ‘concern’

  15-02-2021 21:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces and colleges are causing concern, public health doctors in Ireland said.
  
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• Olivia Wilde pays gushing tribute to Don’t Worry Darling star Harry Styles

  15-02-2021 21:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Director Olivia Wilde has paid a gushing tribute to Harry Styles, praising him for his “humility and grace” while starring in her film Don’t Worry Darling.
  
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• Wife of footballer James McClean hits out over online abuse

  15-02-2021 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The wife of footballer James McClean has hit out at the abuse and threats the Republic of Ireland international and his family have received on social media.
  
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• West Ham see off Sheffield United without a striker

  15-02-2021 21:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  West Ham made light of not having a recognised striker as they swatted aside Sheffield United at the London Stadium.
  
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• Telephone bookings open for extremely vulnerable to get vaccine

  15-02-2021 20:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Telephone vaccination booking is now available for people in Northern Ireland who received a shielding letter because they are clinically extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
  
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• Carl Frampton Says Shakur Stevenson Fight In Belfast Could Be His Final Bout - FIGHT SPORTS

  15-02-2021 20:36
  
  Carl Frampton Says Shakur Stevenson Fight In Belfast Could Be His Final Bout  FIGHT SPORTS
  
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• Dominic Raab joins allies in condemning arbitrary detention

  15-02-2021 20:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has vowed to “leave no stone unturned” until British dual nationals arbitrarily detained in Iran are freed.
  
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• How assistance dog Echo helped Belfast woman Wendy recover from Covid and manage her diabetes - Belfast Telegraph

  15-02-2021 20:30
  
  How assistance dog Echo helped Belfast woman Wendy recover from Covid and manage her diabetes  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• How assistance dog Echo helped Belfast woman Wendy recover from Covid and manage her diabetes

  15-02-2021 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Meet Echo - a golden retriever who has been hailed a lifesaver - twice.
  
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• Biggie’s life to be explored in Netflix documentary

  15-02-2021 20:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The life of revered rapper The Notorious B.I.G. will be explored in a new Netflix documentary.
  
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• Salvage Hunters' Drew Pritchard returns to Belfast shop brimming with curiosities for TV show - Belfast Live

  15-02-2021 20:27
  
  Salvage Hunters' Drew Pritchard returns to Belfast shop brimming with curiosities for TV show  Belfast Live
  
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• Former Love Island star would be ‘honoured’ to appear at No 10 press conference

  15-02-2021 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Love Island star and mental health campaigner has said he would be “honoured” to appear at a Government coronavirus briefing.
  
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• Mid Ulster Council officials to raise concerns over ambulances getting lost in district

  15-02-2021 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Senior officials at Mid Ulster District Council are seeking a meeting with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service after a Coalisland councillor expressed concerns that ambulances are getting lost in the district.
  
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• ITV pauses Dancing On Ice for a week

  15-02-2021 19:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dancing On Ice is taking a week-long break and there will be no live show on Sunday, ITV said.
  
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• Inside the innovative Belfast food businesses that have started up during lockdown - Belfast Live

  15-02-2021 19:57
  
  Inside the innovative Belfast food businesses that have started up during lockdown  Belfast Live
  
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• Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann braced for Liverpool to bounce back

  15-02-2021 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Julian Nagelsmann is adamant his RB Leipzig side will not be treating Liverpool as a “beaten-up boxer” following their recent losing streak ahead of the teams’ Champions League showdown.
  
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• PM suggests rapid testing will be used over ‘vaccine passports’

  15-02-2021 19:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has suggested rapid testing for coronavirus will be used over “vaccine passports” to help reopen businesses when lockdown restrictions ease.
  
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• Temperatures set to soar as high as 15C

  15-02-2021 19:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parts of the UK could see above-average seasonal temperatures of up to 15C (59F), days after the country endured freezing conditions, snow and record lows.
  
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• Coronavirus: Vaccination centre in every county

  15-02-2021 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is planned that every county will have at least one vaccination centre.
  
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• VAR should be operated by specialists, claims former referee Keith Hackett

  15-02-2021 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett believes VAR specialists should operate the technology from Stockley Park, not current match officials.
  
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• Protocol challenges a ‘two way street’

  15-02-2021 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Efforts to address problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol should be a two-way street, the European Commission vice-president said.
  
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• Country must battle ‘dual epidemic of coronavirus and disinformation’

  15-02-2021 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of NHS England says “meaningful progress” has been made to overcome vaccine hesitancy, but the country remains in battle against a “pandemic of disinformation”.
  
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• Sea foam showers County Waterford village in Republic of Ireland

  15-02-2021 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The village of Bonmahon has been showered in sea foam following high winds.
  
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• Mauricio Pochettino does not feel weight of PSG’s past Champions League failures

  15-02-2021 19:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mauricio Pochettino meets Barcelona on Tuesday insisting he is not burdened by the history of Paris St Germain’s Champions League failures.
  
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• Convicted bomber released under Good Friday Agreement gets community service order for falsifying passport

  15-02-2021 19:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A convicted bomber — released under the Good Friday Agreement — has been handed community service after he was caught attempting to renew a passport in the name of a man who died in 1986.
  
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