Belfast news

• Heather Knight looking forward to England’s return to ODI action in New Zealand

  21-02-2021 23:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Heather Knight is relishing the opportunity to play cricket in front of a crowd again, as England resume preparations for the defence of their World Cup title in 2022.
  
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• 'Never give up': Welsh Open champion Jordan Brown's message of hope as Ronnie O'Sullivan salutes 'proper player' after shock success

  21-02-2021 23:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's newest sports star has sent out a message of hope after pulling off one of the greatest shocks in the country's storied sporting history.
  
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• What will be in the Prime Minister’s road map out of lockdown?

  21-02-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The long-awaited details of the Prime Minister’s road map out of lockdown are due to be revealed on Monday.
  
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• Four tests for England’s journey out of lockdown

  21-02-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson’s road map will involve four tests for easing restrictions.
  
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• Carlo Ancelotti urges Everton to build on derby win by booking European spot

  21-02-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti will not allow an historic Merseyside derby win at Anfield to be the pinnacle of their season.
  
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• Newcastle boss Steve Bruce ‘quietly confident’ of Premier League survival

  21-02-2021 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Steve Bruce understands growing concerns about Newcastle’s predicament but the under-fire manager remains “quietly confident” of staying up despite Sunday’s defeat at Manchester United.
  
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• Schools, socialising and sports to return in March under PM’s road map

  21-02-2021 23:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Schools, socialising and some sports are set to return next month under the Government’s plan to relax coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• Paloma Faith welcomes baby girl via C-section

  21-02-2021 23:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paloma Faith announced she has welcomed a baby girl after a planned Caesarean section.
  
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• Shock after talented cheese firm owner passes away aged 48

  21-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes from across Northern Ireland have been paid after the death of Dean Wright, the talented owner of award-winning artisan cheese firm Ballylisk.
  
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• Elliot Daly still learning from Owen Farrell as he approaches 50th England cap

  21-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Elliot Daly says the opportunity to learn from England team-mate Owen Farrell was highly influential in his decision to join Saracens.
  
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• Protests over rapper’s arrest turn violent again in Barcelona

  21-02-2021 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Protests in support of a jailed rapper have turned violent for a sixth consecutive night in Barcelona with clashes between police and groups of youths in the centre of the city.
  
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• BBC slammed for TV licence letters blitz amid pandemic

  21-02-2021 22:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The BBC has issued almost a million letters to homes here since the first lockdown threatening people with heavy fines for not having a TV licence.
  
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• Antrim's Jordan Brown beats Ronnie O'Sullivan to win Welsh Open in one of snooker's greatest ever shocks

  21-02-2021 22:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Jordan Brown has pulled off one of the biggest shocks in snooker history by defeating the legendary Ronnie O'Sullivan to win his first ever ranking tournament at the Welsh Open.
  
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• Jordan Brown beats Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final frame to win 2021 Welsh Open

  21-02-2021 22:55
  
  World number 81 Jordan Brown beats Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-8 in a final-frame decider to win the 2021 Welsh Open.
  
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• Bloodlands: Scandi-noir Belfast-style as Jimmy Nesbitt goes on a giant hunt

  21-02-2021 22:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The past will come back to haunt you.
  
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• Sudden death of young Dungannon footballer Joshua Green is an 'immeasurable' loss

  21-02-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sudden death of a talented Dungannon footballer represents an "immeasurable" loss to his friends, his team manager has said.
  
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• Iran to offer UN inspectors ‘less access’ to nuclear programme

  21-02-2021 22:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Iran will begin to offer United Nations inspectors “less access” to its nuclear programme as part of its campaign to put pressure on the West, the UN atomic watchdog’s chief has said.
  
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• Manchester United bounce back to form in Premier League by seeing off Newcastle

  21-02-2021 22:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United got back to winning ways in the Premier League as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men saw off the threat of relegation-threatened Newcastle.
  
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• SFA apologises after learning assistant referee should have been isolating

  21-02-2021 22:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Football Association has apologised for a “breakdown in internal process” that led to an assistant referee officiating in Saturday’s Premiership match between Hibernian and Hamilton when he should have been self-isolating.
  
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• Families stunned as Hannahstown cemetery dumps tributes to loved ones

  21-02-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Families whose loved ones are buried in a Belfast cemetery say they are "devastated" by the removal of flowers and other personal mementos from the graves.
  
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• Brexit: Unionist parties to join NI Protocol legal challenge

  21-02-2021 21:59
  
  The DUP, UUP and TUV say they will be part of a legal challenge against the NI Protocol.
  
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• Security alert underway in Coleraine

  21-02-2021 21:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are currently at the scene of a security alert in Coleraine.
  
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• Teenagers charged with kidnapping after car stolen with owner’s children inside

  21-02-2021 21:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two 15-year-old boys have been charged with kidnapping after an incident in which a car was stolen with the owner’s two young children still inside.
  
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• Atlantic row ‘best experience of my life’, says record-breaking Yorkshirewoman

  21-02-2021 21:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The youngest woman to row solo across an ocean has described it as the best thing she has ever done.
  
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• Pep Guardiola impressed with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal after Man City win again

  21-02-2021 20:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola was full of praise for protege Mikel Arteta as his Manchester City side recorded an 18th win in a row with a narrow victory at Arsenal.
  
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• Thieves steal charity cash and target cars in east Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  21-02-2021 20:52
  
  Thieves steal charity cash and target cars in east Belfast  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Thieves steal charity cash and target cars in east Belfast

  21-02-2021 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thieves have burgled an east Belfast newsagents and damaged five cars in a nearby street in a series of incidents which police say may be linked.
  
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• Anger as day trippers flock to north coast once again despite lockdown

  21-02-2021 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Day trippers have once again flocked to the scenic Causeway Coast despite lockdown rules discouraging non-essential travel.
  
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• Manchester City’s 18-match winning run broken down game-by-game

  21-02-2021 19:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City extended their record-breaking run of consecutive victories with an 18th successive win in all competitions on Sunday.
  
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• East Belfast: Thieves break into cars and steal charity cash - BBC News

  21-02-2021 19:38
  
  East Belfast: Thieves break into cars and steal charity cash  BBC News
  
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• East Belfast: Thieves break into cars and steal charity cash

  21-02-2021 19:38
  
  Six vehicles are damaged and a newsagents is burgled in "linked" incidents in east Belfast.
  
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• Raheem Sterling’s early header extends Manchester City’s winning run to 18 games

  21-02-2021 19:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling’s early goal earned Manchester City a 1-0 victory at Arsenal to stretch their winning run to 18 matches.
  
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• Josh Bayliss receives first call-up as Scotland add to Six Nations squad

  21-02-2021 19:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bath back-row Josh Bayliss has been called up to the Scotland squad for the first time for Sunday’s Six Nations match against France.
  
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• Raheem Sterling scores winner as Manchester City claim 18th consecutive victory

  21-02-2021 19:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling’s early header proved enough for Premier League leaders Manchester City to win at Arsenal and pick up their 18th successive victory in all competitions.
  
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• Car driven at boy before he was chased by four people and stabbed to death

  21-02-2021 19:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy is believed to have had a car driven at him before he was chased by four people and stabbed to death.
  
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• Covid-19: Health chiefs say NI vaccine programme on target

  21-02-2021 19:02
  
  Four more Covid-related deaths have been confirmed, bringing the number of deaths in NI to 2,033.
  
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• Ricki Lake announces engagement to Ross Burningham

  21-02-2021 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ricki Lake has said she is “grateful I get to love and be loved so deeply” as she announced her engagement to partner Ross Burningham.
  
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• Newry: PSNI say device 'could have easily detonated'

  21-02-2021 18:52
  
  Several homes were evacuated after the discovery of a viable device on Saturday.
  
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• Blue heart placed on Cavehill in memory of Noah Donohoe

  21-02-2021 18:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A large blue heart has been placed at the top of Cavehill mountain in memory of Noah Donohoe, the Belfast teenager who went missing last summer.
  
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• Blue heart placed on Cave Hill in memory of Noah Donohoe

  21-02-2021 18:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A large blue heart has been placed at the top of Cave Hill in memory of Noah Donohoe, the Belfast teenager who went missing last summer.
  
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• Dean Smith to investigate Jack Grealish injury leak after Leicester defeat

  21-02-2021 18:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has vowed to investigate how news of Jack Grealish’s injury was leaked on social media.
  
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• Another 263 test positive for coronavirus in Northern Ireland

  21-02-2021 18:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Another 263 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours.
  
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• Lautaro Martinez and Romelu Lukaku on target as leaders Inter win Milan derby

  21-02-2021 18:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lautaro Martinez scored twice as Inter Milan established a four-point lead at the top of Serie A with a 3-0 derby win over second-placed AC Milan.
  
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• Four-year-old girl and two adults die in house fire

  21-02-2021 18:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A four-year-old girl and two adults have died in a house fire.
  
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• Ronald Koeman: Barca’s draw with Cadiz more disappointing than PSG thrashing

  21-02-2021 17:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ronald Koeman called Sunday’s draw with Cadiz more disappointing than Tuesday’s heavy Champions League defeat to Paris St Germain as Barcelona’s frustrations continued.
  
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• Leicester continue Champions League push with win at Aston Villa

  21-02-2021 17:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leicester strengthened their grip on a Champions League spot with a stubborn 2-1 win at Aston Villa.
  
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• Libyan minister survives attack on motorcade

  21-02-2021 17:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The motorcade of the interior minister of Libya’s UN-backed government has come under attack in the capital, Tripoli, a government spokesman said.
  
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• Police and National Trust urge public to stay away from Divis Mountain

  21-02-2021 17:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police and The National Trust have urged motorists and the public to stay away from the Divis Road area of Belfast today due to “huge amounts of traffic” and “dangerous roadside parking”.
  
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• Fiddler on the wards: Violin-playing doctor cheers Covid patients in Tunisia

  21-02-2021 17:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Tunisian doctor working on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic has brought a smile to patients’ faces by playing the violin on hospital wards.
  
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• DUP leader and senior MPs launch Northern Ireland Protocol legal challenge

  21-02-2021 17:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster and senior party MPs are launching legal action challenging the Northern Ireland Protocol.
  
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