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• Celebrities send messages of support to Tiger Woods after road accident

  23-02-2021 23:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Celebrities including Jada Pinkett Smith and Cher have shared messages of support after Tiger Woods was injured in a road accident in Los Angeles.
  
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• Conor McMenamin fires Glentoran back into title race with last gasp win over Linfield

  23-02-2021 23:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Game on in the title race. Glentoran are part of it now after a vital victory against champions Linfield at Windsor Park secured by Conor McMenamin in injury time.
  
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• Paul O'Neill's late strike earns Cliftonville first back-to-back victories in three months as Ballymena beaten

  23-02-2021 23:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paul O’Neill’s late header ended Cliftonville’s long wait for back-to-back Danske Bank Premiership wins and extended Ballymena United’s losing streak to five.
  
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• Chelsea take upper hand against Atletico Madrid after Olivier Giroud stunner

  23-02-2021 23:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Olivier Giroud produced another Champions League special to hand Chelsea the advantage in their last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid after a 1-0 first-leg win in Bucharest.
  
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• Spotify says streaming must stay affordable to avoid ‘pushing’ people to piracy

  23-02-2021 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Raising the price of music streaming could risk driving people back towards illegal downloading, MPs were told on Tuesday.
  
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• Billy Vunipola admits to ‘playing rubbish’ as England struggle in Six Nations

  23-02-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Billy Vunipola admits he has been “playing rubbish” and blames the collapse in form that has endangered his England place on being a “coward” due to fatigue.
  
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• Conor McCloskey inspires Glenavon to narrow win over Dungannon Swifts as two sent off

  23-02-2021 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Glenavon held on to win this Mid-Ulster derby and spoil Dixie Robinson’s return to the dugout.
  
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• Curtis Allen double sends Coleraine third with win over Carrick Rangers

  23-02-2021 22:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coleraine moved up to third in the Danske Bank Premiership as a deadly double from Curtis Allen helped the Bannsiders record all three points at the Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena.
  
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• Nasa scientists celebrate successful Mars rover landing with Reddit Q&A

  23-02-2021 22:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nasa scientists celebrated the successful landing of another Mars rover by hosting an online Q&A on Reddit.
  
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• Sending pupils back to school together 'could lead to worst Covid wave yet', warns McBride

  23-02-2021 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland could be hit by the worst Covid-19 wave yet if all pupils return to school at once, it has been warned.
  
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• Marcelo Bielsa heaps praise on ‘spontaneous’ Leeds winger Raphinha

  23-02-2021 22:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Marcelo Bielsa said there was little he could teach Raphinha, who turned in another eye-catching display in Leeds’ 3-0 home win against Southampton.
  
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• Tiger Woods in surgery for multiple leg injuries after car crash in Los Angeles

  23-02-2021 22:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods suffered multiple leg injuries and had to be cut from his vehicle with “jaws of life” equipment following an accident in Los Angeles.
  
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• Kilclooney urges Executive to give Republic helping hand with vaccination programme

  23-02-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has called on the Executive to help the Republic ramp up its Covid vaccination programme.
  
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• Poet and Beat movement bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies aged 101

  23-02-2021 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the leading figures of the Beat movement, has died at the age of 101.
  
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• Ramped up vaccine programme won’t be held back by supply issues – Martin

  23-02-2021 21:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A delay in the delivery of the AstraZeneca jab will not impact Ireland’s plans to ramp up its vaccination programme, the Taoiseach has said.
  
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• Frampton to finally challenge for WBO world super-featherweight title as Herring fight scheduled for April

  23-02-2021 21:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton will finally challenge WBO world super-featherweight champion Jamel Herring on Saturday, April 3 in Dubai.
  
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• Leading Tory lockdown-sceptic: Serious questions over model used for PM road map

  23-02-2021 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are “serious questions” about the modelling the Government is using to support its cautious lockdown-easing timetable, according to a senior lockdown-sceptic Tory.
  
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• Racing driver Billy Monger halts Red Nose Day challenge due to dangerous weather

  23-02-2021 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Racing driver Billy Monger has been forced to halt the second day of his  140-mile triathlon-inspired charity challenge due to dangerous weather conditions.
  
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• Whisky collection sells for almost £6.7m

  23-02-2021 21:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A private collection of 3,900 whisky bottles has sold for around £6.7 million at auction.
  
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• Tiger Woods suffers leg injuries in California car crash

  23-02-2021 21:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries when his vehicle rolled over near Los Angeles, and is in hospital undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager say.
  
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• Bomb alerts at political offices in Belfast probed

  23-02-2021 21:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Reports of bomb attacks on two political offices in Belfast are being investigated.
  
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• Leeds move back into top half after comfortable win over Southampton

  23-02-2021 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leeds climbed back into the top half of the table as three second-half goals secured them a 3-0 home win against Southampton.
  
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• Tiger Woods’ highs and lows after car accident leaves him in hospital

  23-02-2021 21:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods has been hospitalised after being cut from his car following an accident in Los Angeles.
  
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• A look at Tiger Woods’ highs and lows after car accident leaves him in hospital

  23-02-2021 21:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods is undergoing surgery on leg injuries after being cut from his car following an accident in Los Angeles, officials have confirmed.
  
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• Holyland St Patrick's Day fears after 'terrible' night of parties

  23-02-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fears are growing that St Patrick's Day celebrations will rage through Belfast's student area after "alarming" reports of multiple house parties on Monday night.
  
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• Tiger Woods undergoing surgery after being cut from car following road accident

  23-02-2021 20:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods is undergoing surgery on leg injuries after being cut from his car following an accident in Los Angeles, officials have confirmed.
  
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• French actor Gerard Depardieu charged with rape

  23-02-2021 20:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  French actor Gerard Depardieu has been charged with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
  
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• Window blind company Mzuri Group acquires shutters business

  23-02-2021 20:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland window blind company has acquired a shutters business for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• Alex Salmond pulls out of Holyrood appearance after evidence redacted

  23-02-2021 20:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Alex Salmond will not appear before the Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish Government’s unlawful investigation of sexual harassment claims made against him after parliament redacted his already-published evidence.
  
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• Government pressed to deliver ‘sustainable plan’ to safely exit lockdown

  23-02-2021 20:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Government has been urged to deliver a “sustainable plan” to safely exit lockdown.
  
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• Coronavirus: Republic of Ireland extends restrictions to 5 April

  23-02-2021 20:03
  
  The Irish cabinet agrees to a phased return of schools, starting from Monday.
  
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• More than a million masks issued to NHS ‘may not meet safety standards’

  23-02-2021 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than a million masks issued to NHS workers may not meet safety standards, the Government has warned.
  
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• Frank Edgar obituary

  23-02-2021 19:57
  
  My father, Frank Edgar, who has died aged 87, was one of Northern Ireland’s most experienced civil servants and made significant contributions to many aspects of life in the province. He was one of a postwar generation that fundamentally believed in the value of public service.Frank was born in Belfast, the oldest of two sons to Mae (nee McNeice), a hairdresser, and Bob, a mechanic, and won a scholarship to attend Methodist College. An enthusiastic cricketer, sailor and golfer, he once und
  
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• Ulster Bank boss apologises to staff following months of uncertainty

  23-02-2021 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of Ulster Bank said she apologised to staff after they were forced to live with uncertainty about the future of their jobs for months.
  
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• Wolfsberger have little chance of beating Tottenham – coach Ferdinand Feldhofer

  23-02-2021 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wolfsberger coach Ferdinand Feldhofer concedes his side have little chance of progressing past Tottenham in the last 32 of the Europa League.
  
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• Covid-19: South Africa variant found in Northern Ireland

  23-02-2021 19:34
  
  Three cases are found but the Department of Health says the risk of transmission is low.
  
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• Music streaming giants ‘open’ to alternative ways for paying artists

  23-02-2021 19:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Spotify has said it is open to alternative models for calculating how artists should be paid amid concerns about how little emerging musicians are able to earn.
  
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• Sadio Mane springs to defence of fellow Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino

  23-02-2021 19:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has sprung to the defence of fellow forward Roberto Firmino.
  
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• US judge says wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ must stay in jail

  23-02-2021 19:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A federal judge has ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to remain temporarily jailed after she was arrested and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plotting his escape from a Mexican prison.
  
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• Top Gear host ‘shaken and stirred’ in 007 teaser trailer

  23-02-2021 19:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paddy McGuinness, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Harris drive some of the James Bond franchise’s best-known cars in the trailer for the new series of Top Gear.
  
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• Six arrested after rooftop protest at Israeli-owned ‘drone parts’ factory

  23-02-2021 19:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six people have been arrested after a rooftop protest at a factory which pro-Palestinian activists have claimed supplies engines for Israeli military drones.
  
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• High level Covid restrictions to remain until at least April 5: Taoiseach

  23-02-2021 19:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The highest level of coronavirus restrictions will continue in Ireland until April 5 at least, the Taoiseach has confirmed.
  
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• Scotland centre Chris Harris: I’d be devastated if France clash was pushed back

  23-02-2021 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scotland centre Chris Harris would be “devastated” if their Guinness Six Nations clash with France was postponed by a week and he was recalled for club duty.
  
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• Paul Pogba’s agent backtracks over claim player’s Man Utd career was ending

  23-02-2021 19:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola has insisted he was merely giving his opinion when he suggested the midfielder’s spell at Manchester United could be coming to an end.
  
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• Iran increasing uranium enrichment purity and quantities, says UN watchdog

  23-02-2021 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UN’s atomic watchdog says its inspectors have confirmed that Iran has started enriching uranium up to 20% purity, a technical step away from weapons-grade levels.
  
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• No breakthrough in ministerial meeting on funding victims’ payments

  23-02-2021 18:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A meeting with the UK Government and Stormont ministers has failed to resolve an impasse over who will foot a potential £1.2 billion bill for a delayed Troubles victims’ payment scheme.
  
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• Politicians defiant after Sinn Fein and SDLP Belfast offices targeted in bomb alerts - Belfast Telegraph

  23-02-2021 18:44
  
  Politicians defiant after Sinn Fein and SDLP Belfast offices targeted in bomb alerts  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Bomb alert at Belfast Sinn Fein offices condemned

  23-02-2021 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MP Paul Maskey has said his party will “not be deterred” after another bomb alert outside one of its constituency offices in west Belfast.
  
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• Lady Leshurr says she was offered £250k to record ‘diss track’ about Nicki Minaj

  23-02-2021 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lady Leshurr has said she cried after a record label offered her £250,000 to make a “diss track” about fellow rapper Nicki Minaj.
  
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• Pep Guardiola hopes things are different for Manchester City this time around

  23-02-2021 18:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola remains convinced Manchester City were better than their past two Champions League conquerors.
  
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