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• Photo Flash: First Look at The Belfast Ensemble's World Premiere of THE MUSICIAN: A CHILDREN'S HORROR OPERA - Broadway World

  08-03-2021 23:40
  
  Photo Flash: First Look at The Belfast Ensemble's World Premiere of THE MUSICIAN: A CHILDREN'S HORROR OPERA  Broadway World
  
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• BELFAST'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS ECHO WITH THE FUTURE SOUNDS OF NORTHERN IRELAND'S MUSICAL TALENT - Love Belfast

  08-03-2021 23:32
  
  BELFAST'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS ECHO WITH THE FUTURE SOUNDS OF NORTHERN IRELAND'S MUSICAL TALENT  Love Belfast
  
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• It's time to stop sectarianising Covid and stay united to beat it

  08-03-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Most of those hot and bothered about Bobby Storey's funeral fell strangely silent when thousands of Rangers fans on the Shankill celebrated their club's title win.
  
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• Derek McInnes steps down after eight years in charge at Aberdeen

  08-03-2021 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derek McInnes has left Aberdeen after eight years in charge at Pittodrie with chairman Dave Cormack maintaining it is the “right time” to make a change.
  
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• Happy Hammers keep top-four hopes alive with home win over Leeds

  08-03-2021 23:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Goals from Jesse Lingard and Craig Dawson kept West Ham in the hunt for a top-four Premier League finish with a 2-0 win over Leeds at the London Stadium.
  
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• Video: Belfast public have mixed views on Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview - Belfast Telegraph

  08-03-2021 23:00
  
  Video: Belfast public have mixed views on Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• PSNI warns it will take action over Rangers fan celebrations on Shankill Road

  08-03-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has warned action will be taken after hundreds of Rangers fans gathered on the Shankill Road in Belfast to celebrate the club's Scottish Premiership title win.
  
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• Precious childhood memories of St. Patrick's Day in Belfast - IrishCentral

  08-03-2021 23:00
  
  Precious childhood memories of St. Patrick's Day in Belfast  IrishCentral
  
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• Cafes could be open again before all our classrooms are filled

  08-03-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Executive Office has refused to rule out the reopening of coffee shops before all pupils have returned to school - despite its pledge that children are the priority as Northern Ireland moves out of lockdown.
  
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• Belfast public have mixed views on Harry and Meghan interview

  08-03-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Just three years ago, Meghan and Harry were thrilling crowds outside the Crown Bar in Belfast as they looked forward to married life.
  
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• Air rage: Woman faces prison sentence following face mask incident on Belfast flight

  08-03-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Londonderry woman has been warned she faces the prospect of going to jail after she admitted an air rage incident over a face mask.
  
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• Interim England Women head coach Hege Riise to be named Team GB boss

  08-03-2021 22:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Interim England Women boss Hege Riise is to lead Team GB’s women’s football team at the Olympics this summer.
  
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• Widower vows to help battle against disease that claimed his wife

  08-03-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Lisburn man who cared for his wife of 48 years until her death months after being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis has said he wants to raise awareness of the disease.
  
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• Aberdeen expected to confirm departure of Derek McInnes

  08-03-2021 22:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derek McInnes has left Aberdeen after eight years in charge at Pittodrie, according to reports.
  
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• Beckhams among stars celebrating International Women’s Day

  08-03-2021 22:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David and Victoria Beckham have led the celebrities marking International Women’s Day.
  
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• Kai Havertz praised for taking ‘responsibility’ as Chelsea see off Everton

  08-03-2021 22:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thomas Tuchel hailed Kai Havertz for taking “responsibility” in a starring role as a false nine in Chelsea’s 2-0 Premier League win over Everton.
  
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• Harry and Meghan claim member of royal family made racist comment about Archie

  08-03-2021 22:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The royal family is in crisis after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex suggested it was a racist and uncaring institution, as they made a series of shocking revelations in their Oprah Winfrey interview.
  
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• Senior WHO figures insist it was right not to declare a pandemic sooner

  08-03-2021 21:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Senior figures at the World Health Organisation have defended its decision not to declare the Covid-19 crisis a pandemic until March 11 last year, insisting governments were well aware of the risk.
  
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• Police not treating death of Antrim teenager Shona Gillan as suspicious

  08-03-2021 21:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have confirmed they are not treating the death of 18-year-old Antrim woman Shona Gillan as suspicious.
  
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• News presenter Jon Snow, 73, announces baby news

  08-03-2021 21:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow said he is “delighted” after he and his wife Precious Lunga welcomed a child together.
  
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• Mark C. Kapiloff - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal - Republican Journal

  08-03-2021 21:36
  
  Mark C. Kapiloff - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal  Republican Journal
  
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• Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock sends support to Meghan after Oprah interview

  08-03-2021 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has shared a message of support for the Duchess of Sussex and said her stunning interview with Oprah Winfrey showed the “underlying racism lying within the royal establishment”.
  
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• Kai Havertz impresses as Chelsea continue unbeaten run under Thomas Tuchel

  08-03-2021 21:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jorginho’s penalty and a Ben Godfrey own goal secured Chelsea’s 2-0 Premier League win over Everton that could prove pivotal to the Champions League qualification race.
  
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• Myanmar protesters defy curfew as media outlets ordered to shut

  08-03-2021 20:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators in Myanmar’s biggest city came out on Monday night for their first mass protests in defiance of an 8pm curfew, backing about 200 students trapped by security forces in a small area of one neighbourhood.
  
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• Police condemn ‘lack of support’ from Rangers over mass fan gatherings

  08-03-2021 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police Scotland has criticised the “lack of support from Rangers Football Club” over failing to order thousands of fans who gathered in Glasgow on Sunday to go home.
  
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• Liv Cooke could not skip a challenge after being inspired by Floyd Mayweather

  08-03-2021 20:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Football freestyler Liv Cooke revealed footage of boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather inspired her to set her latest world record at Wembley this weekend.
  
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• Gender equality at BioNTech made the impossible possible, founder says

  08-03-2021 20:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The co-founder and chief medical officer of BioNTech has credited its speed at producing a viable vaccine to the fact its workforce is more than 50% female.
  
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• Touching family portrait of Sussexes shared in wake of Oprah show

  08-03-2021 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A touching family photograph of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their young son Archie has been shared just hours after their controversial Oprah tell-all.
  
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• No further Covid deaths in Ireland

  08-03-2021 20:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  No further deaths with Covid-19 were reported in Ireland on Monday.
  
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• ‘Significant risks’ over lack of post-Covid spending plans – OBR warns

  08-03-2021 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are significant risks to the Government’s spending plans laid out in last week’s Budget by failing to cost up any post-pandemic spending beyond March next year, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said.
  
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• West Belfast arrests part of armed robbery investigation, court told - Belfast Live

  08-03-2021 19:54
  
  West Belfast arrests part of armed robbery investigation, court told  Belfast Live
  
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• Security alert in Lurgan after discovery of suspicious object

  08-03-2021 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A security alert is underway in Lurgan after the discovery of a suspicious object.
  
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• Lurgan security alerts ends after object declared 'nothing untoward'

  08-03-2021 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A security alert in Lurgan has ended after a suspicious object found in the area was declared "nothing untoward".
  
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• Edwin Poots returns as DAERA Minister after cancer surgery

  08-03-2021 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Edwin Poots has returned to his position as DAERA Minister after recovering from surgery for kidney cancer.
  
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• Pupils may be forced to leave class in next fortnight as testing gets under way

  08-03-2021 19:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of pupils could be forced to return home to self-isolate over the next fortnight while the testing programme gets under way, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Jenny Harries has said.
  
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• Pupils in England may be forced to leave class in next fortnight as testing gets under way

  08-03-2021 19:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of pupils could be forced to return home to self-isolate over the next fortnight while the testing programme gets under way, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Jenny Harries has said.
  
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• Primary school and fifth year pupils to return to school next week

  08-03-2021 19:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All primary and fifth year students will return to school next week, the Department of Education has said.
  
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• Primary school and fifth year pupils in Republic of Ireland to return to school next week

  08-03-2021 19:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All primary and fifth year students will return to school next week, the Department of Education has said.
  
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• UK Government unilaterally extends NI Protocol grace periods

  08-03-2021 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK Government has unilaterally extended some grace periods associated with the NI Protocol in a bid to avoid a cliff-edge plunge into extra paperwork.
  
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• Covid-19 death toll in Italy surpasses 100,000

  08-03-2021 18:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Italy has surpassed 100,000 deaths in the pandemic, a year after it became the first country in Europe to go into lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19.
  
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• Racist comment about Archie’s skin tone not made by Queen or Philip, Oprah says

  08-03-2021 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have been ruled out as the mystery royal who made the racist comment about how dark their great-grandson Archie’s skin would be.
  
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• Neither Queen nor Philip made racist comment about Archie’s skin tone, Oprah says

  08-03-2021 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have been ruled out as the mystery royal who made the racist comment about how dark their grandson Archie’s skin would be.
  
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• Minister cautions against rushing law on gay conversion ban

  08-03-2021 18:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rush to ban gay conversion therapy in Northern Ireland could lead to ineffective laws that enable the practice to continue, a minister has warned.
  
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• Prime Minister: Northern Ireland grace period extensions ‘sensible’

  08-03-2021 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Temporary and technical extensions to post-Brexit trade grace periods in Northern Ireland are sensible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
  
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• Police ‘open minded to all possibilities’ over Sarah Everard’s disappearance

  08-03-2021 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police searching for the missing Sarah Everard remain “open minded as to all possibilities” over her disappearance.
  
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• Simeon Akinola may miss Southend’s match against Tranmere

  08-03-2021 18:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Southend’s Simeon Akinola is doubtful for his side’s Sky Bet League Two home match against Tranmere.
  
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• Estimated 17.1 million watched Oprah’s Harry and Meghan interview in US

  08-03-2021 18:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Oprah Winfrey’s explosive interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex reached an estimated 17.1 million viewers in the United States.
  
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• FTSE 100 lags behind European peers despite strong performance

  08-03-2021 18:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  After a poor morning performance, the FTSE 100 rallied on Monday afternoon to start the week with a bang.
  
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• Kings of Leon on course to top albums chart for sixth time

  08-03-2021 18:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kings of Leon are on course to land their sixth number one album in the UK with When You See Yourself.
  
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• Experienced QC appointed to lead public inquiry

  08-03-2021 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An experienced QC has been appointed to chair the public inquiry into concerns about a hospital consultant.
  
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