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• The Sun ‘did not ask Meghan investigator to act illegally’

  18-03-2021 23:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Sun’s publisher has said a US private investigator “was not tasked to do anything illegal” after he claimed to have unlawfully obtained the Duchess of Sussex’s personal information while working for the newspaper.
  
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• Tottenham and Rangers exit as Man Utd and Arsenal reach Europa League quarters

  18-03-2021 23:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mislav Orsic scored a brilliant hat-trick as Dinamo Zagreb produced a remarkable turnaround to dump Tottenham out of the Europa League on Thursday.
  
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• Gareth Southgate: Football can ease strain on NHS with own vaccination programme

  18-03-2021 23:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England manager Gareth Southgate believes football could “take the weight” off the NHS by buying Covid vaccines and administering them to professional players.
  
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• Scott Parker holding out hope Tom Cairney can feature for Fulham this season

  18-03-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scott Parker admitted he is fearful that captain Tom Cairney could miss the remainder of the season.
  
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• Dion Charles call-up shows Northern Ireland squad ‘not closed shop’ – Baraclough

  18-03-2021 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Baraclough feels the call-up of Accrington striker Dion Charles shows he is willing to look “outside the box” but the Northern Ireland manager expects his established core to stick around for some time to come.
  
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• Jose Mourinho concerned by attitude of Spurs players after Europa League exit

  18-03-2021 23:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho accused his players of lacking professionalism as they crashed out of the Europa League with a 3-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb.
  
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• Abortion: UK government to compel Stormont to implement new laws

  18-03-2021 23:28
  
  In an unprecedented move, the NI secretary will have power to compel Stormont to implement new laws.
  
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• DUP will ‘vigorously oppose’ fresh Westminster intervention over abortion laws

  18-03-2021 23:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP will “vigorously oppose” any further legislative action to see new abortion laws implemented in the region, an MP has warned.
  
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• Paul Pogba fires Manchester United into quarter-finals with winner at AC Milan

  18-03-2021 23:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba returned from injury with a bang as the super sub fired Manchester United to victory at AC Milan and a place in the Europa League quarter-finals.
  
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• Jo Whiley offers update on sister Frances’ vaccination

  18-03-2021 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jo Whiley has said her sister Frances is scheduled to have the Covid-19 vaccine this weekend after being admitted to hospital with the virus.
  
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• Crewe criticised for ‘cold, mealy-mouthed’ apology to Barry Bennell victims

  18-03-2021 23:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Crewe have been criticised for issuing an apology to victims of serial abuser Barry Bennell which is “cold, mealy-mouthed” and “almost begrudging”.
  
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• Eddie Jones backs Elliot Daly to be at his best after England recall

  18-03-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eddie Jones expects Elliot Daly to demonstrate his world class credentials against Ireland on Saturday to prove his recent struggle for form is over.
  
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• Council challenged over £400k allocation for postponed events

  18-03-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is to challenge a decision by Causeway Coast and Glens councillors to hand over almost £400,000 to events that have been cancelled or may not happen due to the pandemic.
  
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• NI Secretary ‘considering further legislative action’ over abortion services

  18-03-2021 22:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Secretary is “considering further legislative action” to see new abortion laws implemented in the region.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon ‘not surprised’ by ‘partisan leak’ from Salmond inquiry

  18-03-2021 22:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has said a “very partisan leak” from the Alex Salmond inquiry is “not that surprising” as the committee is understood to have deemed she misled parliament.
  
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• Glenn Hoddle bemoans ‘disastrous’ night for Tottenham in Europe

  18-03-2021 22:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Glenn Hoddle believes Tottenham’s Europa League exit to Dinamo Zagreb is a disaster for the club.
  
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• Asda chief executive to step down following billion-pound buyout

  18-03-2021 22:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Asda’s chief executive has said he will step down next year following a billion-pound buyout of the firm.
  
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• Arsenal must improve in quarter-finals or be knocked out, says Mikel Arteta

  18-03-2021 22:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta saw his Arsenal side reach the Europa League quarter-finals despite losing at home to 10-man Olympiacos before declaring they must improve in the next round or be knocked out.
  
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• Glentoran reveal one-off training top as they announce NIKE deal - Belfast Live

  18-03-2021 22:23
  
  Glentoran reveal one-off training top as they announce NIKE deal  Belfast Live
  
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• Londonderry: Man arrested over New IRA bomb-making activities

  18-03-2021 22:21
  
  Police say they seized a "considerable amount of material" during a search in Creggan on Thursday.
  
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• Naga Munchetty apologises for liking ‘offensive’ tweet about union flag backdrop

  18-03-2021 22:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Naga Munchetty has apologised for liking “offensive” tweets about a Government minister’s video call backdrop featuring the Union flag.
  
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• Daughter of one of NI's first Covid victims tells of her anguish: 'I couldn't be there when dad died... it is inhumane'

  18-03-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tears fill Ann McConnell's eyes and her voice chokes as she recalls her dad's final days.
  
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• Mislav Orsic hat-trick helps Dinamo Zagreb dump Tottenham out of Europa League

  18-03-2021 21:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mislav Orsic scored a brilliant hat-trick as Dinamo Zagreb produced a remarkable fightback to dump Tottenham out of the Europa League.
  
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• Tottenham crash out of Europa League after surrendering two-goal first-leg lead

  18-03-2021 21:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho was left feeling the pressure after Tottenham were embarrassingly dumped out of the Europa League after a 3-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb.
  
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• Brandon Lewis to force Northern Ireland Executive to speed up provision of abortion services- reports

  18-03-2021 21:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Secretary of State Brandon Lewis is set to take action to speed up abortion services in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Samaritans' phones ringing non-stop with 30,000 hours of calls in NI for past 12 months

  18-03-2021 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Volunteers at the Samaritans logged more than 30,000 hours of listening over the past year as loneliness caused by lockdown triggered a rise in calls to the organisation's helpline.
  
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• RuPaul’s Drag Race UK crowns its series two winner

  18-03-2021 21:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lawrence Chaney has become the first Scottish winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
  
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• Arsenal advance in Europa League despite Olympiacos defeat

  18-03-2021 21:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal claimed their place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League despite defeat to Olympiacos in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
  
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• Kem Cetinay: It was hard for me to speak out about mental health struggles

  18-03-2021 21:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Love Island star Kem Cetinay has said he first faced up to the fact he was struggling with his mental health when he was 14 and was taken out of school.
  
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• Belfast deputy Mayor hits out at police after riot squad sent to 'empty park' - Belfast Live

  18-03-2021 21:13
  
  Belfast deputy Mayor hits out at police after riot squad sent to 'empty park'  Belfast Live
  
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• European countries to resume using AstraZeneca jab after regulator’s ruling

  18-03-2021 21:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A host of European countries have announced they will resume using the AstraZeneca vaccine after the continent’s regulator concluded it was “safe and effective”.
  
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• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wasteful but Arsenal advance despite home defeat

  18-03-2021 21:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Recalled Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a number of clear-cut chances as the Gunners made heavy weather of progressing to the Europa League quarter-finals against 10-man Olympiacos.
  
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• Young people being made 'scapegoats' for pandemic problems, claims students' union president

  18-03-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Young people have been made scapegoats for the pandemic, a students' union has said.
  
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• Kill off one of AC-12? It is never far from my thoughts, reveals Line of Duty creator

  18-03-2021 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has admitted that not even AC-12's golden trio are safe from being killed off.
  
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• Health officials issue warning over mixing in ongoing coronavirus pandemic

  18-03-2021 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health officials has issued a warning over social mixing during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Kate Garraway on a ‘precipice’ trying to hold on to husband

  18-03-2021 20:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kate Garraway says she feels like she is on a “precipice” each time her husband Derek Draper temporarily regains consciousness.
  
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• Prime Minister pledges to pursue permanent national coronavirus memorial

  18-03-2021 20:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has pledged to pursue a permanent national memorial to remember the victims of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Covid-19: Teachers will not have to carry out lateral flow tests

  18-03-2021 20:53
  
  Plans for teachers to "supervise and support" pupils being tested in schools had been criticised.
  
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• India decider can be ideal T20 World Cup preparation for England – Ben Stokes

  18-03-2021 20:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes welcomed the pressure of a winner-takes-all finale against India after England missed the chance to wrap up the Twenty20 series in Ahmedabad.
  
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• Alex Salmond inquiry ‘rules Nicola Sturgeon misled Holyrood’

  18-03-2021 20:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Alex Salmond inquiry has concluded that Nicola Sturgeon misled Holyrood, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• Former MP announced as Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election

  18-03-2021 20:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former MP ousted by Boris Johnson’s landslide win in 2019 has been announced as Labour’s candidate in the Hartlepool by-election.
  
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• DUP accuses EU of 'narrow nationalism' following Oxford-AstraZeneca investigation

  18-03-2021 20:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP MLA has blasted the EU and accused the bloc of "narrow nationalism", following the announcement on Thursday from the European Medicines Agency that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was "safe and effective".
  
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• Armie Hammer accused of raping woman in Los Angeles

  18-03-2021 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hollywood actor Armie Hammer has been accused of raping a woman in Los Angeles.
  
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• Armie Hammer accused of raping a woman in Los Angeles

  18-03-2021 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hollywood actor Armie Hammer has been accused of raping a woman in Los Angeles.
  
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• Sir Ringo Starr: I have had both my shots of the vaccine

  18-03-2021 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Ringo Starr has spoken of his relief after having his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
  
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• Ireland considers European regulator’s green light for AstraZeneca jab

  18-03-2021 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s top health advisers are considering a ruling by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is “safe and effective”.
  
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• Derry police officers attacked by youths during operation into dissident republicanism

  18-03-2021 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A PSNI operation in the Creggan area of Londonderry has concluded, after police came under attack while carrying out a search.
  
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• Teachers’ union slams ‘haphazard’ plan for Covid testing in schools

  18-03-2021 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teachers’ union has slammed “haphazard and ill-thought out” plans for schools to roll out coronavirus testing.
  
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• Boris Johnson insists plans to process asylum seeks abroad is ‘humane’

  18-03-2021 19:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has defended proposals to send asylum seekers abroad to be processed, insisting that the policy was a “humanitarian one” intended to combat people smugglers.
  
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• Police launch appeal after indecent exposure incident on night of Everard vigil

  18-03-2021 19:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives have issued an appeal for witnesses and information following an incident of indecent exposure on the night of the vigil for Sarah Everard in south London.
  
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