Belfast news

• James Corbett's family 'devastated by plea deal' after retrial decision

  01-04-2021 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Corbett's wife and father-in-law were originally convicted of his murder in the US in 2017.
  
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• Learn theater tech with Belfast Maskers - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  01-04-2021 23:32
  
  Learn theater tech with Belfast Maskers - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican Journal
  
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• Foreign holiday hotspots ‘will be graded using traffic light system’

  01-04-2021 23:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Foreign getaway destinations will be ranked under a traffic light system, with fewer restrictions tied to the places boasting the lowest coronavirus rates and high vaccination take-up, it has been reported.
  
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• Health experts say fresh surge unlikely due to vaccine success

  01-04-2021 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bosses at the Belfast Trust are not expecting a further "significant" Covid-19 surge as Northern Ireland begins to move out of lockdown.
  
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• Shannon Murphy: Male directors face stiffer competition from women for work

  01-04-2021 22:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shannon Murphy has said male directors are facing more competition for jobs that women were previously “always working 10 times harder to get”.
  
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• Kalvin Phillips believes ‘sky’s the limit’ as he chases England Euro 2020 spot

  01-04-2021 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kalvin Phillips believes the “sky is the limit” for him as he targets a place in England’s Euro 2020 squad.
  
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• Gareth Southgate managing expectations ahead of naming England Euro 2020 squad

  01-04-2021 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gareth Southgate will spend the coming weeks analysing performances, balancing options and managing players’ expectations as the England boss prepares to select his squad for the rearranged European Championship.
  
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• Brendan Rodgers says Leicester have shown they can compete with the ‘Big Six’

  01-04-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leicester have shown this season they have nothing to fear when facing the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ as they try to establish their own place within that group, according to boss Brendan Rodgers.
  
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• Bailey Peacock-Farrell prepared to keep on waiting for Burnley opportunity

  01-04-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bailey Peacock-Farrell knows he will need to be patient as he seeks more first-team football with Burnley.
  
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• Arsenal chief fears abuse in stadiums when fans return

  01-04-2021 22:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal chief executive Vinai Venkatesham admits he is concerned that an increase in social media abuse could spill back into the stands as supporters begin to return to stadiums.
  
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• Belgian police clash with revellers at party in Brussels park

  01-04-2021 22:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Clashes between Belgian police and a large crowd in one of Brussels’ biggest parks has left several people injured after revellers gathered for an unauthorised event despite coronavirus restrictions.
  
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• 26 countries and territories added to Ireland’s mandatory hotel quarantine list

  01-04-2021 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland has added 26 more countries and territories deemed high risk to its mandatory hotel quarantine list.
  
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• PPS call on Storey funeral shows what's wrong with NI

  01-04-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Was anybody actually surprised when the PPS said there would be no prosecutions, despite the vast numbers - including the Sinn Fein leadership - who attended Bobby Storey's funeral during the pandemic?
  
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• Golfers hit the fairways to heaven as courses reopen

  01-04-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Just over four months since they were last allowed to welcome members, golf courses flung their gates open again on Thursday as thousands took to the fairways once more.
  
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• Covid enforcing shouldn't have been the PSNI's job, says union

  01-04-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI should never have been asked to enforce Covid restrictions, the head of Northern Ireland's Police Federation has said, adding implementing of the health guidelines had severely damaged community policing.
  
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• Covid enforcing shouldn't have been the PSNI's job, says police union

  01-04-2021 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI should never have been asked to enforce Covid restrictions, the head of Northern Ireland's Police Federation has said, adding implementing of the health guidelines had severely damaged community policing.
  
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• UUP joins calls for PSNI Chief Constable to resign

  01-04-2021 21:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Unionist Party has joined calls for PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne to resign.
  
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• Ulster Unionist Party join calls for PSNI chief constable to resign

  01-04-2021 21:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Unionist Party has called for the PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne to resign on Thursday evening.
  
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• Rapper Pa Salieu charged in relation to fatal stabbing outside nightclub

  01-04-2021 21:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rapper Pa Salieu has said he is “engaging with the justice system” after being charged with violent disorder by detectives investigating the killing of a man outside a nightclub.
  
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• East Belfast: Man charged with attempted murder machete attack - BBC News

  01-04-2021 21:35
  
  East Belfast: Man charged with attempted murder machete attack  BBC News
  
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• Traffic held on Belfast's Westlink after concern for safety call - Belfast Live

  01-04-2021 21:34
  
  Traffic held on Belfast's Westlink after concern for safety call  Belfast Live
  
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• Comedian Shane Todd calls on fans to get the 'glow sticks out' as final radio rave beckons on Friday

  01-04-2021 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Comedian Shane Todd has called for fans to give one last "shabba", as his BBC Radio Ulster Rave Lockdown show is set to air its final episode on Friday
  
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• Rainbow colours remembrance plan for Lyra McKee sparks council row - Belfast Live

  01-04-2021 20:59
  
  Rainbow colours remembrance plan for Lyra McKee sparks council row  Belfast Live
  
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• Eamonn Holmes shares hospital snap as he searches for 'cause' of chronic pain

  01-04-2021 20:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Broadcaster Eamonn Holmes has been inundated with support online, after he revealed on Thursday evening he is receiving hospital treatment over chronic pain.
  
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• Sadie review – lockdown Belfast drama is hilarious and harrowing - The Guardian

  01-04-2021 20:32
  
  Sadie review – lockdown Belfast drama is hilarious and harrowing  The Guardian
  
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• Northern Ireland to face cold weather and possibly snow

  01-04-2021 20:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It may be April - but snow could be on the way to Northern Ireland.
  
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• Academics dispute involvement in Government-backed race review

  01-04-2021 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A growing number of authors and academics have challenged their “participation” in the heavily criticised Government-backed review on racial disparity.
  
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• Finance Minister Conor Murphy guarantees Troubles victims pension

  01-04-2021 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Finance Minister Conor Murphy has guaranteed funding for a Troubles victims pension scheme regardless of the outcome of ongoing wrangling with Westminster.
  
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• Two women arrested in Fermanagh on suspicion of fraud

  01-04-2021 19:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested two women in Co Fermanagh on suspicion of fraud offences.
  
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• Dublin GAA suspend Dessie Farrell for three months after ‘serious error of judgment’ on players’ Covid breach

  01-04-2021 19:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUBLIN GAA have suspended Dessie Farrell as their senior football manager for 12 weeks, following an internal investigation into the breach of Covid-19 lockdown rules and GAA training ban had occurred yesterday morning at the grounds of Innisfails GAA club in Clongriffin.
  
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• Merseyside woman pens poem to mark 107th birthday

  01-04-2021 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The oldest woman in Formby, Merseyside, has written a poem to celebrate her 107th birthday.
  
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• Appeal for people on both sides of border to abide by Covid rules this Easter

  01-04-2021 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Top health officials on both sides of the border have urged people to “stick” to Covid-19 public health guidelines over the Easter weekend to avoid a fourth wave of infection.
  
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• Dessie Farrell: Dublin manager suspended for breach of training guidelines

  01-04-2021 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dublin suspend manager Dessie Farrell for 12 weeks for a breach of guidelines which prevent collective training in light of coronavirus protocols.
  
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• Young child attacked in Belfast park as group of youths watch - Belfast Live

  01-04-2021 19:42
  
  Young child attacked in Belfast park as group of youths watch  Belfast Live
  
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• Grimsby takeover in doubt as Tom Shutes withdraws from consortium

  01-04-2021 19:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The takeover of Grimsby is once again in doubt after businessman Tom Shutes withdrew from the consortium trying to buy the club.
  
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• Entering the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards? We asked the chairman of the judging panel how to stand out from the crowd

  01-04-2021 19:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It’s the 20th year of the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards and the fifth year of our partnership with headline sponsor Ulster Bank.
  
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• Eamonn Holmes says he is in hospital with pain like he has ‘never experienced’

  01-04-2021 19:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eamonn Holmes says he has gone to hospital after having “pain like I’ve never experienced in my life”.
  
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• Indoor hospitality could reopen in Wales by the end of May

  01-04-2021 19:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wales could reopen indoor hospitality and all holiday accommodation by the end of May if Labour retain control of the Welsh Government, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.
  
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• Covid-19 vaccines taken out of Coombe hospital to give to family members

  01-04-2021 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A member of staff at the Coombe hospital took away Covid-19 vaccines to administer to relatives, an independent review has found.
  
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• Reece Dinsdale discusses Emmerdale exit following dramatic stunt

  01-04-2021 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Reece Dinsdale has said filming the stunt that resulted in his Emmerdale character Paul Ashdale leaving the soap was “great fun”.
  
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• Stormont agrees funding for £290m post-Covid plan

  01-04-2021 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes after Sinn Féin had accused the DUP of blocking the presentation of an initial budget.
  
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• New model of Covid-19 spike protein ‘could help vaccine development’

  01-04-2021 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New vulnerable sites on the surface of the Covid-19 spike protein have been identified by scientists who say their work could help in the development of vaccines.
  
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• Coronavirus: No further deaths linked to coronavirus in NI

  01-04-2021 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A further 107 people test positive for Covid-19 with the total number of confirmed cases now 117,396.
  
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• California gunman knew all his victims, police say

  01-04-2021 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A gunman who killed four people and wounded a fifth at an office complex knew all the victims either through business or personally, Southern California police said.
  
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• £1.1bn for Covid-19 included in Stormont spending plans

  01-04-2021 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont’s spending plans for the new financial year will see more than £1.1 billion invested in battling Covid-19 and its economic and societal consequences.
  
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• Call to scrap Lisburn's 'pay and display' parking charges

  01-04-2021 18:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A call has been made for on-street pay and display charges to be scrapped in Lisburn City Centre.
  
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• Parts of UK saw warmest March days on record, says Met Office

  01-04-2021 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pockets of the UK saw their warmest March temperatures since records began, the Met Office has said.
  
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• Dublin’s senior football manager suspended over Covid-19 breach

  01-04-2021 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dublin’s senior football manager has been suspended for 12 weeks after a number of senior players breached Covid-19 rules by taking part in a training session.
  
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• All Northern Ireland children to be back in school after Easter

  01-04-2021 18:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All pupils in both primary and post-primary schools are to return to school after the Easter holiday, the Education Minister Peter Weir announced on Thursday.
  
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• Machete wound may have been 'self-inflicted'

  01-04-2021 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with attempted murder over a suspected machete attack in east Belfast may have sliced off part of his own ear, a court heard today.
  
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