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• Tens of thousands join US protests in support of abortion rights

  15-05-2022 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Abortion rights supporters have staged hundreds of marches and rallies across the US to express outrage that the Supreme Court appears prepared to scrap the constitutional right to termination.
  
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• Children ‘collateral damage’ as no funding yet confirmed for holiday free school meal scheme

  16-05-2022 14:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of families in Northern Ireland are set to miss out on free school meal entitlement over the summer months after the Department of Education confirmed no funding is yet in place to allow the scheme to continue as promised.
  
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• Retail NI highlights detrimental impact of bus strike on sector

  16-05-2022 13:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With tomorrow’s bus strike set to go ahead, Retail NI has expressed concern over the impact on its members and the wider economy.
  
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• Indie Füde bags Blas na hEireann Producers’ Champion Award

  16-05-2022 13:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Indie Füde, operator of two successful delis in Belfast and Comber, has won a Producers’ Champion Award for 2022 from Blas na hEireann, organiser of the Irish National Food Awards in Dingle, Co Kerry.
  
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• Cunningham Food Hall in Kilkeel named best in NI at national awards

  16-05-2022 13:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cunningham Butchers, Food Hall, Bistro and Steak House in Kilkeel has been named the best in Northern Ireland at the prestigious annual Farm Shop and Deli Awards 2022.
  
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• Ian Paisley Jr: ‘Let me lie down and recover from shock’ after Michelle O’Neill says ‘Northern Ireland’ for first time

  16-05-2022 13:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley MP has sarcastically quipped that he needs to “lie down and recover from the shock” of Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill using the term ‘Northern Ireland’ for the first time on record.
  
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• Police appealing for witnesses after petrol bomb attack on Coleraine property

  16-05-2022 13:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Coleraine are appealing for information after a petrol bomb was thrown at a property in the Mossvale Park area of the town in the early hours of Monday morning.
  
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• Irish League quartet receive call-ups as Ian Baraclough names young Northern Ireland squad for summer training camp

  16-05-2022 12:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four Danske Bank Premiership players have received call-ups to a Northern Ireland summer training camp after manager Ian Baraclough confirmed a 26-man panel that will gather at St George’s Park in England.
  
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• Survey reveals money worries of Ukrainians arriving in UK

  16-05-2022 12:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than half of Ukrainians arriving in the UK are struggling financially, without enough money to support themselves and their family for the coming weeks, a survey has suggested.
  
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• Coleen Rooney wanted ‘evidence’ for her sting operation, court told

  16-05-2022 12:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coleen Rooney has told the High Court she wanted a “totally untrue” story about a so-called gender selection procedure to be published as “evidence” for her sting operation to discover the source of leaked stories.
  
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• Teenager charged over fatal shooting of boy near Chicago’s ‘Bean’ sculpture

  16-05-2022 12:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot near “The Bean” sculpture in central Chicago’s Millennium Park, which is among the city’s most popular tourist attractions.
  
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• Missing teenager believed alleged rapist was ‘after her’, sister tells inquest

  16-05-2022 12:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland was terrified of leaving her home on the day she disappeared because she thought her alleged rapist was “after her”, her twin sister told her inquest.
  
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• Hate is alive and well within football – Kick It Out’s Troy Townsend

  16-05-2022 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Discriminatory behaviour by fans at Premier League matches on Sunday show that “hate is alive and well within football”, according to Kick It Out.
  
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• Ballymoney church welcomes 33 Ukrainian refugees

  16-05-2022 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over 30 Ukrainian refugees have been welcomed to Ballymoney after local members of the Hebron Free Presbyterian Church worked to transform Sunday School classrooms into bedrooms to accommodate families.
  
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• VAR to be used in all EFL play-off finals

  16-05-2022 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  VAR is set to be used for all three of the English Football League play-off finals at Wembley, the governing body has announced.
  
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• Record £101m of fraud prevented by specialist police unit last year

  16-05-2022 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A record £101 million-worth of fraud was prevented by a specialist police unit funded by the banking and finance industry last year.
  
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• St Vincent’s Grammy win ‘wrapped up a very wild time’ for her family

  16-05-2022 12:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  St Vincent said her Grammy win for the album Daddy’s Home wrapped up a “difficult time” for her family in a “poetic little bow”.
  
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• EU cuts forecasts for economic growth as fallout from war in Ukraine widens

  16-05-2022 12:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The European Union has slashed its forecasts for economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war in Ukraine and disruptions to energy supplies.
  
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• Dr Strange actress Zara Phythian jailed for eight years for child sex offences

  16-05-2022 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An actress has been jailed for eight years for a string of sex attacks on a teenage girl which started when the victim was 13.
  
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• Bank branch of Northern line reopens after ‘vital’ work to ease Tube congestion

  16-05-2022 12:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A key London Underground section has been reopened following a 17-week closure for major improvement work.
  
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• Yellow thunderstorm warning issued for Northern Ireland on Monday afternoon

  16-05-2022 12:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for Northern Ireland between 1pm and 10pm on Monday.
  
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• Irish folk icon Christy Moore to play shows in Belfast and Armagh this October

  16-05-2022 12:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish music icon Christy Moore has announced he will play shows in Armagh and Belfast this October, with tickets going on sale this Friday at 9am.
  
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• Ben Foster to leave Watford at end of the season

  16-05-2022 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former England goalkeeper Ben Foster has confirmed he will leave Watford at the end of the season following the club’s relegation from the Premier League.
  
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• Tuesday predicted to be hottest day of the year so far

  16-05-2022 12:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A plume of warm air from the Continent is set to make Tuesday the hottest day of the year so far, with highs of 26C or 27C expected in the south-east of England.
  
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• International efforts to respond to Russian invasion of Ukraine pick up pace

  16-05-2022 12:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Europe is pushing to sharpen its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden poised to follow Finland in seeking membership of Nato and EU officials working to rescue proposed sanctions that would target Russian oil exports helping the Kremlin finance its war.
  
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• World must break dependency on fossil fuels, Sharma urges in climate speech

  16-05-2022 12:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine throws into “stark relief” the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels, Cop26 President Alok Sharma has said.
  
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• Jurors told to find brother not guilty of murdering fisherman outside club

  16-05-2022 12:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of two brothers standing trial for the murder of a fisherman outside a Royal British Legion club has been acquitted after the prosecution offered no evidence against him.
  
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• Man denies assaulting Sir Iain Duncan Smith by putting traffic cone on his head

  16-05-2022 12:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has denied assaulting Sir Iain Duncan Smith by putting a traffic cone on the former Tory party leader’s head.
  
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• ‘I will judge UK Government against its actions and not words’ – Donaldson

  16-05-2022 11:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be judged on his actions and not his words over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the DUP leader has said.
  
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• NI bus strike ‘the last thing’ businesses need as Retail NI urges Translink and unions to reach agreement

  16-05-2022 11:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Retail NI has expressed concern that planned strike action from Translink workers set to begin on Tuesday will have a negative impact on its members, shoppers and the wider economy.
  
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