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Trying times: Meabh McGrotty with husband Ryan, eight-year-old son and daughter (6)

Coronavirus Premium

'Barbaric' Covid ban: I'd be better off giving birth in a bar, says mother-to-be

Police are investigating potential coronavirus breached at Bobby Storey’s funeral. (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland

latest Bobby Storey funeral: Mourners invited for police interview

A number of people have been invited to attend a police interview voluntarily after they were identified as having been present at the funeral of Bobby Storey.

Van Morrison has spoken out about coronavirus regulations

Northern Ireland

Health Minister Swann slams 'dangerous' Van Morrison coronavirus protest songs

Health Minister Robin Swann said the restrictions for BT60 will be effective from Friday (Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA)

Coronavirus

live Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Health Minister Swann warns of further lockdown

New colours: Jay Donnelly at The Oval after signing for Glentoran

Northern Ireland Premium

Glentoran Football Club backers tight-lipped over signing of Jay Donnelly

Street scene: police move on young people congregated in the Agincourt Avenue area of the Holyland

Coronavirus Premium

Police utilising new powers as they act on Belfast Holyland student mayhem

Top Stories

Pastor: Jeff Wright at the Green Pastures Church in Ballymena

Northern Ireland Premium

Green Pastures up for sale as part of £6m estate disposal

The Green Pastures Church building - where controversial ex-Wrightbus owner Jeff Wright is pastor - is up for sale, along with premises of the bus builder, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.

Glenn Quinn

Northern Ireland

Glen Quinn murder: £10k reward offered as police make Crimewatch appeal

Allegations: Carl Frampton leaves the High Court in Belfast yesterday

Northern Ireland

Trainer 'claimed Carl Frampton was finished' before fight

Accident: Dad-of-two Christopher McCann lived in Brisbane

Northern Ireland

Mother's tribute to Belfast man killed in road crash in Australia

Headlines

Sad occasion: Riders escort the funeral cortege of Ellie in Portaferry yesterday

Northern Ireland

Beloved ponies lead Ellie (16) on her final journey

Dr Issam Bassalat

Northern Ireland

Dissident prisoners in hunger strike over treatment of New IRA-accused GP

President Trump’s special envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney

Brexit

US special envoy Mick Mulvaney warns of creating 'hard border by accident' in NI

Education

Almost 10% of NI children kept at home as pupils returned to schools

Heartbreak: Ozzie Rogers with dad Simon and mum Miranda

Health

Cancer tragedy teen Ozzie 'failed by health service'

Dr Connor Bamford

Coronavirus Premium

Virologist warns house parties are perfect place to spread virus amongst university students

Footage on social media shows fans fighting

Northern Ireland

Rival fans clash close to stadium ahead of Coleraine’s Europa tie

Maureen McMahon, parishoner at St Mary’s

Northern Ireland Premium

It's food for the soul: Belfast parishioners adamant nothing compares to worshipping in pews

Parades Commission chair Anne Henderson

Northern Ireland

Parades watchdog on the lookout for a new chairperson and six commissioners

Message: The Spitfire pays tribute to the staff at Altnagelvin Hospital yesterday

Northern Ireland

Tribute: Spitfire flies over Northern Ireland hospitals to thank NHS staff

Dave Clarke at the Mary Peters Track last night after breaking the record

Northern Ireland

I could have gone faster, says Larne man Dave Clarke (60) after breaking 3,000m record

A Co Antrim man set a new 3,000m world record for a 60-year-old at a sun-drenched Mary Peters Track last night.

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Business

Kerry Rooney, Haslem team member; James Sinton, group finance director, Beannchor; Phil Pettitt, Haslem team member; Conall Wolsey, director, Beannchor, and Josh Fraser, Haslem team member, at the group’s new £4 million hotel in Lisburn

Food, Drink and Hospitality

Checking in: £4m 'no fuss' Lisburn hotel opening brings 50 new jobs to city

Minimum unit pricing will mean each drink sold in a shop is measured by the grammes of alcohol it contains (stock photo)

Food, Drink and Hospitality

Minimum alcohol price 'a step in right direction'

Northern Ireland's unemployment rate has soared.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland jobless rate could rise to 10% as changes during lockdown mean some jobs no longer viable, warn economists

Clutter: How space junk has formed a cloud of dangerous debris around the Earth

Northern Ireland

Belfast camera firm enters whole new orbit as it turns its focus on space junk

Opinion & Analysis

Eyes on: People have been advised to phone the police if they see neighbours breaking the Covid rules

Fionola Meredith Premium

Fionola Meredith Opinion Snooping, squealing and snitching is the wrong remedy

Snitching. It sounds so innocent doesn't it? Harmless schoolyard stuff. Running to tell teacher that Micky was the one who drew a rude picture on the blackboard, that kind of thing.

Smaller NI parties need to remember they are in government too

Coronavirus health crisis has demonstrated our capacity for good

Greater appreciation of locally-produced food is one of pandemic’s few positives…

Nelson McCausland

Why is Black Lives Matter silent on the genocide in Africa?

Nelson McCausland

The Belfast Telegraph at 150

Belfast Telegraph. Page One. IRA Ceasefire Announced 'IT'S OVER' Front page headline. 31/8/1994

Belfast Telegraph at 150 Premium

‘Wow, this is it!’ – The day the Belfast Telegraph broke the news of the 1994 IRA ceasefire

The Belfast Telegraph’s front page on August 31, 1994 was unforgettable in its stark simplicity. Above three awful images of IRA atrocities sat the most significant headline in modern Irish history - ‘It’s Over’.

A composite image showing Bombay Street in 1969 and 2019

Belfast Telegraph at 150 Premium

The Troubles: The Tele of 1969 saw the eruption of violence as a storm that would pass

Back in the early days of the Troubles it was all so very different. One of the indicators of that for me is the response of the Belfast Telegraph at a time when rioting was eroding the business prospects of people in our cities and towns; people were being injured, burnt out, killed.

King George V, at Belfast City Hall accompanied by Queen Mary to the opening of the first Ulster Parliament. 22/6/1921.

Belfast Telegraph at 150

Partition and the establishment of Northern Ireland in 1920-1925

No stopping the 'Tele' from hitting the streets, despite having been rocked by an explosion. Here newsboy Joe Officer makes his way through the rubble to sell Belfast Telegraph's.

Belfast Telegraph at 150

The big anniversary read: 150 years of the Belfast Telegraph

Sport

Marcell Coetzee

Ulster

Ulster dealt injury blow as Marcell Coetzee to miss European Champions Cup quarter-final against Toulouse

Ulster have been dealt a huge blow with the news that star back-rower Marcell Coetzee will miss out on their Champions Cup quarter-final with Toulouse.

Safe hands: Trevor Carson takes the acclaim after his display in the spot-kicks drama

Coleraine

Stephen Robinson hails 'magnificent' Motherwell hero Trevor Carson but warns Coleraine 'deserve better' than Showgrounds playing surface

Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson paid tribute to the "magnificent" Trevor Carson after the goalkeeper's penalty heroics saw them past Coleraine in the Europa League.

Christy Manzinga, James McLaughlin and Robbie McDaid all helped their sides to progress in Europe this summer.

Irish League

How much prize money have Linfield, Coleraine and Glentoran won from Champions League and Europa League campaigns?

Linfield boss David Healy.

Linfield

'We'll be found out': Linfield must learn from Europa League heartache or face domestic disappointment, says Healy

Career trajectory: James Hume is set to make his Champions Cup debut against Toulouse on Sunday

Ulster Premium

Ulster's James Hume reaping benefits of mental strength focus during break from rugby

Rory McIlroy is in contention after round one at the US Open.

US Open

Rory McIlroy hails 'under control' game after promising opening round at US Open while Graeme McDowell rues back nine bogey run

Featured

In the news: TV presenter Fiona Bruce

Features

'It never occurred to me to argue about salary': Fiona Bruce on leading the way for equal pay and why she's brushing up on Northern Ireland politics

On song: David O’Reilly

Features Premium

The Big Ask with says BBC DJ Rigsy: ‘The hero of my book is based on my own awkward teenage years’

Skims

Fashion and Beauty Premium

Does my bump look big in this? Why I love the idea of maternity shapewear

Meet and greet: The Queen during her visit to Northern Ireland in 2010

Northern Ireland Premium

How Tory MP's daughter sparked royal scare and major Belfast anti-terrorist security operation ahead of Queen NI visit

Sunday Life

Darren Moore

exclusive News Premium

Enemies raise £10k bounty to kill Belfast loyalist Darren Moore

Leading loyalist Darren Moore has been told he is a 'dead man walking' after having a £10,000 bounty placed on his head.

Hydebank Wood College, Northern Ireland (Stock Photo by Kevin Scott / Belfast Telegraph)

Premium

exclusive Revealed: £500k cost of new dissident wing at Hydebank Women's Prison

Jonathan Stewart takes part in the Ulster University Antibody Testing programme

Ulster University helping develop home test for coronavirus antibodies

Saoradh press conference at Junior McDaid House Derry. Left to right. Barry Millar, Thomas Mellon, Mark Canning, Jude Macrory, Hat Tiernan McFadden, (sitting) Joe Barr.

Premium

New IRA chief Thomas Mellon saved from M15 sting by taking massive huff

American actress Jane Fonda

Martin McGuinness's son rubbishes US star Jane Fonda's claims over Bogside visit

Video Adam Beales: Derry YouTube star on landing Blue Peter gig and why he's well-equipped for trolls

Gallery How Daisy Lodge helped young Austin: 'It's a very odd feeling being told your child is likely to die... Narnia put a spring in his step and made him smile again'

Gallery exclusive Knockout wedding for former boxer Ryan Burnett and ex-Lord of the Dance star Lara Milner in Mykonos

Premium

Gallery exclusive Covid drug trials saved my life, says Belfast man who fought for breath in ICU and is now recovering from virus

Videos of the day

Tragic teen Ellie McDonnell laid to rest

General views of the Agincourt Avenue area of the Holyland in south Belfast on September 17th 2020 (Photo by Kevin Scott for Belfast Telegraph)

Health Minister asks if Belfast Holyland students can afford £960 house party fine

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was the ‘right thing to do’ (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Raab says EU ‘politicisation’ of NI issue threatens Good Friday Agreement

President Donald Trump has been Trump has been ‘disastrous for research, science, health and the environment’, according to the magazine’s editor (Alex Brandon/AP)

Donald Trump disputes health officials on timeline for mass vaccinations

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Joe Biden: I trust scientists, not Donald Trump