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Business [3]
Sport [4]
Life [5]
Entertainment [7]
Travel [8]
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Life

Stephanie before

Fashion and Beauty Premium

Hair we are! NI people who transformed their lockdown locks with first trip back to the hairdresser

Hundreds of NI people headed to the hairdressers after the lifting of coronavirus restrictions earlier this week. Leona O’Neill and Stephanie Bell find out why they now feel a cut above.

Singer Billie Eilish

Fashion and Beauty Premium

Face mask fashion: Why any old covering just won't do

You can argue all day about the merits or otherwise of wearing a face mask, which will become mandatory attire on Northern Ireland's public transport from Friday.

Adam Maxted on Love Island

Features Premium

Reality bites: NI contestants on life after TV fame

It's a staggering 20 years since Big Brother brought the world of reality TV crashing its way right into our front rooms - and telly hasn't been the same since.

Life’s struggles: Nic Russell

Health Premium

The astonishing courage of an NI mum who lost her daughter to cancer

When Co Down woman Nic Russell learned she had Parkinson's disease a week before Christmas 2019, the 46-year-old felt scared, but relieved to finally put a name on the symptoms that had been bothering her for months.

4. 12 Windmill Road, Hillsborough

House and Home

For sale! Ten of the best houses in NI with home offices

A home office has become top of the wish-list for many people moving house in Northern Ireland after lockdown. For many parents, months of trying to juggle space with children home schooling while they work from home has meant a dedicated work space or office is the new must-have for many house hunters.

Enjoying life: Sam McCausland

Features

The NI teenager with a life-limiting condition who has amazed doctors all over the world... because he has no symptoms

A Northern Ireland teenager who was diagnosed as a baby with a rare form of a chronic muscle wasting disease has confounded medical science by displaying no symptoms.

Features

New campaign: Lady Mary Peters

Health

Me and my health: Lady Mary Peters on her lifestyle

Emma Deighan stayed at Bishop’s Gate Hotel in Londonderry

Food, Drink and Hospitality Premium

At your service: We check in to check out post-Covid hotels

Blake McCaughey in the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

Northern Ireland

You've got mail: After months of surgery NI boy Blake lifts spirits of fellow patient by becoming pen-pal

The outdoor patio

Features Premium

The NI couple who spent £200k on a derelict villa in Andalucia... now you can holiday there

Creative Kids

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Features Premium

From fairy wings to frozen treasure - five easy craft ideas you’ll all love making

There’s a reason the best games from your childhood are still the most fun you ever had. Raid the memory bank and teach your kids the old classics, writes Tanya Sweeney

Features Premium

Classic games for a whole new generation

Experts say now is the perfect time for families to get outdoors and witness nature in all its resplendence, writes Kathy Donaghy (Peter Byrne/PA)

Features Premium

How to go on a nature hunt in your own back garden

Letting your children do their own thing is really good for them, writes Tanya Sweeney (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Features Premium

Six ways to help your kids play creatively

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Family Life - March 2020

Indoors & outdoors - Flower power decor and getting the most out of your garden.

Rachel Dean's Big Ask

Cool FM presenter Melissa Riddell

Features Premium

Rachel Dean's Big Ask: Cool FM's Melissa Riddell on almost losing her sister after a stroke and how she became an MMA fan

In this week's interview Rachel Dean talks to Cool FM presenter Melissa Riddell (27), who also blogs about fashion, beauty and lifestyle on her Instagram page. She lives outside Portglenone with her family and has a boyfriend called Scott.

Staying positive: Cate Conway

Features Premium

U105 presenter Cate Conway on losing Stephen Clements and how he was her biggest influence

In this week's interview Rachel Dean talks to U105 presenter Cate Conway, (44) who lives in Dunmurry. Alongside business partner Saima Akram, she is the co-founder of Quirky Weddings, which helps local couples track down quality supplies for their big days.

Radio days: Radio Ulster’s Connor Phillips

Features Premium

BBC Radio Ulster presenter Connor Phillips on working with wife Holly and his onion 'phobia'

In this week's interview Rachel Dean talks to BBC Radio Ulster presenter Connor Phillips (38). He's married to BBC Breakfast's sports presenter Holly Hamilton and they split their time between Newry and Manchester.

Vinny Hurrell

Features Premium

Rachel Dean's Big Ask: BBC NI's Vinny Hurrell on how losing his friend Nuala to suicide changed his perspective

In this week's interview Rachel Dean talks to Vinny Hurrell (38), a BBC radio and television producer and presenter. He lives in north Belfast with his fiance.

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Homes & interiors

All your homes and interior trends for Spring Summer 2020, including tips for your living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom.

Fashion and Beauty

Stephanie before

Fashion and Beauty Premium

Hair we are! NI people lockdown locks transformation after first trip back to hairdresser

Singer Billie Eilish

Fashion and Beauty Premium

The great cover-up: You thought face masks couldn't become fashionable? Think again...

Cool FM presenter Melissa Riddell

Features Premium

Rachel Dean's Big Ask: Cool FM's Melissa Riddell on almost losing her sister after a stroke and how she became an MMA fan

Strictly dancer Katya Jones has been very busy during lockdown

Fashion and Beauty

Strictly pro Katya Jones: 'I've been showing people how to upcycle clothing... it's so rewarding'

Health and Wellbeing

Life’s struggles: Nic Russell

Health Premium

The astonishing courage of an NI mum who lost her daughter to cancer

New campaign: Lady Mary Peters

Health

Me and my health: Lady Mary Peters on her lifestyle

All change: Aoife Boyle how she is today. Photo: Kevin Scott

Features Premium

'At 15 I weighed just over four stone... on my dad's 50th birthday doctors told my parents to prepare for my death'

No energy: tiredness is one of the major symptoms of ME

Health Premium

What's wrong with ME? NI people on living with the illness

House and Home

4. 12 Windmill Road, Hillsborough

House and Home

For sale! Ten of the best houses in NI with home offices

The exterior of Nephin, 51 Malone Park

House and Home

Belfast home designed by Mater Hospital architect goes on market for £1.7m

4 Ormiston Park

Northern Ireland Premium

Northern Ireland's most popular property listings as market reopens after lockdown

Stately grandeur: Ormiston House

House and Home Premium

Stars of the east: Stories behind east Belfast's grandest homes

Food and Drink

Bowls of fun: Pixie Lott at the Alpro shoot

Features

Pixie Lott: I burnt my hand microwaving soup and had to go to A&E... I'm lucky my fiance can cook

Matthew McIlwaine, manager of Edo

Joris Minne Premium

Edo: Morsels of manna to show that bigger is not always better

Olivia Rana with her latest novel, Black Beach

Features Premium

Why I love lockdown: Novelist Olivia Rana on eating healthier, having more time with family and creating the best ever rhubarb gin

Top nosh: Carla Hall’s tasty shrimp wedge salad

Food and Drink

New cookbook gives sneak peak into chefs' fridges

Books

Dara McAnulty is most at ease when exploring the countryside near his home

Features

'Moving house was absolutely horrible. I had about a month-long breakdown. I retracted into myself. What helped me was going out into the Mourne Mountains'

Olivia Rana with her latest novel, Black Beach

Features Premium

Why I love lockdown: Novelist Olivia Rana on eating healthier, having more time with family and creating the best ever rhubarb gin

Top nosh: Carla Hall’s tasty shrimp wedge salad

Food and Drink

New cookbook gives sneak peak into chefs' fridges

Write stuff: Diana Wilkinson is delighted her thriller is a top-seller

Books Premium

Diana Wilkinson, former NI tennis champ who went on to coach Spurs player is serving up ace thrillers inspired by some of the ladies she met on court

Weekend

Jessica De Gouw (left) as Meghan Shaughnessy and Laura Carmichael as Agatha Fyfle

Film and TV

'When the The Secrets She Keeps script came in it was as if this was planned out'

Strictly dancer Katya Jones has been very busy during lockdown

Fashion and Beauty

Strictly pro Katya Jones: 'I've been showing people how to upcycle clothing... it's so rewarding'

Paul Elliott

News

Chuckle Brothers Paul: 'I feel Barry's presence before I go on stage'

Melissa Suffield and baby River both wearing T-shirts designed by Melissa

News

'Lockdown has allowed us to really bond as a family without any distractions'

Motoring

A huge 56% slump in new car sales here will "undoubtedly see even greater decline" as Northern Ireland's coronavirus lockdown continues

Northern Ireland

Huge slump in new Northern Ireland car sales will get worse due to lockdown, industry warned

Abarth 595 Esseesse

Motoring

Pocket rocket: The new Abarth 595 Esseesse

The Westlink in west Belfast at 8:45am as Belfast goes into its first day of lockdown on March 24th 2020 (Photo by Kevin Scott for Belfast Telegraph)

Motoring

Coronavirus and motoring in Northern Ireland: what you should know

Motoring

Forget hippie flower power: the latest VW bus is an all-electric hi-tech wonder

Travel

The Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Peter Johnston, with Chief Executive Anne Donaghy at the reopening of Blackhead path at Whitehead

Northern Ireland

Whitehead Blackhead Path reopens after major repair work

A Northern Ireland consumer body has reported a near 540% year-on-year rise in complaints about airlines

Northern Ireland

Consumer council reports 540% rise in complaints about airlines and urges action on issuing refunds

Difficult times: John McGrillen

Food, Drink and Hospitality

We've suffered £200m hit, reveals Tourism NI chief

Beach huts on Hayling Island

Travel

Staycations: How you can escape the maddening crowd

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