Belfast Telegraph - 2020-04-08

• Half of all intensive care virus patients won’t live
• Tributes to ‘gracious, Godly and gentle ’ Presbyteri­an minister after he succumbs to coronaviru­s at 71
• WHY TERMINALLY-ILL DAD HAS HAD TO LEAVE HOME AND HIS THREE CHILDREN
• PM will recover, ‘confident’ foreign secretary insists Ivan Little: inside hospital where Boris is being treated
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• ‘We’ll be there in place of patients’ relatives... and it will be an honour’
• Complacenc­y is our enemy in this crisis
• Shock after patient asked to sign ‘do not resuscitat­e’ (DNR) order on arrival at hospital,
• Boris is in the best possible hands... as my wife and I know
• NI Secretary bottom of the list to stand in for an incapacita­ted Prime Minister during crisis
• Two local pastors who fought own battles with Covid-19 wish PM well
• 16,000 enlist in response to appeal to assist NHS
• Plans to help hero medics battle stress as deal agreed on all-island cooperatio­n
• Charity serves up 500 hot meals daily to the most vulnerable people
• Virus hits 20 local care homes with one Co Tyrone resident losing life
• Terrified NI mum asks, ‘will I ever see my boy again?’
• Inseparabl­e NI triplets (86) are forced to spend birthdays apart for first time ever because of virus
• Report lays bare major impact on NI businesses
• Group using bonfire funds to buy aid parcels for residents in need
• Speaker Maskey to self-isolate as new measures are considered at Stormont
• Pupils to get clarity over exam grading ‘by weekend’
• Senior PSNI officer tells terror gangs to lift all their threats now
• Warning of crackdown as people flout advice on social distancing
• Plea for only key workers to use buses and trains
• I was an idiot for breaching NZ lockdown: health chief
• Red tape stalls distributi­onof locally made NHS face visors
• Routine screening put on hold to focus on fighting virus
• Spiced roast chicken with crushed potatoes
• PSNI releases trio held over Belfast execution of notorious Dublin hitman
• Bomb case hit by delay over DNA and phone evidence
• DUP co-opts new man to replace Guy Spence on city council
• O’neill should stop trying to score political points
• Police officer who brought Kray twins before court dies aged 95
• Fly-tipping on the rise as recycling centres close amid virus lockdown
• Now abolished same-sex marriage ban was discrimina­tory, judges rule
• Sectarian thug threatened to murder priest
• Burglars who raided elderly couple sentenced by judge over a video link
• Plans to convert former convent for community use
• Warning over dangerous counterfei­t Frozen toys
• Landmark damages claim over state collusion in UVF bombing to proceed
• Dancing on somebody’s grave – or wishing them prematurel­y into it – shows such a shocking lack of humanity and an absence of basic empathy for another mortal being
• DUP councillor’s Covid-19 comments should lead to the party’s hierarchy taking action against him
• Top medic in appeal to shut north coast roads at Easter
• Coronaviru­s could be nature’s punishment
• ‘I have a phobia about dogs which is quite ironic given my sight problems. One belonging to my Granny bit me when I was a child and many people wonder why I use a cane and don’t have a guide dog’
• Only a child or a dim-witted zealot judges art on the basis of its creator’s personalit­y
• The pace of my life compared to my family’s is at 100 miles an hour and they’re used to that
• SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S CROSSWORD
• It is time we all had a serious think about money and sport
• Ryder Cup rivals join forces for a message of hope
• Ascot closed doors option as Guineas and Derby deferred
• New global tournament idea hits an immediate world of problems
• Giants star auctions jersey to help players’ relief fund
• Nelson salutes raft of football stars on the NHS front lines
• Locked down in Tyrone, race ace Watson is back to basics
• We’re waiting for guidance from Uefa over Bosnia clash, says Martin
• Transfer windows set to be adjusted so that seasons can be completed
• Fifa approves extensions of players’ deals
• O’neill is the best man to lead NI into Euro play-off: IFA chief

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