Belfast Telegraph - 2020-05-06

• Care home safety was too little, too late
• Coronaviru­s put paid to our wedding... now my fiance may be forced to leave the country
• THE LOCKDOWN ENSEMBLE: HOW ULSTER ORCHESTRA PLAYERS ARE KEEPING MUSIC ALIVE
• NI RIVERDANCE STAR: I DANCE WITH MY LITTLE SISTER IN ISOLATION
• Portadown pensioner turns 98 after surviving infection
• Row looms as O’neill calls for exit plan tomorrow
• John Dallat’s lifelong fight against sectariani­sm
• Ministers shocked by images of packed flight
• Maureen’s lockdown challenge for cancer charity raises over £7,500
• Stormont’s ‘road map’ is on hold until PM’S speech
• Measures to protect care homes ‘were inadequate’
• Swann backs Nesbitt’s decision to quit over rule breach
• Belfast’s Nightingal­e hospital ‘will continue to admit new patients’
• NI airports reveal considerab­le monthly losses as safety measures are considered
• Battle ahead to restore
• Consumer confidence: retail chief
• Couple refunded after holiday was cut short
• Swann issues call for single contact tracing app across the UK and Ireland
• I wasn’t overruled on cocooning of elderly, maintains Republic’s chief medical officer
• Council will be insolvent in months if aid does not arrive: SDLP
• Deliveries for most vulnerable to get priority at supermarke­ts
• Firms require clear plans on reopening: NI Chamber leaders
• Outbreaks tamed in Asia but infections rise again in Russia
• One-year exemption for car owners whose MOT expires during test centre shutdown
• IT HAPPENED TODAY
• Kilroot power station owner wins major supply contracts
• Potato crop in danger after months of extreme weather
• Fears for car trade after just 24 sales in a month
• Dryer fire guts mum’s home days after tumour diagnosis
• Strangulat­ion a symbol of abuser’s power, says judge dismissing appeal
• Toddler murder case facing a ‘shocking’ delay
• Green light for office and retail project in city centre
• We should have created a ring of steel to protect care homes from the coronaviru­s Eddie Lynch
• Why on this 75th anniversar­y of VE Day we must ask ourselves what it is exactly we are commemorat­ing
• Don’t jump gun and break lockdown rules
• Even during a global crisis our leaders don’t seem capable of looking past outdated sectarian views
• Coronaviru­s: Northern Ireland travelling more than any other UK region
• TV companies doing good job in hard times
• The worst thing is being at home and not being able to see the people you love most
• There is a common fear of reaching a plateau where there is less sex... some choose to start rifts
• ‘My friend made Harry and Meghan’s wedding cake... I wish I was better at baking’
• The on-off nature of it played havoc with my confidence... I didn’t think he wanted to be with me
• GIANT CROSSWORD
• SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S CROSSWORD
• ‘We just took everything for granted and now you realise the important things in life’
• Tough ask helping athletes peak amid uncertaint­y: coach
• Stokes goes extra mile to help fundraiser
• Djokovic causes stir by breaking lockdown rules
• It’s not safe or worth the risk to restart our campaign, says Bruce
• Halves could well be shortened when play resumes, says Taylor
• EFL clubs are staring at a crippling £200m shortfall, warns chief
• Irish FA ‘could sour relationsh­ips’
• Grassroots sides are urged to put unsung heroes up for awards

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