Covid booster rollout stepped up with GP-led clinics

West Belfast care home brings `joy back' for residents by building in-house pub

Nightclubs to reopen but Covid expert urges caution while BMA calls it 'complete madness'

Nightclubs to reopen but Covid expert urges caution while BMA calls decision 'complete madness'

North Belfast mother whose son (4) has rare medical condition pleads for new home where he can `thrive'

Newton Emerson: Courage of nationalist centre ground should be applauded

To B or not to B: GAA prepares for seismic vote

Jake O'Kane: Bailed-out banks need to look after the little guy too

Séamas O'Reilly on bringing Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? to Belfast Festival

Mary Kelly: Social media giants have responsibility to halt flood of fake news and online abuse

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Today's TV Saturday 23 October

Adrian Boyd: Gentleman king of the road

Concerns raised about pothole in Co Fermanagh estimated to be up to six feet deep

Northern Ireland's clinically extremely vulnerable `in more danger now than at any time during the pandemic'

Lithuanian boy given new hope in legal battle to secure grammar school place

Lord Gowrie: Anglo-Irish NIO minister who oversaw end of hunger strikes

Coronavirus

Covid-19: Seven more deaths as 1,355 new cases recorded

Another seven people have died after contracting Covid-19, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Topics

Northern Ireland health service facing ‘most difficult winter ever'

The health minister has delivered an urgent written statement to the Assembly, detailing winter and Covid surge delivery plans in local health trusts.
Pfizer reports Covid-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in children

The information was released as the US considers opening vaccinations to five to 11-year-olds.
Rise in deaths linked to Covid-19

A further 35 deaths were recorded between October 9 and October 15, up from 30 the previous week.
Reopening nightclubs branded ‘complete madness' by BMA

Stormont ministers are pushing ahead with a series of relaxations affecting the hospitality sector on October 31.

News

Adrian Boyd: Gentleman king of the road

MOST young boys are content to have a teddy bear beside them when tucked up in bed at night.

Topics

Lord Gowrie: Anglo-Irish NIO minister who oversaw end of hunger strikes

THE Earl of Gowrie served a short but eventual term as a junior minister in Northern Ireland, overseeing both the end of the hunger strikes and the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
North Belfast mother whose son (4) has rare medical condition pleads for new home where he can `thrive'

A WOMAN whose son is the only child in Northern Ireland with a rare medical condition, which has left him in heart failure, has pleaded for help in finding a permanent new home where he will can thrive.
PLATFORM: Dr Laurence Dorman

IT is my great privilege to serve as chair of the Royal College of GPs in Northern Ireland, representing more than 1500 of my dedicated colleagues who have worked tirelessly on the frontline of the pandemic.
Northern Ireland's clinically extremely vulnerable `in more danger now than at any time during the pandemic'

CLINICALLY extremely vulnerable children and adults in Northern Ireland "are in more danger now than at any time during the pandemic", a campaign group has warned.

Business

NI tourism industry risks losing out on overseas visitors in 2022 - industry boss

THE north’s tourism industry risks missing out on a significant number of international visitors next year if both jurisdictions on the island continue to adopt different approaches to travel.

Topics

PLATFORM: An opportunity to deliver a budget for health

ON Wednesday the British Government’s spending review will confirm the Executive’s block grant for the next three years.
Licence granted for new Cathedral Quarter bar and club

A LICENCE has been granted for a new bar and club at Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, despite objections concerning safety at the site, including asbestos issues.
Scottish newspaper group DNG 'close to a deal' to save Banbridge Chronicle

THE Banbridge Chronicle is close to being saved from closure after DNG Media in Scotland was "close to a deal" to buy the paper on Friday.
Belfast base for international legal firms on the market for £9 million

THE Belfast city centre base for a number of high profile legal firms has gone on the market for £9 million.

Sport

Adrian Boyd: Gentleman king of the road

MOST young boys are content to have a teddy bear beside them when tucked up in bed at night.

Topics

Slaughtneil stick with the plan as Kevin Lynch's seek to stop them making it nine in a row in Derry

Leadon Timberframe Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil Robert Emmet's v Kevin Lynch's, Dungiven (tomorrow, Owenbeg, 4pm) SLAUGHTNEIL head into tomorrow's showdown with rivals Kevin Lynch's bidding to hold onto the Fr Collins Cup for a ninth successive time.
Huge challenge for St Gall's against ultra-composed Cargin

St Gall's v Erin's Own Cargin (St Enda's, today, 3.30pm)
Too close to call as Burren and Clonduff face off in last four

Morgan Fuels Down SFC semi-final: St Mary's, Burren v Clonduff (tomorrow, Pairc Esler, 7.
Harps must be on song if they are to topple Down champions Kilcoo

Down Morgan Fuels senior club championship semi-final: Kilcoo Eoghan Ruadh v Ballyholland Harps (tomorrow, Pairc Esler, 3pm) IT will take Ballyholland to deliver the performance of their lives if they are to overcome Kilcoo in the first Down SFC semi-final in Newry tomorrow.

Opinion

Jake O'Kane: Bailed-out banks need to look after the little guy too

ALONGSIDE comedy, I've run a small business for 30 years.

Topics

Mary Kelly: Social media giants have responsibility to halt flood of fake news and online abuse

POLITICAL debate has been a poisonous and divisive cesspit for many years now.
Newton Emerson: Courage of nationalist centre ground should be applauded

The centenary church service in Armagh has passed off peacefully, to use an appropriately Northern Ireland expression.
Patrick Murphy: Partition used to distract from the needs of the people

It is a common oversight in Irish popular history to forget that partition created two states rather than one.
Editorial: Now is not time for mixed messages

IT is a depressing reality that barely a day goes by without a sobering reminder about the pressures our health service is operating under.

Magazine

Vin Diesel walks Paul Walker's daughter down the aisle at wedding

Hollywood star Walker died in a car crash in 2013 when he was 40.

Topics

Family of Alec Baldwin share tributes to cinematographer killed on movie set

Former colleagues of Halyna Hutchins also shared memories of her.
Should you buy… the iPhone 13 Pro Max?

The top-of-the-range iPhone is packing enhanced cameras and better battery life.
Alec Baldwin did not know weapon contained live ammunition, court documents show

The director of the film Rust, Joel Souza, was wounded in the incident in Arizona.
Rylan Clark jokes to Jo Brand he will change her life after showing her Ibiza

The TV presenter appeared on the satirical comedy show Have I Got News For You.

Life

Today's TV Saturday 23 October

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TV Guide

Marie Louise McConville: Golden Wedding celebration is a chance to finally get together

If there's one positive to come out of the Covid-19 pandemic, it's that we now realise how much we used to take for granted.
Casual Gardener: Delectable dahlias do have their drawbacks

Dedicated dahlia enthusiasts regard lifting the tubers as par for the course.
Eating Out: Blank has the creativity and skill to cash fine-dining cheques

Blank, 43 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 6RX.
Nutrition: Key to winter wellness lies in supporting your immune system

IT'S time to unpack the winter woolies and get cosy.

Arts

Séamas O'Reilly on bringing Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? to Belfast Festival

"IN THE next two weeks, I think I've got about seven live events for the book," enthuses Derry-born journalist-turned-author Séamas O'Reilly of finally getting to take his best-selling memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? on the road.

Topics

Art Beat: Assessing Covid's impact on arts organisations

THIS may get me off arts organisations Christmas card lists, but I think the pandemic nobody wanted has brought one or two unintended cultural benefits.
Cult Movies: The Dark Eyes Of London a mini-masterpiece of gloomy British mystery film-making

The Dark Eyes Of London IF YOU'RE looking for some creaky but classy black and white spookiness to enrich your Halloween viewing this year, you could do a lot worse than The Dark Eyes Of London.
Ian McCulloch on the Bunnymen, U2, Liverpool FC and hypnotism

HI MAC, the first four Bunnymen albums are being re-released on vinyl today after being unavailable for many years.
Noise Annoys: Beauty Sleep, Leveland, Live At The Waterfront!, the NI Music Prize and Sound of Belfast

:: Beauty Sleep – Go (single, self-released) DERRY duo Beauty Sleep are back this week with a brand new tune.

Brexit

New survey finds conditions for north-south cooperation have deteriorated due to political instability

THE conditions for north-south cooperation have deteriorated due to political instability, a new survey has found.

Topics

Impact of Brexit 'worse or much worse than expected', according to half surveyed for new study

THE impact of Brexit is "worse or much worse than expected", according to around half of those surveyed for a new study led by Queen’s University Belfast.
Pan-unionist legal bid to have Northern Ireland Protocol declared unlawful to go ahead

A pan-unionist legal bid to have the Northern Ireland Protocol declared unlawful is set to go ahead next month.
Northern Ireland Protocol problems need to be flushed out quickly, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson said the way the post-Brexit agreement is being interpreted is ‘not coherent’ with the principles of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Patrick Kielty to explore borders and national identity in new tour

The Co Down-born comic will explore his homeland’s recent history in his tour Borderline.

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