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Relatives of Covid victims ‘angry and in pain' Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev Stephen Forde (centre) alongside Gemma Louise Bond (left) and Holly Wilson at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, to recognise lives lost to Covid-19 during the pandemic. Picture by Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire  Michael McHugh, PA 15 March, 2021 15:49 Some who lost loved ones during the pandemic are angry and in deep pain, a senior cleric has said. It has been especially hard for their relatives as they have not been able to visit them in hospital or invite customary num...

Covid-19 isn't going to stop the Dean of St Anne's from completing the traditional Black Santa vigil on the steps of the cathedral in the heart of Belfast. And yesterday morning the Very Rev Stephen Forde took up residence for the annual charity campaign which will continue until Christmas Eve. Dean Forde is Belfast's fifth Black Santa - the tradition was started by Dean Sammy Crooks in 1976 and maintained by deans Jack Shearer, Houston McKelvey and John Mann. This year is particularly challenging as the pandemic restrictions mean footfall in Donegall Street, where Black Santa stands daily wi...