UUP leader: The plans to deal with the past appease the IRA and will be used to paint the security forces as villains

The latest headlines, news, sport and more from the Belfast News Letter.

Having trouble seeing this email? View it as a web page instead.

16 Sep, 2018 UUP leader: The plans to deal with the past appease the IRA and will be used to paint the security forces as villains The Ulster Unionist Party has given its most scathing assessment to date of the proposals to deal with the legacy of the Troubles. Latest News The risk of a sudden Irish Sea border is rising as Brexit 'no deal' nears This week the former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson, wrote to this newspaper to clarify the European Research Group's (ERG) position on any border in the Irish Sea (see link below). Restored WW1 memorial unveiled as arson-hit Orange Hall reopens A restored First World War memorial damaged when an Orange Hall in Co Donegal was destroyed by arsonists has been unveiled in the newly rebuilt property. Email key to Spad's defence 'really a Moy Park RHI sales pitch' A crucial email which Arlene Foster's former adviser claims proves he did not try to delay RHI cost controls actually was an attempt to make changes which would have continued vastly lucrative subsides, the RHI Inquiry has been told. Commuters now stand for 30 mins on Glider every day — and it's wrong to compare a small city such as Belfast to London In an article yesterday (see link below), I examined the sharp fall in the seating capacity of Gliders in east Belfast compared to buses. Sport Update WSBK: Imperious Jonathan Rea dominates at Portimao for fifth win in a row Jonathan Rea produced a commanding performance in race one at Portimao in Portugal to clinch his fifth World Superbike victory in a row. Dan McFarland keeps faith with Ulster backline Ulster have retained the same backline for their third hit-out in the Guinness PRO14 against Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Sunday (1.15pm). Winning home start for Belfast Giants in Challenge Cup BELFAST GIANTS 4 DUNDEE STARS 1 And finally... SF's paper says IRA 'stood their ground' in Ballymurphy Massacre Sinn Fein's own newspaper contradicts the impression given by a new documentary that IRA gunmen played no role in events which saw 10 people shot dead by in west Belfast in 1971, it is claimed. See all the day's news here

You received this email because you are subscribed to newsletters from the Belfast News Letter. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive or Unsubscribe from all future emails  Johnston Press plc | Registered in Scotland no: SCO015382 Johnston Press plc, Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH4 2HS, United Kingdom