Full NI lockdown to extend into March suggests Michael Gove as new measures to be put into law

Transfer tests expected to be cancelled by AQE and GL

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Subscribe              Jan 5, 2021           Good morning Welcome to your daily update from the team at the News Letter. * In breaking news the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove has suggested that the new full lockdown for Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales might have to remain in place until March. The Northern Ireland Executive will meet at 2.00pm to finalise the details. * Following the meeting of Stormont ministers on Monday night, ministers have said that the stay at home advice will be "put into regulations" making it enforceable in law. You can read the full statement issued last night here. * Sam McBride writes that days after the Secretary of State declared "there is no Irish Sea border", scores – and possibly hundreds – of products are disappearing from supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland because of that new border.  * Parents of children due to sit post-primary transfer tests have voiced frustration that they could be cancelled in a fresh lockdown. Stay with us during the day for all your news updates.  Michael Cousins Deputy digital editor Thank you for reading this newsletter. It is more important than ever that the public in Northern Ireland have access to fact-checked, accurate information, so if you haven't already, then please consider taking out a digital subscription with us from just £1 a month.  Check out your subscription options here.            Tough new lockdown message from Stormont as Covid advice 'put into regulations'           Further school closures are expected to be confirmed when the NI Executive meets on Tuesday to finalise the next phase of the Covid-19 response.                 Days after Brexit, many products vanish from Sainsbury's in Northern Ireland and are replaced with Spar brand   Days after the Secretary of State declared "there is no Irish Sea border", scores – and possibly hundreds – of products are disappearing from supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland because of that new border, the News Letter can reveal.           Diane Dodds demands action as deliveries from GB to NI suffer   DUP Economy Minister Diane Dodds has written to Michael Gove calling for "urgent action to be taken" on deliveries to Northern Ireland.           FULL statement released by NI Executive after last nights emergency meeting on Coronavirus regulations   This is the FULL statement issued last night following the emergency Executive meeting to discuss Covid-19:           Transfer tests expected to be cancelled by AQE and GL   Transfer tests are set to be cancelled, senior sources within Stormont have revealed to the Stephen Nolan show.           Little-known rule means NI firms face paperwork if goods worth £135 upward   The Royal Mail has drawn attention to a new rule for businesses "importing" goods by post into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.           Mum dies holding campaigning daughter's hand after COVID-19 battle   A Portadown pensioner, whose daughter had campaigned to be a Care Partner for her mummy in a care home, has died of COVID-19.               THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Resolutions passed at tenant-right meeting at Coleraine   From the News Letter, January 5, 1881       BYGONE DAYS: Union is left 'devastated' as new EU aid package is revealed   The Ulster Farmers' Union was reportedly "extremely disappointed" at the special aid package for agriculture that had been announced during this week in 1997 reported Farming Life.                             TALKING POINTS: Four things we learned from Irish League weekend           A look at some of the Danske Bank Premiership weekend talking points...                   FLASHBACK: Try our sports quiz   Test out your sporting knowledge:       Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp in no rush for January transfer   Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has played down the likelihood he will utilise the January transfer window to ease his problems in central defence.       FLASHBACK: Test your sporting knowledge   Test your sporting knowledge with our daily quiz:                   View more news

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