Doug Beattie: UUP must be younger more female and more racially mixed

Irish Sea border: UK tells EU it needs a 'rapid' fix for NI Protocol

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Subscribe              May 17, 2021           Good morning Over the next month many of the Coronavirus restrictions that we have become used to in Northern Ireland will, hopefully, start to ease. So let's all get outside and celebrate Northern Ireland. In fact, as part of our ongoing celebration of the approaching end of lockdown and 284 years of telling Northern Ireland's stories, we want to bring you into the picture… literally. We are running an exciting 'My Local Landmark' competition, and we want you to get involved. Check out the full details here In the news today: * Doug Beattie: UUP must be younger more female and more racially mixed. The sole contender to take over the running of the Ulster Unionist Party wants the party to be more youthful and to contain more women and racial minorities in order to win votes from those groups. * Christopher Stalford: 'I hope Arlene and I can still be friends'. The first DUP assembly member to voice support for the Edwin Poots' leadership bid hopes his friendship with Arlene Foster will survive the coup. * You would not mock a Muslim the way you do Poots, Ian Paisley tells BBC. Ian Paisley has said the BBC should be "ashamed" for criticising the new DUP leader Edward Poots for his Christian faith. And * Normally our dog barks at the TV, on Saturday it was me: NI Leicester fan on FA Cup win. Two Northern Ireland men got their hands on one of the most coveted trophies in world football on Saturday as Leicester City won the FA Cup at the fifth attempt. Have a good day Michael Cousins Deputy digital editor           Irish Sea border: UK tells EU it needs a 'rapid' fix for NI Protocol           Brexit minister Lord Frost has threatened that the UK could soon take drastic action over the post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland over concerns about violence and disruption.                 Further unease over police clampdown on loyalist protest activity   New posters have emerged in the Co Armagh village of Markethill following police action against persons believed to have been involved in illegal parading activity.           You would not mock a Muslim the way you do Poots, Ian Paisley tells BBC   Ian Paisley has said the BBC should be "ashamed" for criticising the new DUP leader Edward Poots for his Christian faith.           Widow of RUC man Douglas Carrothers: I'll never forget having to tell the children their father was dead   The 30th anniversary of an RUC man's murder in Fermanagh is being marked today.           Boris Johnson urges 'heavy dose of caution' as England lockdown rules ease amid concerns over Indian variant   Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a "heavy dose of caution" as lockdown restrictions continue to ease in England.               THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Church of Ireland Synod discusses creation of new Ulster bishopric   From the News Letter, May 20, 1926       THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: 'God himself must have some great purpose for the Empire', says preacher   From the News Letter, May 17, 1937                             Rangers' Steven Davis on diet, training and one man who has helped him so much           Steven Davis has credited Rangers manager Steven Gerrard for giving him the platform to be crowned Scotland's Player of the Year.                   Coleraine's objectives are still the same insists Oran Kearney   Linfield's failure to get over the line on Saturday will not have any impact on Coleraine's objectives in the final two league games.       Emotional Alisson dedicates dramatic Liverpool goal to late father   An emotional Alisson Becker fought back tears after the goalkeeper's stoppage-time header clinched Liverpool's dramatic 2-1 win at West Brom.       Stephen Baxter hails Crusaders' bright young things   With one eye on Tuesday's Irish Cup semi-final Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter shuffled his squad for the visit of Coleraine.                   View more news

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