DUP to await detail before making decision on Covid passports + Five more people die with Covid-19 and 1,698 test positive

Ruth Dudley Edwards: The SDLP should return to the moral clarity of Austin Currie

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Subscribe              Nov 16, 2021             Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor Good afternoon This is your Coronavirus and general news update from the News Letter Latest:  * Air Ambulance called out after 999 incident involving child. News:  * BBC colleagues have paid tribute to former presenter Donna Traynor following her surprise departure from the corporation. * Another five people have died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Health dashboard. * Boris Johnson has insisted he wants to negotiate a solution to the post-Brexit issues affecting Northern Ireland, but said overriding parts of his deal with the EU would be "perfectly legitimate".   Opinion: * Ruth Dudley Edwards: The SDLP should return to the moral clarity of Austin Currie.   Thank you for receiving our email newsletters. If you haven't already, you can subscribe to our website, newsletter.co.uk for just £1 a month for 3 months - and it couldn't be easier.  Signing up will get you faster-loading articles, fewer adverts and access to exclusive content and events when we run them. To learn more, visit our Subscriptions page here.           Five more people die with Covid-19 and 1,698 test positive           Another five people have died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Health dashboard.                 DUP to await detail before making decision on Covid passports   The DUP has said it will await details around proposals for mandatory vaccine passports in Northern Ireland before deciding whether to support the move.           BBC colleagues' tributes to former presenter Donna Traynor   BBC colleagues have paid tribute to former presenter Donna Traynor following her surprise departure from the corporation.           Financial programme for SMEs to support tourism recovery due to Covid-19   Tourism NI has launched a new programme to help tourism businesses in Northern Ireland assess the impacts of Covid-19 and develop a strategic business and financial recovery plan.           Postcodes with the highest number of positive Covid cases in Northern Ireland   With cases of Coronavirus in Northern Ireland still on the rise, we explore the postcodes in Northern Ireland with the highest positive cases last week.           Appeal after burglary at home of woman in 80's - upstairs window forced open and large sum of money and jewellery stolen   Detectives are appealing for information following a burglary at a house in the Lower Catherine Street area of Newry on Monday (15th November) between 9.30am and 11.30am.           Fresh appeal launched into murder of Jake Bailey-Sloan, 23, in Portadown   A fresh appeal has been launched for witnesses after a 23-year-old man was fatally wounded following a night out in Portadown last month.           Legal challenge against DUP north south boycott to focus on December meeting   A legal challenge against the DUP's boycott of cross-border political meetings will attempt to ensure next month's full meeting of the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) proceeds.           Ruth Dudley Edwards: The SDLP should return to the moral clarity of Austin Currie   In the week in which Austin Currie died, two members of the SDLP — the party he co-founded — made comments about the RUC that would, I believe, have shocked that anti-sectarian.           Flat occupants smash window to escape arson attack on property - accelerant poured through letterbox - one resident remains in hospital   The occupants of a flat were forced to smash an upstairs window to escape from an arson attack, it has emerged.                 View more news

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