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Subscribe              Jan 18, 2022             Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor Good afternoon This is your public interest email update from the News Letter. In Coronavirus news: * Boris Johnson has publicly apologised to the Queen and the country over events in Downing Street on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral. * DUP MLA Paul Frew has lambasted the existence of "vaccine passports" in Northern Ireland, in a strongly-worded statement at Stormont. * What exactly is anti-vaccine passport outfit Liberty NI – the group behind today's petition? General news: * The European Commission has declined to challenge claims from NI Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots last week that 90% of the proposed checks on goods coming into NI from GB have not even begun yet. * Many thousands of military veterans feel "abused and completely abandoned" by the UK Government due to further delays in legislating to end Troubles-related prosecutions, a leading veterans' grouping has said. Opinion:  * Ruth Dudley Edwards: Kate Hoey is a warrior for free speech, just when we need it. * Owen Polley: There is no guarantee that a new prime minister would be better for Northern Ireland than Boris Johnson.  Sport: * Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has indicated that Rangers will wait until the summer for the arrival of John Souttar. * Michael Lowry's loving life with Ulster. 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. To learn more, visit our Subscriptions page here.           Boris Johnson publicly apologises to Queen after Downing Street parties           When all Covid restrictions could be lifted across the UK           What exactly is anti-vaccine passport outfit Liberty NI – the group behind today's petition?           DUP MLA: Vaccine passports are cruel disgusting abhorrent and discrimination of the worst kind           As Legacy bill stalls, military veterans feel 'abused and abandoned'   Many thousands of military veterans feel "abused and completely abandoned" by the UK Government due to further delays in legislating to end Troubles-related prosecutions, a leading veterans' grouping has said.           Subscription-based funding instead of licence fee is a risk to BBC output says director-general   The BBC's director-general has warned that adopting a subscription-based alternative to the licence fee risks creating a "commercial agenda" which would mean a substantial change to the corporation's output.           Stormont Ministers face legal action over Eleventh Night bonfire row   Two Stormont ministers will face a court challenge this week over the lawfulness of a failed legal action against the police.           Ashling Murphy funeral: mourners hear how she 'made a difference and brought happiness'   The young primary school teacher murdered in Co Offaly last week was someone "who reached out to others, who made a difference, who brought happiness and who was loved," mourners at her funeral will hear.           Why 18 January is the most dangerous day on UK roads   Bad weather and stressed drivers blamed as 10 years of data shows 18 January is the worst for accident claims           Tonga Volcano: Everything you need to know about where Tonga is located   An underwater volcano erupted off the coast of on Saturday, January 15 sending tsunami waves reaching as far as Peru.                 View more news

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