Liz Truss: ‘Absolutely no reason’ for EU anger over plan to override NI Protocol

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said there was "absolutely no reason" for the European Union to retaliate against the UK after plans to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol caused outrage in Brussels and capitals across the bloc.

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Subscribe              Jun 14, 2022           Good afternoon everyone,   Here is another look at what has been happening in our newsroom today. We really hope you are enjoying our work.   ALSO READ: NI weather: Temperatures to rise to 21 °C and more over weekend       Thank you for receiving our email newsletter updates. If you haven't already subscribed we have a special offer for newsletter readers. Enter the code NL25 for a 25% discount off annual subscriptions.   https://www.newsletter.co.uk/subscriptions             Liz Truss: 'Absolutely no reason' for EU anger over plan to override NI Protocol           Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said there was "absolutely no reason" for the European Union to retaliate against the UK after plans to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol caused outrage in Brussels and capitals across the bloc.                 The true love that is undaunted by incurable blood cancer   Ballymena couple Fiona and Niall McCamphill are a formidable team - for while she is battling incurable blood cancer, he is training to cycle almost 2,200 miles in three weeks to raise funds for a cure.           Play parks in Belfast not meeting needs of disabled kids   A survey of families of disabled children who use play parks has revealed "alarming and sad statistics".           Alliance deputy leader tells MPs that society should accept transgender identities without question instead of being 'narrow-minded'   The deputy leader of the Alliance Party, Dr Stephen Farry, has declared that people who describe themselves as transgender must have their chosen identity accepted "without question".           Tickets now on sale for 'once in a lifetime' reunion of classic 1982 Northern Ireland squad 40 years after World Cup triumph over Spain – but sadly without Billy Bingham   A re-union of arguably the most famous NI footballing line-up in the team's history is set to happen later this month, with organisers describing it as a "once in a lifetime" event.           £150k payout for victim abused by paedophile priest Fr Malachy Finnegan   A man who was abused by a paedophile priest at a Co Down school is to receive £150,000 in damages.           Man (36) arrested in probe into suspected drugs criminality by west Belfast UDA - including 'suspected possession of a class A controlled drugs with intent to supply and possession of a prohibited weapon''   Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) have today (Tuesday, June 14) arrested a 39-year-old man as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected drugs criminality linked to the west Belfast UDA.                 View more news

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