Greater Belfast train service: Political backing for circle line campaign

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Subscribe              Nov 19, 2021             Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor Good morning In the news today: * The latest in a series of utility price hikes – this time a 21.4% electricity tariff increase by Power NI – will have an adverse impact on already struggling householders. * Forty-nine deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in the latest weekly update from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) * A number of greater Belfast political representatives have backed a growing campaign to radically transform the area's train system. * A lorry driver who found the bodies of 39 Vietnamese people in his trailer has to sell his 4×4 vehicle and watch to pay the victims' families more than £21,000 * Some senior DUP figures appear to remain at odds over the prospect of new legislation requiring a so-called Covid 'vaccine passport' to gain entry to a range of hospitality and entertainment venues.   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.           Greater Belfast train service: Political backing for circle line campaign           A number of greater Belfast political representatives have backed a growing campaign to radically transform the area's train system.                 Tougher working-from-home advice under plans brought forward by Robin Swann.   The measures, seen by PA news agency, are contained in a set of proposals put together by the health minister and Department of Health officials as part of a bid to arrest a worrying rise in Covid-19 rates in Northern Ireland.           Bryson and McKay Twitter messages 'not criminal plot'   Any Twitter messages between a loyalist activist and the former chair of a Stormont probe into a billion pound property deal do not amount to a criminal plot, the High Court heard yesterday.           High-tech could help in search for remains   A committee is to write to the Geological Survey of Ireland to establish whether a lidar plane could be used to locate the remaining Disappeared victims.           Driver must pay compensation   A lorry driver who found the bodies of 39 Vietnamese people in his trailer has to sell his 4×4 vehicle and watch to pay the victims' families more than £21,000.           Apology demanded after Bertie Ahern says loyalists 'haven't got a clue' about NI Protocol   Loyalists who are opposed to the Northern Ireland Protocol "haven't got a clue" about how it works, former Irish premier Bertie Ahern has said.               WATCH: Singer Nadine Coyle reveals Lottery ball artwork in NI   Former Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle has unveiled a new art installation in Co Antrim made from National Lottery balls.       Northern Ireland Christmas light switch on events: Best light switch on events   There are plenty of Christmas light switch on events happening across Northern Ireland this holiday season.                             Giovanni van Bronckhorst: Why Rangers new manager is the right man at the right time           Only four times previously in their 149-year history have Rangers turned to one of their former players as the permanent manager of the club.                   Aaron Traynor happy for Coleraine to keep punching   Aaron Traynor says Coleraine will keep punching above their weight as they bid to keep pace with the full-time teams in the Danske Bank Premiership.       What's on the agenda for new Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst?   Giovanni van Bronckhorst was named as the new manager of Rangers following the departure of Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa.                     View more news

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