Chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride warns ‘it will not be possible to keep R below 1 with a return to schools and with hospitality open’

Arlene Foster backs calls for police probe into Covid cash repayment delays

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Subscribe              Nov 2, 2020           Good Morning Arlene Foster has today backed calls for a police probe into delays in repaying Covid-19 support payments.  The call came as Sinn Fein's former West Tyrone Assembly member Catherine Kelly became the fourth member of her party to resign over the relief cash.  And, Chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride has warned 'it will not be possible to keep R below 1 with a return to schools and with hospitality open' Stay with us during the day for these and other news and sport updates. Michael Cousins Deputy digital editor If you receive this newsletter as a subscriber thank you for supporting us. If not, please consider taking out a digital subscription to the News Letter for as little as £1 for three months.  Along with other benefits, as a subscriber you will now also have access to our new online puzzles with four brand new brain games every day - two crosswords (quick and cryptic), sudoku and a wordwheel. Check out your subscription options here. Thank you           Arlene Foster backs calls for police probe into Covid cash repayment delays           Arlene Foster has backed calls for a police probe into delays in repaying Covid-19 support payments.                 Stormont's education minister calls on parents to help keep schools safe   The minister for education has asked everyone to play their part in helping to keep schools safe spaces for pupils and staff in Northern Ireland.           Security alert closes major NI school - 'public safety operation is underway'   A security alert on Buncrana Road in Derry/Londonderry has seen the evacuation of a major NI college.           DUP declines chance to deny that there is a split with Sinn Fein about ending lockdown   First Minister Arlene Foster says NI will exit its current 'circuit breaker' lockdown on November 13 — despite England announcing a lockdown until at least December 2.           New leisure facility in Craigavon opens its doors despite Covid restrictions   Northern Ireland has a new multi-million pound leisure facility as the South Lake Leisure Centre in Craigavon opened its doors today despite the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.           Chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride warns 'it will not be possible to keep R below 1 with a return to schools and with hospitality open'   The Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride has warned that it will 'not be possible to keep R below 1 with a return to schools and keeping hospitality open'.               Antrim Coast voted one of the best in UK by consumer body   The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has welcomed news that Antrim Coast & Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has been voted one of the best in the UK.       Local pastry chef Monto in business venture with chocolate creations   Experienced pastry chef Monto Mansour has turned his longstanding love of good chocolate for the luxury desserts he's created in many of Ireland's top restaurants into a thriving small business.                             Jonathan Rea praised for backing Cystic Fibrosis Trust campaign           Record-breaking six-time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea has been thanked for lending his support to a fundraising effort for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (CFT).                   David Healy highlights Andy Waterworth form   Linfield boss David Healy believes striker Andy Waterworth is now playing the best football of his career.       FLASHBACK: Test your sporting knowledge   Try our PA sports quiz:       Andy Farrell tells Ireland to stand by their beliefs   Andy Farrell will send Ireland into the fast-approaching Autumn Nations Cup demanding his players stick to their convictions.                   View more news

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Lady Dufferin’s godson: ‘What Lindy did at Clandeboye was astonishing, and she did it for the people of Ulster’

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Subscribe              Nov 1, 2020           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           Lady Dufferin's godson: 'What Lindy did at Clandeboye was astonishing, and she did it for the people of Ulster'           When I last saw the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, my dear, dear godmother, in September, there was no sign at all that she would, so very sadly, die this week, aged 79.                 Ben Lowry: Whites in America, like unionists in Northern Ireland, feel increasingly insecure, so Donald Trump could yet win   A key reason why Donald Trump could yet win Tuesday's US election is that many of his voters dislike him.           London has a duty to balance legacy investigation into claims against the state, including the millions spent on the Finucane case   The loyalist murder of Pat Finucane at his family dinner table in 1989 was grievous crime.           Footballer assumes taxpayers have deep pockets   That footballer wants more free meals for children, taxpayer funded as always.           'Focus on murder of Pat Finucane shows how other victims have been devalued'   An expert on Troubles intelligence tactics has said the close focus on a single Troubles killing – that of Pat Finucane – only serves to demonstrate how thousands of other victims have been "devalued".           Civil servant's memoir of working in Stormont in the 1970s to be published this week in the News Letter   Starting on Monday we publish the memoirs of a civil servant who worked among ministers and leading officials during the Troubles.           Ben Lowry: A remarkable account of the late Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava by her godson   On page 16 (in the weekend print edition), we carry a wonderful first person account of the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.           A remarkable account of the late Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava   On page 16, we carry a wonderful first person account of the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.           Clarity from the DUP as to the party's stance on legacy stance would be welcome   In welcoming Gregory Campbell's comments in Thursday's News Letter that the government should consider alternative models put forward by advocates for innocent victims, it would be good to see greater clarity from him and the DUP on this subject.                 View more news

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