Browsing: Northern Ireland

The Guardian says A fireball was witnessed crossing the night sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland on Wednesday, in what one astronomer described as an “incredible” sight.

The Guardian says Helicopters droned overhead, police officers swamped the streets and grief hung in the air but King Charles’s visit to Northern Ireland did not feel like a rerun of the Troubles. Quite the opposite.

The i says a military rehearsal took place overnight for the Queen’s coffin procession, hours before Charles makes his first visit to Northern Ireland as King.

Sky News says Lord Trimble, the original first minister of Northern Ireland and co-architect of the Good Friday Agreement, has died, aged 77.

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The Guardian says THE NORTHERN IRELAND secretary, Brandon Lewis, has resigned from the Cabinet, telling the prime minister that government requires “honesty, integrity and mutual respect”.

BBC News says POLICE IN LONDONDERRY have been attacked with petrol bombs while dealing with a security alert which has since been declared a “shameful hoax”.

The Independent says THERESA MAY has called the PM’s patriotism into question as she declared she will not support his bid to override the Northern Ireland protocol.

Sky News says BORIS JOHNSON’S legislation to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol has cleared its first Commons hurdle.

The Guardian says RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of six children who died in Northern Ireland’s Troubles are to share their stories in a special presentation to MPs at Westminster.

The Independent says A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl has died in hospital two days after being rescued from a hotel pool in Majorca.

Daily Express says LIZ TRUSS’ plans to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol have been described as “economic vandalism” by the Irish leader, who said the legislation is “deeply concerning” for industry and businesses in Northern Ireland.

The Guardian says Boris Johnson is engaging in “Putinesque” tactics by using the Northern Ireland protocol bill to cause a populist row with Brussels when the EU is willing to compromise, Peter Hain, a former Northern Ireland secretary, said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will later publish plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal he struck with the EU in 2020.

Sky News says the cost of filling the average family car with petrol is tipped to exceed £100 for the first time, when industry figures are released later on Thursday.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubliee Bank Holiday weekend is expected to see highs of 23C with heavy showers either side of the celebrations.

In 2012, the Queen made a historic gesture – she walked from the Protestant cathedral to the Roman Catholic one in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

The Guardian says the UK’s special envoy for the Northern Ireland protocol has said he told US officials that it has become a threat to the Good Friday agreement.

The Independent says The US Congress will not agree to a free trade deal with the UK if Boris Johnson plunges ahead with a plan to “discard” the Northern Ireland Protocol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said.

The Guardian says one of Joe Biden’s closest allies is due to arrive in London on Saturday as part of an influential US congressional delegation seeking to calm tensions over Northern Ireland.

The Guardian says the European Commission has raised the spectre of an economically damaging trade war with the UK, pledging to respond with “all measures at its disposal” if Liz Truss presses ahead with a plan to rewrite the Northern Ireland protocol.

Daily Mirror says Boris Johnson is holding crunch talks in Belfast today as he tries to restore devolved Government in Northern Ireland following issues over his Brexit deal.

BBC News says the government is poised to introduce legislation which would allow ministers in London to override parts of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland.

The Guardian says a delegation of influential US congress representatives will fly to London within days amid growing concern in the White House about spiralling tensions over the Northern Ireland protocol.

The Guardian says Liz Truss has been warned of a major rebellion over plans for a bill that could revoke parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, amid fresh concern in Washington over the UK’s approach.