Ben Lowry Editor

So now we are in February, the height of winter, yet in NI each day in the coming week is forecast to have daytime temperature well above zero.

You can see why in mild winters energy usage across Europe drops. Here, for 70% of homes, oil is the source
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/consumer/cost-of-living/northern-ireland-is-at-the-mercy-of-a-volatile-market-due-to-home-heating-oil-dependency-4014143

On Thursday I was in Belfast outside the court for this soldier case:
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/aidan-mcanespie-killing-sentence-handed-down-to-former-soldier-david-holden-extremely-harsh-says-veterans-organisation-4011724

Meanwhile, the case relating to Natalie McNally was in court at the same time:
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/youtuber-stephen-mccullagh-remanded-for-natalie-mcnally-murder-as-court-told-live-stream-alibi-was-pre-recorded-4011333

When I have attended Roselawn, I have been struck by how busy it is, with services every 40 minutes. No wonder there are plans for crematoria elsewhere
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/judge-rejects-case-of-northern-ireland-businessman-who-wanted-to-start-private-crematorium-but-says-he-raised-important-issue-of-public-interest-4014213

Our editorials expressed empathy for the plight of the Omagh families while querying the wisdom of an inquiry:
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/editorial-the-omagh-bomb-inquiry-could-be-very-expensive-and-turn-against-the-ruc-yet-there-is-almost-no-debate-about-the-wisdom-of-such-a-probe-4012453

This letter writer did not like our editorial from the day before:
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/letter-the-vast-majority-of-irish-speakers-do-not-use-gaelic-for-cynical-ends-4014222

In my own column I write about legacy and my feeling that while the churches criticise the UK on the topic, they too deserve criticism: https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/ben-lowry-the-church-leaders-attack-london-on-legacy-yet-they-are-not-beyond-criticism-themselves-on-their-handling-of-the-topic-4014220

Check out other opinion pieces at this link, by Eoghan Harris, Nigel Dodds, Dr Esmond Birnie and Roderick Crawford (of Policy Exchange on why a solution to the protocol is needed, not another deal):
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion

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