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In the news today:

* Professor Jim Dornan, dad of actor Jamie Dornan, has died while abroad. 
Prof Dornan, a retired obstetrician and gynaecologist, was chair of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Ulster and a former chair of Fetal Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast.

* There is not enough evidence to justify a border poll at this time, NIO tells QUB academic. 
Brandon Lewis’ department, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), has outlined its thinking in a letter to a Queen’s University academic.

* Leading loyalist Jim Wilson angry at PSNI double standards on policing Covid regulations. 

Jim Wilson has questioned why it took the PSNI five days to approach him about his apparent breaching of Covid regulations during Rangers celebrations on the Shankill Road but five months to question Sinn Fein members about the Bobby Storey funeral.

And: 

* Mixed reaction as Bloodlands concludes and second series announced.
The crime drama set in Northern Ireland starring Jimmy Nesbitt, came to a conclusion of sorts last night though the story is far from over with a second series in the pipeline.

Have a good day

Michael Cousins
Deputy digital editor

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