Good morning

In today's news:

Chief Constable Simon Byrne has said “Widespread violence and disorder” would have followed any attempt to disperse large crowds attending the funeral of IRA veteran Bobby Storey. He has defended the PSNI handling of the funeral in June.

Unionists were last night left alarmed and scrambling for answers  about the future status of Northern Ireland after the government dropped legislation intended to mitigate against an Irish Sea border. There was deep concern that the government dropped clauses from the Internal Markets Bill, which had reassured Northern Ireland of certain limits to the coming Irish Sea border.

Jim Wells who has been locked out of wife’s care home says vaccines give hope of ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ Speaking to the News Letter, the veteran DUP member spoke of his worry about the toll the restrictions have taken on his spouse having been isolated from her family.

And today we will be following all the developments as details emerge on how the latest Brexit deal will affect Northern Ireland. You can follow out live blog here.  

Keep safe

Michael Cousins
Deputy digital editor

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