Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor

Good afternoon

In the news today:

* Northern Ireland has recorded its highest daily Covid-19 death toll since February.
Eleven further deaths of patients who previously tested positive for the virus were notified by the Department of Health on Wednesday.

* Anti-vaccine protesters have been likened to the Taliban by one of Northern Ireland’s leading doctors.
Dr Tom Black, the Northern Ireland chair of the British Medical Association, made the comment specifically about protestors targeting pregnant women at a vaccine clinic held in Londonderry recently.

In other news:

* Last Saturday 2021 ‘will be ray of joy after dispiriting 18 months of Covid’.
The Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Preceptory has said that the upcoming marches on Saturday August 28 will offer loyalists a sliver of joy after a “dispiriting” 18 months of coronavirus and lockdowns.

* Northern Ireland property sales soar and prices rise as the housing market booms.
There are fresh signs of Northern Ireland’s booming property market in a survey which shows high levels of sales.

* VIDEO: Car veers and crashes as feuding men brawl in road – ‘lucky no-one died’.
There is significant anger within the Londonderry community after a extraordinary footage emerged of a feud exploding out into the middle of a busy road.

Have a good evening

Michael Cousins
Acting Managing Editor

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