Good morning

Over the next month many of the Coronavirus restrictions that we have become used to in Northern Ireland will, hopefully, start to ease.

So let’s all get outside and celebrate Northern Ireland. In fact, as part of our ongoing celebration of the approaching end of lockdown and 284 years of telling Northern Ireland's stories, we want to bring you into the picture… literally.

We are running an exciting ‘My Local Landmark’ competition, and we want you to get involved.

Check out the full details here

In the news today:

* Doug Beattie: UUP must be younger more female and more racially mixed.
The sole contender to take over the running of the Ulster Unionist Party wants the party to be more youthful and to contain more women and racial minorities in order to win votes from those groups.

* Christopher Stalford: ‘I hope Arlene and I can still be friends’.
The first DUP assembly member to voice support for the Edwin Poots’ leadership bid hopes his friendship with Arlene Foster will survive the coup.

* You would not mock a Muslim the way you do Poots, Ian Paisley tells BBC.
Ian Paisley has said the BBC should be “ashamed” for criticising the new DUP leader Edward Poots for his Christian faith.

And

* Normally our dog barks at the TV, on Saturday it was me: NI Leicester fan on FA Cup win.
Two Northern Ireland men got their hands on one of the most coveted trophies in world football on Saturday as Leicester City won the FA Cup at the fifth attempt.

Have a good day

Michael Cousins
Deputy digital editor