DUP-run department won’t say if muddy boots now banned from Northern Ireland

	Feb 3, 2021

	Good morning Last chance for registered users to try our Puzzles section. Free for all registered users until 3rd Feb. You can find our puzzles section here. In the news today: * The DUP-run department responsible for enforcing many of the new Irish Sea border checks has refused to clarify whether it is now illegal to bring a pair of muddy boots into Northern Ireland from Great Britain. * A police investigation is under way after a large group of “sinister” masked men were seen patrolling streets in East Belfast. * DUP leader Arlene Foster has urged unionists to “stand together and free Northern Ireland from the Protocol” ahead of a meeting with the Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the morning. * Man ‘with dissident links’ gunned down outside pub is named locally. * Care workers who go into the homes of vulnerable people are not taking up the offer of coronavirus vaccinations in large enough numbers, the head of Northern Ireland’s vaccine roll-out has said. Michael Cousins Deputy digital editor You can now read all the news on your desktop with our new online digital edition. Digital+ and Print/Digital+ subscribers can now access the News Letter at https://app.newsletter.co.uk Digital only subscribers can upgrade to access the eReader or you can take out a new subscription for £1 a month here.


	Man ‘with dissident links’ gunned down outside pub is named locally

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DUP-run department won’t say if muddy boots now banned from Northern Ireland

The DUP-run department responsible for enforcing many of the new Irish Sea border checks has refused to clarify whether it is now illegal to bring a pair of muddy boots into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.

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