Edwin Poots and wife issue defamation proceedings against UUP leader Doug Beattie
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  Jan 25, 2022  
     
 
Michael Cousins
 
Michael Cousins
Acting Managing Editor


Good afternoon

Welcome to your afternoon update from the News Letter

Latest news: 

* DUP minister Edwin Poots and his wife Glynis have issued defamation proceedings against embattled UUP leader Doug Beattie after he tweeted a joke about her that referenced a brothel.

* Ex-PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde: The Historical Enquiries Team was closed down to protect protect terrorists-turned-politicians.

In other news:

* Ex PSNI Chief Constable Sir George Hamilton: IRA Army Council directed Sinn Fein during Kevin McGuigan murder.

* Around 3,000 people are expected at a rally to protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol in Markethill next month.

* Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has told MPs she believes “there is a deal to be done” to resolve the deadlock over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit arrangements.

* A Belfast man who made 999 calls claiming he had planted bombs across the city to kill Catholics has been jailed for six months.

 

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