Loyalist riots: Fears out-of-town elements seeking violent Friday clash

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The Northern Ireland Executive is currently meeting to discuss the recent upsurge in street violence.
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In the news today:
* Loyalist protests: ‘I get why people want DUP to quit Policing Board – but now is not the time’
A senior DUP figure says he understands why many loyalists want his party to walk out of the Policing Board, but that the time has not come for it to happen.
* DUP leader Arlene Foster talks to chief constable Simon Byrne.
Arlene Foster has spoken with the Simon Byrne to discuss the violence in Northern Ireland.
* These are the 13 NI postcode areas with zero new Covid-19 infections in the last seven days.
As the number of new infections continues to come down right across Northern Ireland the number of postcode areas recording zero new cases of the virus go up.
* Arlene Foster: PM sees flaws in protocol.
Arlene Foster has claimed that Boris Johnson is “beginning to realise” the scale of the problems associated with the Irish Sea border.
And:

* Tim McGarry: Creating two police forces is the way to keep everyone happy.
My car is so sophisticated that you need a Masters Degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering just to change the time on the clock.
Have a good day
Michael Cousins
Deputy digital editor