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  Aug 29, 2021  
     
 

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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.

  
     
  Loyalist vigilantes say ‘if PSNI fail us then we will police ourselves’ amid tensions in Moygashel / Dungannon  
     
  Loyalists have claimed they will have “no choice but to police their own area” if they feel let down by the PSNI when it comes to recent reports of anti-social behaviour in south-east Tyrone.  
     
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Mother accused of allowing her toddler’s death in Dungannon is to be granted bail
 
A mother accused of allowing her toddler’s death is to be granted bail, a High Court judge ruled yesterday.
 
     
 
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Unionist MP contrasts ‘impotence’ of PSNI over INLA assault rifle display with prosecution of man for Manchester funeral gunfire
 
A DUP MP has contrasted the action taken against a gunman who fired shots at an English funeral to the “impotence” of the PSNI when it comes to similar occurrences in Northern Ireland.
 
     
 
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Man accused of role in Enniskillen terror attack fails in his bid to be released from custody
 
A man charged with terrorist offences following the recovery of an improvised shotgun allegedly fired at a PSNI station failed yesterday in a new bid to be released from custody.
 
     
 
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Ben Lowry: Lagan Valley shows the challenges facing both unionism and Alliance
 
The much touted ‘Alliance surge’ is a very real political phenomenon and greatly exaggerated.
 
     
 
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Blast from the past: Ice bucket challenge was a game changer in summer of 2014
 
GRAEME COUSINS casts his mind back to the summer of 2014 when an ice-cold social media challenge changed the game in terms of getting parental permission to do high risk activities
 
     
 
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Stormont’s failure to heed experts on long-overdue NHS reform is a key cause of waiting list crisis in Northern Ireland
 
News Letter editorial of Saturday August 28 2021:
 
     
 
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Henry McDonald: INLA show of strength is its biggest propaganda coup since Billy Wright murder
 
Republican terror group the Irish National Liberation Army has scored arguably its greatest propaganda coup last weekend since it assassinated Billy Wright inside the Maze almost a quarter of a century ago.
 
     
 
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Top Northern Ireland job for firefighter who apologised over Manchester Arena terror bombing
 
A senior firefighter who apologised to the families of the Manchester Arena terror attack victims has been appointed Northern Ireland’s new chief fire officer.
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
   
   
 
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