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In the news today:

* DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has warned that the Good Friday Agreement risks being breached as a result of disruption to post-Brexit Irish Sea trade.

* A chaplain to Antrim Area Hospital has spoken about his devastating experiences administering to patients dying with COVID-19.

* Stormont’s Department of Health yesterday declined to provide any timetable for when coronavirus vaccines may be delivered to local chemists, as English pharmacies begin handling the jabs from today onwards.

* A new biography of Martin McGuinness describes him as a “paranoid” man possessed by an “absolute ruthlessness” when it came to weeding out so-called informers from the IRA’s ranks.

And

* Oft forgotten local link with a tragedy on the football field. It was one of the great football tragedies of the 20th century.

Stay safe

Michael Cousins

Deputy digital editor