Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor

Good morning

Welcome to your email update from the News Letter

In the news today:

* Farming minister Edwin Poots has confirmed he now believes checks on goods entering the Province from GB are unlawful, and has pledged that their days are numbered.

* Sinn Fein has both pledged to block efforts by Edwin Poots to bring the protocol before the Executive, and accused the DUP of ignoring the plus-side of the protocol.

* Sinn Fein has asked Assembly officials to investigate whether it is permitted for TUV leader Jim Allister to have a book on the UDR prominently portrayed during a video call with the Stormont Finance Committee.

* The number of deaths in Northern Ireland linked to Covid-19 has now topped 4,000.

* Turkish industrial giant now involved in plan to haul gold out from beneath south Armagh

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