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A number of homes have been evacuated during a security alert in Co Armagh early this morning.

The horrifying aspect of the disturbed fantasist and unrepentant liar Carl Beech (who went by the anonymous name ‘Nick’) is not so much that he tried to destroy the reputations of good men such as the ex prime minister Edward Heath and Army head Lord Bramall.

Many pundits wrongly assumed Boris Johnson would be cautious in his reshuffle of ministers.

The horrifying aspect of the disturbed fantasist and unrepentant liar Carl Beech (who went by the anonymous name ‘Nick’) is not so much that he tried to destroy the reputations of good men such as the ex prime minister Edward Heath and Army head Lord Bramall.

I read with some bemusement Mary Russell’s claim (‘Land resentment was behind 1641,’ July 25) that the Catholics rose because they felt threatened because of a ‘threat from ... Cromwell’s puritan army in England who was at war with King Charles’.

Little noticed by many people, electricity has been arranged on an all-island basis since 2009.

Northern Ireland’s Irish government-owned electricity grid operator has been accused of attempting to gag its staff about speaking out about their concerns over its independence from Dublin.

Two legally qualified unionist representatives are at odds over a UK Government assurance that no injured terrorists will benefit from a Troubles pension.