Good afternoon

Welcome to your Friday afternoon special interest email update from the News Letter.

As the British Irish Council meeting gets underway in Fermanagh a video has emerged showing Van Morrison and Ian Paisley Jnr singing 'Robin Swann is very dangerous' into a microphone in the Europa Hotel. This led to outgoing First Minister and former DUP leader, Arlene Foster, saying she was not surprised.

The former first minister then went on to do some singing of her own. She turned heads during the British Irish Council press conference when she broke into the Frank Sinatra's, 'That's Life'. 

BBC NI journalist, Gareth Gordon had suggested Mrs. Foster give the rest of the media a taste of her favourite Sinatra song with Mrs. Foster responding by crooning  "That's life. That's what all the people say. You're riding high in April, shot down in May." You can watch the video here. 

In other Coronavirus news:

*Lowest weekly total of Covid-19 deaths in Northern Ireland since July 2020.
Just one Covid-19-linked death occurred in Northern Ireland in the latest week subjected to statistical analysis.

* NI Protocol demonstration: PSNI to ‘review footage for suspected breaches’ of coronavirus restrictions.
A number of warnings have been issued by police at a gathering of thousands of people in west Belfast.

Have good weekend

Michael Cousins

Deputy digital editor

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