Peter Robinson: Opinion polls matter, if questions are well-defined
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Michael Cousins
 
Michael Cousins
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Good morning from the News Letter

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News:

* Enniskillen Cenotaph hate crime: Woman whose parents both killed by IRA bomb at location says poster is ‘so disrespectful that it is beyond words’

* Tributes paid to Sam Butler, founder member of DUP and former Mayor of Antrim

* TUV leader Jim Allister says there is no surprise that nationalists and republicans are “fanatical” supporters of the protocol – because it is “delivering on their overriding goal of diminishing and dismantling the Union”.

 

Opinion
* Peter Robinson: Opinion polls matter, if questions are well-defined.

* Morning View: The much needed upgrade of the A1 Belfast to Dublin road has been tortuously slow

Lifestyle:

* ‘My son Olcan’t life can be saved by the right bone marrow donation’. Genieve Wilkes, from Co Antrim, tells JOANNE SAVAGE about her son’s battle against aplastic anaemia

* Day 2 lateral flow test: When do I need to take a day 2 test, where can I get one and how much will it cost?

Sport:

* Andy Farrell has urged Ireland’s players to embrace the “privilege’ of taking on New Zealand and is braced for a “different beast” following last weekend’s demolition of Japan.

* Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough is clear negotiations over his new contract have had no impact on preparations for the final World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Italy.

 

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  TUV: Protocol dismantling the Union before our eyes  
     
  TUV leader Jim Allister says there is no surprise that nationalists and republicans are “fanatical” supporters of the protocol – because it is “delivering on their overriding goal of diminishing and dismantling the Union”.  
     
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Latest EU-UK negotiations on NI Protocol to take place in London
 
The latest round of talks with the EU to rehash the UK’s post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland are due to begin in London on Friday.
 
     
 
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Haigh accused of naivety over claim of ‘poisonous instability’
 
Labour has warned the government against invoking Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, saying that it would provoke “further poisonous instability”.
 
     
 
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Peter Robinson: Opinion polls matter, if questions are well-defined
 
People are deeply sceptical of opinion polls, especially when the outcome is at odds with their own views.
 
     
 
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Enniskillen Cenotaph: Woman whose parents died at scene speaks out
 
A woman whose parents both died in the IRA attack at the Enniskillen Cenotaph has described a republican poster erected on the Cenotaph as “so disrespectful that it is beyond words”.
 
     
 
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MP’s funeral tribute to ‘awesome sacrifice’ of Dennis Hutchings
 
A former UK veterans minister described ex-soldier Dennis Hutchings at his funeral yesterday as “a great man” who had made “an awesome sacrifice” in trying to prevent civil war during the Troubles.
 
     
     
 
 
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Red Army’s ‘miracles of heroism’ (1941)
 
Stalin, the leader of Soviet Russia, declared in Moscow during this week in 1941 that a “second front in Europe must certainly appear in the immediate future”.
 
 
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When is Children in Need 2021? Date, theme and how you can get involved
 
The biggest fundraising event of the year is returning to our screens this November.
 
 
     
     
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  Ian Baraclough feels new contract talks have not impacted preparations  
     
  Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough is clear negotiations over his new contract have had no impact on preparations for the final World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Italy.  
     
     
 
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Andy Farrell urges Ireland players to embrace privilege of facing New Zealand
 
Andy Farrell has urged Ireland’s players to embrace the “privilege’ of taking on New Zealand and is braced for a “different beast” following last weekend’s demolition of Japan.
 
 
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Jonny Evans only looking forward after overcoming ‘difficult period’
 
Jonny Evans is hoping his injury woes are behind him as he prepares to return to Northern Ireland duty against Lithuania tonight.
 
 
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James Tavernier thanks Steven Gerrard for 'cherished memories'
 
Rangers captain James Tavernier last night praised Steven Gerrard and his backroom team, who have been appointed at Aston Villa after leaving Ibrox.
 
 
     
     
   
     
     
     
   
   
   
 
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