NI Church opens despite coronavirus rules + NI moves past 1,000 lives lost milestone

Executive refusing to rule out limit on number of people permitted inside one house on Christmas Day

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Subscribe              Dec 1, 2020           Dear reader A prominent Baptist church in Co Armagh has apparently opened for a Sunday service in contravention of rules imposed by Stormont as part of the latest lockdown in Northern Ireland.  It is understood Tandragee Baptist Church hosted a Sunday service in spite of the so-called 'circuit-breaker' introduced by the NI Executive last Friday.  The president of the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland, pastor Trevor Ramsey, told the News Letter that he would not "condemn or condone" the church's decision.  The Department of Health revealed on Tuesday that the Province has now passed the milestone of 1,000 Covid-19 related deaths. The 15 Covid-19 deaths recorded on Tuesday brought the total number of Covid-19 deaths recorded by the department to 1,011.  As reported in the News Letter last month, the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) had already recorded the Province as having passed the 1,000 deaths milestone. NISRA gathers its data in a different manner to the Department of Health.  I hope you enjoy your evening Alistair Bushe Editor Our Black Friday digital subscription discount is still available. You can stay on top of all the news at a fantastic price. It's absolutely worth it and you can give it a try here.           NI moves past 1,000 lives lost milestone as 15 additional Covid-19 related deaths recorded in last 24 hours           Northern Ireland has moved beyond 1,000 Covid-19 related deaths after the Department of Health (DoH) recorded an additional 15 deaths in the last 24 hours.                 Executive refusing to rule out limit on number of people permitted inside one house on Christmas Day - Executive meeting due Tuesday cancelled and rescheduled for Thursday   The Northern Ireland Executive has refused to rule out imposing a limit on the number of people permitted to celebrate Christmas inside a single home between December 23 - 27.           NI Baptist Church opens despite coronavirus rules   A baptist church in Northern Ireland opened for Sunday services in contravention of coronavirus rules, it has emerged.           NI health trusts aim to set up two mass sites each to give Pfizer vaccine to health workers before Christmas   Northern Ireland's health trusts are aiming to set up two mass sites each to inoculate health workers by mid-December, the News Letter has learned.           MLA fights back tears as he recounts how Altnagelvin nurses sang to dying man and held his hand as family say goodbye to their father and husband after battle with Covid-19   SDLP MLA for West Tyrone, Daniel McCrossan, fought back tears in the Assembly in Stormont this afternoon after he recounted nurses in Altnagelvin Area Hospital held the hand of a dying man and sang to him as his wife and three children said goodbye to him over the phone.           2020 has been a year like no other..!   From the restoration of Stormont back in January, to the twin challenges of Covid-19 and the NI Protocol, 2020 has been a year like no other for business.                 View more on Coronavirus

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