Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended

Ambulance divert from Craigavon Hospital, for all but life-threatening emergencies, resumes this morning

View email online

Subscribe              Nov 15, 2021             Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor Good morning In the news today: * An ambulance divert from Craigavon Hospital, for all but life-threatening emergencies, and which was stood down last night, has now resumed. * The Covid-19 vaccine booster programme is to be extended to include healthy 40 to 49-year-olds, health officials have announced. * Woman and four men arrested in probe into North Antrim UDA. * Following a year when Remembrance services were stripped back to a bare minimum because of Covid restrictions, yesterday's events throughout the Province demonstrated another step on the road to normality. * With only one month to go, Lyons urges 'spend it now, spend it all and spend it local'! Thank you for receiving our email newsletters. If you haven't already, you can subscribe to our website, newsletter.co.uk for just £1 a month for 3 months - and it couldn't be easier.  Signing up will get you faster-loading articles, fewer adverts and access to exclusive content and events when we run them. To learn more, visit our Subscriptions page here.           Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended           The Covid-19 vaccine booster programme is to be extended to include healthy 40 to 49-year-olds, health officials have said.                 Woman and four men arrested in probe into North Antrim UDA   Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force investigating a range of human rights abuses and violent criminal activity linked to the North Antrim UDA have arrested a woman, aged 52-years, and four men, aged 38-years, 43-years, 47-years and 50-years in the Ballymoney, Limavady and Coleraine areas on suspicion of a number of offences.           Easing of restrictions helps with the act of remembering   Following a year when Remembrance services were stripped back to a bare minimum because of Covid restrictions, yesterday's events throughout the Province demonstrated another step on the road to normality.           Concern for Queen as she misses Cenotaph   Unionists have sent their well wishes to the Queen after she was forced to cancel another event in her schedule due to ill health.           An ambulance divert from Craigavon Hospital for all but life-threatening emergencies resumes this morning   An ambulance divert from Craigavon Hospital, for all but life-threatening emergencies, and which was stood down last night, has now resumed.               Owen Polley: Woke theories on history, gender and race attract 'stormy applause'   In The Gulag Archipelago, the dissident Russian writer, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, described a tribute to Stalin that took place at a Communist Party conference in the Moscow district.       Imposing Ulster Tower at Thiepval a fitting memorial to sacrifices of Somme   Historian GORDON LUCY on the tribute to the fallen on the Western Front that was unveiled a century ago                             Steven Davis sad to see Steven Gerrard exit but backs 'top manager' to flourish           Steven Davis has backed Steven Gerrard to succeed at Aston Villa after admitting it was disappointing to see him leave the manager's role at Rangers last week.                   Wilson Craig Racing looking ahead to 2022 with big hopes for Joey Thompson   Wilson Craig Racing team owner Darren Gilpin is looking ahead to a fuller calendar in 2022 after an encouraging first season at the helm of one of Northern Ireland's best-known road racing outfits.       Northern Ireland boss Ian Baraclough expecting a 'spicy' clash with Italy   Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough expects Italy's need for victory at Windsor Park tonight to make for a 'spicy' match at Windsor Park as his side aim to end their World Cup qualifying campaign on a positive note.       Johnny Sexton says famous All Blacks win must not be peak for Ireland   Johnny Sexton believes Ireland's statement victory over New Zealand provides a "lift to the country" but insists it cannot be the peak of the team's achievements.                   View more news

You have received this email as you are opted in to newsletters from the News Letter, published by JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. To manage your individual newsletter preferences with us, please click here and log in to your account.     Alternatively you can update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive from JPIMedia Publishing Ltd, or unsubscribe from all future emails.     JPIMedia Publishing Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with registered number 11499982, having its registered address at 9th Floor, 107 Cheapside, London, England, EC2V 6DN, United Kingdom. We will process your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy.