<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">  <channel>    <title>Belfast News Letter Politics</title>    <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/rss</link>    <description>Visit now for the latest news direct from Belfast News Letter Politics and updated throughout the day</description>    <language>en-gb</language>    <copyright>Copyright 2026, Iconic Media Group Ltd</copyright>    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:05:32 GMT</pubDate>    <dc:date>2026-11-07T03:05:32Z</dc:date>    <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language>    <dc:rights>Iconic Media Group Ltd or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2026</dc:rights>    <atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/rss" type="application/rss+xml" />    <link rel="hub" href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" />        <item>          <title><![CDATA[PSNI 25th anniversary: Nationalists expected a massacre of the RUC, said Maurice Hayes]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/psni-25th-anniversary-nationalists-expected-a-massacre-of-the-ruc-said-maurice-hayes-9336278</link>          <description><![CDATA[​/]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:51:42 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336278</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmViOTI3NTY1LWUyN2MtNDVlZS1hODNhLWEwZDM1MmY5NTUzMjpjMjM1NjNlZi04YjM3LTQxNjEtOTI4ZC1lZTFhZTEwMDhhZTI=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>/</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[​This is an edited interview with Maurice Hayes, published as part of a collection of essays this week to mark 25 years of the PSNI. -  (/)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Professor Graham Spencer]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:51:42+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[PSNI legally entitled to review into activities of 'Glenanne Gang' High Court judge rules]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/courts/psni-legally-entitled-to-review-into-activities-of-glenanne-gang-high-court-judge-rules-9336273</link>          <description><![CDATA[​​Police are legally entitled to carry out a major review into the activities of a loyalist terrorist unit behind nearly 130 murders, a High Court judge ruled today.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:44:10 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336273</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM2YmY5ODYxLWFhMWYtNGUzZC1hMzE5LTM5NjY2ZjJiY2MyYTowYjZlYmI1OC00ZjJmLTQxMGUtOGZjZi05NTBhYTI0MTQzMzU=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Liam McBurney</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Speaking later on behalf of the Marchant family, loyalist activist Jamie Bryson insisted their case remains focused on what is in the report. -  (Liam McBurney)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Alan Erwin]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:44:10+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Courts]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Taoiseach attends PSNI passing out event in historic first for an Irish premier]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/taoiseach-attends-psni-passing-out-event-in-historic-first-for-an-irish-premier-9336264</link>          <description><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin has become the first Irish premier to attend a passing out ceremony for new police officers in Northern Ireland.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:27:44 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336264</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE1OGI4ZDFmLTM1ZTItNDcxNS1hZmMwLTAxNjk2YjcwNTkwNjozNGEwOWRiOC0wMDVhLTQwMzktOGJjMS1mYjc5NjUxMjAxYTM=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Liam McBurney</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Chief Constable Jon Boutcher greets Taoiseach Micheal Martin as he arrives for PSNI graduation ceremony at the PSNI Training College, Belfast. Picture date: Friday November 6, 2026. -  (Liam McBurney)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By David Young]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:27:44+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[RTÉ staff return to offices as garda probe bomb threat]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/rte-staff-return-to-offices-as-garda-probe-bomb-threat-9336260</link>          <description><![CDATA[Staff at Ireland’s national broadcaster have returned to its offices after a bomb threat led to the evacuation of its television and radio headquarters in Dublin.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:24:26 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336260</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNiNzc3OTc4LTI3ZGUtNGU3Mi04NzQwLWJiNjYyMmI3NzcxNTozMzI1OTgxOC0xM2JjLTQ2Y2ItYjNmMi1mMzliNjY1MzI4ZWM=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Cate McCurry</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[RTE presenter Sarah McInerney speaking outside the RTE headquarters in Dublin after staff at Ireland&#039;s national broadcaster were evacuated following a bomb threat at its television and radio headquarters. Picture date: Friday November 6, 2026. -  (Cate McCurry)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Cate McCurry and  David Young and Cillian Sherlock]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:24:26+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham: ‘Welfare cuts will result in spending in other areas’]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham-welfare-cuts-will-result-in-spending-in-other-areas-9336246</link>          <description><![CDATA[Cutting the costs of welfare will require the Government to spend more in other areas, like education, Andy Burnham has suggested.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:10:31 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336246</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUzMWYxZTM2LTc2OWEtNDEzMy1hNjNlLTkzZjAwMGMyNWQ4OTo5ZWJlN2U2Ni1jZDgyLTQ4NTgtYWVmYy1hOTlkNmFhYWQxYWM=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Anthony Upton</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Cutting the costs of welfare will require the government to spend more in other areas, like education, Andy Burnham has suggested. -  (Anthony Upton)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By David Lynch]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:10:31+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheal Martin: Sinn Fein could do more to urge Catholics to join PSNI]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/taoiseach-micheal-martin-sinn-fein-could-do-more-to-urge-catholics-to-join-psni-9336122</link>          <description><![CDATA[Sinn Fein could do more to encourage Catholics to join the police in Northern Ireland, the Taoiseach has said.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:04:39 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336122</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk4NGM1ZDkxLWVhODYtNDgzYS04YmIyLTk2MTg1ZGRkM2E1OTphYzUyMzEzZS01ZDEyLTQzNjItYTVhNC1jNzZmNjBhNTc1MWM=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>David Young</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[(left to right) Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher and Taoiseach Micheal Martin speak to media following the PSNI graduation ceremony at the PSNI Training College, Belfast. Picture date: Friday November 6, 2026. David Young/Press Association -  (David Young)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By David Young and Micheal O Scannail]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:04:39+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[UK’s legacy legislation must not shift balance from framework agreed with Ireland, says Helen McEntee]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/uks-legacy-legislation-must-not-shift-balance-from-framework-agreed-with-ireland-says-helen-mcentee-9336237</link>          <description><![CDATA[The UK’s legacy legislation cannot be changed to “shift the balance” from an agreed framework with Ireland, the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister has said.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:03:41 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336237</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVhNmJmZTNlLTQzNWMtNDdlYS1hODM1LWMzMDdkYTE0ZTIxMTo0MmVkZjFkNi1jNzU2LTQ3MGYtOGUyYS04NWQ4ZmQ3ZmUzNGQ=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Liam McBurney</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Asked if she would raise objections with her London counterparts, Minister Helen McEntee said there was continued engagement with the UK Government. -  (Liam McBurney)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Cillian Sherlock]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:03:41+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[United Ireland Dail debates are ‘aggressive and triumphalist’, Taoiseach says]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/united-ireland-dail-debates-are-aggressive-and-triumphalist-taoiseach-says-9336240</link>          <description><![CDATA[Some Irish political parties have an “aggressive, adversarial, triumphalist” approach to dialogue around Irish unity, the country’s premier Micheal Martin said.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:03:02 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336240</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmExZTBmNmVlLTA0Y2QtNDk2YS04NjUyLTJmZjg2OGRkMDk2MTo5MjFhODg2NS1jNWI2LTRjOTEtOTYzMC0yNDk4YzUyMzU5YmU=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>David Young</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Some Irish political parties have an “aggressive, adversarial, triumphalist” approach to dialogue around Irish unity, the country’s premier Micheal Martin said. Photo:PA -  (David Young)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Micheal O Scannail]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T20:03:02+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[TD says he is not being obstructive by demanding his PSNI Garvaghy Road interview be in Irish language]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/td-says-he-is-not-being-obstructive-by-demanding-his-psni-garvaghy-road-interview-be-in-irish-language-9335920</link>          <description><![CDATA[A politician has said he is not being obstructive by insisting that the PSNI have to interview him in Irish.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:59:28 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335920</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBhMjdkMGRkLWMzYjktNDU5MC04Yzc3LTY5MzNiOWYzMTM2Yjo2ZWI2ODFlNC1iNTdjLTQ1MzctOTI3My01YzkzNDg1MWRlODU=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>/</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Peadar Toibin used to be a member of Sinn Fein but fell out with the party in 2018, largely over its abortion stance -  (/)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Kula]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T17:59:28+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Northern Ireland risks becoming used to abnormal politics, says Bryant]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/northern-ireland-risks-becoming-used-to-abnormal-politics-says-bryant-9336114</link>          <description><![CDATA[Northern Ireland is in danger of becoming used to the “abnormality” of its political system, Sir Chris Bryant warned as he signalled a desire to reform Stormont’s governance structures.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:52:29 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9336114</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA5NzBiYmYwLWJmMDUtNGI5MC1hNzIzLTJiMjBlZTRjNjJjNDo0NmUzZWYyZi01ZjE5LTQwMmEtYTRkMS1jNzA3MTAwMTAzZjk=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Liam McBurney</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Northern Ireland is in danger of becoming used to the “abnormality” of its political system, Sir Chris Bryant warned as he signalled a desire to reform Stormont’s governance structures. -  (Liam McBurney)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[By David Young]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T17:52:29+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Jon Burrows rejects PSNI chief's claim that Provisional IRA isn't 'seeking to bring harm to society']]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/jon-burrows-rejects-psni-chiefs-claim-that-provisional-ira-isnt-seeking-to-bring-harm-to-society-9335970</link>          <description><![CDATA[​Jon Burrows has questioned comments by the PSNI chief constable in which he said members of the Provisional IRA are not seeking to harm society – saying the organisation represents “a latent threat to the people of Northern Ireland”. ]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:05:48 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335970</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBkOWNkMmIxLTM3NGUtNDBjYi1iYTdjLTk4NDBlZjg3NDA0OTplZmE1N2ZhZC0wMjQ3LTRlMmUtODVlNC0zZDM1MjYwOTExMmY=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Liam McBurney</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire -  (Liam McBurney)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Thompson]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T17:05:48+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly pays tribute to barrister friend after untimely death]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/deputy-first-minister-emma-little-pengelly-pays-tribute-to-barrister-friend-after-untimely-death-9335649</link>          <description><![CDATA[Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly has paid tribute to a close friend who studied law with her at Queen's University Belfast, after she passed away in her early forties.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:02:42 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335649</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE2YTQ2OWM4LWFlYjctNDNhZC1iYTdiLTcwNzY4NTM1ODczMjo2NjA5NWVmNC04OWIzLTQ3ZjctODQ1NS01OGNjZWU0MGM1NmI=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>a</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Emma Little Pengelly said she was &#039;inseperable&#039; with her friend Naomh Conlon, Nee Lavery. -  (a)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Bradfield]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T17:02:42+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Protest planned against AI data centre on north coast as MP accuses objectors of 'howling at the moon']]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/business/protest-planned-against-ai-data-centre-on-north-coast-as-mp-accuses-objectors-of-howling-at-the-moon-9335422</link>          <description><![CDATA[A protest is planned against the potential creation of an “AI campus” at a north coast business park.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:18:41 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335422</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNiM2Q1MzY0LWI0ZGEtNDdhOC04Y2NlLTljMzYxYzQ3MjQwYjphMGI2ZWIwMS1lYjc3LTQxNmUtOGZmMC04YzAwYzEzZTQwZTY=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>/</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[The data centre is close to the River Bann, on the edge of Ulster University&#039;s Coleraine campus -  (/)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Kula]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T16:18:41+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Jamie Bryson hints at Stormont election bid in fiercely contested constituency - telling DUP 'all options remain on the table']]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/jamie-bryson-hints-at-stormont-election-bid-in-fiercely-contested-constituency-telling-dup-all-options-remain-on-the-table-9335695</link>          <description><![CDATA[The man behind the legal bid which resurrected the Drumcree dispute says he won’t rule out a bid for an Assembly seat in Upper Bann, where the DUP has just lost its member of parliament. ]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:59:04 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335695</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJmNmY2OTA0LTMyMDQtNDlkYi1hODM0LWM2NGE1YWRmMzAxMjpjOWI1YmQxZS01MzYyLTQ0ZDEtOThjMS1iZTc4MWY2OWQyM2U=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Brian Lawless</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[MP Carla Lockhart, Jamie Bryson, and DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley outside Carleton Street Orange Hall in Portadown, back in September. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire -  (Brian Lawless)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Thompson]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T15:59:04+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Thousands of new burial plots for Roselawn Cemetery as expansion continues - and true state of struggling crematorium revealed]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/community/thousands-of-new-burial-plots-for-roselawn-cemetery-as-expansion-continues-and-true-state-of-struggling-crematorium-revealed-9335623</link>          <description><![CDATA[Several thousand new burial plots are to be created at Roselawn Cemetery, as more plans to massively expand the facility emerged.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:46:01 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335623</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg5YWY0MTg3LTg5NzctNDk2ZC1iYWQ0LWY0OWVjZDNiOTBhZDo4OTdkMDI4MS02ZjI1LTRiOGEtYTUwYS0wNjFmMmRmYTQ4Njc=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Arthur Allison</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Roselawn crematorium. Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker -  (Arthur Allison)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Iain Gray]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T15:46:01+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Belfast Róis-Máire Donnelly to lead Remembrance Sunday at Belfast City Hall Cenotaph]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/sinn-fein-lord-mayor-of-belfast-rois-maire-donnelly-to-lead-remembrance-sunday-at-belfast-city-hall-cenotaph-9335525</link>          <description><![CDATA[The Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Belfast, Róis-Máire Donnelly, will lead the Remembrance Sunday event in the city tomorrow when she lays a wreath at Belfast City Hall Cenotaph.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:28:39 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9335525</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE3OTRhNDk5LWM3YzctNGRlNS1iYTViLTg3OTdkZDM2MGYxNDoxYWJkMTJhMC0wOWViLTQzMDEtYjdiZi0yYWM3MjU1MDBjYzQ=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Liam McBurney</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[The Remembrance Sunday service at Belfast City Hall on Sunday November 10, 2024. -  (Liam McBurney)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Bradfield]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T15:28:39+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Plea for Stormont to tackle 'car shuffling' parking space problem - which was supposed to be extinct years ago]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/transport/plea-for-stormont-to-tackle-car-shuffling-parking-space-problem-which-was-supposed-to-be-extinct-years-ago-9334165</link>          <description><![CDATA[A council has issued a plea for Stormont to tackle “car shuffling” in roadside parking spaces, even though it’s supposed to be impossible these days.]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:08:18 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9334165</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUyZTUyYzM0LTYxZDItNDQwYi05YTNhLWQwY2RiOGI0NDNlNzowNDk3OWVlNC0xNjRiLTRiMTAtOTVkZC03MTkxYzBjOGE3YTk=.png?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/png" medium="image">            <media:credit>Archive</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[&#039;Car shuffling&#039; used to be a way of attempting to cheat time limits and overstay in roadside parking bays. According to council officials, it&#039;s made a comeback in Ards and North Down. -  (Archive)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Iain Gray]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T13:08:18+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Stormont report highlights Protocol burdens and risks for businesses - as well as costs of trade divergence]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/stormont-report-highlights-protocol-burdens-and-risks-for-businesses-as-well-as-costs-of-trade-divergence-9334933</link>          <description><![CDATA[Reports commissioned by the Sinn Féin-run economy department has set out the challenges facing Northern Ireland businesses as a result of the Windsor Framework – and says any benefits of ‘dual market access’ are “heavily constrained by administrative realities”. ]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:57:22 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9334933</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRiNmEwOGNjLTJjMDMtNGI1My05OGRhLTdkYzEwYzNkZGJhMToyMWFkYTA3MC05Yjk5LTRlOWQtYWExNC0yZTZlYTJkZWQ4Mzg=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>Liam McBurney</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Caoimhe Archibald&#039;s economy department has published reports on the impact of the Windsor Framework. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire -  (Liam McBurney)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Thompson]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T12:57:22+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Editorial: ​Iran war is just one of many reasons UK families are struggling]]></title>          <link>https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/editorial-iran-war-is-just-one-of-many-reasons-uk-families-are-struggling-9333858</link>          <description><![CDATA[News Letter editorial on Friday November 6 2026]]></description>          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:13:02 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9333858</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRmZjIwYTFhLWY2OWEtNGZjMS05ZmI2LWZkZmIwZDBjMWYxNDo3Y2NhMDY0Yi0yZDBkLTQwNTEtODk5MS1iMDJjOWU3ZGQ3NWU=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>gina</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Morning View -  (gina)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Editorial]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-06T07:13:02+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category>        </item>  </channel></rss>