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Andy Burnham is expected to take over from Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister. There is no evidence of Mr Burnham engaging with unionism - neither does he seem to have a relationship with Sinn Fein, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards: In Burnham, we may have PM without threatening views on NI

Elon Musk said that only 'repeated and loud' protests could bring change.

Immigration demonstrations: Elon Musk encouraged 'repeated and loud' protests

UUP peer Lord Elliott has criticsed the stance taken by Alliance MLA Danny Donnelly on the term 'the North' Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker

Alliance 'following republican agenda again' on term 'the North': UUP peer

Naomi Long has insisted she still has the “passion, energy and drive” to be Alliance Party leader. Photo - Andrew McCarroll/ Pacemaker Press

I still have passion and energy to lead Alliance Party – Naomi Long

The move to leave X was suggested days after a scandal broke involving the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, creating sexualised deepfake images from photos of women and girls. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Council to vote on quitting X/Twitter - but hide debate from public

Popular apps and websites have stopped working amid a technical problem at Cloudflare. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Full list of apps and websites affected by Cloudflare outage

DownDetector has recently seen a huge spike in problems with major apps including Twitter and Facebook. (Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty)

Major social media app goes down for users

Dr Alan Stout has suggested a conversation needs to be had about an all-island GP model

Unionist parties rubbish BMA chief's all-Ireland GP services suggestion

Morning View

Editorial: Givan's visit to a nation as successful as Israel was justified

Palestinian attackers pictured inside Israel on October 7 (in footage released by Israeli authorities)

Kneecap manager: 'Israel probably killed most of the civilians on October 7'

Lean McCourt and Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk: Co Down-born MMA fighter Leah McCourt leads tributes

Broadcaster Stephen Nolan

Businesswoman issues apology to Stephen Nolan for defamatory comments

The Benidorm Protestant Boys performing at a bar in Benidorm, July 14, 2025 (circulated online by @bluesbrothers86)

Twelfth 2025: Benidorm Protestant Boys mark height of marching season in Spain

Users of social media site X (formerly Twitter) are currently unable to access the service.

Twitter hit by outage as users unable to use social media site

Sammy Wilson pictured with the Indian trade envoy, taken from a tweet Mr Wilson posted

Sammy Wilson dismisses claim he 'has become a Protocol advocate'

Morning View

Editorial: You rarely hear calls to boycott Saudi Arabia, as you do Israel
News Letter editorial on Monday June 16 2025:
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Scary stats show two in five Brits believe doom-scrolling is self-care

Jamie Bryson

Case against defendants in NAMA trial concludes as judge gives 'Twitter' warning

Jamie Bryson is one of three men facing charges

Nama trial: Twitter messages aired in court

GB News presenter Eamonn Holmes has said he is feeling "really sore" after falling from his chair live on-air.: GB News/PA Wire

GB News’s Eamonn Holmes feeling ‘sore’ after falling from chair live on-air

Mark Allen wins the title in Finland. (Photo: Taom Helsinki International Snooker Cup)

Mark Allen wins six frames in a row to land invitational title

Kevin Winters

Kevin Winters obtains order compelling 'X' to reveal identity of account holder

From Twitter to X (Pic: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Major social media platform X hit by outages - latest

Donald Trump appears to be employing Elon Musk to serve his own political revolution, though an obvious question arises as to who precisely is using whom in their relationship

Neil McCarthy: US interventions in UK and Irish politics unprecedented

Disruption for flights at City Airport and Belfast International

Elon Musk, left, and Donald Trump, right, share an often childish, mischievous sense of humour, full of memes and exaggerations

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Freedom of speech is what our democracies are built on

Una Burns, co-owner and manager, in Charlie’s Bar in Enniskillen

Northern Ireland's Charlie's Bar in Enniskillen back to tug our heartstrings
The co-owner of a Northern Ireland pub which went viral for its Christmas advert last year is back with a new one encouraging people to “cherish” their loved ones.
By Sarah Ping, PA

Undated handout photo issued by Charlie's Bar of a screengrab from a Christmas advert filmed for Charlie's Bar in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. Their new advert encouraging people to "cherish" their loved ones shows an upset elderly woman reading a handwritten letter from her late husband featuring black and white overlays of her memories with him before sitting with her son and granddaughter at the bar.

Viral Northern Ireland pub returns with touching Christmas advert about grief

Bluesky has added millions of users in just a week. Photo: IAN LANGSDON/AFP via Getty Images

What is Bluesky? Why people are joining and how to sign up

Taoiseach Simon Harris at Fine Gael's General Election manifesto launch at Horse & Jockey Hotel, Co. Tipperary ahead of the General Election on November 29

Simon Harris calls on Sinn Fein to publish manifesto ahead of first debate

Marques Brownlee. Photo: Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images for Samsung Galaxy Creators Collective

YouTube star apologises for 'inexcusable and dangerous' driving

Stephen Nolan and his mother Audrey from his Twitter feed

Stephen Nolan thanks everyone for support when mum hospitalised after fall

Timothy Gaston at the Executive Committee

TUV man Timothy Gaston continues to clash with Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw

Halifax and Lloyds online banking down for thousands of customers

Carol Vorderman on why she devotes so much of her energy to political activism

Books: Carol Voderman on political activism

Lynette Fay.

Shock on-air resignation of Radio Ulster's afternoon presenter Lynette Fay

Composer and comedian Tim Minchin

Tim Minchin talks about his new book

New Order's show this evening in Cardiff has been cancelled over safety concerns regarding the weather conditions at Alexandra Head.

UK music giants forced to cancel show over safety concerns

Protests have been taking place in Belfast over immigration policies. A serious conversation about immigration needs to be had, but not on our streets, writes A J Carton

Letter: Political leadership to blame for racial tensions

Taoiseach Simon Harris

Irish citizens advised against travel to Israel or Lebanon

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Sinn Fein's Chris Hazzard pictured at the election count at South Lake Leisure Centre, Craigavon. Picture: Philip Magowan / Press Eye

Hazzard hails importance of campaign as he increases South Down majority

A promotional mural for Kneecap in west Belfast

'The idea we are an anti-Brit band is spin' says Kneecap member

Chocolate lovers are flying to Dubai for a viral chocolate bar. (Stock images for illustrative purposes by Getty/ATTA KENARE/GUILLAUME BAPTISTE/GIUSEPPE CACACE)

The viral chocolate bar that has Brits flying to Dubai to try out

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts after finishing the 18th hole during the final round of the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort on June 16, 2024 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy set 'to take a few weeks away from the game'

Pat Cullen

Surprise SF candidate Pat Cullen's previous reported 'Irish unity' comments

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Breaking Banking app goes down

The Great British Sewing Bee returns

Tuesday TV choice: The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC One, 9pm)

A County Antrim small business has received a boost from retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis. Brenda Giffen, owner of The Secret Melts sent details of her business to the former Dragons Den star and was one of six winners to gain a tweet and tagged post by Theo to his over half a million Twitter and Instagram followers

NI family-owned start up business gets a boost from Theo Paphitis

‘We will write our own history. And our own future’, Gerry Adams posted on social media. This prompted a wealth of replies from other users on X

Ruth Dudley Edwards: You seem to have lost your people, Mr Adams

Morning View

Editorial: The unfairness of a biological man winning in a women’s race

Micky Murray (right) with Kate Nicholl, the Alliance councillor whom he replaced in 2022 upon her elevation to MLA

Belfast's next Lord Mayor will be vocal LGBTQ activist

Patrick Brown and Naomi Long in January 2023

Mystery surrounds sudden departure of Alliance MLA Patrick Brown

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy commits 'rest of my career' to PGA Tour and rejects LIV rumours

All social media accounts of DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson have been taken offline. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

All social media accounts of Jeffrey Donaldson taken offline

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