Review of the news media with internet links
Photo above – ‘Culchie’ could be banned from Scrabble competitions. A decision is due after weeks of anti-racism protests in the US and around the world
Death threat against Belfast City Council official Nigel Grimshaw amid Bobby Storey funeral controversy
Belfast Telegraph
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/death-threat-against-belfast-city-council-official-nigel-grimshaw-amid-bobby-storey-funeral-controversy-39357304.html ]
NI chief medic McBride tight-lipped over Sinn Fein Storey funeral coronavirus rule breaches
Belfast Telegraph
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus/ni-chief-medic-mcbride-tight-lipped-over-sinn-fein-storey-funeral-coronavirus-rule-breaches-39356471.html ]
DUP’s Foster tight-lipped after Taoiseach’s Belfast visit is postponed for a week
Belfast Telegraph
[[] https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dups-foster-tight-lipped-after-taoiseachs-belfast-visit-is-postponed-for-a-week-39355189.html ]
Cathedral contemporary art
Guardian
Report on the reopening of Salisbury Cathedral where visitors can currently experience a contemporary art exhibition to help mark the cathedral’s 800th anniversary since moving to its current site.
[[] https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jul/08/salisbury-cathedral-reopen-tourists-art-grayson-perry-anniversary ]
Religious leaders want ban on gay conversion therapy
ITV News
Report of religious leaders lobbying for a ban on so-called gay ‘conversion therapy’.
[[] https://www.itv.com/news/2020-07-08/religious-leaders-press-equalities-minister-to-ban-conversion-therapy-amid-possible-delay ]
I’m glad to be back in church – even if there’s hand sanitiser instead of holy water
Guardian
[[] https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/jul/08/im-glad-to-be-back-in-church-even-if-theres-hand-sanitiser-instead-of-holy-water ]
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