Full NI lockdown to extend into March suggests Michael Gove as new measures to be put into law

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* In breaking news the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove has suggested that the new full lockdown for Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales might have to remain in place until March. The Northern Ireland Executive will meet at 2.00pm to finalise the details.
* Following the meeting of Stormont ministers on Monday night, ministers have said that the stay at home advice will be “put into regulations” making it enforceable in law. You can read the full statement issued last night here.
* Sam McBride writes that days after the Secretary of State declared “there is no Irish Sea border”, scores – and possibly hundreds – of products are disappearing from supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland because of that new border.
* Parents of children due to sit post-primary transfer tests have voiced frustration that they could be cancelled in a fresh lockdown.
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Michael Cousins
Deputy digital editor
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