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Police have missed three proposed dates to respond to a legal challenge on whether officers have the power to enter private homes to enforce Covid rules.
BBC News Published image copyrightPAcemaker Simon Byrne was appointed as the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in May 2019, but his tenure to date has been notable for a number of setbacks and controversies. He arrived with 36 years of policing behind him - a third of it at high rank, with most of his career having been spent at Merseyside Police. Mr Byrne held senior positions there - and then the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police - before his appointment as chief constable of Cheshire in 2014. That job ended in 2017 in controversial circumstances, af...
Police have missed three proposed dates to respond to a legal challenge on whether officers have the power to enter private homes to enforce Covid rules.
Police say a "significant number" of people gathered for the funeral of Hugh Hill in Belfast on Friday.
Holyland street parties As the beginning of the new university term got into full swing in September, images of hundreds of young people partying in south Belfast's Holyland area quickly came to light. Health Minister Robin Swann said the footage of those drinking in the student housing area "will not be tolerated". Police took full advantage of new legislation allowing them to enforce the Covid-19 regulations, breaking up house parties in the days after the images emerged. For some, however, the response by the police was too little too late. Stormont lockdown protest Police arrested a numbe...