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Were TV’s Blue Lights a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the real PSNI, instead of a brilliant drama series, viewers across the UK would lambast it as too far-fetched to be credible. Nonetheless this drama about the nuances of policing in Northern Ireland and the queasy compromises of peace-making happens to be both accurate and believable to audiences elsewhere and does all of us a great service.

Predictably the Belfast influencer brought up a Catholic in Ardoyne who says that he found God in a church on the Protestant Shankill Road has united sneery types from across the community in mocking his new-found faith. It’s always open season on Christianity, but the reaction after Ged Armstrong went public about his religious journey has also exposed the cultural straitjackets so many here still wear.

If the leader of a major political party anywhere else was suddenly facing multiple historic sex abuse charges, and his wife was charged with aiding and abetting in his case, it would have a seismic impact.

Billy Dixon has spent decades helping everyone from health workers to politicians, sports stars and broadcasters build resilience, confidence and self-belief.

It’s really quite something that the first royal engagement in Northern Ireland after the long awaited restoration of the Executive should be led by Queen Camilla’s Reading Room initiative — showcasing local books and arts with an international reach, just as earlier in the day she had visited shops on Belfast’s Lisburn Road highlighting the fine foodstuffs and artisan goods on sale there.