The statement by the Apprentice Boys of Derry, acknowledging that members of the Clyde Valley loyalist flute band wore a contentious British Parachute Regiment emblem during an Orange Order parade and that this “may have caused upset to many in the nationalist community”, is deeply depressing.

The Irish actor, Milo O’Shea, has died after a short illness.

Small screen news for fans of the long-running Touched by an Angel ... it's being pulled.