Disorder has broken out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night, after police said people are "waking up with genuine fear for their lives" following two nights of violence in Ballymena and other areas.

Rioters clashed with police in Ballymena, and masked groups set fire to a recreation center in Larne, where families had been given temporary shelter.

A protest in Belfast passed off without trouble on Thursday evening, amid fears of a fourth night of disorder across Northern Ireland.Police are maintaining a heavy presence in Portadown ahead of a planned anti-immigration protest.

Violence has broken out in Ballymena for the past three nights after angry mobs went on the rampage through the town’s streets

Large crowds are facing off with riot police in Ballymena for a third night in a row, and now disorder has started elsewhere including Larne where a leisure centre was set on fire

There has been a call for “urgent” action against a Facebook page on which house addresses in Ballymena are being shared amid racist violence in the town. The ‘Ballymena Reaction Group’ page has posted the names of streets in Ballymena,

Police in Northern Ireland say 17 officers were injured during a second night of anti-immigrant violence in the town of Ballymena.

More than 40 police officers have been injured so far after violence in Ballymena went on for a third night. The rioting began on Monday night following an earlier peaceful protest in support of the family of a girl who was the victim of an alleged sexual assault in the area.

MORE rioting broke out across different towns in Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday as yobs attacked police with petrol bombs, hatchets and fireworks in the main

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